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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler on How Nudge Changed the World — Plus, Squirrel-Inspired Robots
Description: Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler explains how “Nudge” has changed the world. Plus: squirrel-inspired robots!
Additional resources from Richard Thaler:
Pick up "Nudge: The Final Edition" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143137009
Faculty page: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/t/richard-h-thaler
Follow @R_Thaler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_thaler
Nobel Prize page: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2017/thaler/facts/
Scientists are studying parkour-ing squirrels to make better robots by Cameron Duke
Hunt, N. H., Jinn, J., Jacobs, L. F., & Full, R. J. (2021). Acrobatic squirrels learn to leap and land on tree branches without falling...