Tag: learning
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productivity, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Fountain of Youth Bacteria, Temperatures Making You Spend Money, and New Skills in 5 Hours
Learn why some scientists are comparing an ancient bacteria to the Fountain of Youth; how temperature might affect how you spend your money; and, a rule you can use to […]
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food, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
How to Form New Habits, Evolution on Why Love Is Blind, and Pinks in Your Sinks
Learn about the evolutionary reason why love is blind; the weird history of that pink color in your bathtub; and how to form new habits. In this podcast, Cody Gough […]
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history, astronomy, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
What Wind Chill Really Means, Learning Skills Faster with a Workout, and the Hypatia Stone
Learn about how the mysterious Hypatia stone could change what we know about our solar system; what wind chill actually means; and how you can learn skills faster with a […]
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history, productivity, life hacks, business, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Get More Done with Timeboxing, Self-Created Peer Pressure, and the Pitch Drop Experiment
Learn about why you might be causing your own peer pressure, and how to get over it; a 1927 experiment to prove that pitch is a liquid, and why it’s […]
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physiology, health, guest interview, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Overcome Learned Helplessness, Teach Your Kids How to Apologize, and Macrophage Attacks
Learn about macrophages and why your immune system tries to kill you sometimes (and why that might make you look at sickness in a new way); how and why you […]
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history, brains, Curiosity Daily Episodes
The Most Influential Film Ever, Your Memory on Riding A Bike, and Mistletoe’s Poisonous Roots
Learn what scientists say was the most influential film of all time; the special way riding a bike is stored in your memory; and the truth behind mistletoe, a Christmas […]
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astronomy, Curiosity Daily Episodes
How to Take A Compliment, Learn Anything in Four Steps, and Design a New Arecibo Message
Learn why compliments are so embarrassing, and how you can take them better; how you can help astronomers design a new Arecibo Message to send to extraterrestrials; and how you […]
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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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space, productivity, physics, life hacks, Curiosity Daily Episodes
Nuclear Pasta, Belly Button Science, How Lighting Affects Learning and Memory, and the Worst Diet Fads Ever
Learn how the wrong lighting can make you less productive, and why “nuclear pasta” might be the strongest material in the universe. We’ll also dispel some myths about the worst […]
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sleep, physics, genetics, life hacks, brains, quantum mechanics, Curiosity Daily Episodes
String Theory Primer, Night Owl and Morning Person Science, and All-Nighter Study Habits
Learn what makes someone a night owl or a morning person; get a quick primer on on string theory; and discover whether you should pull an all-nighter studying for a […]
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