Taurids and Leonids Meteor Showers, Willpower-Boosting Workouts, and Marie Curie’s Secret University
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Learn where you can catch the Taurids and Leonids meteor showers this month; how working out could boost your willpower; and where the world’s billionaires got their fortunes.
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:
- The Taurids and the Leonids Are Nature's Meteor Shower Double-Feature — https://curiosity.im/2DbZr2g
- Working Out Can Boost Your Willpower — https://curiosity.im/2Dc1ELd
- Marie Curie Got Her Education at the Flying University — https://curiosity.im/2Dh31be
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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. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:07.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:08.0 | Today you'll learn about the Torids and Leonids meteor showers happening later this month, |
| 0:12.0 | how working out could boost your |
| 0:13.6 | willpower, and the secret university where the trailblazing scientist Marie Curie |
| 0:18.3 | got her education. |
| 0:19.3 | Would satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:20.9 | November 2018 is an extra special month for meteor showers. |
| 0:25.8 | Keep your eyes on the sky because the torids and the Leonids are here for a meteor shower |
| 0:30.0 | double feature. |
| 0:31.6 | I've never seen a meteor shower. I have. They're pretty great. They're hard to see here in |
| 0:36.2 | Chicago when there's a ton of light pollution. But yeah, if you just drive out into the country where the sky gets a little darker, you just see little streaks of light everywhere. |
| 0:45.6 | It's beautiful. |
| 0:46.7 | All right, well I would be jealous, but next month I'm going to be in Alaska. |
| 0:49.7 | Oh man! |
| 0:50.6 | So I might see the Northern Lights. |
| 0:52.1 | Heck yeah. |
| 0:53.0 | Wish me luck. |
| 0:54.0 | Just need a clear day. |
| 0:55.0 | But anyway, for the rest of us who are not going to Alaska in December, |
| 0:58.0 | let's talk about what's happening this month. |
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