How Science Works (w/ Bill Nye), Noise-Canceling Lungs, Stomach Growls
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Bill Nye explains why science isn’t just a body of knowledge — it’s a process. Plus: frogs with noise-canceling lungs and why your stomach growls when you’re hungry.
Additional resources from Bill Nye:
- Official website https://billnye.com/
- Bill Nye’s podcast, Science Rules! https://www.askbillnye.com/
- Pick up “Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3u8iKQi
- “Everything All at Once: How to Think Like a Science Guy, Solve Any Problem, and Make a Better World” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3whsk5j
- Follow @BillNye on Twitter https://twitter.com/BillNye
This frog has noise-canceling lungs by Cameron Duke
- Lee, N., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., White, L. A., Schrode, K. M., & Bee, M. A. (2021). Lung Mediated Auditory Contrast Enhancement Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Communication in Frogs. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.048
- This frog has lungs that act like noise-canceling headphones. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304145430.htm
Why your stomach growls when you're hungry by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Safin in Lisbon, Portugal)
- Why does your stomach growl when you are hungry? (2002, January 21). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-your-stomach-gro/
- What Makes Your Stomach Growl? (2020, February 12). Wonderopolis.org. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-makes-your-stomach-growl
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Curiosity Daily has been around for a long time. I mean we've released more than a thousand episodes and |
| 0:07.1 | chances are you haven't heard them all. |
| 0:08.7 | Yeah that's why today you're gonna get an encore presentation of one of our most popular episodes, you know, to help you stay curious. |
| 0:16.0 | This is one of my favorite episodes we've ever released, so I hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:21.0 | We'll be back with a new episode Wednesday, |
| 0:23.2 | but for now I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:25.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:26.2 | Today you learn about the two things that make science what it is, |
| 0:29.6 | with actual science guy, Bill Nye. |
| 0:32.2 | Then you'll learn about a frog that has noise canceling lungs, |
| 0:35.4 | and will answer a listener question |
| 0:36.9 | about why your stomach growls when you're hungry. |
| 0:39.6 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:42.2 | What you're about to hear is, in my opinion, the most impactful |
| 0:45.8 | segment you may ever hear in this podcast. It affected me. What can I say? You know how |
| 0:50.8 | nobody really wants to admit when they're wrong? |
| 0:53.0 | Well, scientists admit when they're wrong, all the time. |
| 0:58.0 | If you think if science is just cold, hard, unchanging facts, |
| 1:02.0 | then you need to hear this clip from our conversation |
| 1:05.0 | with science guy Bill Nye he knows a lot of stuff but nobody knows everything so |
| 1:10.6 | when we asked him is there anything that you believe is true that other people don't or vice versa? |
| 1:16.0 | Here's what he told this. |
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