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Learn about the surprising memory skills of infants; why that whole “phosphine on Venus” discovery may not be as exciting as we thought; and how medical science answered Molyneux's problem, a 300-year-old philosophy question.
3-year-olds can recognize a person they met once when they were 1 year old by Kelsey Donk
That whole "phosphine on Venus" discovery, suggesting life? That probably wasn't phosphine after all by Cameron Duke
Medical Science Has Answered This 300-Year-Old Philosophy Question by Reuben Westmaas
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/yeah-about-that-phosphine-on-venus
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Learn about why you can’t suffocate by holding your breath; how being angry makes you more likely to believe misinformation; and that time scholars tried to kick Latin out of English, thanks to words like honorificabilitudinitatibus.
Why can't you suffocate by holding your breath? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Daniel in Beirut)
Being angry makes you more likely to believe misinformation by Kelsey Donk
16th-Century Scholars Once Tried to Kick Latin Out of English by Arika Okrent
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-cant-you-hold-your-breath-to-death
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Learn about how quadruple-helix DNA could help us fight cancer; how diversity improves technology, with materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez; and how cats domesticated themselves.
Quadruple-helix DNA exists - and it might be useful for fighting cancers by Cameron Duke
Additional resources from Ainissa Ramirez:
In True Feline Fashion, Cats Domesticated Themselves by Anna Todd
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/quadruple-helix-dna-is-a-thing
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Learn about why we still don’t know how eels reproduce and how scientists solved a 150-year-old question about how sandcastles hold together.
We still don't know how eels reproduce by Grant Currin
Scientists have solved a 150-year-old equation that governs how sandcastles hold together by Grant Currin
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/scientists-finally-know-how-sandcastles-work
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Learn about how to tell when your body is running low on key vitamins; how Neanderthals mourned their dead; and why you should NOT pre-rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.
Ways Your Body Tells You You're Running Low on Key Vitamins by Stephanie Bucklin
Neanderthals buried their dead by Grant Currin
You Shouldn't Rinse Your Dishes Before Putting Them in the Dishwasher by Ashley Hamer first aired June 3, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/how-to-wash-your-dishes-british-vs-american-englis
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-know-youre-running-low-on-vitamins
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Learn about a surprising benefit of adding humor to the news; what getting chills from music says about your brain; and how Volta’s electric eels that hunt in packs.
Young adults are more likely to remember and share news delivered with humor by Kelsey Donk
What Getting Chills from Music Says About Your Brain by Reuben Westmaas
Electric eels hunt in packs, and scientists are shocked by Steffie Drucker
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-getting-chills-from-music-says-about-your-brain
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Learn about an artificial sun from KSTAR that’s hotter than our actual sun; whether math really is a universal language; and what words like “fresh” really tell you about how fancy your food is.
South Korean researchers created an artificial sun that's hotter than our actual sun by Grant Currin
Is math really a universal language? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from John)
What Words Like "Fresh" Really Tell You About How Fancy Your Food Is by Arika Okrent
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-sun-2-0-fresh-food-fallacies-and-is-math-universal
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Learn about how clocks and lightbulbs changed human health, with author and materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez. Plus: learn about that time a bunch of birds became milk bottle thieves and whether you should put one or two spaces after a period.
The time a bunch of birds became milk bottle thieves by Cameron Duke
Should You Put One or Two Spaces After a Period? by Cody Gough
More from Ainissa Ramirez:
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-science-says-about-putting-2-spaces-after-a-period
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Learn about how sleep may have evolved before the brain; why airports keep birds of prey on staff; and what would happen if you stopped time.
Sleep might have evolved before the brain by Cameron Duke
Airports Keep Birds of Prey on Staff to Protect Planes by Ashley Hamer
What Would Happen If You Stopped Time? by Ashley Hamer originally aired September 7, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/what-would-happen-if-you-stopped-time-secret-room
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-would-happen-if-you-stopped-time
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Learn about what's going on with the new COVID-19 variants — and whether you should worry about them — with Dr. Syra Madad, nationally recognized epidemiologist and the senior director of the pathogens program at NYC Health and Hospitals. Then, learn about a new theory on how our planets formed.
Additional resources from Dr. Syra Madad and #ConqueringCOVID:
New theory on how our planets formed by Grant Currin
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/when-to-worry-about-covid-19-variants
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