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• Stop Trying to Find Your Passion, Say Stanford Researchers — Do This Instead
• What's a Supermoon, Anyway?
• There Might Be a Universe Inside Every Black Hole

To read more psychology research, check out her 2007 book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success." For more on the beginnings of the universe, check out Stephen Hawking's classic "A Brief History of Time." The audiobooks are free with a 30-day trial of Audible. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

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Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/supermoon-science-how-to-find-your-passion-and-universes-inside-black-holes

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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:

• SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents
• Inversion Is a Thinking Technique Used By Billionaires
• Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? That's a Heated Debate
• This Nonprofit is Using Old Cell Phones to Save the Rainforest

To read more from the man who popularized the simulation hypothesis, check out "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" by Nick Bostrom, which is all about what might happen when the robots surpass us in intelligence. 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 more 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/living-in-a-computer-simulation-billionaire-success-trick-and-phones-saving-the-rainforest

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