How Earth-Like Planets Work

How Earth-Like Planets Work

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Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?

Fear is different than being scared, most notably because fear is generally a negative thing and being scared can cause an enjoyable thrill. We'll get into the difference in today's episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Some Interesting Curses

Even though curses aren’t real – and we go to great pains to make that clear – they are pretty interesting, especially ones you haven’t heard of before. So we dug deep and found some of the curses that don’t always hog the spotlight for this fun episode.See omnystudio.com/listene ...  Show more

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