Dark Matter, Spite Houses, Digits of Pi Needed, and Measuring Your Passion and Perseverance
Curiosity Daily
English - July 22, 2018 07:00 - 9 minutes - 9.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 869 ratingsEducation Science Astronomy news business interview comedy health science culture entrepreneurship politics leadership Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack about dark matter — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
How Many Digits of Pi Do We Actually Need?Spite Houses Are Buildings Designed to Annoy the NeighborsThe Grit Scale Measures Your Passion and PerseveranceMore from Dr. Katherine “Katie” Mack, theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist:
Katie Mack's official websiteResearch websiteBlog: The Universe, in TheoryYouTube series "Pint in the Sky""Pint in the Sky" podcastWant to support our show? Register for the 2018 Podcast Awards and nominate Curiosity Daily to win for People’s Choice, Education, and Science & Medicine. Just register at the link and select Curiosity Daily from the drop-down menus (no need to pick nominees in every category): https://curiosity.im/podcast-awards-2018
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Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/dark-matter-spite-houses-digits-of-pi-needed-and-measuring-your-passion-and-perseverance
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