Tag: Earth
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astronomy, productivity, Curiosity Daily Episodes
How Music Affects Your Work, Damage from Muffled Hearing, and Earth’s Gigantic Atmosphere
Learn about why the Earth’s atmosphere extends beyond the moon; whether you should listen to music while you work; and whether your muffled hearing after a concert means you damaged […]
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history, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Andros’ Unexplored Blue Holes, Folie à Deux, and How Your Brain Treats Curiosity Like Hunger
Learn about why your brain treats hunger for knowledge like hunger for food; why the unexplored blue holes of Andros in the Bahamas is home to one of the most […]
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history, biology, physics, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Why Humans Are Symmetrical, Fish Electrocution Physics, A Misplaced Equator Theme Park, and Silent Places
Learn about one of the only silent places in the United States; why fish aren’t electrocuted during lightning storms; why an equator theme park was built in the wrong place; […]
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history, astronomy, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Keeping Secrets Makes Life Harder, Emotions Change Your Perception of Time, and How We Proved the Earth Rotates
Learn how keeping secrets can literally weigh you down; how we knew the Earth rotates before we had space travel thanks to the Foucault pendulum; and how your emotions can […]
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astronomy, space, sleep, physics, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Measure Your Sleepiness, What Happens When Galaxies Collide, and Space Junk Damage
Learn about what it looks like when galaxies collide with one another; how to measure how sleepy you are using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale; and how much damage space junk […]
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history, space, physics, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Prince Rupert’s Drop, Why Earth’s Core Is Younger Than Its Surface, and Newborn Babies May Be Super Smart
Learn why a Prince Rupert’s drop is both super-fragile and virtually unbreakable; why researchers think newborn babies are a lot smarter than they look; and why Earth’s core is younger […]
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space, productivity, physics, life hacks, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes
How to Stop Procrastinating, Astronauts Seeing Cosmic Rays, and What Causes That Fresh Rain Smell
Learn what causes that fresh rain smell; how astronauts can actually see cosmic rays; and a trick you can use to stop procrastinating called the “frog rule.” In this podcast, […]
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history, astronomy, physiology, physics, language, fitness and exercise, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Pretzel History, How Earth Got Its Water, Runner’s High Origins, and Words Named After People
Learn about where the water on Earth might have come from; the surprising history of the pretzel, including the monk who invented it; words you probably didn’t know are named […]
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history, astronomy, space, productivity, physics, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Multitasking Is Impossible, How A Flat Earth Would Even Work, and Nearly Every Country’s Name Origin
Learn how a flat Earth would even work; why multitasking is impossible, and what you should do instead; and the four things that nearly every country on Earth is named […]
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history, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Massive Ocean Beneath Earth’s Surface, Road Trip Game History, and Memory-Boosting Reading Technique
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: There May […]
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