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Learn about how quickly different languages can transmit information. Then, learn how you can predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos, with some help from Randall Munroe, creator of the popular geek webcomic xkcd.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how languages all transmit information at the same rate, no matter how fast they’re spoken: https://curiosity.im/2OgvR0j
Learn about how quickly different languages can transmit information. Then, learn how you can predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos, with some help from Randall Munroe, creator of the popular geek webcomic xkcd.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how languages all transmit information at the same rate, no matter how fast they’re spoken: https://curiosity.im/2OgvR0j
Additional resources from Randall Munroe:
“How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems” on Amazon — https://amazon.comxkcd, “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language" — xkcd.com “What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” — https://amazon.comRandall Munroe: Is It Possible To Change The Moon's Colour? [Video] — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avYPeoU0nI8Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/predict-the-weather-using-facebook-photos-w-randall-munroe-and-spoken-data-speeds
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This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.
Listen to episode one hereLearn about how quickly different languages can transmit information. Then, learn how you can predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos, with some help from Randall Munroe, creator of the popular geek webcomic xkcd.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how languages all transmit information at the same rate, no matter how fast they’re spoken: https://curiosity.im/2OgvR0j
Additional resources from Randall Munroe:
“How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems” on Amazon — https://amazon.comxkcd, “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language" — xkcd.com “What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” — https://amazon.comRandall Munroe: Is It Possible To Change The Moon's Colour? [Video] — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avYPeoU0nI8Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/predict-the-weather-using-facebook-photos-w-randall-munroe-and-spoken-data-speeds
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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