Curiosity Daily Podcast: How to Manage Your Work-from-Home Paranoia

Learn 4 tips for managing WFH paranoia; flat-pack pasta; and how eye contact is affected by the shape of a dog’s face.

June 21, 2021

Episode Show Notes:

4 tips for managing your WFH paranoia by Kelsey Donk

Scientists have created flat-pack pasta that curls into shape in water by Steffie Drucker

Your dog’s face shape determines how easily it makes eye contact with you by Cameron Duke

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