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Curiosity Weekly

Impostor Syndrome, Moon Landing Photos Explained, and Things You’re Cleaning Too Often

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

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

Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/impostor-syndrome-moon-landing-photos-explained-and-things-youre-cleaning-too-often



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0:00.0

Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help it get smarter in just a few minutes.

0:05.0

I'm Cody Gough.

0:06.0

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

0:07.0

Today, you'll learn about six things you're probably cleaning too often, why there are no stars

0:11.4

in the moon landing photos, and the psychology behind that time you felt like a fraud.

0:15.6

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

0:17.2

All right Ashley I heard Stanley Kubrick directed the moon landing.

0:19.8

He did not!

0:20.8

The moon landing happened. Get out of here! did not everyone's convinced

0:23.0

the moon landing happened get out of here prove it well we like science at

0:27.3

curiosity and facts and reality and things that are true but since not everyone's convinced that the moon landing was real,

0:34.3

today we thought we'd explain a big centerpiece of the moon landing hoax conspiracy.

0:39.2

Why there aren't any stars in the moon landing photos? Literally it's just because the camera's settings weren't adjusted to capture them.

0:46.0

Okay, so let's say you're taking a picture of a friend in really bright sunlight.

0:50.0

You'd probably adjust your camera settings in two ways.

0:53.0

First, you'd narrow the aperture.

0:55.0

That keeps the light collecting area on the lens small

0:58.0

to avoid letting in too much light.

1:00.0

It's the same reason your pupils constrict in bright sunlight.

1:02.0

You'd also speed up the shutter speed, so the camera... It's the same reason your pupils constrict in bright sunlight.

1:02.9

You'd also speed up the shutter speed, so the camera sensor would only let in light for a brief

1:06.8

moment.

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