You Don’t Run Out of Willpower, What Came Before the Big Bang, and Hookah Health Risks
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why inflation theory says the Big Bang wasn’t actually the beginning of the universe; why hookah may be worse for you than cigarettes; and why you don’t actually run out of willpower, even if you think you do.
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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 Big Bang Wasn't Actually the Beginning of the Universe — https://curiosity.im/2ZIMuni
- Hookah May Be Worse for You than Cigarettes, Says a New Study — https://curiosity.im/31StlRl
- You Don't Actually Run Out of Willpower, But Here's Why You Think You Do — https://curiosity.im/31N0gH0
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm |
| 0:37.6 | Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about why the Big Bang wasn't |
| 0:41.6 | actually the beginning of the universe, why |
| 0:43.9 | Hooka may be worse for you than cigarettes, and why you don't actually run out of |
| 0:48.0 | willpower even if you think you do. Let's power through some curiosity. |
| 0:52.0 | The Big Bang wasn't actually the beginning of the universe. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah, you heard me right. |
| 0:58.0 | Sure, the popular understanding is that the universe began as today. Bang! |
| 1:03.0 | But it began faster than the speed of light in a trillionth of a second |
| 1:07.0 | to form the universe we know today. |
| 1:09.0 | Bang! |
| 1:10.0 | But it turns out that there was probably no singularity and the expansion of the universe after the big bang happened at a snail's pace when you compare it to the expansion that came beforehand. |
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