Curiosity Daily Podcast: How to Change Your Habits, Almond and Soy Milk vs. Juices, and the Rio Scale for Alien News
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com (along with some outside research into a listener question) to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
August 12, 2018
Episode Show Notes:
- Please Visit Our Sponsor: Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans
- To Find Out If News About Aliens Is Legit, Use the Rio Scale
- Want to Break a Bad Habit? Focus on the 3 "R's"
- What Makes Your Brain Happy — and Why You Should Do the Opposite [Full Podcast Interview with David DiSalvo]
- Does Almond Milk Deserve to Be Called ‘Milk’? | Lifehacker
- Soon, your soy milk may not be called ‘milk’ | PBS
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