Curiosity Weekly

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

• Can You Tell Fake Laughter from Real Laughter?
• 6 Little-Known Signs You Might Be a Perfectionist
• You Can Explore the Outdoors for Science on a Scientific Field Expedition

Want to support our show? Register for the 2018 Podcast Awards and nominate Curiosity Daily to win for People’s Choice, Education, and Science & Medicine. Just register at the link and select Curiosity Daily from the drop-down menus (no need to pick nominees in every category): https://curiosity.im/podcast-awards-2018

If you or someone you know is struggling with perfectionism, Stephen Guise's "How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism" may help you. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!

Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/real-vs-fake-laughter-test-little-know-perfectionist-signs-and-scientific-field-expeditions

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

• We May Have Detected Liquid Water on Mars. How Wet Is the Red Planet?
• There May Be a Long-Lost Gold Mine In the Arizona Mountains
• You Can Sharpen Your Memory With the Zeigarnik Effect

For more science-backed ways to sharpen your mind, check out "The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier" by Friederike Fabritius and Hans W. Hagemann. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

Want to support our show? Register for the 2018 Podcast Awards and nominate Curiosity Daily to win for People’s Choice, Education, and Science & Medicine. Just register at the link and select Curiosity Daily from the drop-down menus (no need to pick nominees in every category): https://curiosity.im/podcast-awards-2018

Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!

Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/water-detected-on-mars-a-lost-arizona-goldmine-and-zeigarnik-effect-memory-sharpening

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.