Local Honey Myths, NASA to the Moon, and a Bisexual 17th-Century Operatic Swordfighter

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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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:

Why is NASA Going Back to the Moon Before Heading to Mars?
Julie d'Aubigny Was A Bisexual 17th-Century Operatic Swordfighter
Local Honey Won't Fix Your Seasonal Allergies

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got three stories from curiosity.com to help you 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 get an update on NASA's next trip to the moon and Mars.
0:11.0	You'll hear the hilarious tale of an opera singing sword fighter and
0:14.0	you'll learn why local honey will not fix your seasonal allergies.
0:17.7	What's satisfy some curiosity?
0:19.2	Okay, Cody, have you heard that we're going back to the moon?
0:21.6	I did. I don't know why.
0:23.2	Yeah, NASA wants to put astronauts on the moon again in the next decade,
0:27.9	but it's to help us prepare for Mars. Whoa!
0:31.1	Really? Close one.
0:33.0	Yeah, I just thought we were going for no good reason.
0:37.0	Oh, all right.
0:38.0	So last week at the Humans to Mars Summit, NASA's new administrator, Jim Brightstein, said that the missions to both Mars and
0:44.8	to the Moon will help support each other.
0:47.2	He said, quote, a return to the surface of the Moon will allow us to prove and advance
0:51.3	technologies that will feed forward to Mars."
0:54.7	But what can we actually do on the moon while we're there?
0:57.7	Curiosity's freelance space reporter Elizabeth Howell researched this, and it turns out there's
1:02.1	a lot. To start with, scientists think
1:04.4	there might be water ice and craters on the moon's surface. If that's true, then we
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