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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: 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: 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: 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.

Quiz: Test Your Space Exploration Knowledge

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Ahead of the historic May 27th NASA and SpaceX crewed space launch, test your space exploration knowledge!

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.

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:

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: An Interstellar Object’s Origin Revealed, Why Superstitions Evolved, and How the Sense of Smell Is More Complicated Than We Thought

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Learn about why natural selection favors superstitions; why the way our noses smell is way more complicated than we thought; and where scientists think 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object, came from.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: “Rub Some Dirt on It” to Heal Wounds, Funny Memes Can Save Endangered Species, and Space Changes the Shape of Astronauts’ Hearts

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Learn about whether it’s a good idea to rub dirt on your wounds; how funny memes can help save endangered species like the proboscis monkey; and how space travel changes the shape of astronauts’ hearts.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: What Rain is Like on Other Planets

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Learn about rain on other planets; why Americans used to not use forks; and whether sleep or exercise is more important.

NASA's Perseverance Rover is on its Way to Mars!

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On Thursday, July 30th at 7:50A ET in Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA successfully launched its Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter into orbit with the help of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket. The mission? Search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.

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.