How Space Changed NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott’s Perspective; Plus, Whistled Languages
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Learn what NASA astronaut Nicole Stott learned from her time in outer space. Plus: whistled languages around the world.
More from retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott:
- Pick up "Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet — and Our Mission to Protect It" https://www.sealpress.com/titles/nicole-stott/back-to-earth/9781541675049/
- Website: https://www.npsdiscovery.com/
- Follow @Astro_Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole
- Space for Art Foundation: https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org/
At least 80 cultures have developed whistled versions of their languages for long-distance communication by Grant Currin
- Holmes, B. (2021, August). Speaking in whistles. Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2021/whistled-languages
- Robson, D. (2017). The beautiful languages of the people who talk like birds. Bbc.com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170525-the-people-who-speak-in-whistles
- Environmental and Linguistic Typology of Whistled Languages. (2019). Annual Reviews. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030444
- Sounds of Whistled Speech in “The Relevance of Human Whistled Languages for Dolphin Communication.” (2021). SoundCloud; SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/user-28976943/sets/meyer-and-diaz-2021-sounds-of-whistled-speech
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:04.0 | With Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com, |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Cody Goff. |
| 0:08.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:09.0 | Today, you'll learn about how being in outer space |
| 0:11.0 | changed our guest's perspective about the world in an inspiring story |
| 0:15.2 | from NASA astronaut Nicole Stott. You'll also learn how dozens of cultures have developed |
| 0:20.4 | whistled versions of their languages. |
| 0:22.4 | Will satisfy some curiosity? developed whistled versions of their languages. |
| 0:23.0 | With the daily conflicts of politics, office disputes, and online trolls, |
| 0:32.0 | it's easy to get bogged down and how different we all are. |
| 0:35.0 | That's why today's guest will be a breath of fresh air. |
| 0:38.0 | She's seen Earth from space, and she's here to remind us that we're all just humans living on the same tiny planet. |
| 0:47.1 | Nicole Stott is a former NASA astronaut who's been on two missions to space, |
| 0:51.6 | including a long duration mission on the International Space Station. |
| 0:55.9 | That experience changed the way she sees the world, and it inspired her to write a book about |
| 1:01.0 | what she's learned about life on our home planet. |
| 1:04.6 | That book is called Back to Earth, what life in space taught me about our home planet, and |
| 1:10.1 | our mission to protect it. |
| 1:12.0 | In our conversation, we asked her how being in space changed |
| 1:15.2 | her perspective. Yeah and I think it happens I can't say all I don't want to speak for |
| 1:20.1 | everyone but you know everyone I know that's had the experience has felt some kind of emotional personal |
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