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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Black Hole Alternatives, Literally Immortal Jellyfish Secrets, and The Best Way to Argue

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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: NASA’s Cryosleep Chambers, Your Brain on Puns, and Why Red Delicious Apples Exist

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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: To the Moon Artemis, Oh Snap!, The Skunky Funk of Cannabis

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Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics, and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Sibling Rivalry Benefits, Why The Universe Has No Center, and How to Know Yourself Better

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Learn about the Johari window, a method to get to know yourself better; why sibling rivalry can actually be a good thing; and why there’s no center of the universe.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Sex! And COVID, The Biggest Comet Ever, Wave of the Future

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Today, you’ll learn about the surprising sexual implications of the COVID pandemic, if the biggest comet ever discovered is going to end the world and how the natural power built into the ocean could, one day, power a bunch of stuff on land.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Incredible Benefits of Leaving Your Phone Out of Your Bedroom, Stopping Time, and “The Goblin” Dwarf Planet

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Learn about what would happen if you could actually stop time, scientifically speaking; the incredible health and wellness benefits of leaving your phone out of your bedroom; and “The Goblin,” a new world beyond Pluto.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Art in Space, Screen Time in Lockdown, Mold vs. Chemicals

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Learn about the Space for Art Foundation; how screen time helped kids in lockdown; and mold vs. cleaning product safety.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: SpaceX’s First Private Passenger in Space, Running Myths Busted, and Bright-Line Rule Goal Setting

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Learn about the first private passenger going to space, thanks to SpaceX; a trick for setting goals that you can actually stick to; and myths about running that we’ll bust so you can run with some peace of mind.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: School Should Start Later, Daydreaming Perks, Hycean Planets

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Learn about why high school starts too early; why daydreaming might be a good sign; and finding life on Hycean planets.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Lockdown Is Changing Our Perception of Time, a Devastating Meteor that Never Landed, and Elephants Can Catch Yawns from Humans

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Learn about how lockdown is changing our perception of time; how the most devastating meteor on record may have never even landed; and why it’s a big deal that elephants can catch contagious yawning from humans.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Moral Dilemmas of Driverless Cars, How Many Friends You Can Have, and NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

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Learn about OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft, and why it’s about to make history; the moral dilemmas facing driverless car AI systems; and how many friends you can have at one time, despite what social media tells you.

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: If Life Existed on Mars, How Would We Know?

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Learn about how atheists and believers have different moral compasses; how scientists will know if life ever existed on Mars; and how to persuade people to do what you want using the foot-in-the-door technique.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Phantom Torso Experiment Protected Astronauts in a Very Creepy Way

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Learn about why we need memorials for medicine; NASA’s Phantom Torso experiment; and why we often overestimate outliers.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: What to Do if You Can’t Sleep, Diet Soda Weight Loss Myths, and Gold from Neutron Stars

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Learn about how scientists traced some of Earth’s heaviest elements to an ancient star collision; what to do if you’re lying in bed and you can’t sleep; and whether diet soda can help you lose weight.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Birthday Effect, Psychological Richness, Star or Satellite?

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Learn about the link between birthdays and COVID-19; “psychological richness” for a good life; and satellites vs. stars.

SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services Now Active in Ukraine

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Responding to Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov’s plea on Twitter, SpaceX founder Elon Musk confirmed Saturday that the company’s Starlink satellite broadband service is now “active in Ukraine and more terminals are en route.”

Catching a Glimpse of Comet NEOWISE, a Once in a Lifetime Moment

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If you find yourself in a place with clean air and an unobstructed view of the night sky, you will undoubtedly be mesmerized by its starry-depth and beauty.