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    Curiosity Weekly – Discovery

    Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today.  

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    Moviegoers Blink in Sync, Rain on the Sun, and Why Flamingos Stand on One Leg May 08, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about a new discovery about rain on the sun; why flamingos stand on one leg; and why you blink the way you do when you’re watching a movie.

    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:

    • It Rains on the Sun — https://curiosity.im/2GwjSHm
    • The Real Reason Flamingos Stand on One Leg — https://curiosity.im/2GzHYkO
    • Moviegoers Blink in Sync for an Eerie Reason — https://curiosity.im/2GzHSts

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/moviegoers-blink-in-sync-rain-on-the-sun-and-why-flamingos-stand-on-one-leg


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    A Town Where Wireless Signals Are Banned, Why Fish Stink, and a Personality Health Test May 07, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about why wireless signals are completely banned from Green Bank, West Virginia; why fish stinks but chicken doesn’t; and how to find out if you have a healthy personality.

    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:

    • Wireless Signals Are Banned in This Small West Virginia Town — https://curiosity.im/2GvhnFf
    • How Come Fish Stinks But Chicken Doesn't? — https://curiosity.im/2GxqJ3B
    • Do You Have a "Healthy" Personality? Find Out With This Psychology Scale — https://curiosity.im/2GyLWdy

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/a-town-where-wireless-signals-are-banned-why-fish-stink-and-a-personality-health-test


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    Medieval Dancing Plagues, Altruistic Indulgence, and Types of Human Species May 06, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn why you’re more likely to order junk food after your friends do; why we’re the only human species; and why people literally danced themselves to death during the Medieval Dancing Plague.

    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:

    • This Concept Explains Why You Order Junk Food After Your Friends Do — https://curiosity.im/2L1M9dk
    • Why Are We the Only Human Species? — https://curiosity.im/2GwHtrA
    • During the Medieval Dancing Plagues, People Literally Danced Themselves to Death — https://curiosity.im/2GyG0kK

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/medieval-dancing-plagues-altruistic-indulgence-and-types-of-human-species


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    Analog and Digital Media Preservation (w/ Damon Krukowski) and the Wagon Wheel Illusion May 05, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about how we preserve analog and digital audio (and other media) with special guest Damon Krukowski, who is a musician, writer, and author of the new book “Ways of Hearing.” We’ll also answer a listener question about why quickly rotating objects seem to rotate in the opposite direction.

    Get your copy of “Ways of Hearing” on Amazon: https://amazon.com

    More from Damon Krukowski:

    • “Ways of Hearing” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
    • Damon Krukowski’s website — http://www.dadadrummer.com/
    • Pitchfork profile — https://pitchfork.com/staff/damon-krukowski/
    • Follow Damon K on Twitter @dada_drummer — https://twitter.com/dada_drummer
    • Radiotopia Showcase — https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/ways-of-hearing

    Additional resources discussed:

    • The wagon wheel illusion in movies and reality | PNAS — https://www.pnas.org/content/93/8/3693.short
    • Illusory motion reversal is caused by rivalry, not by perceptual snapshots of the visual field | ScienceDirect — https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698904002731
    • The Continuous Wagon Wheel Illusion and the ‘When’ Pathway of the Right Parietal Lobe: A Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study | PLOS — https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0002911

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/analog-and-digital-media-preservation-w-damon-krukowski-and-the-wagon-wheel-illusion


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    New Treatments via Fruit Flies (w/ Stephanie Mohr), South Atlantic Anomaly, White Wine Perks May 03, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about the incredible discoveries we’ve made from researching fruit flies with special guest Stephanie Mohr, author of “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery.” You’ll also earn about how the South Atlantic Anomaly is messing with our satellites and other space equipment. Plus: health benefits of white wine you may not know about.

    Get your copy of “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery” on Amazon: https://amazon.com

    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:

    • The South Atlantic Anomaly Is the Bermuda Triangle of Space — https://curiosity.im/2GuxenF
    • Why Do Reds Get All the Glory? White Wine Has Health Benefits, Too — https://curiosity.im/2GspNgA

    Additional resources from Stephanie Mohr:

    • “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery” — https://amazon.com
    • Follow Stephanie Mohr on Twitter @smohrfly — https://twitter.com/smohrfly
    • Harvard bio — https://scholar.harvard.edu/smohr

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/new-treatments-via-fruit-flies-w-stephanie-mohr-south-atlantic-anomaly-white-wine-perks


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    Weight Changes in Different Places, How Shoelaces Come Untied, and Longer Life Mentality May 02, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about why you don’t weigh the same everywhere on Earth; the personality traits shared by people who live past 90; and how researchers figured out how shoelaces come untied.

