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

I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you'll learn why people live near active volcanoes,

the difference between club soda, seltzer, sparkling water, and tonic water,

and how procrastination could be good for you when you do it right.

Mud set us for some curiosity.

So, Cody, you're probably very aware of the volcano in Hawaii right now that is erupting and

causing tons and tons of damage.

Right. Kill Ioya, not so good.

Yeah, not very good.

It started erupting this month and it's causing tons and tons of damage. It's

burning cars and decimating houses. It's causing a lot of mayhem. And our top story

today is about why anybody would want to live near a volcano in the first place.

I get some science in there.

Yeah, right. I mean, it does make you wonder.

Yeah. Well, it turns out that actually there's a lot of good that comes from volcanoes. They have a lot to offer

local residents as long as those residents have a hasty exit plan. There are lots of agricultural,

economic, and social reasons to live next to a volcano.

And it all starts with the soil.

Okay, so when a volcano erupts, the molten rock is called lava once it reaches the surface,

but when it's still underground it's called magma. The thing with magma coming up from underground. is the

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