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Curiosity Daily Podcast: A Better Way to Stop Implicit Bias, the Murderous “Femme Fatale” Firefly, and Finding the Universe’s Missing Matter

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Learn about how scientists analyzed fast radio bursts to find the “missing matter” in the universe; why “discretion elimination” is more effective than implicit bias training; and how the femme fatale firefly lures mates to their doom.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Microwaveable Metals, Athlete Nature vs. Nurture, The House On The Rock, and Supernova-Skipping Stars

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Learn about what we discovered when astronomers watched a star turn directly into a black hole; new science into how much your genes determine your athleticism; why some materials shouldn’t go in the microwave; and one of the strangest places in the country: the House on the Rock.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Quitting Is Underrated, Most-Googled Scientific Misconceptions, and Starquakes in the Universe

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Learn about what starquakes can tell us about our universe; why quitting is underrated; and the truth behind some of the most-Googled scientific misconceptions.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why You Get Carsick, Climate-Saving Whales, Jupiter’s Rings

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Learn about how saving the whales could help combat climate change; Jupiter’s rings; and why reading makes you carsick. Plus: a major announcement about the future of Curiosity Daily.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Known Solar System Just Got Bigger

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Learn about how mice seem to feel each other’s pain; why our known solar system just got a little bigger thanks to “Farfarout” 2018 AG37; and the history of quinine, the malaria cure that eventually led to the gin and tonic.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Black Hole Alternatives, Literally Immortal Jellyfish Secrets, and The Best Way to Argue

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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:

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Bill Nye on Why Mars 2020 Is So Exciting

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Bill Nye explains why you should be excited about the Perseverance Rover and the Mars 2020 mission. Plus: learn about why old tech is better than new tech when it comes to connecting during COVID and a 5-minute trick for falling asleep faster.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence

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Hear about a slingshot launching payloads into space, the impressively modern-looking world’s oldest pants, and how moth wings are able to absorb sound to avoid detection from bats.

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: Types of Teen Popularity, Milky Way’s Black Holes, and Are Conspiracy Theories on the Rise?

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Learn about whether conspiracy theories are really on the rise; why there may be tens of thousands of black holes in the center of the Milky Way; and, the 3 versions of teen popularity, according to research.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: NASA’s Cryosleep Chambers, Your Brain on Puns, and Why Red Delicious Apples Exist

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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:

NASA Astronauts Take on Two Spacewalks at the International Space Station

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Updated July 1, 2020 Six Days. Two spacewalks. Both Successful.

Dr. Kathy Sullivan is an Explorer of Firsts

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The first American woman to walk in space is also the first woman to reach the deepest known point in the ocean.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pigeons Can Be Superstitious, Why Allergy Drugs Make You Sleepy, and The 5 Ages of the Universe

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Learn about how a psychologist named B.F. Skinner proved that pigeons can be superstitious; the science of histamines and why allergy medications make us sleepy; and the 5 ages of the universe, including the Stelliferous Era we’re in right now.

Waste In Space: NASA's Lunar Loo Challenge

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Would YOU like to design one of the next toilets used in space?

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Moral Dilemmas of Driverless Cars, How Many Friends You Can Have, and NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

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Learn about OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft, and why it’s about to make history; the moral dilemmas facing driverless car AI systems; and how many friends you can have at one time, despite what social media tells you.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Lockdown Is Changing Our Perception of Time, a Devastating Meteor that Never Landed, and Elephants Can Catch Yawns from Humans

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Learn about how lockdown is changing our perception of time; how the most devastating meteor on record may have never even landed; and why it’s a big deal that elephants can catch contagious yawning from humans.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: If Life Existed on Mars, How Would We Know?

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Learn about how atheists and believers have different moral compasses; how scientists will know if life ever existed on Mars; and how to persuade people to do what you want using the foot-in-the-door technique.