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Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Healthiest Diet (w/ Michael Greger), Space Volcanoes, Freemasons, and Device-Free Quiet Time

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to Dr. Michael Greger, internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

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: Incredible Benefits of Leaving Your Phone Out of Your Bedroom, Stopping Time, and “The Goblin” Dwarf Planet

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Learn about what would happen if you could actually stop time, scientifically speaking; the incredible health and wellness benefits of leaving your phone out of your bedroom; and “The Goblin,” a new world beyond Pluto.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Space Elevator Science, “HALT” Impulse Control Method, and the 6 Types of Disgust

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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: 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: Hubble Telescope Photobomb, Why Alcohol Burns, and Why Your Cat Puts Its Butt In Your Face

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Learn why NASA compared a new scientific discovery to a game of “Where’s Waldo?”; why cats stick their butts in your face; and the surprising reason why your throat burns when you take a shot of hard liquor.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: An Interstellar Object’s Origin Revealed, Why Superstitions Evolved, and How the Sense of Smell Is More Complicated Than We Thought

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Learn about why natural selection favors superstitions; why the way our noses smell is way more complicated than we thought; and where scientists think 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object, came from.

Behold as Two Black Holes Prepare to Collide

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It’s the ultimate galactic showdown. The wrestling match to end all wrestling matches. A cosmic collision of epic proportions. And you won’t want to miss it.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: NASA’s Sun Probe, Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed, and Tongue Rolling Isn’t Genetic

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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:

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Yeah, About That Phosphine on Venus...

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Learn about the surprising memory skills of infants; why that whole “phosphine on Venus” discovery may not be as exciting as we thought; and how medical science answered Molyneux's problem, a 300-year-old philosophy question.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Hygiene Hypothesis, Ancient Coronavirus, Black Hole Eats Neutron Star

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Learn about whether being too clean makes kids sick; an ancient coronavirus epidemic; and a black hole-neutron star merger.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pirates Plundered the Metric System, What Marsquakes Teach Us

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Learn about the time pirates stopped the US from switching to the metric system; and new learnings about Mars’ interior.

We Have Liftoff! NASA/SpaceX Crew-3 Mission is En Route to the ISS

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Congrats on a successful liftoff for NASA/SpaceX's Crew-3 Dragon propelled by the Falcon-9 rocket on Wednesday, November 11 at 9:04 PM ET.As this crew makes their way to the International Space Station, NASA will be observing the dragon capsule closely all the way to docking at 7:10 PM ET.

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: How Astronauts Clean Their Underwear

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Learn why narcissism may come from insecurity, how lobster became a delicacy, and how astronauts clean their underwear.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Qualified Immunity in Police Misconduct, Why Longing Is Important in Relationships, and Wandering Stars Regularly Visit Our Solar System

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Learn about how qualified immunity prevents police misconduct from being punished; why we’re due for “wandering star” Gliese 710 to visit our solar system soon; and what studying prairie voles can teach us about successful long-lasting relationships.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Loving Your Job May Lead to Unethical Behavior, Bumblebees Bite Plants to Make Them Bloom, and Jupiter’s Moons Formed from Specks of Dust

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Learn about how bumblebees bite plants to make them bloom early; why loving your job too much could lead to unethical behavior; and how Jupiter’s largest moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto each built themselves up from a single grain of dust.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Destroying Space-Time for Power (w/ Randall Munroe), Hourglass Figure Myths, Clown Science

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Learn how to power your house by destroying the fabric of space-time, with help from xkcd creator Randall Munroe. Then, learn about the surprising reasons why hourglass figures are considered attractive; and, the scientific reason why clowns creep us out.