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• February 5, 2021food, health, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  The Safest Way to Ride in a Car During the Pandemic

  Learn about the safest way to ride in a car with someone during a pandemic; the science of the “home team advantage” and the surprising impact time zones can have […]

• December 18, 2020history, productivity, brains, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Do Single-A Batteries Exist?

  Learn about whether there’s such a thing as “single A” batteries; 5 surprising ways volunteering improves your physical health; and how duckbill dinosaurs may have crossed an ocean to reach […]

• December 8, 2020history, business, guest interview, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Laziness Isn’t What You Think (w/ Dr. Devon Price)

  Learn about how we know that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. We’ll also talk to social psychologist and author Devon Price about how laziness might actually benefit us. The Epic […]

• December 4, 2020history, space, health, communication, business, fitness and exercise, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Why It’s Relaxing to Breathe in Through Your Nose

  Learn about why it’s relaxing to breathe in through your nose and the first woman who’s ever been struck by a meteor. We’ll also answer a listener question about why […]

• December 2, 2020food, business, guest interview, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  The Smells That Existed Before Earth (w/ Harold McGee)

  Learn about why your dog might be lying about its size and how physicists just achieved room-temperature superconductivity for the first time. But first, food science expert Harold McGee is […]

• November 30, 2020business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  The Stressful Psychology of a Ghosted Email

  Learn about how a ghosted email causes different stress than a rude response does, the 15-year grudge match between rival dino hunters known as The Bone Wars, and crown shyness, […]

• September 8, 2020food, health, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Difference Between Unscented & Fragrance-Free and Cow Gene Editing for More Male Offspring

  Learn why fragrance-free is NOT the same as unscented, and how a cow named Cosmo was genetically edited so he’ll have more male offspring. There’s a big difference between “unscented” […]

• July 24, 2020history, food, health, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Fannie Farmer Created the Modern Cooking Recipe, the Shepard Scale Audio Illusion, and How Scientists Test the COVID-19 Vaccine

  Learn how researchers test drugs for deadly diseases like COVID-19 (without exposing participants); how Fannie Farmer transformed cooking from folk art into science; and how the Shepard scale audio illusion […]

• July 15, 2020food, health, brains, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  The First Prescription Video Game, Solving the Mystery of Short-Term Memory, and Hummingbirds’ Extraordinary Vision

  Learn about the first physical evidence that shows how our brains store short-term memory; EndeavorRx, the first ever prescription video game; and why hummingbirds can see colors that you can’t. […]

• June 30, 2020astronomy, space, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Loving Your Job May Lead to Unethical Behavior, Bumblebees Bite Plants to Make Them Bloom, and Jupiter’s Moons Formed from Specks of Dust

  Learn about how bumblebees bite plants to make them bloom early; why loving your job too much could lead to unethical behavior; and how Jupiter’s largest moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, […]