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Something You Should Know

Odd Differences Between The Sexes & How We Deal With Pests

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Keeping track of passwords can be a real pain. If you use a simple one or use the same one for everything, that makes you easy to be hacked. If you use a complicated one or lots of different ones, it’s hard to remember. This episode starts with a strategy to create good passwords that you will remember. Source: Sid Kirchheimer, author of Scam-Proof Your Life (https://amzn.to/3SeWhA5) Men and women are different, obviously. However, some of the most interesting differences you may not know. For example, how men and women hear differently; the real reason women live longer than men, and how hormones affect behaviors differently in men and women. Joining me to discuss this is is Cat Bohannon. Cat is is a researcher with a Ph.D. from Columbia University and author of the book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (https://amzn.to/3SgBUlO).  The world is full of pests: rats, insects, bees, deer, spiders – there are lots of them. So, what is it that makes a pest a pest? In some cases, what you consider a pest may not be to someone else. Generally, though, pests are something we strive to get rid of. What is the best way to do that? Maybe pests are really trying to tell us something. Here to discuss this is Bethany Brookshire. She is an award-winning science writer, a contributor to Science News magazine and a host on the podcast Science for the People (http://www.scienceforthepeople.ca/) and she is author of a book called Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains (https://amzn.to/3vzlpZt). Most drivers don’t take the time to adjust the headrest in their car. In fact, many of us don’t even think about doing it and aren’t sure of the best position for it anyway. If you are ever in a crash, the position of your headrest can make a big difference. Listen as I explain how to adjust it. https://www.adlergiersch.com/provider-blog/how-to-properly-adjust-your-headrest-to-prevent-whiplash/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at https://NerdWallet.com Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell Technologies and Intel are pushing what technology can do, so great ideas can happen! Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/WelcomeToNow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dell.com slash welcome to now.

0:29.0

Today on something you should know, how to come up with a secure password that you will remember.

0:37.0

Then fascinating differences between men and women, like how we hear differently, why women live longer, and why we men are hairier.

0:46.0

Technically, you're not hairier in terms of follicles per centimeter.

0:50.0

It's actually what type of hair those follicles are building, but technically the

0:54.3

hairiest people are blonds. Actually, blondes are producing the most follicles.

0:58.6

Anywho, fun fact, take that to your dinner party.

1:00.8

Also, why you should probably adjust the headrests in your car. to your

1:04.4

car.

1:05.0

and probably adjust the headrests in your car and pests. They're everywhere. But what makes a

1:08.6

pest a pest? So it's not universal for specific pests. Not everyone views rats as being uniformly disgusting.

1:16.3

Not everyone views snakes with fear. So really the concept of a pest and of something that's always going to bother us depends on whether or not we're

1:23.7

going to let ourselves be bothered.

1:25.8

All this today on something you should know.

1:30.8

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1:37.0

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