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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Your Second Brain, Jupiter’s Hot Atmosphere, Placebo Buttons

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Learn about the “second brain” in your gut; what makes Jupiter’s atmosphere so hot; and why placebo buttons are useful.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Tips for Happy, Healthy Aging (w/ Daniel Levitin) and a Massive Collision Helped Us Judge the Milky Way’s Age

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Learn about research-based advice for staying happy in your later years, from neuroscientist and author Daniel Levitin. Then, you’ll learn about how a faraway star helped researchers figure out when the Milky Way was formed.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pigeons Can Be Superstitious, Why Allergy Drugs Make You Sleepy, and The 5 Ages of the Universe

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Learn about how a psychologist named B.F. Skinner proved that pigeons can be superstitious; the science of histamines and why allergy medications make us sleepy; and the 5 ages of the universe, including the Stelliferous Era we’re in right now.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Space Sustainability Rating System, the Chameleon Effect, and How to Blow Your Nose

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Learn about new sustainability rules that could help us cut space debris; why you shouldn’t blow your nose when you have a cold; and why you unconsciously copy other people’s mannerisms.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Measure Your Sleepiness, What Happens When Galaxies Collide, and Space Junk Damage

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Learn about what it looks like when galaxies collide with one another; how to measure how sleepy you are using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale; and how much damage space junk the size of a pencil eraser can do.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why You Should Face Your Fears, Rekindling Romance with Cute Animals, and Naming Black Holes

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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:

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Using Black Holes as Fuel, How to Run on Top of Water, and Origins of the World-Famous

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Learn how we could look for advanced civilizations that are using tiny black holes as fuel; how fast you’d have to run on the Moon in order to stay on top of water; and which countries gave us the most world-famous magicians, pirates, and astronauts.

Romeo and Juliet: The Story of Galaxy Collisions

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Our Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course. With destiny. With destruction. With fate. With our nearest neighbor, Andromeda. You can stream HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS on discovery+.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Without Space, We Die (w/ Kevin J. DeBruin), Breeding New Apples, and Ceres’ Ice Volcano

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Learn about how agricultural experts make new types of apples; why the dwarf planet Ceres has a giant ice volcano; and why space matters, with some help from former NASA rocket scientist Kevin J. DeBruin.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Gardening with Martian Soil, How to Stop Overspending, and a Technique for Remembering Things

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Learn how you can grow a garden in "regolith" Martian soil; how to stop spending too much money on frivolous purchases; and a memory technique you can use to remember pretty much everything.

Crew-2 Launch

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NASA and SpaceX teamed up again for their third joint crewed mission to the International Space Station. Crew-2 mission astronauts launched from Kennedy Space Center’s launch complex 39a in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: American Spending Habits, Reversed Organs, and the Sci-Fi Predictions of “Star Maker”

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why Birds Sing, Why Bruises Change Color, and America’s Largest Asteroid Impact

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Learn about new insights into the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, which was created by America’s largest asteroid impact; why birds sing; and why your bruises change colors while they heal.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Your Earliest Memories May Be Fake, What Makes a Good Boss, and a 1990s Space Billboard

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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:

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Qualified Immunity in Police Misconduct, Why Longing Is Important in Relationships, and Wandering Stars Regularly Visit Our Solar System

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Learn about how qualified immunity prevents police misconduct from being punished; why we’re due for “wandering star” Gliese 710 to visit our solar system soon; and what studying prairie voles can teach us about successful long-lasting relationships.