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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Prince Rupert’s Drop, Why Earth’s Core Is Younger Than Its Surface, and Newborn Babies May Be Super Smart

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Learn why a Prince Rupert’s drop is both super-fragile and virtually unbreakable; why researchers think newborn babies are a lot smarter than they look; and why Earth’s core is younger than its surface.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Explorers Club - George Nield

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Today, we’re talking to Explorers Club member, Dr. George C. Nield. Dr. George C. Nield is currently the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration (or FAA).

Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Loud Is the Sun?

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Learn about a simple way to reduce your internet carbon footprint; how brain images can make you more likely to believe fake science; and how loud the sun is.

Will Sending Aliens Nudes Lure Them to Us? NASA Thinks so.

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NASA scientists want to send naked pictures of humans to space in hopes of potentially making contact with aliens.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Saturated Fat Could Kill Your Focus, Animals Have Regional Accents, and Rings Around Mars

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Learn about how saturated fat can make it harder for you to focus; why it matters that animals have regional accents; and why Mars used to have rings.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Multitasking Is Impossible, How A Flat Earth Would Even Work, and Nearly Every Country’s Name Origin

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Learn how a flat Earth would even work; why multitasking is impossible, and what you should do instead; and the four things that nearly every country on Earth is named after.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Passion for Your Job Can Backfire, Ancient Greeks Knew Earth Was Round, and Hair in Food

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Learn about how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round; why being passionate about your job can backfire; and why you shouldn’t worry if you find a hair in your food.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Virtual Therapy vs. In-Person Therapy, How Redlining Deepened Segregation in US Cities, and Earth’s Drifting Magnetic Poles

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Learn about why you can blame redlining for US cities being so segregated; why Earth’s magnetic north pole is drifting every year; and how virtual therapy can be just as effective as in-person therapy.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Water Detected on Mars, A Lost Arizona Goldmine, and Zeigarnik Effect Memory Sharpening

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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: Rice TV Screen, Satellite Warfare, Unraveled DNA

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Do you want to know about a new environmentally friendly way to make TV Screens, what future space warfare might look like, and how we have finally completely unraveled the human genome?

Thanksgiving Food from the ISS

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Josh Gates got his hands on what the astronauts on their way to the International Space Station are bringing with them for Thanksgiving dinner. Learn about their turkey and all the fixings -- and even a dessert!

NASA HQ to be Named in Honor of Mary W. Jackson

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NASA announced Wednesday, June 24th that NASA's Washington, D.C. headquarters will now be named for Mary W. Jackson, the first black, female engineer at NASA.

Launch of SpaceX’s Starlink: A “Mega-Constellation” of Internet Satellites

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Starlink is a growing network of satellites capable of providing high-speed internet access across the globe. On August 7 at 1:12 AM EDT, a new batch of satellites will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why Soft Drinks Taste Different Out of Cans, Why Housecats Are Dangerous for Wildlife, and 100 Minor Planets Discovered Beyond Neptune

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Learn about why housecats are deadlier for local wildlife than wild predators; why soft drinks taste better from a can than they do from a plastic bottle (especially when it comes to Cody and his Mountain Dew habits); and how astronomers just found 100 new minor planets beyond Neptune.

An Astronomical Review of “Don’t Look Up”

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In our annual New Year’s family tradition of struggling to stay awake until midnight, we decided to watch “Don’t Look Up,” the Adam McKay satire starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and other fabulously good-looking people.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Roses Smell Different in Space

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Learn about emotions in online reviews; how flowers smell in space; and how water efficiency affected human evolution.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: NASA’s Voyager Golden Records, Why Cats Love Boxes, and Bacteria Hot Spots in Your Office

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Learn about the golden records NASA launched into space with their Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes; the 5 most bacteria-ridden spots in your office; and why cats love boxes, according to science.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Meteorites Probably Don’t Land Hot, Break-Up Struggles, and Why Babies Hardly Ever Blink

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Learn about why meteorites probably aren’t hot when they land; why babies hardly ever blink; and why couples have such a hard time breaking up.