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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This week, we present two stories about science intersecting with love -- in both fortunate and unfortunate ways. Part 1: Nothing can come between Lindzi Wessel and her new boyfriend, David -- except maybe herpes. Part 2: Marine biologist Skylar Bayer and first mate Thom Young find love on a boat. Lindzi Wessel is a science and health journalist who recently graduated from the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program. Before turning her sights on journalism, she studied the mind, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s in neuroscience from UC Davis. She has covered topics ranging from wildfire management to Zika transmission for outlets including The San Jose Mercury News, Alzforum, and STAT. For the moment, she resides in DC where she is writing for Science. Lindzi is a traveler who enjoys spending time outdoors and in the presence of dogs, whenever possible. Thom and Skylar Young-Bayer live in Juneau, Alaska with their four rescue dogs, Millie, Echo, Zoey, and Atlas, and their cat Mistletoe. Thom Young-Bayer has worked in various careers including as a marine biologist, a tall ship sailor, an organic farmer, and an EMT. Skylar Young-Bayer has a Ph.D. in Marine Biology and is on the storyboard of Mudrooms, a local storytelling show in Juneau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, story clutter listeners. If you're hooked on the surprising twists and turns of science in our
0:05.1	stories, you're going to love Curiosity Weekly from Discovery. Science and tech are moving fast.
0:11.2	New discoveries are happening every single week. But don't worry, Curiosity Weekly is here to
0:16.1	help make sense of it all. Each week, they dive into the biggest questions and ideas shaping our world with
0:21.9	expert guests who break it down in a way that actually makes sense. You want to know why you can't
0:27.9	stop scrolling on TikTok? Neuroscientists are figuring out exactly which brain chemicals are
0:32.5	keeping you hooked. Or, how about this? Clean beauty products and viral makeup dupes? They wouldn't exist without
0:39.0	cosmetic chemistry. Oh, and get this. Plains are now flying from Florida to England on
0:46.4	recycled plastic jet fuel. Wild, right? Curiosity Weekly covers everything from AI decoding,
0:53.5	ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to robots that can actually feel pain.
0:58.4	Trust me, if you're curious about the world, and I know you are, this is the podcast for you.
1:04.2	Listen to Curiosity Weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
1:09.5	A science story, huh?
1:11.6	Is NYU scientist the...
1:13.6	It felt...
1:14.6	It was so...
1:16.6	And I just thought, well...
1:17.6	It was that golden moment...
1:20.6	Because science was on my side.
1:22.6	...theid... Hey everyone. I'm your host, Mishayevsky, and welcome to a special edition of Story Clatter.
1:37.3	Today, we're diving back into our archives to bring you some of our most memorable and impactful stories and episodes we've ever shared on the Story Clutter podcast.
1:45.2	Why? Because we have over 13 years of true personal stories about science, and no matter how
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