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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: In the Quantum Suicide Thought Experiment, You Never Die To Boost Your Performance at Work, Do Things Other Than Work A Recent Study Says Meditation Kills Motivation, but Ariana Huffington Disagrees If you love our show and you're inte...

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's Safer: Artificial Tanner or Sunbathing? The Deadly "Palm of Christ" Is Considered the Most Poisonous Plant on Earth How Did Steve Jobs Fake the First iPhone? If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length inte...

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: Weird Things Happen to Your Brain When You Binge-Watch a Show Biologists Discovered What a Talking Monkey Would Sound Like, and It's Creepy Being an Only Child Could Change Your Brain for Life If you love our show and you're interested...

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: LINKEDIN: Get $50 off your first job post. Terms and conditions apply. Take the Close Relationships Questionnaire To Measure Your Attachment Style You Can Find Your Life's Purpose With a Japanese Concept Called Ikigai Flamingo Beaks Lo...

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com (along with some outside research into a listener question) to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Please Visit Our Sponsor: Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans To Find Out If News About Aliens Is Legit, Use the Rio Scale Want to Break a Bad Habit? Focus on the 3 "R's" What Ma...

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: To Be More Productive, Try Managing Your Energy Instead of Your Time Your Music Playlist May Reveal if You're a Psychopath or Not "Traditional" Family Values Were Invented in the 1950s How The Best Marriages Work [Full Podcast with Dr....

If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon . You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and learn about antimatter from Everyday Einstein of Quick and Dirty Tips — to help you g...

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: The Butterfly Effect Is Why It's Impossible to Predict the Weather To dive deeper into chaos theory, check out "Chaos: Making a New Science" by Rob Shapiro and James Gleick: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/321477/chaos-by-james-gleick/ Here's Ho...

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: SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents This Roman Emperor's Motivational Advice Will Definitely Get You Out of Bed in the Morning Your Tongue Isn't One Muscle The World's Shortest...

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: There's a Good Chance Your Earliest Memories Are Fake A Marketing Company in the 1990s Tried to Put a 1 Km Square Billboard in Space Here's What Google Says Makes A Great Boss You might encounter memory issues on the other end of your...

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: To Sharpen Your Mind, Try Taking Some Device-Free Quiet Time The Freemasons Are a Real Secret Society that Dat...

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: You Can Get to Know Someone Through All Your Senses at Sensory Speed Dating People Appreciate Thank You Cards a Lot More Than You Think Meet the 2018's New UNESCO World Heritage Sites Want to master the art of writing a professional th...

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: More Than a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds Might Be Hiding Deep Underground There's a Biological Reason It's Hard to Hit the Gym After a Long Day at Work 6 Questions You've Always Had About Air Travel, Answered There are a ton of fascina...

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to astrophysicist Katie Mack about black holes — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Performing Meaningless Rituals Can Improve Your Self-Control There Are at Least 4 Ways a Black Hole Could Kill You What's The Difference Between Ice Cream, Gelato, Frozen Cust...

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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: This Medical Breakthrough Might Be a Real-Life Hangover Cure People Have Been Seeing Strange Objects in the Sky for Millennia You Can Camp Where a Famous Hermit Lived for More Than 30 Years It’s your last chance to support us in the 20...

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories — and discuss injury odds with the National Safety Council’s Ken Kolosh , manager of statistics — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Reactance Is Why You Act Irrationally When Your Freedom Is Threatened Paying With a Credit Card Makes You Spend More Money These Are the 6 Best Cities for B...

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: Can You Tell Fake Laughter from Real Laughter? 6 Little-Known Signs You Might Be a Perfectionist You Can Explore the Outdoors for Science on a Scientific Field Expedition Want to support our show? Register for the 2018 Podcast Awards a...

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: We May Have Detected Liquid Water on Mars. How Wet Is the Red Planet? There May Be a Long-Lost Gold Mine In the Arizona Mountains You Can Sharpen Your Memory With the Zeigarnik Effect For more science-backed ways to sharpen your mind,...

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: The Longest Lunar Eclipse of the Century is Happening in Two Days Perceptual Creep Makes It Hard Not To Find What You're Looking For This Mental Trick Could Help You Finally Enjoy Running Want to support our show? Register for the 2018...

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: SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents For an All-Natural Painkiller, Try Holding Your Partner's Hand Moonquakes Can Last for Hours, Which Doesn't Bode Well for a Lunar Base ASMR V...

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: NASA Is Sending a Probe to the Sun. Here's How They Keep It From Melting Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Is Totally Real You know what's an important part of waking up on the right side of the bed? Getting some good sleep to begin with. Pick up "S...

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack about dark matter — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: How Many Digits of Pi Do We Actually Need? Spite Houses Are Buildings Designed to Annoy the Neighbors The Grit Scale Measures Your Passion and Perseverance More fr...

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: There's a Scientific Reason Open Offices Are So Quiet, and It's Not Good The First Men on the Moon Almost Didn't Make It There What Counts as a Fruit and What Counts as a Vegetable? It's Not What You Think Want to polish up your workpl...

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: This Simple Trick Keeps All Your Favorite Experiences Feeling Fresh and New If You Drop a Feather and a Neutron Star in a Vacuum, Which Lands First? Plus, Kristi in Pennsylvania asks: "Is water itself actually wet?" Here are the source...