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

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:

July 26, 2018

Episode Show Notes:

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