“What Is Life?” with Carl Zimmer, Why You Always Have Room for Dessert, and Learning Myths

Learn about common misconceptions around learning that even educators believe; the scientific reason why it feels like you always have more room for dessert; and how science writer Carl Zimmer responded when we asked him “what is life?”

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:

Even Educators Believe Common Myths About Learning — https://curiosity.im/2tFh7MR

Here's the Scientific Reason You Always Have Room for Dessert — https://curiosity.im/2tDeMCa

More from Carl Zimmer:

Carl Zimmer’s website — https://carlzimmer.com/

“She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity” — https://amzn.to/2VoKG12

“Matter,” Zimmer’s weekly science column for The New York Times — http://www.nytimes.com/column/matter

“What Is Life,” a podcast series of live conversations between writer Carl Zimmer and eight leading thinkers on the question of what it means to be alive — https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-life/id1451004288?mt=2

Follow @CarlZimmer on Twitter — https://twitter.com/carlzimmer

Additional publications from Carl Zimmer — https://amzn.to/2VsecDd

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