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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Birthday Effect, Psychological Richness, Star or Satellite?

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Learn about the link between birthdays and COVID-19; “psychological richness” for a good life; and satellites vs. stars.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why You Should Face Your Fears, Rekindling Romance with Cute Animals, and Naming Black Holes

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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: Using Black Holes as Fuel, How to Run on Top of Water, and Origins of the World-Famous

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Learn how we could look for advanced civilizations that are using tiny black holes as fuel; how fast you’d have to run on the Moon in order to stay on top of water; and which countries gave us the most world-famous magicians, pirates, and astronauts.

See the First Image of the Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole

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For the first time, a colorized image of the supermassive black hole located at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy was shared by astronomers.

The Eeriest Place in the Universe

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Imagine being completely, utterly alone. Surrounded by no planets, no stars, no galaxies. Not a single scrap of matter – not even a hydrogen atom – within hundreds of millions of lightyears. Welcome to the loneliest place in the cosmos: the great cosmic voids.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Flu Shot Timing, Space Experiment Requirements, and Relationship Deal Breakers, According to Research

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Learn CASIS’ criteria for getting approval for a science experiment in space; when is the right time to get your flu shot; and the top 10 relationship deal breakers, according to research.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: You Like Talking to Strangers, NASA’s Golden Record, and Your Actual Friend Limit

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Learn about how many friends you can have at one time, according to research; why you might like talking to strangers more than you realize; and the golden record NASA once launched into space.

Romeo and Juliet: The Story of Galaxy Collisions

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Our Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course. With destiny. With destruction. With fate. With our nearest neighbor, Andromeda. You can stream HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS on discovery+.

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.

There Isn’t a Door on Mars, but there are Some Cool Rocks

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I’ll be the first to admit that it would be really, really cool if we found evidence of life on Mars. It would revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos, help us understand our origins, and give us some bugs and/or friends to play with.

The New Journey to Space

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NASA Launch of SpaceX Capsule to Air Live on Discovery and Science Channel

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(Updated) The May 30th launch is set to mark the first launch on US soil with US astronauts in nine years. Watch SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: AMERICA RETURNS TO SPACE on Discovery starting at 2P ET.

The James Webb Space Telescope Searches for Our Cosmic Origins

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Curiosity Daily Podcast: How to Improve Your Sense of Direction, Pied Piper Mysteries, and Planet Name Origins

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Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you learn something new in just a few minutes:

Curiosity Daily Podcast: 12 Jupiter Moons Discovery, Don’t Drink Post-Workout, and Elon Musk’s Job Interview Question

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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: Pink Noise Sleep Hack, Saturn’s Moon Dione Habitability, and Giving Versus Receiving Advice

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Learn why scientists think Saturn’s moon Dione might be habitable; why new research shows that giving advice is better than receiving it; and how to get a deeper sleep and boost your memory by listening to “pink noise.”

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Short-Term Pleasures Are Important Too, the Smelly Armpit Enzyme, and a Thorne-Żytkow Object Is a Star Within a Star

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Learn about why short-term pleasures are important for your well-being; a Thorne-Żytkow Object, which is what astronomers call a star within a star; and how science identified the culprit for your smelly armpits: Staphylococcus hominis.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Infidelity Predictors, Buzz Aldrin’s Moon Mementos, Running May Be Good for Your Knees, and Hand/Eye Dominance

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Learn about left and right hand and eye dominance, and how they’re related; why running might actually be good for your knees; why Buzz Aldrin claimed 33 dollars in travel expenses for his trip to the moon; and two traits that determine how whether you’re more likely to cheat on your partner.