My name is Josh Gates, with a degree in archaeology and a passion for exploration.

I have a tendency to end up in some very strange situations.

There has got to be a better way to make a living.

My travels have taken me to the ends of the earth as I investigate the greatest legends in history.

We're good to fly, let's go.

This is Expedition Unknown. This is Expedition Unknown.

Listen to Expedition Unknown on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The very tools we use to communicate and learn are rapidly changing.

From the classrooms where children first learned to read, to the way scientists share critical information with everyone,

literacy is evolving.

In episode 32, we shared research showing that people who used AI, like Chatchipiti to write essays,

had less brain activity and remembered less compared to those who wrote on their own.

Using AI made things easier, but their brains didn't get as much exercise, so they didn't learn as much.

We also talked about how handwriting versus typing affects how children learn letters and words.

So, building on that, we'll continue exploring literacy and look deeper

into two areas, how modern tech is transforming the way our brains read and process information,

and how scientists experiences during the pandemic reshaped public engagement. Then, we'll take a look

at a new probiotic for the ocean. I'm Dr. Samantha Amin, and this is Curiosity Weekly.

It probably comes as no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic had a huge, indelible cultural

impact.

In a lot of ways, it put science in the spotlight, but not without a personal cost for the

scientists, clinicians,

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