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New Human Species, Digital Library of Babel, Running to Music
Learn about two newly discovered ancient human species; the Digital Library of Babel; and benefits of running to music. Two new species of ancient…
4 years, 8 months ago
Earworms Aid Memory, How Auroras Happen, Don’t Give Cats Milk
Learn how earworms could be helping your memory; how auroras are created; and what your cat should drink instead of milk. Maybe that song stuck in…
4 years, 8 months ago
Tool to Cure Hiccups, Corvid Childhoods, How Spacecraft Move
Learn about a scientific tool to cure hiccups; why corvids owe big brains to longer childhoods; and how spacecraft move. Finally, the first-ever s…
4 years, 8 months ago
An Out-of-Body Experience Without Drugs and Earth’s “Pulse”
Learn how scientists induced an out-of-body experience in a human without using drugs; and Earth’s geological “pulse.” Scientists induced an out-o…
4 years, 8 months ago
Your Biggest Regret, Tall Mountain Myths, The Deep Web
Learn about why your biggest regret is the thing you didn’t do; the tallest mountains on Earth; and the Deep Web. The stories in this episode orig…
4 years, 8 months ago
Anger Looks Guilty, Quantum Microscope, Good News About Cancer
Learn about anger makes you look guilty; a new quantum microscope; and why the fight against cancer is going very well. Anger makes you look guilt…
4 years, 8 months ago
Kids v. Sarcasm, 24,000-Year-Old Worm, Why Betelgeuse Dimmed
Learn about why younger kids don’t understand sarcasm; a 24,000 year old living worm; and Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming.” Kids don't get sarcasm unt…
4 years, 8 months ago
Your Brain on Music, Super-Singing Songbirds, Animal Sunburns
Learn about the social neuroscience of music; songbirds’ ultra-precise song control; and how animals can get skin cancer. This is your last chance…
4 years, 8 months ago
Alien Dataomes, How Animals Smell Viruses, Why to Read Aloud
Learn why aliens have a dataome; how animals sniff out viral infections; and how reading out loud can boost your memory. Additional resources fro…
4 years, 8 months ago
Accent-Changing Monkeys and the Information “Dataome”
Learn about why monkeys imitate other species’ accents; and the “dataome,” a new way to think about information. You can vote for Curiosity Daily …
4 years, 8 months ago