How to Improve Your Self-Control, Why You Shouldn’t Touch Your Plants, and Firehawk Raptors

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Learn about whether you can improve your self-control; why certain types of birds set fires on purpose; and why you shouldn’t touch your plants.

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Is Self-Control a Learnable Skill or a Finite Resource? — https://curiosity.im/2suScLn
Firehawk Raptors Are Predatory Birds That Start Forest Fires on Purpose — https://curiosity.im/2sw0Ito
Your Plants Probably Hate Being Touched — https://curiosity.im/2szOVKS

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0:00.0	Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.3	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.3	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.3	Today you learn about whether you can improve your self-control, why certain types of birds set fires on
0:12.4	purpose, and why you shouldn't touch your plants.
0:15.6	Let's satisfy some curiosity on the award-winning curiosity daily.
0:19.4	New research might have some insights into how self-control works.
0:23.0	Self-control is one of those things that psychologists and economists just can't seem to agree on.
0:28.0	So it's not like we've got it all figured out.
0:30.0	I mean, by the time February rolls around, as many as 80% of Americans will have already given up on their New Year's resolutions.
0:36.0	So let's see if we can get some answers.
0:38.0	Yeah, I'm not really doing great with that.
0:40.0	What was your New Year's resolution again?
0:42.0	It wasn't a bright line rule.
0:43.4	That was the problem.
0:44.4	That's the problem.
0:45.4	It was one of the bright line rule being something specific.
0:47.4	Like, I'm going to work out X times per week.
0:49.4	Mine was a little more vague, like, you're going to get in shape.
0:51.8	Yeah, didn't happen.
0:52.8	Cody. I know. You gotta talk to me.
0:55.3	We can work through this.
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