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Curiosity Weekly

Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frog Skin Cells, Shrimp Robots, Oral Insulin Tablet

11 mins; November 10, 2022

Robot Squirrels. AI Labor Prediction, Dolphin Gangs

11 mins; November 09, 2022

Music and Dementia, Microbe Rocket Fuel, Bitcoin Mining

14 mins; November 04, 2022

The Myth of Man Flu, Arctic Lakes, Buzzing Bats

12 mins; November 03, 2022

Hacking Device, Designer Seaweed, Accent Exposure

11 mins; November 02, 2022

Flirting Cats, Walking Sharks, Preventing Cerebral Palsy

14 mins; October 28, 2022

Geckos & Skin Cancer, Music in Childhood, Underwater Camera

13 mins; October 27, 2022

Pee and Seagrass, Heart Sound Maps, Modified Mosquitos

13 mins; October 26, 2022

The Dead Speak, Egyptian Discoveries, Pyramid Building

15 mins; October 21, 2022

Magic Addiction Fix, Parkinson’s Detection, Wind Turbines

11 mins; October 20, 2022

Reverse Aging, Cooperation Increase, Time & Covid

10 mins; October 19, 2022

Parents & Screens, BFFs Smell the Same, Locusts Find Cancer

14 mins; October 14, 2022

Food for Climate Change, New Water Planet, Stormchasers

13 mins; October 13, 2022

VR & Transcendence, Stonehenge Calendar, Pregnant With Covid

11 mins; October 12, 2022

Dating App Data, Mass Frog Grave, Cure for Colorblind

13 mins; October 07, 2022

Bee Venom Kills Cancer, Giant Manatees, Monkey Masturbation

11 mins; October 06, 2022

Online Learning, Alcohol Cravings, Manipulative Dogs

12 mins; October 05, 2022

PPE Concrete, Steroid Use and ADHD, Butterfly Chastity

11 mins; September 30, 2022

DNA & Lookalikes, Extinct Lineage Found, Alzheimer’s Viruses

13 mins; September 29, 2022

Anti-Hangover Pill, Perks of Whale Poop, Found Dino Tracks

11 mins; September 28, 2022

Undead Spiders, Dandelion Drones, Dark Energy Made Light

11 mins; September 23, 2022

Gates of Hell, Cancer Clues, Hidden Jungle Cities

12 mins; September 22, 2022

Mushrooming Minds, Super Plants, Plz Call Your Friends

12 mins; September 21, 2022

Fry Flying, Gas Giants at Home, Entangled Atoms

13 mins; September 16, 2022

Octopus Culture, Schizophrenia Origins, Killing Cancer

11 mins; September 15, 2022

Glass Rain Dinosaur Pain, Snarge Science, Human Skin Cyborg

14 mins; September 14, 2022

Big Brain Bestfriends, Mars Exploration Fleet, Brain Unpain

12 mins; September 09, 2022

Asteroid-eating Fungi, Psychedelic…Maybe, Printing Organs

11 mins; September 08, 2022

Fake Paint Real Carbon, Vanishing Vikings, Sweeping Smarts

11 mins; September 07, 2022

Super X-Ray, Seeing Future Weather, Vitamin D-ementia

11 mins; September 02, 2022

Neanderthal Roommates, Sea Dragons, Hidden Egyptian

12 mins; September 01, 2022

Skin Print, Testing Birth Control, Race To Bring Mars Home

12 mins; August 31, 2022

Hot Testes, Blasting Diabetes, Robo Fish Cleans Ocean

13 mins; August 26, 2022

Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence

13 mins; August 25, 2022

Nano Cancer Fight, Memory Structure, Coffee Buzz Days

13 mins; August 24, 2022

Making Dragon Fire, Dating Ghosts, Blazing Fast Covid Tests

13 mins; August 19, 2022

Rice TV Screen, Satellite Warfare, Unraveled DNA

13 mins; August 18, 2022

AI vs. Parkinson’s, Dark Sun Power, Death Proof Jellyfish

13 mins; August 17, 2022

Poop of Youth, Robot Roaches, Chatty Fungus

14 mins; August 12, 2022

Nostalgia Blocks Pain, Uploaded Brains, Sand vs. Nanoplastic

12 mins; August 11, 2022

A.I. and Angina, Undead Tigers, Electrici-sweets

13 mins; August 10, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview With Joe Rohde

20 mins; August 05, 2022

Healing Hearing Hairs, Sun Phones, Chicken Gods

12 mins; August 04, 2022

Murdering Murder Hornets, ADHD & Hoarding, Pain Pill Ills

13 mins; August 03, 2022

Extinct Super Sharks, Mysterious Die Offs, Stopping Attacks

13 mins; July 29, 2022

Blood Brothers, Seeing-Eye Shark, Bark vs. Bite

11 mins; July 28, 2022

Sleepy Sharks, Sharks Love Grass, Glow-In-The-Shark

11 mins; July 27, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with Natalie Schmitt

