Curiosity Daily Podcast: Measure Your Mindfulness, Male vs. Female Pain, and Why the Laws of Physics May Be Aliens

Learn about how men and women remember pain differently; how to measure how mindful you are; and a theory about alien life and the laws of physics.

January 29, 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:

Men and Women Remember Pain Differently — https://curiosity.im/2MqWYm7
How Mindful Are You? Measure It with the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale — https://curiosity.im/2MudX74
Alien Life Might Be so Advanced That It's Indistinguishable From the Laws of Physics — https://curiosity.im/2MujSch

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