sleep

April 2, 2021sleep, Curiosity Daily Episodes

Bad News About Your Wearable Sleep Tracker

Learn about which sleep trackers are actually accurate; how important closure is for a life transition; and why mirrors flip horizontally, but not vertically. Study of 9 sleep trackers finds […]
February 24, 2021sleep, health, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes

What Would Happen If You Stopped Time?

Learn about how sleep may have evolved before the brain; why airports keep birds of prey on staff; and what would happen if you stopped time. Sleep might have evolved […]
February 1, 2021sleep, Curiosity Daily Episodes

Why Does February have 28 Days?

Learn about why February only has 28 days; why early birds and night owls aren’t the only two chronotypes; and why the anchoring effect says you should always make the […]
January 29, 2021sleep, Curiosity Daily Episodes

Why Do Wombats Poop Cubes?

Learn about a newly discovered way to cut down on intrusive thoughts; why wombats poop cubes; and why UPS trucks almost never make left turns. Cut down on intrusive thoughts […]
January 19, 2021sleep, food, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes

We Still Don’t Know How Ice Skating Works

Learn about how social connection may be as basic of a human need as hunger; the ongoing scientific debate around how ice skating actually works; and the Uberman sleep cycle, […]
December 11, 2020space, sleep, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes

Are Sleep-Deprived Men More Masculine?

Learn about why men who sleep more are seen as less masculine and what exactly makes radiation harmful. Then, test your podcast knowledge with this month’s Curiosity Challenge trivia game. […]
October 2, 2020sleep, Curiosity Daily Episodes

Why The Mantis Shrimp Can Punch So Hard Without Damage

Learn about how your schedule might be hurting your health, why the mantis shrimp is able to punch so hard without hurting itself, and who invented the aluminum can. Your […]
September 25, 2020sleep, productivity, genetics, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes

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, 2020space, sleep, health, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes

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 […]
July 31, 2020space, sleep, fitness and exercise, Curiosity Daily Episodes

Advertising Makes Us Unhappy, The Myth of Maximum Heart Rate, and How Parents Can Help Language Researchers with an App

Learn about why more advertising means less happiness; how to calculate your maximum heart rate; and how parents and kids can help language researchers during the pandemic, with help from […]