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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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    21st Century Composing: Scoring Music For Film And Video Games Oct 03, 2017
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    Not all music is created equally. You may love the soundtrack of your favorite film, television show, or video game just as much as you enjoy Beethoven's 9th, but you may not know how deliberately the score from your favorite form of entertainment was composed. Elliot Callighan, independent composer and sound designer, joins the Curiosity Podcast to reveal how musicians in the 21st century write for media that didn't even exist when most of history's greatest composers were alive.

    Elliot Calligan is a classically trained violinist and pianist, metal guitarist and electronic music enthusiast, a Soundpost Co-Chair for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Overture Council, and an adjunct faculty member in the Film & Game programs at DePaul University. His work has been featured in campaigns for United Airlines, The Chicago Advertising Federation, GMC, The Godrej Group, Chevrolet Motors, The Goodman Theatre as well as many independent films and games.

    Additional resources discussed:

    • Ramova Music, Elliot's web site
    • Native Instruments Komplete 11 Software Suite
    • Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2
    • Newzoo Global Games Market Report
    • MPAA Theatrical Market Statistics 2016 Report
    • High Score: How Video Games are Offering New Opportunities to Composers, Producers and Orchestras
    • National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #58, January 2015
    • Musical chord preference: cultural or universal? Data from a native Amazonian society
    • Your culture—not your biology—shapes your musical taste

    To learn more about this topic and many others check out Curiosity.com, download our 5-star iOS or Android app and join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and everywhere else podcasts are found so you don't miss an episode!

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/21st-century-composing-scoring-music-for-film-and-video-games


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    Inside Pseudoscience And Conspiracy Theories Sep 26, 2017
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    Renowned skeptic Dr. Steven Novella, host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe and author of the NeuroLogica Blog, joins the Curiosity Podcast to explain how to tell the difference between reality and fantasy – and why it's sometimes hard to do so. He brings years of experience as a neuroscientist and researcher to take a look inside the minds of both skeptics and those who believe in pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.

    Dr. Novella is an academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to his work on The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast, he is the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society. His NeuroLogica science blog covers news and issues in neuroscience, but also general science, scientific skepticism, philosophy of science, critical thinking, and the intersection of science with the media and society.

    More from Steven Novella:

    • The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
    • New England Skeptical Society
    • NeuroLogica blog

    Additional resources discussed:

    • "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
    • The Skeptic Movement
    • Why Is There a Skeptical Movement?
    • Carl Sagan's Life and Legacy as Scientist, Teacher, and Skeptic
    • Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing (Study)
    • Bill Nye Had a Fixed View on GMOs. Then Something Happened.

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/inside-pseudoscience-and-conspiracy-theories


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    How The Best Marriages Work Sep 19, 2017
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    The institution of marriage in America appears to be struggling. Or is it? Dr. Eli Finkel's most recent research reveals that the best marriages today may in fact be the best marriages the world has ever known. A renowned relationship expert, Dr. Finkel joins the Curiosity Podcast to reveal the structure of successful marriages and explain the context needed to understand how to flourish in any serious long-term relationship.

    Dr. Eli Finkel, author of The All-or-Nothing Marriage, is a professor at Northwestern University, where he has appointments in the psychology department and the Kellogg School of Management. He has published more than 130 scientific articles and is a regular contributor to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.

    More from Dr. Eli Finkel:

    • Dr. Eli Finkel's website
    • "The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work"
    • The Marriage Hack: Eli Finkel at TEDxUChicago
    • "Self and Relationships: Connecting Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes"

    Additional resources discussed:

    • Money Survey: 78% Still Think Men Should Pay for the First Date
    • Who Pays? NerdWallet Study Finds Gender Roles Remain Strong Among Couples
    • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
    • "The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap"

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-the-best-marriages-work


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    The Past, Present, And Future Of Dating Sep 12, 2017
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    The dating world has radically transformed over the last few decades. Combine advances in technology with radical changes in social roles and a rise in non-traditional relationships and sexual preferences, and you end up with a pretty confusing dating environment. Dr. Eli Finkel joins the Curiosity Podcast to discuss everything from one-night stands to Tinder to pickup artists – and everything in-between.

    Dr. Finkel is a social psychology professor who studies interpersonal attraction, marriage, conflict resolution, and more. He is the director of Northwestern University's Relationships and Motivation Lab and has published more than 130 scientific articles – primarily on relationships – as well as being a regular contributor to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.

    More from Dr. Eli Finkel:

    • Dr. Eli Finkel's website
    • Is Romantic Desire Predictable? Machine Learning Applied to Initial Romantic Attraction (Study)
    • Can technology bring us true love? Eli Finkel at TEDxNorthwesternU 2014
    • "Self and Relationships: Connecting Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes"
    • "The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work"

    Additional resources discussed:

    • Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
    • Four Fallacies of Pop Evolutionary Psychology
    • How evolutionary psychology gets evolution wrong
    • Ashley Madison Hack: All Fun and Puritanical Games Until Somebody Gets Dead
    • "More than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory"
    • "Polyamory and Jealousy: A More Than Two Essentials Guide"
    • "Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships"
    • "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists"

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-past-present-and-future-of-dating


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    The Microscopic Chemical Warfare Of Antibiotics Sep 05, 2017
    Show notes

    Research isn't always conducted in a laboratory. Dr. Brian T. Murphy runs a research program that takes him all around the world collecting aquatic microorganisms, en route to the discovery and development of new antibiotics. On this podcast, Dr. Murphy explains how antibiotics work and the importance of discovering new ones, as well as detailing some of the exotic underwater adventures involved in his line of work.