18 mins; July 22, 2022

Wait Less Weight Loss, Birth Control For Men, Seed Bombing

12 mins; July 21, 2022

Why Symmetry Wins, Solar-Covered Canals, Plants on the Moon

13 mins; July 20, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with Victor Vescovo

13 mins; July 15, 2022

Rapamycin For Rover, H-Fueled Flight, Mind-Controlled Arms

14 mins; July 14, 2022

Cyanide Seeds, Workout When?, Covid But Ghosts

13 mins; July 13, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with Sian Proctor

12 mins; July 08, 2022

Blood Pressures, Mercury’s Crusty Diamonds, Dad or Mom Genes

13 mins; July 07, 2022

Orangu-slang, Easing Car Queasing, Kicked Across Space

13 mins; July 06, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with Steve Elkins

17 mins; July 01, 2022

Drink = Brain Shrink, Secret Tree Species, L.H.C. Round 3

13 mins; June 30, 2022

Nightlight Plight, Cancer Stinks, Literal Green Energy

15 mins; June 29, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with Peter Tattersfield

21 mins; June 24, 2022

Gray Matter Gabfest, Our Pulsating Earth, Smarty Cats

14 mins; June 23, 2022

Hungry Plants, Concussion Confusion, An Alzheimer’s Theory

13 mins; June 22, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with George Nield

16 mins; June 17, 2022

Shoo Shoes!, Murmuration Information, Nanoplastic Particles

13 mins; June 16, 2022

Fusion: Homeward Bound, The Last Light Show, Burnout Blues

12 mins; June 15, 2022

The Explorers Club - An Interview with Nina Lanza

16 mins; June 10, 2022

Human Venom, Car Battery Blues, Magic and Personalities

13 mins; June 09, 2022

An Eternal Hug, Flea Jump Facts, Fitness Feedback Loops

12 mins; June 08, 2022

Explorers Club - Richard Garriott

29 mins; June 03, 2022

The Amazon’s Future, Sugar Rush Retcon, A Study on Studies

13 mins; June 02, 2022

A Clutterful Mind, Heir To The Earth, Partnership

14 mins; June 01, 2022

The Explorers Club: Josh Gates

17 mins; May 27, 2022

Seeing Stars, Seagull Staredown, Itsy Bitsy Microdrones

13 mins; May 26, 2022

Whiff of Victory, Bones be Chattin’, Desalination Innovation

13 mins; May 25, 2022

Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo

14 mins; May 20, 2022

De-agin’ Sensation, Indiana Jones Needs A.I., Rapid-est Test

14 mins; May 19, 2022

Stoked Tech, We’ve Got Beef?, Success Against M.S.

14 mins; May 18, 2022

The True Cavity Culprit, Modular Meds, Enzymes vs Plastic

14 mins; May 13, 2022

Fading into Memories, Music for the Mind, Air Diamonds

14 mins; May 12, 2022

Zero G Romance, Our Sixth Sense, Oinking at A.I.

14 mins; May 11, 2022

A Pill Made from Poop, Universal Organs, Soothing Baby Pain

15 mins; May 06, 2022

Burn Them Cals, Magic of Mushrooms, Flying at Mach 16

13 mins; May 05, 2022

5 Seconds to Sick, Animal Spidey Sense, Upset Pterosaur Tummies

13 mins; May 04, 2022

Fabric with Ears, Dreaming of E.T., Fast Evolution

14 mins; April 29, 2022

Death to Skeeters, Swapping Saliva, Messing with Lightspeed

13 mins; April 28, 2022

Otterly Amazing, Let’s Go Bananas, Blingy Mayan Grills

13 mins; April 27, 2022

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

14 mins; April 22, 2022

Dirty Disinfectant, Hot Iron Blobs, Infinite Versions of You

15 mins; April 21, 2022

Sex! And COVID, The Biggest Comet Ever, Wave of The Future

14 mins; April 20, 2022

Monsters Inside Me: Sleeper Cells

41 mins; April 18, 2022

Tripping to Run, Everest’s Warning, Investigating Planet 9

16 mins; April 15, 2022

Pee Pee Concrete, Black Diamond from Space, Electric Plane

14 mins; April 14, 2022

Arctic Alien-ish Life, A Nuclear Donut, Babies Curing HIV

15 mins; April 13, 2022

Covid’s Bright Side, Frogs Out on a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel

15 mins; April 08, 2022

Volcanic Violence, a Salt & Battery, Crustacean Conspiracy

15 mins; April 07, 2022

16 Psyche, Xenotransplantation, Ocean Waves Become a Rave

19 mins; April 06, 2022

Introducing: Curiosity Daily

2 mins; April 02, 2022

From the Archives: Where Does Mold Come From?

11 mins; April 01, 2022

From the Archives: The Academic Benefits of Emotional Intelligence

11 mins; March 31, 2022

From the Archives: Where Dogs Get Their Personalities

9 mins; March 30, 2022

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