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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.

5 Steps to Hitting Work-Life Balance

13 mins; May 03, 2021

How to Change Minds (w/ Bill Nye)

13 mins; April 30, 2021

Should You Exercise on an Empty Stomach?

13 mins; April 29, 2021

How to Prepare for a Warmer Future (w/ David Pogue)

13 mins; April 28, 2021

Throbbing Pain Has Nothing to Do With Your Pulse

11 mins; April 27, 2021

The Best Way to Phrase Words of Comfort, According to Science

12 mins; April 26, 2021

Science Is a Process — and Bill Nye Explains Why

15 mins; April 23, 2021

Bill Nye’s Earth Day Tips to Save Our Planet

12 mins; April 22, 2021

Bill Nye on Why Mars 2020 Is So Exciting

13 mins; April 21, 2021

Why Cannabis Gives You the Munchies

12 mins; April 20, 2021

You Can Totally BS a BSer

12 mins; April 19, 2021

Has the Earth Lost Weight?

14 mins; April 16, 2021

Some Viruses Do You Good

13 mins; April 15, 2021

Blind Gamers Take the “Video” Out of Video Games

11 mins; April 14, 2021

Vampire Bats Adopt Babies Too

12 mins; April 13, 2021

If Life Existed on Mars, How Would We Know?

11 mins; April 12, 2021

We Can Use DNA for Data Storage

12 mins; April 09, 2021

The Known Solar System Just Got Bigger

13 mins; April 08, 2021

An Outsider’s Guide to Humans (w/ Scientist Camilla Pang)

11 mins; April 07, 2021

Post-Traumatic Growth Is a Pandemic Silver Lining

12 mins; April 06, 2021

Most Conversations Go On Longer Than We Want Them To

11 mins; April 05, 2021

Bad News About Your Wearable Sleep Tracker

14 mins; April 02, 2021

Why April Fool’s Day Exists

14 mins; April 01, 2021

Aleutian Island Secrets and Electrical Ear Activity

13 mins; March 31, 2021

There’s No Such Thing as a Hypoallergenic Dog

12 mins; March 30, 2021

Having a Bad Boss Can Make You a Great Boss

11 mins; March 29, 2021

Why Are There Bubbles in my Day-Old Water?

12 mins; March 26, 2021

This Language Shift Could Signal an Impending Breakup

13 mins; March 25, 2021

What Your Ears and Spider Fuzz Have In Common

11 mins; March 24, 2021

Local Honey Won’t Cure Your Allergies

12 mins; March 23, 2021

Gaining Weight With Age Might Be Healthier Than Staying Slim

11 mins; March 22, 2021

How Loud Is the Sun?

11 mins; March 19, 2021

Why That Thing You Just Learned Is Suddenly Everywhere

13 mins; March 18, 2021

Why Futurists Don’t Need to Know the Future (w/ “Flash Forward” Host Rose Eveleth)

13 mins; March 17, 2021

Liars May Imitate Your Body Language

11 mins; March 16, 2021

Time Management Can Make You Happier

10 mins; March 15, 2021

Identical Twins Aren’t as Identical as We Thought

13 mins; March 12, 2021

What a 95% Effective Vaccine Actually Means

13 mins; March 11, 2021

Did Your Microbiome Come from Dirt?

9 mins; March 10, 2021

The Duck-Billed Platypus Is Weirder Than You Thought

13 mins; March 09, 2021

Yeah, About That Phosphine on Venus...

11 mins; March 08, 2021

Why Can’t You Hold Your Breath to Death?

13 mins; March 05, 2021

Quadruple-Helix DNA Is a Thing

13 mins; March 04, 2021

Scientists Finally Know How Sandcastles Work

10 mins; March 03, 2021

How to Know You’re Running Low on Vitamins

12 mins; March 02, 2021

What Getting Chills from Music Says About Your Brain

12 mins; March 01, 2021

This Artificial Sun Is Hotter Than The Real Sun

14 mins; February 26, 2021

What Science Says About Putting 2 Spaces After a Period

12 mins; February 25, 2021

What Would Happen If You Stopped Time?

