Curiosity Daily Episodes

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September 30, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, guest interview, history

The Dirty, Smelly History of Soap (w/ Cody Cassidy)

Cody Cassidy is back to talk about how soap was invented. You’ll also learn about a bias that makes people believe poor people have thicker skin, and how good anxiety […]
September 29, 2020brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, health, history

Who Ate the First Oyster? (With Cody Cassidy)

Learn about why we remember things in the opposite order as we see them and how spiders use atmospheric electricity to balloon through the air. You’ll also learn who actually […]
September 28, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, health, history

Why Friends “Swapped Bodies” for Science (Again!)

Learn how swapping bodies with our pals can alter the way we view ourselves, why California’s redwoods have been able to survive relentless wildfires, and the real reason there are […]
September 25, 2020brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, genetics, productivity, sleep

Why Don’t We Sneeze in Our Sleep?

Scientists renamed human genes because of Microsoft Excel by Grant Currin Vincent, J. (2020, August 6). Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates. The […]
September 24, 2020brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, health, sleep, space

The Math Bias That Makes You Misjudge COVID-19

Learn how the mathematical mistake of exponential growth bias makes people underestimate the spread of COVID-19, how crocodiles have survived since the dinosaurs, and how puns activate both sides of […]
September 23, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, food, genetics, space

Wildfires Can Create Their Own Storms

Learn about how wildfires are powerful enough to create their own storms, how the invention of bags influenced human evolution, and how announcers with low voices can make products larger. […]
September 22, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, history

Why Multitasking Keeps You Snacking

Learn about how rats might not have been all to blame for the bubonic plagues and why we’re more prone to mindlessly eat while we multitask. When It Comes to […]
September 21, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, health, history, space

Why Do Young People Have More Déjà Vu?

Learn about whether animals can predict earthquakes, why younger folks experience déjà vu more often, and how software that helped us reach the moon was literally woven by hand. Can […]
September 18, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, life hacks

Children Led a Research Project, Painting Eyes on Cow Butts, and Whether to Rinse Your Recycling

Learn about how children led their own research project into what they really think of adults, how painting eyes on cow butts could help solve a wildlife conservation problem, and […]
September 17, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes

Why You Think You’re Too Smart for Ads, Studying Violinists to Understand Human Synchrony, and Relieving Pain by Holding Hands

Learn about how a phenomenon called the third-person effect makes us think we’re too smart for advertising to work on us, why scientists used violinists to study how humans sync […]