Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.

I'm Cody Gough, and I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you learn why the Butterfly Effect makes it impossible to predict the weather, why common language mistakes

called eggcorns somehow still makes sense, and what to do when you feel like you're going to

cry at work.

We originally ran these stories on August 8th, 2018, and they're so good we remastered them just for you.

And stick around because there's a bunch of new stuff we're going to do at the end of this episode as well.

But right now, prepare to feel immersed in our old studio. You'll know what I mean in a second and let

satisfy some curiosity. Cody, how about this weather, huh? I will say I did not check the weather forecast and realize that it was going to be pouring rain this afternoon.

And we happen to have a drain pipe going right through the room. It's like a rain stick in here. It's weird.

You can just hear everything.

Well, if the microphones pick it up, then listeners can just relax. Like it's one of those white noise machines the play of

rain forest yeah no I don't usually check the weather forecast do you I

recently got an app that's making me a little bit more into it. It always gives me

notifications when it's going to rain, but it's not always super accurate. I feel like

meteorologists get a bad rap. Yeah, well they have a lot of challenges.

If you've ever wondered why it's impossible to predict the weather,

then you've come to the right place.

A few months ago on our podcast, we talked about the butterfly effect.

That's the idea that a butterfly can flap its wings in Brazil and set off a tornado in Texas.

The idea is that there are some things that even the most advanced science can never predict.

Although scientists are trying to use machine learning to predict chaos.

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