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Learn about a nearly mile-long trackway of fossilized human footprints is the longest ever found, a trick to keep experiences feeling fresh and new, and the more you wish for self-control, the less of It you have. This nearly mile-long trackway of fossilized human footprints is the longest ever found by Steffie Drucker Wei-Haas, M.(2020, October 15).  Incredible details of 10,000-year-old trek revealed in fossil footprints. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/incredible-details-of-10-000-year-old-trek-revealed-in-fossil-footprints/ Fossil footprints tell story of prehistoric parent’s journey. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/cu-fft101420.php Bennett, M. R., Bustos, D., Odess, D., Urban, T. M., Lallensack, J. N., Budka, M., Santucci, V. L., Martinez, P., Wiseman, A. L. A., & Reynolds, S. C. (2020). Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico). Quaternary Science Reviews, 249, 106610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106610 This Simple Trick Keeps All Your Favorite Experiences Feeling Fresh and New by Reuben Westmaas Original episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/is-water-wet-neutron-star-weight-how-to-keep-exper/ The More You Wish for Self-Control, the Less of It You Have by Anna Todd Uziel, L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2017). The Self-Control Irony: Desire for Self-Control Limits Exertion of Self-Control in Demanding Settings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(5), 693–705. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217695555  Romm, C. (2017, May). Wishing for More Self-Control Can Backfire. The Cut; The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2017/05/wishing-for-more-self-control-can-backfire.html  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.