Lying Signals, Hibernation Blood Clots, Moon Creation

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today you’ll learn how to detect lies, how bears can help scientists prevent blood clots, and how the moon might have been created in just a few hours.

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Lying Signals

“LieLab: the devil is in the details.” University of Amsterdam. 2023.
- https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/press-releases/2023/03/lielab-the-devil-is-in-the-details.html?cb&cb&cb&cb&cb
“Top 10 Signs That Someone Is Lying.” by Rachel Drummond. N.d.
- https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/10-signs-someone-is-lying
“The Use The Best Heuristic facilitates deception detection.jpg.” Graphic. 2023.
- https://figshare.com/articles/poster/The_Use_The_Best_Heuristic_facilitates_deception_detection_jpg/22128818

Hibernation Blood Clots

“Hibernating bears don’t get blood clots. Now scientists know why.” by Ole Frobert. 2023.
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hibernating-bears-blood-clots

Moon Creation

“Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal.” by Frank Tavares. 2022.
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/lunar-origins-simulations
“New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin.” YouTube. 2023.
- https://youtu.be/kRlhlCWplqk

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping
0:13.7	in for the first time welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by
0:16.9	helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back.
0:19.7	Today you'll learn how to detect lies, how bears can help scientists prevent blood clots,
0:26.0	and how the moon might have been created in just a few hours.
0:30.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:33.0	Hey, Callie, can you help me clean out my garage this weekend?
0:37.0	Oh, uh, hey, I'd love to, but I've actually got plans. Shoot, dang it, sorry. Yeah, yeah. What plans?
0:47.0	Uh, yeah, I'm going to a baby shower? Okay, stop. Before you get any further with this obvious deception.
0:56.4	Hey, it was good.
0:57.9	I have to tell you that a new study has given me all the tools I need to know that you're lying.
1:03.8	Oh no.
1:04.8	Oh yes.
1:05.8	So, okay, what kind of complicated CSI my trick is this?
1:09.8	That's the thing, it's actually not complicated at all. The devil as they say is in the details.
1:14.6	Researchers from the University of Amsterdam's Lyle Lab. That's a thing?
1:19.3	Kind of awesome, right? They teamed up with researchers from Maastricht University and
1:24.7	Tilberg University both in the Netherlands to build a study to figure out once and
1:29.2	for all how to tell if someone is lying. This feels like a very old field of study.
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