    Ongoing projects in Dr. Murphy's lab merge the identification of small molecules with marine microbiology, molecular biology, genomics, and bioinformatics. To date, his lab has built a collection of over 1,500 aquatic bacteria and are using them to generate small molecule libraries that they screen against bacterial pathogens and cancers. The lab is also innovating the way drug discovery libraries are managed to make them more intuitive and efficient.

    Antibiotics research crowdsourcing programs:

    • Great Lakes Freshwater Sponge Ecology And Drug-Discovery (Murphy Lab project)
    • University of Oklahoma's Citizen Science Soil Collection Program
    • Drugs from Dirt (US)
    • Swab and Send (UK)
    • Small World Initiative

    Additional scientific resources discussed:

    • Murphy Lab UIC website
    • Current Murphy Lab projects
    • Feature on Murphy Lab in Toronto Star
    • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    • TB Alliance
    • Murphy Lab on Twitter

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-microscopic-chemical-warfare-of-antibiotics


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    The Science of Singing Aug 29, 2017
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    The human voice is the oldest musical instrument. But how exactly does it work? Voice training is a lot more complicated than you might think, and in this podcast, opera singer Matthan Ring Black discusses why. A baritone with decades of experience as a performer, Matthan gets into the science behind how the human voice works, with some bonus insights into the worlds of vocal pedagogy and opera.

    Matthan has performed in several Chicago premieres, including the world premiere of Gregory Spears’ Jason and the Argonauts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited. He is also a founding member of Chicago Fringe Opera and is collaborating with composer Ross Crean for the international recording of his new opera, The Great God Pan.

    Additional resources discussed:

    • Matthan Ring Black's Website
    • Doing The Work with Matthan Black (podcast)
    • Chicago Fringe Opera
    • Ross Crean: The Great God Pan
    • Verdi's Rigoletto (DVD)
    • The History of Opera audiobook

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-science-of-singing


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    What Space Can Teach Us About Our World Aug 22, 2017
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    Astronomy isn't just about looking up at the sky. The Adler Planetarium's Michelle Nichols delves deep into the lessons that astronomy can teach us about our own world and gives an update on when (and why) we're hoping to finish the "race to Mars." Plus: the surprising relationship many scientists have with religion.

    As Director of Public Observing, Michelle leads the Adler Planetarium's various telescope and sky observing efforts, including the 'Scopes in the City telescope outreach program, free nighttime observing in the Doane Observatory via Doane at Dusk, Adler's telescope volunteer program, and much more.

    Additional resources discussed:

    • The Adler Planetarium website
    • So you want to be an astronaut? Here's what it takes (USA Today)
    • Eggplant (Solanum melongena) Domestication History and Genealogy
    • Origins of the Potato
    • Astronomy Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Activities (Lab Series)

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-space-can-teach-us-about-our-world


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    Magic Or Medicine? Medieval Mysteries Aug 15, 2017
    Show notes

    Have you ever wanted to discover a long-lost magic spell or incantation? Well now is your chance! Experts from the Newberry Library in Chicago discuss how you can read and even help decipher unique medieval manuscripts from the comfort of your own home. They also take a closer look at how understanding magic in the Middle Ages can help us understand our world better.

    This week's guests include: Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History; Christopher Fletcher, Program Assistant in the Renaissance Center; and Matthew Clarke, Digital Initiatives and Metadata Assistant.

    Resources from the Newberry Library:

    • Religious Change and Print 1450-1700 project site
    • The Transcribing Faith resource
    • Blog post covering the technical details of the project
    • The Civil War in Letters, a past transcription project
    • Newberry resources for classrooms
    • Genealogy at the Newberry Library
    • Digital exhibitions and research collections on Internet Archive and CARLI

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/magic-or-medicine-medieval-mysteries


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    Why The 2017 Solar Eclipse Is Such A Huge Deal Aug 10, 2017
    Show notes

    Why is the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, going to be such a huge deal? Michelle Nichols, educator and astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, joins us on a special episode of the Curiosity Podcast to explain everything from the science to the community surrounding this astronomical event.

    As Director of Public Observing, Michelle leads the Adler Planetarium’s various telescope and sky observing efforts, including the ‘Scopes in the City telescope outreach program, free nighttime observing in the Doane Observatory via Doane at Dusk, Adler’s telescope volunteer program, and much more.

    More eclipse resources:

    • Your Total Solar Eclipse Instruction Manual
    • The 2017 Eclipse at the Adler Planetarium
    • Safe Solar Viewing Guidelines
    • Main NASA Site For This Eclipse

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-the-2017-solar-eclipse-is-such-a-huge-deal


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    The Psychology Of Happiness Aug 08, 2017
    Show notes

    Executive coach and happiness expert Stella Grizont explains exactly how happiness works, why it matters, and the steps a person can take to find it. Grizont was one of the first graduate students in the world to receive a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

    From speaking to consulting to coaching, Grizont designs immersive learning experiences for organizations like Google, Johnson & Johnson, and Columbia University. She has also coached more than 1,300 high performers in 17 countries, with a focus on working with executives to achieve greater impact, meaning, and satisfaction at work.

    Links we discussed:

    • The Vision Generator (free from Stella Grizont)
    • David Cooperrider, one of Stella Grizont's former professors
    • Barbara Frederickson, leading researcher on positive emotion
    • Stella Grizont's TEDx Talk: The play instinct

    Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

    Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-psychology-of-happiness


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