life hacks

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 […]
August 28, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, life hacks

Do Masks Stunt Emotional Development? Plus: Human Ears Perk Up, Too, and Why Your Shower Curtain Clings To You

Learn about the “shower-curtain effect,” the mystery of why your shower curtain will randomly cling to you; whether masks affect our emotional development; and why humans perk up their ears. […]
July 16, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, food, health, history, life hacks

Hack Your Short-Term Memory, The Wild Origins of Gallbladder Surgery, and Does Chocolate Cause Acne Breakouts?

Learn about whether chocolate actually causes acne breakouts; how to get around Miller’s law, which describes the limits of your short-term memory; and why one of the first gallbladder surgeries […]
May 14, 2020brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, guest interview, life hacks

Where Our Emotions Come From and How to Hack Them (w/ Lisa Feldman Barrett) and Tarantula Venom Could Be an Opioid Alternative

Learn about where your emotions come from and how you can hack them, with help from psychology researcher and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. Plus: learn why tarantula venom could be […]
March 14, 2020brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, food, life hacks

Speed Listening’s Effects on Emotion, Surprising Differences Between White and Brown Rice, and Pi 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 […]
February 24, 2020Curiosity Daily Episodes, fitness and exercise, life hacks

Your Dance Style Is as Unique as Your Fingerprint, the Myth of Muscle Confusion, and How Animals Get Color Without Pigment

Learn about whether the exercise trend of “muscle confusion” really works; how structural colors give animals their vibrant hues; and why the way you dance is just as unique as […]
February 10, 2020animals, Curiosity Daily Episodes, life hacks, medicine, space

Stanford Technique for Picking Creative Ideas, Why Whales Are So Big (But Not Bigger), and the First Medical Diagnosis and Treatment in Space from Earth

Learn about how doctors on Earth diagnosed and treated an astronaut’s medical problem in space for the first time; a new study that explains why whales are so big, but […]
December 27, 2019Curiosity Daily Episodes, health, life hacks, productivity

How the Medicine You Take Knows Where to Go, The Amazing Physics of Baseball, and Boosting Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique

Learn about the surprising physics involved in hitting a baseball; a productivity hack to stop procrastination; and how viruses and medicines know where to go in your body. In this […]
December 2, 2019Curiosity Daily Episodes, life hacks, sleep

Evolution of the Violin Hole, Why Static Shock Is Worse in Winter, and How “Sleeping on It” Solves Problems

Learn about how to hack your sleep to help solve your problems; why the holes in violins are shaped the way they are; and why static shock is worse in […]
September 16, 2019Curiosity Daily Episodes, life hacks

You Can Enjoy Play Before Work, Life After Asteroid Impacts, and an Eyepatch Eyesight Hack

Learn about why it’s okay to put play before work; a surprising reason why pirates may have worn eyepatches; and how life bounced back surprisingly quickly after the asteroid killed […]