Curiosity Daily Podcast: Circumtriple Planets, Deep Convos with Strangers, Thomassons in Architecture

Learn about a planet orbiting three stars at once; useless architectural relics; and deep conversations with strangers.

November 15, 2021

Episode Show Notes:

We found a planet orbiting three stars at once by Briana Brownell

Thomassons Are Functionally Useless Architectural Relics by Anna Todd

Everything we assume about deep conversations with strangers is wrong by Cameron Duke

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