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food, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Your Brain Treats Human Beauty Differently from Artistic Beauty
Learn about how your brain treats beautiful faces differently from beautiful objects; why the town of Baarle sits on one of the world’s most complex international borders; and what might […]
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food, genetics, communication, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Do People Think More in Words or Pictures?
Learn about whether people think in words or in pictures; why brussels sprouts really are tastier than they used to be; and why buying luxury items might make you feel […]
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food, Curiosity Daily Episodes
The Stinky Science of the World’s Smelliest Fruit
Learn about the shocking prevalence of torture scenes in movies; why durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, smells so bad; and where mold comes from. Torture is prevalent and effective in […]
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food, life hacks, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
The Time Pi Was Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
Learn about how speed listening to podcasts (or “podfasting”) affects our emotions; the health differences between white and brown rice; and the time pi was once almost legally changed to […]
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food, health, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
How Psilocybin Therapy Can Ease Depression
Infectious disease doctor and researcher Dr. Lawrence Purpura discusses herd immunity and the coronavirus pandemic. Then, learn about how psilocybin therapy may be able to treat depression, and why credit […]
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food, 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 […]
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food, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Scientists Finally Found a Dinosaur Cloaca
Learn about why we now know what a dinosaur’s cloaca looks like. You’ll also learn why smells change with context from food science expert Harold McGee. We now know what […]
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history, space, food, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Is That Real Money or Fun Money? The Trap of Mental Accounting
Learn about how to avoid the too-familiar trap of mental accounting, the story of when a glitchy instrument led to evidence for the Big Bang, and the real science behind […]
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space, food, guest interview, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Do Rocket Stages Ever Hit Ships? (w/ NASA’s Cody Chambers)
Learn about how saying no to kids makes them more resourceful and why humans aren’t the only animals capable of deception. We’ll also answer a listener question about whether rocket […]
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food, health, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Viking Was a Job Description, Not Heredity
Learn about how being a “Viking” was actually a career choice, not an ethnicity, why it’s easy to plant false memories, and how the pandemic has made birdsong more complex. […]
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