Tag: evolution
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history, space, biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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history, physiology, sleep, physics, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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history, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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biology, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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biology, 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. […]
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physiology, biology, genetics, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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, […]
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history, communication, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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history, biology, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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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, physics, brains, quantum mechanics, Curiosity Daily Episodes
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 […]
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