11 mins; February 24, 2021

When to Worry About COVID-19 Variants

15 mins; February 23, 2021

Introducing If/Then

8 mins; February 23, 2021

“Popular Opinion” Isn’t What You Think

12 mins; February 22, 2021

Why Do I Cough When I Clean My Ears?

13 mins; February 19, 2021

How Copper Changed Our Language (w/ Materials Scientist Ainissa Ramirez)

11 mins; February 18, 2021

‘Wanting’ and ‘Liking’ Are Different to Your Brain

12 mins; February 17, 2021

What Came Before the Big Bang?

12 mins; February 16, 2021

The Dark Ages Weren’t Really Dark

11 mins; February 15, 2021

This Trait Could Be Key to Lasting Romance

13 mins; February 12, 2021

Your Dog’s Personality Can Change Over Time

11 mins; February 11, 2021

Biological Race Is a Myth (w/ Agustín Fuentes)

11 mins; February 10, 2021

How Does Fever Help You Get Better?

11 mins; February 09, 2021

Why Scientists Made Ants Walk on Stilts

11 mins; February 08, 2021

The Safest Way to Ride in a Car During the Pandemic

12 mins; February 05, 2021

Was Farming Really a Step Up for Hunter-Gatherers?

13 mins; February 04, 2021

You’re Probably Breathing Wrong (w/ James Nestor)

13 mins; February 03, 2021

This Ring May Detect COVID-19 Before You Feel It

12 mins; February 02, 2021

Why Does February have 28 Days?

12 mins; February 01, 2021

Why Do Wombats Poop Cubes?

12 mins; January 29, 2021

The Big Mistakes We Make in Virtual Gatherings (w/ Priya Parker)

12 mins; January 28, 2021

How to Make Gatherings More Meaningful (w/ Priya Parker)

15 mins; January 27, 2021

A Trick for Making Vaccinations Less Painful

9 mins; January 26, 2021

Small Talk Is Important, and Remote Workers Aren’t Getting Enough

10 mins; January 25, 2021

Why Is Static Worse in Winter?

13 mins; January 22, 2021

A Distant Galaxy Is Warping the Milky Way

11 mins; January 21, 2021

What Most People Miss When Building Habits (w/ Jen Sincero)

10 mins; January 20, 2021

We Still Don’t Know How Ice Skating Works

12 mins; January 19, 2021

Why Your Dog’s Paws Smell Like Corn Chips

11 mins; January 18, 2021

Disgusting Sights Literally Turn Your Stomach

11 mins; January 15, 2021

A New Discovery About That Weird “Aurora” Named STEVE

13 mins; January 14, 2021

Beat Stress with Laughter Yoga (w/ Madan Kataria, MD)

12 mins; January 13, 2021

Why Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Kept So Cold?

11 mins; January 12, 2021

People Respond to Music Even When They Can’t Hear It

12 mins; January 11, 2021

Your Brain Treats Human Beauty Differently from Artistic Beauty

11 mins; January 08, 2021

Why We Call Computer Glitches “Bugs”

10 mins; January 07, 2021

What’s the Shortest Amount of Time Ever Recorded?

11 mins; January 06, 2021

Swedish Death Cleaning Can Declutter Your Life

9 mins; January 05, 2021

How “Flow” Can Help in Quarantine

10 mins; January 04, 2021

The Right Way to Set Goals

11 mins; January 01, 2021

When Smokers Quit, Dormant Lung Cells Wake Up

10 mins; December 31, 2020

Do People Think More in Words or Pictures?

13 mins; December 30, 2020

The Stinky Science of the World’s Smelliest Fruit

11 mins; December 29, 2020

Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses for Science

10 mins; December 28, 2020

Do Opposites Really Attract?

11 mins; December 25, 2020

Why Toilet Paper Is White

13 mins; December 24, 2020

The Time Pi Was Almost Legally Changed to 3.2

14 mins; December 23, 2020

Why Do Bats Cause So Many Virus Outbreaks

12 mins; December 22, 2020

Why It's Good to Reveal Your Failures

11 mins; December 21, 2020

Do Single-A Batteries Exist?

14 mins; December 18, 2020

Early Female Hunters Were More Common Than We Thought

14 mins; December 17, 2020

How Psilocybin Therapy Can Ease Depression

13 mins; December 16, 2020

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