Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why You Get Carsick, Climate-Saving Whales, Jupiter’s Rings

Learn about how saving the whales could help combat climate change; Jupiter’s rings; and why reading makes you carsick. Plus: a major announcement about the future of Curiosity Daily.

December 15, 2021

Episode Show Notes:

Saving the whales could help us capture more than a billion tons of CO2 every year by Briana Brownell

Jupiter Has Rings by Ashley Hamer

Why Reading Makes You Carsick by Anna Todd

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