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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Finding Life on Eyeball Planets, Our Shrinking Collective Attention Span, and Deep Work Skills

Learn about why our collective attention span is shrinking; how you can increase your productivity by building “deep work” skills; and why eyeball planets may be our best bet for finding alien life.

May 13, 2019

Episode Show Notes:

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:

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