Nobody Is “Normal,” Quantum Bacteria, Déjà Rêvé, and Why You Might Smell Like Maple Syrup
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn why there’s no such thing as “normal” according to Yale researchers; how scientists may have put bacteria in a state of quantum entanglement; why a thing called déjà rêvé might be weirder than déjà vu, and why your sweat might smell like maple syrup.
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:
- You're Not Normal Because Nobody Is, According to Yale Research — https://curiosity.im/2DdoDFF
- Scientists May Have Put Bacteria in a State of Quantum Entanglement — https://curiosity.im/2Dea9VQ
- Déjà Rêvé Is Even Weirder Than Déjà Vu — https://curiosity.im/2DeczDU
Additional resources discussed:
- You Can Smell When Someone's Sick—Here's How | National Geographic
- Why Do I Smell Maple Syrup? 6 Facts About Inherited Disorder Maple Syrup Urine Disease | Medical Daily
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we've got the latest and greatest from curiosity.com to help it get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:07.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:08.0 | Today, you learn why there's no such thing as normal, |
| 0:11.0 | how scientists may have put bacteria in a state of quantum entanglement, and why a thing |
| 0:15.5 | called Deja Revae might be weirder than Deja vu. |
| 0:18.7 | We'll also answer a question from a listener who wants to know why her sweat smells like |
| 0:22.4 | maple syrup. We're not |
| 0:23.9 | doctors but we'll still explore some interesting possibilities. |
| 0:27.0 | Let's get us fast and curiosity. |
| 0:28.4 | According to recent research out of Yale University there's no such thing as |
| 0:32.3 | normal. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm happy to present research to validate your weirdness, |
| 0:36.4 | and mine. |
| 0:37.2 | And mine. |
| 0:39.2 | Hooray! |
| 0:40.3 | Chances are you've searched online for questions, |
| 0:42.4 | like, when is the normal age to get married |
| 0:44.5 | what's a normal bedtime is it normal to talk to your dog? Well in a recent study |
| 0:49.5 | Yale researchers noted that there is no such thing as normal, not for people and not for people's brains. |
| 0:56.0 | Change, range, and variety is much more common for life, and it's necessary for the evolutionary |
| 1:01.8 | progress of a species. |
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