Learn about why you don’t need to “warm up” your car, even when it’s freezing; fossils proving that Antarctica used to be covered in forests; and research that shows why buying less is better than buying green. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: You Don't Need to Warm Up Your Car, Regardless of the Weather — https://curiosity.im/2pW1emV  Antarctica Was Once Covered in Forests — And We Have the Fossils to Prove It — https://curiosity.im/2QD05LU  Research Shows Why Buying Less Is Better Than Buying Green — https://curiosity.im/2rRkQck   Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

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You Don’t Need to “Warm Up” Your Car, Buy Less Instead of Buying Green, and Antarctica’s Ancient Forests

Lauren Black, Distinguished Scientist in the Scientific advisory services at Charles River Labs, shares the story of how doctors came up with a customized drug to treat one specific patient with Batten disease. Plus: learn about how you really can tell if someone’s sick just by looking at them. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how you really can tell someone’s sick just by looking at them: https://curiosity.im/2D6XTo8  Additional sources: Drug Regulation in the Era of Individualized Therapies | The New England Journal of Medicine — https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1911295 Patient-Customized Oligonucleotide Therapy for a Rare Genetic Disease | The New England Journal of Medicine — https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1813279 Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Customized Medicine (w/ Lauren Black) and How to Tell Someone’s Sick by Looking at Them

Learn about how replacing salt with MSG can actually help you cut back on sodium; the Hawking index, a mathematical measure of when people give up on books; and why giving too much advice might mean that you crave power. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about the Hawking Index, a mathematical measure of when people give up on books: https://curiosity.im/33dFRLB  Additional sources: Study finds glutamates such as MSG can help reduce Americans' sodium intake | EurekaAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/epr-sfg110719.php  Current Sodium Intakes in the United States and the Modeled Effects of Glutamate Incorporation into Select Savory Products | MDPI — https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/11/2691  After-Dinner Headache? MSG Is Probably Not To Blame. | Curiosity.com — https://curiosity.com/topics/after-dinner-headache-msg-is-probably-not-to-blame-curiosity  Why Power Seekers Give Advice | INSEAD Knolwedge — https://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/why-power-seekers-give-advice-9626  Advice giving: A subtle pathway to power | Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University — https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6779&context=lkcsb_research  Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Cutting Sodium by Adding MSG, Measuring When People Give Up on Books, and How Giving Advice May Mean You Crave Power

Learn about why you should close the lid before you flush the toilet; the “planfulness” personality trait that makes you more likely to exercise; and how men and women have different attitudes toward their exes. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Researchers Determined the Personality Trait That Makes You More Likely to Exercise — https://curiosity.im/2XBOUVt  Men and Women Have Different Attitudes Toward Their Exes — https://curiosity.im/2D9RfNO  Additional sources: Here's why you should always close the toilet lid when you flush | Today — https://www.today.com/home/it-necessary-close-toilet-lid-when-you-flush-t143776  Please, for the Love of God, Close the Toilet Lid When You Flush | Good Housekeeping — https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/a22777060/close-the-toilet-seat/  Lifting the lid on toilet plume aerosol: A literature review with suggestions for future research | National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692156/  Potential for aerosolization of Clostridium difficile after flushing toilets: the role of toilet lids in reducing environmental contamination risk. | NCBI — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22137761  Probable Transmission of Norovirus on an Airplane | JAMA Network — https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/200725  Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Close the Lid Before You Flush, How Men and Women Feel About Their Exes, and a Trait That Makes You More Likely to Exercise

Learn about how you can discover history by going low-tech, from explorers Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah, hosts of “Unexplained and Unexplored” on Science Channel. Then, learn about how nuclear explosions work in space. Learn more about Unexplained and Unexplored: UNEXPLAINED AND UNEXPLORED First Look | Discovery — https://www.discovery.com/exploration/unexplained-and-unexplored-first-look-pictures UNEXPLAINED AND UNEXPLORED: Investigating the Legend of California's Gold Laden Ghost Ship | Discovery — https://www.discovery.com/exploration/investigating-the-legend-of-california-s-gold-laden-ghost-ship Like Science Channel on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/ScienceChannel/ Follow @ScienceChannel on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/sciencechannel/ Follow @ScienceChannel on Facebook — https://twitter.com/ScienceChannel Follow @Justin_Fornal on Twitter — https://twitter.com/Justin_Fornal Follow @EmilianoRuprah on Twitter — https://twitter.com/EmilianoRuprah Additional sources: Nuclear Weapon Effects in Space | NASA — https://history.nasa.gov/conghand/nuclear.htm The Unexpected Effects of Nukes in Space | SciShow Space — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhStl7SQnM  9 JULY 1962 'STARFISH PRIME', OUTER SPACE | CTBTO — https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/9-july-1962starfish-prime-outer-space Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

You Can Discover History by Going Low-Tech (w/ Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah), Plus: Nuclear Explosions in Space

