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Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Humans Can Outsmart AI (w/ Unanimous AI), Pre-Big Bang Existence, and Beating Procrastination

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Learn how humans can beat artificial intelligence by tapping into the wisdom of swarms (with some help from Dr. Louis Rosenberg, CEO of Unanimous AI). Plus: learn about what came before the Big Bang, and get a 5-minute hack for beating procrastination.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Godzilla’s Deeper Meaning, Exoplanets (w/ Ralph Crewe from SNaQ), and Turing Machines

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Learn about the Turing machine, an imaginary device that’s the basis for all computers. Plus: what can Godzilla tell us about our collective anxiety? We’ll also discuss a listener question about exoplanets with a special guest, Ralph Crewe from the podcast Science, News, and Qs.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: What Rain is Like on Other Planets

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Learn about rain on other planets; why Americans used to not use forks; and whether sleep or exercise is more important.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Looking Into Space Is Looking Back in Time

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Learn why soccer players miss penalty kicks; how we estimate population sizes; and how space helps us look back in time.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Tips for Happy, Healthy Aging (w/ Daniel Levitin) and a Massive Collision Helped Us Judge the Milky Way’s Age

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Learn about research-based advice for staying happy in your later years, from neuroscientist and author Daniel Levitin. Then, you’ll learn about how a faraway star helped researchers figure out when the Milky Way was formed.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Easter Island Mythbusting and the Universe’s Expansion Rate

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Learn why Easter Island never had a population collapse; and how scientists are measuring the expansion of our universe.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Space Changed NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott’s Perspective; Plus, Whistled Languages

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Learn what NASA astronaut Nicole Stott learned from her time in outer space. Plus: whistled languages around the world.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Measure Your Sleepiness, What Happens When Galaxies Collide, and Space Junk Damage

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Learn about what it looks like when galaxies collide with one another; how to measure how sleepy you are using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale; and how much damage space junk the size of a pencil eraser can do.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Muscles Remember Training and a Black Hole Made a Star Explode

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Learn how quickly previously trained muscles bounce back after inactivity; and how a black hole made a star explode.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Defending Against “Murder Hornets” with Bee Balls, Aphantasia and the Two Extremes of the “Mind’s Eye,” and Venus’s Freaky-Fast Atmosphere

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Learn about the surprising way Japanese honeybees defend themselves against "murder hornets" (actual name: Asian giant hornets); how “atmospheric tidal waves” make Venus’s atmosphere rotate faster than the actual planet; and the wide spectrum of how people mentally visualize images, including aphantasia and hyperphantasia.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Too Much Sleep Can Be Harmful, Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself, and Black Hole Light Echoes

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Learn about why too much sleep may be just as harmful as too little; what light echoes detected by NASA might be able to teach us about how black holes evolve over time; and why you can’t tickle yourself.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Many Worlds Theory Explains the Universe (w/ Sean Carroll) and What Causes Static Electricity

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Learn how friction causes static electricity. Then, learn from renowned theoretical physicist Sean Carroll why understanding the Many Worlds Theory could be the best way for us to understand the universe.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Find Out if You’re an Echoist, Pluto Swapping with Neptune, and Our Ancestors’ Healthy Living

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Learn about whether our ancient ancestors were healthier than we are; why Neptune is sometimes further away from the sun than Pluto; and how to know if you’re an echoist, which is the polar opposite of a narcissist.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: American Spending Habits, Reversed Organs, and the Sci-Fi Predictions of “Star Maker”

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

How the Universe Works | Journey Through the Cosmos with Mike Rowe

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Explore the greatest mysteries of the universe with Mike Rowe in an all-new season of How the Universe Works, premiering March 24 on Science Channel and streaming on discovery+.

SNL’s Pete Davidson No Longer Flying to Space on Blue Origin’s 4th Human Flight

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Along with 5 paying customers, it was announced that Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson was joining the crew Blue Origin’s NS-20 Mission on Wednesday, March 23rd. As of last night, Blue Origin announced the date of the flight has moved to Tuesday March 29 and "Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission."(This article was updated March 18)

Curiosity Daily Podcast: You Can Enjoy Play Before Work, Life After Asteroid Impacts, and an Eyepatch Eyesight Hack

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Learn about why it’s okay to put play before work; a surprising reason why pirates may have worn eyepatches; and how life bounced back surprisingly quickly after the asteroid killed the dinosaurs.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: History of Talking to Strangers, Dark Matter Between Galaxies

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Learn why talking to strangers shouldn’t be scary; and a new map revealing hidden dark matter “bridges” between galaxies.