<p>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 don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. </p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Science-Based Tips for Better Meetings, Dinosaur Mythbusting, and Staying Awake for 11 Days
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2018-12-14
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The Problem With Making Sand (w/ Vince Beiser), Happiest Spouses, and How Pyramids Were Built
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2018-12-13
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How to Take A Compliment, Learn Anything in Four Steps, and Design a New Arecibo Message
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2018-12-12
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Jet Lag Is Worse When You Travel East, Earth’s Wandering Poles, and Geminid Meteor Shower
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2018-12-11
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Kickstart Your Memory with the Jennifer Aniston Neuron, Black Hole Pictures, and Increasing Human Lifespans
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2018-12-10
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Why Humans Are Symmetrical, Fish Electrocution Physics, A Misplaced Equator Theme Park, and Silent Places
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2018-12-09
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Be Brave Using the Science of Vulnerability, Boost Productivity with Fika, and Burn Calories via the Afterburn Effect
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2018-12-07
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Meteorite Hunting with The Aquarius Project, Roommate Drama In Space, and Language Based On Senses
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2018-12-06
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You Can Learn and Unlearn Emotions, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, and Loveland Castle’s Weird History
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2018-12-05
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See if You’re a Covert Narcissist, Michelson-Morley Experiment, and The Monty Hall Problem
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2018-12-04
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How Asteroids Can Have Rings, Spiders That Nurse Their Young, and “Lord of the Forest” Tāne Mahuta
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2018-12-03
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Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Think, Storm-Predicting Joints, Barber Pole Origins, and Mary Toft
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2018-12-02
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Keeping Secrets Makes Life Harder, Emotions Change Your Perception of Time, and How We Proved the Earth Rotates
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2018-11-30
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Exercising on an Empty Stomach, How to Measure Curiosity (w/ SurveyMonkey and INSEAD), and Effects of Relapsing with Your Ex
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2018-11-29
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Why You’re Bad at Fact-Checking, Reducing Anxiety with Horror Movies, and Why Urine is Yellow
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2018-11-28
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Your Brain’s Binary Bias, How to Choose Charities, and Why Dogs Look Like Their Owners
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2018-11-27
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Moral Dilemmas of Driverless Cars, How Many Friends You Can Have, and NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft
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2018-11-26
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Why Hand Dryers Blow Bacteria, Color Meanings Around the World, Losing Your Foreign Accent, and Lesser-Known Body Parts
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2018-11-25
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Gifts Requiring Assembly Are More Treasured, Why You May Not Be Hard To Shop For, and Types of Perfectionists
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2018-11-23
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Rival Sports Fans Experience Games Completely Differently, Mount Rushmore’s Secret Room, and World’s Shortest IQ Test
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2018-11-22
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