Curiosity Weekly
En podcast af Discovery - Onsdage
1352 Episoder
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Canned Laughter Makes Dad Jokes Funnier, Animals Use Economics, and AI on Rubik’s Cubes
Udgivet: 21.8.2019 -
Is Internet Language Bad? (w/ Gretchen McCulloch) and How to Remember More Dreams
Udgivet: 20.8.2019 -
Is Bee Venom Therapy Safe? Plus: Teeth Cleaning History and How to Change Bad Habits
Udgivet: 19.8.2019 -
How Food Nutrients Are Calculated, Why Wrappers Are So Loud, and How to Make Small Talk
Udgivet: 18.8.2019 -
Getting Rid of Mosquitoes (w/ Timothy Winegard), the Sargasso Sea, and Leonid Rogozov
Udgivet: 16.8.2019 -
History-Changing Mosquitoes (w/ Timothy Winegard) and Stimulating Neurons to Produce Images
Udgivet: 15.8.2019 -
Big Five Personality Traits Are WEIRD, Why Mouth Wounds Heal So Quickly, and Snake Island
Udgivet: 14.8.2019 -
Improve Your Self-Control, Replace Your Kitchen Sponge, and Naming Our Sun and Moon
Udgivet: 13.8.2019 -
Bystanders Help More Often Than You Thought, Avoiding Failure, and Cause and Effect Crows
Udgivet: 12.8.2019 -
Achieve Your Goals Faster, Why We Eat 3 Meals a Day, and the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Udgivet: 11.8.2019 -
Cultivate Green Space in Your Home (w/ Summer Rayne Oakes) and Brains of Octopus Arms
Udgivet: 9.8.2019 -
Prevent Pit Stains, Medieval Rap Battles, and Why Airplane Boarding Takes So Long
Udgivet: 8.8.2019 -
Melt Glass at Home (w/ Nick Uhas), How Matches Make Fire, and Odd Animal Sizes on Islands
Udgivet: 7.8.2019 -
Wireless Charging May Be Bad for Your Battery, “Alpha Dog” Myths, and Penicillin’s Full Origins
Udgivet: 6.8.2019 -
Future of Cell-Sized Robots (w/ Cornell University) and Transferring Data Through Music
Udgivet: 5.8.2019 -
Respecting Others with Hanlon’s Razor, What If the World Went Vegan, and Dancing Cockatoos
Udgivet: 4.8.2019 -
Bioprinting (w/ Zach Weinersmith), Giant Underground Cities, and Miniature Pigeon Cameras
Udgivet: 2.8.2019 -
Space Elevators (w/ Zach Weinersmith) and Why Get Off Your Phone When You Watch TV
Udgivet: 1.8.2019 -
You Have A Type, Harmful Shark Myths, and Why Airplane Engines Have Spirals
Udgivet: 31.7.2019 -
Measure Your Beliefs About the World, the Overview Effect, and a Mercury-Spewing Fountain
Udgivet: 30.7.2019
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.