Learn about why feet smell bad; how NASA knows where to dig on its next mission to find evidence of life on Mars; and why you associate cold temperatures with luxury. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: To Find Evidence of Life on Mars, NASA's Next Mission Knows Where to Dig — https://curiosity.im/2D7ad7H  To Make Products Seem More Luxurious, Retailers Literally Put Them on Ice — https://curiosity.im/34bfas7  Additional sources: Bacteria, Beneficial: Brevibacterium linens, Brevibacterium aurantiacum and Other Smear Microorganisms | Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, 2011 — https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081005965006326?via%3Dihub How to Get Rid of Foot Odor | HowStuffWorks — https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/men/sweating-odor/how-to-get-rid-of-foot-odor1.htm  Curious Kids: Why do feet stink by the end of the day? | The Conversation — https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-do-feet-stink-by-the-end-of-the-day-125037  Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Why Feet Stink, How NASA Knows Where to Dig for Life On Mars, and Why Ice Is Luxurious

Learn about an effective way to correct misinformation; why dinosaur fossils throw their necks back in a “death” pose; and an artificial leaf that turns atmospheric carbon dioxide into fuel. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Why Dino Fossils Throw Their Necks Back in a 'Death Pose' — https://curiosity.im/2D3wsvd  An 'Artificial Leaf' Turns Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide into Fuel — https://curiosity.im/37sMLji  Additional sources: The truth about misinformation: Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers | EurekAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/sfcp-tta110319.php  How Stories in Memory Perpetuate the Continued Inﬂuence of False Information | Journal of Consumer Psychology — https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcpy.1135?referrer_access_token=5y2ktrmAmkCeSmRC_xyQQk4keas67K9QMdWULTWMo8NgWo9DXkFeSa2F0boNG72j8VFq4-FUk9LTiG_FVXvAVWgGE1u7yvvDLV4mXXQJLXMgCswk_ClgJMKsClDpX7V1yJ6ofHuWvMZEgr7GLGmK2A%3D%3D  Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

An Effective Way to Correct Misinformation, an Artificial Leaf that Turns CO2 into Fuel, and the Dino Fossil Death Pose

Learn about why eye contact can make you more honest. Then, you’ll learn about RenalTech, the first AI-based diagnostic tool in veterinary medicine, and how it could enable early prediction of chronic kidney disease to save cats’ lives, from special guest Kay O’Donnell. Resources from Kay O’Donnell, Vice President of the WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute: Press release [Press Release] New AI-driven diagnostic tool can predict chronic kidney disease in cats two years before traditional diagnosis | WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute — https://www.waltham.com/news-events/biomarkers/new-ai-driven-diagnostic-tool-can-predict-chronic-kidney-disease-in-cats-two-years-before-traditional-diagnosis/5860/ [Published Study] Predicting early risk of chronic kidney disease in cats using routine clinical laboratory tests and machine learning | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, September 2019 — https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.15623 RenalTech: New Diagnostic Tool Can Predict CKD in Cats Two Years Before Onset | Today’s Veterinary Practice — https://todaysveterinarypractice.com/renaltech-new-diagnostic-tool-can-predict-ckd-in-cats-two-years-before-onset/  Predicting Disease: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence for Pet Care | Clinician’s Brief — https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/predicting-disease-promise-artificial-intelligence-pet-care Antech signals 'new era of innovation' with first AI-powered veterinary diagnostic | AnimalPharm — https://animalpharm.agribusinessintelligence.informa.com/AP016298/Antech-signals-new-era-of-innovation-with-first-AIpowered-veterinary-diagnostic Additional sources: Eye contact reduces lying | ScienceDaily — https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181109122629.htm   Study PDF —  https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/10024/105228/1/Eye%20Contact%20Reduces%20Lying_2018.pdf Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Saving Cats from Kidney Disease with AI (w/ Kay O’Donnell) and Eye Contact Reduces Lying

Learn about how to hack your sleep to help solve your problems; why the holes in violins are shaped the way they are; and why static shock is worse in the winter. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Science Says 'Sleeping on It' Really Can Help You Solve a Problem — https://curiosity.im/37uWrd0 Why Are the Holes in Violins Shaped That Way? — https://curiosity.im/2KLtz6u  Here's Why Static Shock Is Worse in Winter — https://curiosity.im/2qF2Txv  Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Evolution of the Violin Hole, Why Static Shock Is Worse in Winter, and How “Sleeping on It” Solves Problems

Learn why you wake up hungry after overeating. Then, Travel Channel’s “Lost Secrets” host and historian Justin Jampol discusses what state gifts and other artifacts can tell us about the past. You’ll also learn why birds have hollow bones — and it’s not to make them lighter. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why birds have hollow bones — and it’s not to make them lighter: https://curiosity.im/2ql9qgC  Additional resources from historian and “Lost Secrets” host Justin Jampol: “Lost Secrets” official website — https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/lost-secrets Like Travel Channel on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/TravelChannel/  Follow @TravelChannel on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/travelchannel/ Follow @TravelChannel on Twitter — https://twitter.com/travelchannel Follow Justin Jampol on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/justinjampol/ The Wende Museum official website — https://www.wendemuseum.org/ Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

