Tag: evolution

• March 15, 2019biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes, history, space

  Why Pockets Are Rare in Women’s Clothes, Why Earth Twinkles, and Where Life Originated

  Learn about why Earth twinkles from space; why pockets are so rare in women’s clothes; and whether the first life emerged on land or water. In this podcast, Cody Gough […]

• March 1, 2019Curiosity Daily Episodes, history, life hacks, physics, physiology, sleep

  Breathing Trick to Fall Asleep Faster, Wisdom Teeth Removal Revelations, and Lise Meitner

  Learn about why getting your wisdom teeth removed might be pointless; Lise Meitner, the forgotten female physicist who helped us figure out nuclear power; and the 4-7-8 breathing technique to […]

• February 26, 2019brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, history

  Preserving Old Book Smells, Reacting Before Noticing, and Humans from Outer Space

  Learn about why researchers have broken down the smell of old books; new research that shows why your brain has a kind of Spider-sense; and the Panspermia theory that human […]

• January 24, 2019biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes, life hacks

  How to Improve Your Self-Control, Why You Shouldn’t Touch Your Plants, and Firehawk Raptors

  Learn about whether you can improve your self-control; why certain types of birds set fires on purpose; and why you shouldn’t touch your plants. Please support our sponsors! Visit movaglobes.com/curiosity […]

• January 22, 2019biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes

  Wash Your Towels and Sheets More Often, Immortality’s Math Problem, and Australia’s Pink Lakes

  Learn about the scientific reason why Australia has bubblegum pink lakes; why immortality is mathematically impossible; and how often you should wash your sheets, towels, and basically everything you own. […]

• January 9, 2019biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes, genetics, physiology

  Your Wounds Heal Faster in the Daytime, Only Tame Foxes on Earth, and the Peter Principle

  Learn about why your wounds heal faster in the daytime; the Peter Principle, which explains why so much goes wrong; and why there’s one tame population of foxes on Earth, […]

• January 8, 2019communication, Curiosity Daily Episodes, history

  A Trick for Being Taken More Seriously, Messy Office Traits, and Human Domestication

  Learn about a simple trick for making people take you more seriously; what a messy office might say about its owners personality, and what you should do about it. Having […]

• December 20, 2018biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes, history

  Narwhal Adoption Mystery, Île Sainte-Marie’s Pirate Cemetery, and Solving the Candle Problem

  Learn about how to solve a famous logic puzzle called the Candle Problem; Île Sainte-Marie, the only known pirate cemetery in the world; and why scientists are baffled by a […]

• December 9, 2018biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes, history, physics

  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; […]

• December 5, 2018brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes, history, physics, quantum mechanics

  You Can Learn and Unlearn Emotions, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, and Loveland Castle’s Weird History

  Learn about Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle; the weird history of Loveland Castle, a Medieval structure in Ohio; and why you’re not born with emotions — you learn (and can unlearn) them. Please […]