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    Curiosity WeeklyWhy Women Started Shaving, Universal Features of Music, and “Split-Brain” Studies
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    Why Women Started Shaving, Universal Features of Music, and “Split-Brain” Studies

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    Learn about why music really is universal to humans; what studying “split-brain” patients taught scientists about the brain; and when in human history society decided that women should shave their bodies.

    In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how studying “split-brain” patients taught scientists strange things about the brain: https://curiosity.com/topics/studying-split-brain-patients-taught-scientists-strange-things-about-the-brain-curiosity

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    © Warner Bros. DiscoveryLength 10 min10 January 2020ScienceFactsEducationalCultureUSAEpisodic

    How Your Sense Of Smell Is Like A Superpower

    How Your Sense Of Smell Is Like A Superpower

    This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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    Learn about why music really is universal to humans; what studying “split-brain” patients taught scientists about the brain; and when in human history society decided that women should shave their bodies.

    In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how studying “split-brain” patients taught scientists strange things about the brain: https://curiosity.com/topics/studying-split-brain-patients-taught-scientists-strange-things-about-the-brain-curiosity

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    Universal features of music around the world | ScienceDaily — https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191122113300.htmUniversality and diversity in human song | Science — https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6468/eaax0868The world in a song | Science — https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6468/944Caucasian Female Body Hair and American Culture | Journal of American Culture — https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/brundage13/files/2013/09/Caucasian-Female-Body-Hair-and-American-Culture.pdfThe History of Female Hair Removal | Women’s Museum of California — https://womensmuseum.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/the-history-of-female-hair-removal/Why women are growing out their body hair and what razor companies are doing about it | USA Today — https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/09/07/women-body-hair-why-more-women-shaving-less-beauty-trend/2195286001/A Nick In Time: How Shaving Evolved Over 100,000 Years Of History | Gizmodo — https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/03/a-nick-in-time-how-shaving-evolved-over-100000-years-of-history/Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-women-started-shaving-universal-features-of-music-and-split-brain-studies

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