    Please support our sponsors! Visit skillshare.com/curiosity for two months of unlimited access to over 25,000 classes for free. Start your two months now!

    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:

    • You Don't Weigh the Same Everywhere on Earth — https://curiosity.im/2Gumy8K
    • These Are the Personality Traits Shared by People Who Live Past 90 — https://curiosity.im/2GuzFH2
    • Scientists Just Discovered How Shoelaces Come Untied, and It's Weirder Than You'd Think — https://curiosity.im/2Gr3t7g

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/weight-changes-in-different-places-how-shoelaces-come-untied-and-longer-life-mentality


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    Always Ask for a Deadline Extension, Leaded Gasoline, and What Makes Time Stand Still May 01, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn why you shouldn’t be afraid to ask for an extension when you’re up against a deadline; why we used to use lead in gasoline; and what causes that feeling that time is standing still.

    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:

    • This New Study Busts a Myth About Deadlines — https://curiosity.im/2GsniuI
    • Why Did We Ever Use Lead In Gasoline? — https://curiosity.im/2Gs2t2T (from Sunday)
    • What Makes Time Stand Still? — https://curiosity.im/2Gs3zeH

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/always-ask-for-a-deadline-extension-leaded-gasoline-and-what-makes-time-stand-still


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    Avoid Productivity Pitfalls, The Bandwagon Effect, and How Holograms Are Becoming A Reality Apr 30, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about why people do things because they’re popular; how “Star Wars”-style holograms are becoming a reality; and, how you can avoid four productivity pitfalls and assess how productive you actually are.

    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:

    • The Bandwagon Effect Is Why People Do Things Because They're Popular — https://curiosity.im/2Gs9z7f
    • "Star Wars"–Style Holograms Are Becoming a Reality — https://curiosity.im/2GrDdd0
    • How Productive Are You? This Research-Backed Quiz Can Shed Some Light — https://curiosity.im/2GsSkCP

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/avoid-productivity-pitfalls-the-bandwagon-effect-and-how-holograms-are-becoming-a-reality


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    Meteorites Probably Don’t Land Hot, Break-Up Struggles, and Why Babies Hardly Ever Blink Apr 29, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about why meteorites probably aren’t hot when they land; why babies hardly ever blink; and why couples have such a hard time breaking up.

    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:

    • Despite the Fireball, Meteorites Probably Aren't Hot — https://curiosity.im/2Gs6DYe
    • Why Do Babies Hardly Ever Blink? — https://curiosity.im/2GuxAL2
    • Why Is Breaking Up So Hard? A Study Found a Surprising Reason — https://curiosity.im/2IJJ4fl

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/meteorites-probably-dont-land-hot-break-up-struggles-and-why-babies-hardly-ever-blink


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    How Digital Audio Has Changed Listening (w/ Damon Krukowski) and How Much You Can Know Apr 28, 2019
    Show notes

    Learn about how digital technology is changing the way we listen to music and other audio from special guest Damon Krukowski, who is a musician, writer, and author of the new book “Ways of Hearing.” We’ll also answer a listener question about whether there’s a limit to how much we can know.

    Get your copy of “Ways of Hearing” on Amazon: https://amazon.com

    More from Damon Krukowski:

    • “Ways of Hearing” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
    • Damon Krukowski’s website — http://www.dadadrummer.com/
    • Pitchfork profile — https://pitchfork.com/staff/damon-krukowski/
    • Follow Damon K on Twitter @dada_drummer — https://twitter.com/dada_drummer
    • Radiotopia Showcase — https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/ways-of-hearing

    Additional resources discussed:

    • What’s the most we can remember? | BBC — http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150401-whats-the-most-we-can-remember
    • Memory Capacity of the Brain is 10 Times More than Previously Thought | Salk Institute for Biological Studies — https://www.salk.edu/news-release/memory-capacity-of-brain-is-10-times-more-than-previously-thought/
    • What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain? | Scientific American — https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-memory-capacity/
    • Your Short-Term Memory Can Only Hold 7 Items (But You Can Use This Trick) | Curiosity.com — https://curiosity.im/2L0IdcI

    If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom

    Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-digital-audio-has-changed-listening-w-damon-krukowski-and-how-much-you-can-know


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