History’s Extravagant Gifts (w/ Justin Jampol), Why You Wake Up Hungry After Overeating, and Why Birds Have Hollow Bones

Learn about why you get sleepy after you eat, and how to prevent that inevitable food coma; an easy way to avoid raising materialistic kids; and current efforts to save the world by creating a circular economy, with 3M Chief Sustainability Officer Gayle Schueller. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Food Coma? Here's Why You Get Sleepy After You Eat — https://curiosity.im/373ldkt  There's an Easy Way to Avoid Raising Materialistic Kids — https://curiosity.im/2Oga1YT  Additional resources from 3M: 3M Sustainability — https://3m.com/sustainability Follow @3M on Twitter — https://twitter.com/3m Manufacturing giant 3M commits to 100% renewable power for global operations | RE100 — http://there100.org/news/14285888 Six new members join the CE100 network | Ellen MacArthur Foundation — https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/news/six-new-members-join-the-ce100-network-1 3M and Clean Air Asia Act on Climate Change with New Air Pollution Initiative — https://news.3m.com/press-release/company-english/3m-and-clean-air-asia-act-climate-change-new-air-pollution-initiative Reinventing warmth with recycled plastic — https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/sustainability-us/stories/full-story/~reinventing-warmth-with-recycled-plastic/?storyid=9b569514-1e4a-4891-87be-36477aeee013 Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Food Coma Science, How to Avoid Raising Materialistic Kids, and 3M on Building a Circular Economy

Learn about why you don’t have to sacrifice pleasure to maintain self-control; why modern scientists still use old-timey weather balloons; and how to overcome the phenomenon of overclaiming, which is the feeling that you’re the one doing all the work. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: You Don't Have to Sacrifice Pleasure to Maintain Self-Control, According to Researchers — https://curiosity.im/32NCMle  Why Do Modern Scientists Still Use Old-Timey Weather Balloons? — https://curiosity.im/2pluMdl  Overclaiming Is Why You Think You're the One Doing All the Work — https://curiosity.im/2CLptqH Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Self-Control Without Sacrificing Pleasure, Why You Think You Do All the Work, and Why Scientists Use Weather Balloons

Learn about a new study that busts the myth of the self-centered only child; why feeding birds in the park may be more destructive than you think; and why the canonical perspective makes everyone draw a coffee cup the same way.  In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: A New Study Busts the Myth of the Self-Centered Only Child — https://curiosity.im/2NQMVt1  Why Everyone Draws a Coffee Cup the Same Way — https://curiosity.im/2Xj0RyZ  Additional sources: Thoughts About Bread And Angel Wing Deformities | Corvid Isle — https://corvid-isle.co.uk/thoughts-bread-angel-wing-wild-birds  Why Feeding White Bread to Wild Birds is Killing Them | One Green Planet — https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/feeding-white-bread-to-wild-birds-is-killing-them/  Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Feeding Birds May Cause a Deformity, Busting the “Only Child” Stereotype, and Why Everyone Draws a Coffee Cup the Same Way

Learn about how scientists predict whether an asteroid will hit our planet. Then, learn about at least one reason to get excited about math, from popular mathematics writer and Cornell University Professor Steven Strogatz. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how scientists predict whether an asteroid will hit Earth: https://curiosity.im/32UduSd  Additional resources from Steven Strogatz: “Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/36bLz3d Additional publications — https://amzn.to/2MT4d8j  Steven Strogatz official website — http://www.stevenstrogatz.com/ Cornell University profile — https://math.cornell.edu/steven-strogatz Google Scholar profile — https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FxyRWlcAAAAJ Follow @stevenstrogatz on Twitter — https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Steven Strogatz Helps You Get Excited About Math (Plus: How Scientists Predict Asteroid Impacts)

Learn about how human goals fall into 4 categories; why NASA’s Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPRIB) says we don’t need to be so careful about infecting other worlds; and whether cell phone radiation is actually dangerous. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why a NASA panel says we don’t need to be so careful about infecting other worlds: https://curiosity.im/2K3gzJg  Additional sources discussed: Psychologists analyze language to categorize human goals | EurekaAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uow-pal102919.php  Lexical Derivation of the PINT Taxonomy of Goals: Prominence, Inclusiveness, Negativity Prevention, and Tradition | The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College — https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=psyfac   Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Cellular Telephones | Federal Communications Commission — https://www.fcc.gov/general/specific-absorption-rate-sar-cellular-telephones The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation | Forbes — https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/02/02/the-truth-about-cell-phone-radiation/#4a98baa192a3  Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

Cell Phone Radiation, Why It’s OK to Contaminate Other Worlds, and Types of Human Goals

Curiosity makes you smarter – and so will this podcast. Each week, we talk to experts who can help you get smart about the world around you, with a timely blend of cultural trends, life hacks, and developments in science and technology. You'll learn about your mind and your body, outer space and the depths of the sea, how history shaped the world into what it is today, and more. From the largest galaxies to your smallest brain cells, our curiosity will help you understand the world better. From the makers of Curiosity.com and the award winning iOS and Android apps.

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