Curiosity Daily Podcast: What Would Happen If You Stopped Time?

Learn about how sleep may have evolved before the brain; why airports keep birds of prey on staff; and what would happen if you stopped time.

February 24, 2021

Episode Show Notes:

Sleep might have evolved before the brain by Cameron Duke

Airports Keep Birds of Prey on Staff to Protect Planes by Ashley Hamer

What Would Happen If You Stopped Time? by Ashley Hamer originally aired September 7, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/what-would-happen-if-you-stopped-time-secret-room

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