Hello, if you are looking to get smarter today without taking up too much of your time,

you're in the right spot. This is Curiosity Daily from Discovery. I'm Nate.

Hi, loyal listeners. Hi, new friends. We're so excited to have you here with us today. I'm

Callie. Today, you'll learn about how nuclear weapons might one day actually save the Earth, the video game that lets you power wash your bad mood away, and a study that suggests that being a picky eater might be genetic.

Wait, you get to talk about video games?

Fine.

Imagine the scene. It's years in the future, and astronomers have made a shocking discovery.

A previously undetected asteroid is

hurtling towards Earth on a collision course. It's two and a half miles wide and it snuck up on us.

Yeah, I think I've seen this movie. In fact, I think I've seen all of the movies where this

happens. The doomsday asteroid, right? The scariest thing about it is that it is actually possible. No, that is the

scariest part. It's actually happened before. While the asteroid that wiped out the dynos was likely

bigger, I mean, maybe up to six miles wide, there's no question that one, two and a half miles

would be at least close to a civilization under. So it's no wonder that scientists have been

puzzling over what to do in the scenario.

And a team at Sandia National Laboratories think they have an answer.

Is that answer sending Bruce Willis to drill a hole in the after?

And you can drop a nuke in.

Okay.

It's actually not that far off.

The team wanted to know if using nuclear explosions could have any effect,

and specifically if a nuke would push an asteroid off course.

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