Curiosity Weekly

Curiosity Weekly

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  • How to Stop Overspending, World Population Growth, and Big 5 Personality Traits
    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:
    LINKEDIN: Get $50 off your first job post. Terms and conditions apply.
    This Simple Money Trick Could Help You Stop Overspending
    How the Big 5 Make Up Your Personality
    This 10-Minute Personality Test Can Measure You on the 5 Main Personality Traits
    Improving World Health Will Reduce Overpopulation, Not Make It Worse
    Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model | Population Education
    Want to know more about how your own personality works? Learn from the experts in Mark Leary, Ph.D.'s "Why You Are Who You Are: Investigations into Human Personality" through The Great Courses Plus online learning platform. It's one of the best ways to enrich your mind with classes taught by experts in their field — and one of the only ways you can join an astronomy class taught by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    9 min
  • How to Stop Overspending, World Population Growth, and Big 5 Personality Traits
    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:
    LINKEDIN: Get $50 off your first job post. Terms and conditions apply.
    This Simple Money Trick Could Help You Stop Overspending
    How the Big 5 Make Up Your Personality
    This 10-Minute Personality Test Can Measure You on the 5 Main Personality Traits
    Improving World Health Will Reduce Overpopulation, Not Make It Worse
    Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model | Population Education
    Want to know more about how your own personality works? Learn from the experts in Mark Leary, Ph.D.'s "Why You Are Who You Are: Investigations into Human Personality" through The Great Courses Plus online learning platform. It's one of the best ways to enrich your mind with classes taught by experts in their field — and one of the only ways you can join an astronomy class taught by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    Support the show.
    9 min
  • How to Stop Overspending, World Population Growth, and Big 5 Personality Traits
    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:
    LINKEDIN: Get $50 off your first job post. Terms and conditions apply.
    This Simple Money Trick Could Help You Stop Overspending
    How the Big 5 Make Up Your Personality
    This 10-Minute Personality Test Can Measure You on the 5 Main Personality Traits
    Improving World Health Will Reduce Overpopulation, Not Make It Worse
    Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model | Population Education
    Want to know more about how your own personality works? Learn from the experts in Mark Leary, Ph.D.'s "Why You Are Who You Are: Investigations into Human Personality" through The Great Courses Plus online learning platform. It's one of the best ways to enrich your mind with classes taught by experts in their field — and one of the only ways you can join an astronomy class taught by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    9 min
  • Famous LGBT Scientists; How to Catch Up on Sleep; Faces Aren’t Emotions

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

    • Facial Expressions Don't Express Emotions
    • 5 LGBT Scientists That Changed the World
    • Can You "Catch Up" on Lost Sleep?
      • Reaching your limit when it comes to the bedroom? Take a deep dive under the covers in "The Sleep Solution" by W. Chris Winter M.D. (free with your trial membership to Audible), a book to demystify and defeat insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and many other sleep-related discomforts.

    Plus, a “Sprinkle of Curiosity,” from these sources:

    • Want to Read Faster? Stop Saying The Words in Your Head As You Read | Lifehacker
    • Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology | American Psychological Association
    • The phenomena of inner experience | ScienceDirect

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

     

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/famous-lgbt-scientists-how-to-catch-up-on-sleep-faces-arent-emotions

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

    10 min
  • Famous LGBT Scientists; How to Catch Up on Sleep; Faces Aren’t Emotions
    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:
    Facial Expressions Don't Express Emotions
    5 LGBT Scientists That Changed the World
    Can You "Catch Up" on Lost Sleep?
    Plus, a “Sprinkle of Curiosity,” from these sources:
    Want to Read Faster? Stop Saying The Words in Your Head As You Read | Lifehacker
    Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology | American Psychological Association
    The phenomena of inner experience | ScienceDirect
    Reaching your limit when it comes to the bedroom? Take a deep dive under the covers in "The Sleep Solution" by W. Chris Winter M.D. (free with your trial membership to Audible), a book to demystify and defeat insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and many other sleep-related discomforts. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.
    Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    10 min
  • Sunday Edition: Famous LGBT Scientists; How to Catch Up on Sleep; Faces Aren’t Emotions
    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:
    Facial Expressions Don't Express Emotions
    5 LGBT Scientists That Changed the World
    Can You "Catch Up" on Lost Sleep?
    Plus, a “Sprinkle of Curiosity,” from these sources:
    Want to Read Faster? Stop Saying The Words in Your Head As You Read | Lifehacker
    Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology | American Psychological Association
    The phenomena of inner experience | ScienceDirect
    Reaching your limit when it comes to the bedroom? Take a deep dive under the covers in "The Sleep Solution" by W. Chris Winter M.D. (free with your trial membership to Audible), a book to demystify and defeat insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and many other sleep-related discomforts. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.
    Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    Support the show.
    10 min
  • Sunday Edition: Famous LGBT Scientists; How to Catch Up on Sleep; Faces Aren’t Emotions
    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:
    Facial Expressions Don't Express Emotions
    5 LGBT Scientists That Changed the World
    Can You "Catch Up" on Lost Sleep?
    Plus, a “Sprinkle of Curiosity,” from these sources:
    Want to Read Faster? Stop Saying The Words in Your Head As You Read | Lifehacker
    Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology | American Psychological Association
    The phenomena of inner experience | ScienceDirect
    Reaching your limit when it comes to the bedroom? Take a deep dive under the covers in "The Sleep Solution" by W. Chris Winter M.D. (free with your trial membership to Audible), a book to demystify and defeat insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and many other sleep-related discomforts. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.
    Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    10 min
  • Best Guard Dog Breeds, Why Water in Your Nose Hurts, and How to Use Online Reviews

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

    • You Probably Use Online Reviews Wrong
    • These Are the Best Guard Dog Breeds, According to Science
    • Why Does It Hurt to Get Water Up Your Nose?
    • How Much Of Your Body Is Water? That All Depends.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/best-guard-dog-breeds-why-water-in-your-nose-hurts-and-how-to-use-online-reviews

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

    8 min
  • Best Guard Dog Breeds, Why Water in Your Nose Hurts, and How to Use Online Reviews
    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:
    You Probably Use Online Reviews Wrong
    These Are the Best Guard Dog Breeds, According to Science
    Why Does It Hurt to Get Water Up Your Nose?
    How Much Of Your Body Is Water? That All Depends.
    What about for your dog at home? Check out "Dog Training: 20 Smart Dog Tricks You Can Teach Your Dog." The audiobook is free with a trial of Audible. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.
    Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    Support the show.
    8 min
  • Best Guard Dog Breeds, Why Water in Your Nose Hurts, and How to Use Online Reviews
    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:
    You Probably Use Online Reviews Wrong
    These Are the Best Guard Dog Breeds, According to Science
    Why Does It Hurt to Get Water Up Your Nose?
    How Much Of Your Body Is Water? That All Depends.
    What about for your dog at home? Check out "Dog Training: 20 Smart Dog Tricks You Can Teach Your Dog." The audiobook is free with a trial of Audible. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.
    Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.
    Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
    8 min

About Curiosity Weekly

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Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you…

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