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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.
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A clear ocean primer linking bioluminescence, conservation, and salt.
Curiosity Weekly treats ocean literacy as a practical idea: understanding how people shape the ocean, and how the ocean shapes people. Dr. Samantha Amin moves from bioluminescence and the chemistry behind sea creatures to a conversation with Dr.
A clear look at how AI nudges can blur into manipulation.
The episode treats AI as a move from tools that ask for attention to systems that seem to know what people want before they say it. It keeps returning to the same uneasy line: a useful nudge on one side, manipulation on the other.
Steven Novella and a rotating panel dissect weekly science news and debunk pseudoscience claims.
Bob McDonald anchors weekly multi-segment interviews on new research, from cricket courtship to moon missions.
Vox reporters trace how Botox, brain-speech implants, and scientific disputes actually happened.
This episode explores a measles outbreak in the U.S.
This episode explores AI ethics with Dr.
This episode explores ocean literacy through bioluminescence science, marine conservation strategies with Dr.
This episode covers a new drug for sleep apnea, discusses animal testing ethics with a bioethicist, and previews a diabetes treatment study.
This episode explores the science behind horse whinnies, the analog movement's effect on the brain, and a hypothesis for rising nearsightedness.
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This episode explores climate tech innovations, including the environmental impact of the flower industry and creative solutions like aquafaba.
This episode discusses the historical exclusion of women from medical research and highlights the contributions of overlooked female scientists.
This episode explores what makes a pandemic by examining the genomes of past viruses and interviewing a scientist who resurrects ancient pathogens.
This episode explores the science of dogs, including their sense of smell, emotional support, and ability to communicate using soundboard buttons.
A weekly science podcast that breaks down the latest scientific discoveries and research for a general audience.
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