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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Easter Island Mythbusting and the Universe’s Expansion Rate

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Learn why Easter Island never had a population collapse; and how scientists are measuring the expansion of our universe.

What to Know About the Splashdown to Earth

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A spacecraft full of humans is going to crash on the Earth and that’s okay. What goes up, must come down. At least, that’s what the saying is. And in the case of the historic NASA/SpaceX crewed mission to the International Space Station, it’s true.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Kids v. Sarcasm, 24,000-Year-Old Worm, Why Betelgeuse Dimmed

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Learn about why younger kids don’t understand sarcasm; a 24,000 year old living worm; and Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming.”

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:

Everything You Need to Know About NASA & SpaceX's Historic Launch Day

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Get the play-by-play on everything that happened from launch preparations and tests to liftoff and dock with the ISS. (Updated 5/31/20)

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Godzilla’s Deeper Meaning, Exoplanets (w/ Ralph Crewe from SNaQ), and Turing Machines

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Learn about the Turing machine, an imaginary device that’s the basis for all computers. Plus: what can Godzilla tell us about our collective anxiety? We’ll also discuss a listener question about exoplanets with a special guest, Ralph Crewe from the podcast Science, News, and Qs.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Types of Teen Popularity, Milky Way’s Black Holes, and Are Conspiracy Theories on the Rise?

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Learn about whether conspiracy theories are really on the rise; why there may be tens of thousands of black holes in the center of the Milky Way; and, the 3 versions of teen popularity, according to research.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Yeah, About That Phosphine on Venus...

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Learn about the surprising memory skills of infants; why that whole “phosphine on Venus” discovery may not be as exciting as we thought; and how medical science answered Molyneux's problem, a 300-year-old philosophy question.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Socializing Too Much, Rogue Planets, Ancient Persian AC

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Learn about how socializing too much can be bad for your health; rogue planets without a home star; and ancient bâdgirs.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Known Solar System Just Got Bigger

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Learn about how mice seem to feel each other’s pain; why our known solar system just got a little bigger thanks to “Farfarout” 2018 AG37; and the history of quinine, the malaria cure that eventually led to the gin and tonic.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Healthiest Diet (w/ Michael Greger), Space Volcanoes, Freemasons, and Device-Free Quiet Time

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to Dr. Michael Greger, internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

SNL’s Pete Davidson No Longer Flying to Space on Blue Origin’s 4th Human Flight

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Along with 5 paying customers, it was announced that Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson was joining the crew Blue Origin’s NS-20 Mission on Wednesday, March 23rd. As of last night, Blue Origin announced the date of the flight has moved to Tuesday March 29 and "Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission."(This article was updated March 18)

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Universe Might Expand Unevenly, Using a Camera to De-Clutter Your House, and 3 Hominins Lived in the Same Place and Time

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Learn about a surprising tip for de-cluttering your house; 3 extinct relatives of humans that lived in the same place and time; and why the possibility that the universe might not be expanding at the same rate everywhere is a huge deal.

Behold as Two Black Holes Prepare to Collide

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It’s the ultimate galactic showdown. The wrestling match to end all wrestling matches. A cosmic collision of epic proportions. And you won’t want to miss it.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Space Elevator Science, “HALT” Impulse Control Method, and the 6 Types of Disgust

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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: How to Stop Procrastinating, Astronauts Seeing Cosmic Rays, and What Causes That Fresh Rain Smell

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Learn what causes that fresh rain smell; how astronauts can actually see cosmic rays; and a trick you can use to stop procrastinating called the “frog rule.”

Curiosity Daily Podcast: A Better Way to Stop Implicit Bias, the Murderous “Femme Fatale” Firefly, and Finding the Universe’s Missing Matter

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Learn about how scientists analyzed fast radio bursts to find the “missing matter” in the universe; why “discretion elimination” is more effective than implicit bias training; and how the femme fatale firefly lures mates to their doom.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pop Songs Are Getting Sadder, Mysterious Radio Signals from Outer Space, and It Pays to “Just Be Yourself”

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Learn about why pop songs are getting sadder; a mysterious radio signal coming from outer space every 16 days; and why it pays to be yourself when you’re in a high-stakes situation.