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Curiosity Weekly

Discovery

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.

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1.638 episodi

  1. The Team Using Psychedelics to Treat Lyme Disease 30:57
  2. Finding Pinocchio’s Nose: What Science Tells Us About Lying 28:15
  3. Bats Drink Blood But They Also Make Friends 29:59
  4. What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science 30:07
  5. Seeing Sound & Tasting Words: Systems of Synesthesia 24:59
  6. Translating Science is More Complex Than You Think 27:38
  7. Can I Cut Mold Off My Cheese?: The Science of Food 31:04
  8. Mythbusting Reproductive Health 28:38
  9. Awareness in a Vegetative State 30:46
  10. Menstruation in Space 25:56
  11. Why Does My Brain Make Me So Sensitive 25:17
  12. Lefties, Raise Your Hands 29:33
  13. Training the Families of Astronauts: Then and Now 25:42
  14. CSI Shark: Forensics of a Shark Attack 27:23
  15. If You Give a Shark a Cookie… 31:25
  16. Programming the Body to Fight Cancer 28:40
  17. Jealousy Vs. Envy 26:49
  18. The Researchers Translating Whale Language 23:46
  19. The Machine That Lets Us Look At Dark Energy 24:31
  20. Cocaine is in Our Waterways. How are Animals Responding? 25:53
  21. Science Needs Creativity 27:16
  22. Copy, Paste, Clone: What it Takes to Bring Back the Past 21:23
  23. What Out-of-Body Experiences Reveal About Consciousness 29:40
  24. Hantavirus Outbreak: Separating Fact from Fear 21:26
  25. Why Are People Getting Poop Transplants? 29:47
  26. How Violent Video Games Shape Perception 26:35
  27. AI in Healthcare Isn’t What You Think 28:40
  28. How Much Socializing Do You Really Need? 30:55
  29. Ending Animal Testing: Realistic or Not? 22:37
  30. The Analog Movement 22:13
  31. Inside the High-Tech Hunt for Dinosaur Bones 29:06
  32. Medicinal Psychedelics: Hype or Health? 27:06
  33. Magic Mushrooms Help Trees Gossip 33:18
  34. Online BS Fools Everyone, Even Experts 24:23
  35. Life Under the Sea, No Singing Crabs 26:38
  36. Happiness IRL 25:53
  37. Tips For Pits: The Science of Body Odor 23:23
  38. History Punished Scientists - Are We Doing the Same Thing? 26:35
  39. Does Your Dog Actually Feel Guilt? 30:13
  40. Urban Ecosystems With The Rat Detective 23:31
  41. The Biggest Animal Sanctuary in the World with Forrest Galante 26:58
  42. The End of the Universe 22:33
  43. Why Scientists Can’t Agree on Aging 27:36
  44. Why Society Treats Allergies Like a Nothingburger 33:39
  45. We Are Starting to Talk Like ChatGPT 30:21
  46. The Inequity of Climate Change 25:47
  47. This is Your Brain on Sleep 32:38
  48. The Batmobile Lab That Chases Storms 20:12
  49. How Science Can Hack Flavor 30:20
  50. This Episode Will Make You Love Math 36:12