Learn how your tongue can tell the difference between a rock and a fossil; why you might be able to travel through some black holes without dying; and how you can do a better job of advocating for yourself, with some help from happiness expert Stella Grizont. Please support our sponsors! Visitmovaglobes.com/curiosity and use coupon code CURIOSITY for 15% off your purchase. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to happiness expert Stella Grizont — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: You Might Be Able to Travel Through Some Black Holes Without Dying — https://curiosity.im/2Mq0cqf One Way to Tell the Difference Between a Rock and a Fossil Is to Lick It — https://curiosity.im/2Mw6Ew0 Additional resources from Stella Grizont: The Vision Generator — https://www.workhappinessmethod.com/vision/ WOOPAAH (Stella Grizont is Founder and CEO) — http://www.woopaah.com/ @StellaGrizont on Twitter — https://twitter.com/stellagrizont The Psychology Of Happiness | Curiosity Podcast Episode w/ Stella Grizont — https://curiosity.im/2sS5wd6 How to Set the Right Goals (and Actually Achieve Them!) | Curiosity Podcast Episode w/ Stella Grizont — https://curiosity.im/2sRnhZK If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom Download 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.
Learn how your tongue can tell the difference between a rock and a fossil; why you might be able to travel through some black holes without dying; and how you can do a better job of advocating for yourself, with some help from happiness expert Stella Grizont.
Please support our sponsors! Visit movaglobes.com/curiosity and use coupon code CURIOSITY for 15% off your purchase.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to happiness expert Stella Grizont — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
Additional resources from Stella Grizont:
If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom
Download 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/how-to-advocate-for-yourself-w-stella-grizont-black-hole-travel-possible-and-fossil-licking
CODY: Hi! We’re here from curiosity-dot-com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I’m Cody Gough.
ASHLEY: And I’m Ashley Hamer. Today, you’ll learn how to tell the difference between a rock and a fossil; why you might be able to travel through some black holes without dying; and how you can do a better job of advocating for yourself, with some help from a returning guest, happiness expert Stella Grizont.
CODY: Let’s satisfy some curiosity on the happy Curiosity Daily.
One Way to Tell the Difference Between a Rock and a Fossil Is to Lick It — https://curiosity.im/2Mw6Ew0 (Cody)
Have you ever picked up a rock and wondered whether it’s a rock or a fossil? It’s not always obvious to the naked eye. Fortunately, researchers have come up with a way to tell the difference: lick it. [ad lib]
CODY: Before you run to your backyard to become a stone sommelier, slow down for a minute, because first you should check the Paleontology Database. It has an interactive map that can show you everywhere on Earth where dinosaur fossils have been found. Obviously, trained paleontologists are probably better prepared than you are to handle excavation sites and specimens. So don’t go trespassing or breaking any laws when you go on your tasting trek. Real fossils will only turn up in particular rock formations in certain areas around the world, so, you know… you might not want to get up close and personal with that rock in your back yard in Wisconsin. Anyway, I’m exaggering a bit with how much tongue is involved. You don't have to all-out French it. Just quickly jab the tip of your tongue at it, and if your tongue sticks ever so slightly to the fossil-in-question, then there's a good chance it could be fossil bone. If it doesn't, you just licked a dusty ol' rock, dude. This isn’t just some weird, obscure way to tell if a rock is a fossil, by the way. For seasoned geologists, licking specimens is an average day on the job. According to The Earth Story, poking your tongue at a sample for taste and consistency can give you specific valuable information. The reason your tongue might stick to a fossil and not a regular rock is because of the porous nature of bone. When a dinosaur’s organic material breaks down, like its guts and muscles and fat, the inorganic stuff will stick around longer. These parts of the bone were made of minerals like calcium, which leaves a fragile, porous mineral in the shape of the internal bone structure. Oh, and after licking your fossil, the next step is to seek out a cold glass of water. Unless you've been craving fossilized bone for dinner.
You Might Be Able to Travel Through Some Black Holes Without Dying — https://curiosity.im/2Mq0cqf (Republished) (Ashley)
Using a black hole to travel to another dimension or time or universe is a pretty popular idea in science fiction. That science fiction may be more like science FACT, according to new research. You might already know that black holes happen when an entire star gets compressed down to a single point and creates an object with infinite gravity. As reported by The Conversation, researchers have thought for a while that a black hole would kill you if you tried to enter it. Stuff like getting incinerated by a firewall, zapped by a plasma jet, or being spaghettified by gravity. But a team of researchers have recently shown that not all black holes are created equal. They say that if the black hole is large and rotating, then the singularity would be very gentle, and could actually allow for a peaceful passage. Sagittarius A* is the black hole at the center of our galaxy, so that would be one example. The reason for this is because the singularity inside a rotating black hole is relatively “weak,” so it wouldn’t damage an object that interacts with it. It’s kind of like how you could pass your finger through a two-thousand-degree flame on a candle, but not get burned. The researchers put together a computer model to calculate most of the essential physics on a large object like a spacecraft falling into a large, rotating black hole like Sagittarius A*. The result was that the object would NOT experience infinitely large effects when it passes through the hole’s so-called inner horizon singularity. That’s the singularity that you just can’t avoid. And under the right circumstances, the simulation showed that the effects may be negligibly small or even non-existent, which would allow for a pretty comfortable passage through the singularity. Now, this model does assume the black hole in question is completely isolated, so it wouldn’t be subject to constant disturbances from, say, a nearby star, or other falling radiation. Most black holes are surrounded by dust and gas and radiation and other cosmic material. But it’s one step closer to figuring out a way to make the Christopher Nolan movie “Interstellar” a little less far-fetched.
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Stella Grizont — Clip 1 (Cody)
CODY: Have you ever noticed that sometimes it’s hard to speak up for yourself? Someone else who’s noticed this is Stella Grizont. She’s an applied positive psychologist and executive coach, and she’s worked with clients who have a hard time asking for what they want. So how can you get better about speaking up for yourself? You’ve heard her on the Curiosity Podcast before, but we spoke with her again this month to ask: how can we get better at advocating for ourselves?
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CODY: Stella also mentioned a free tool you can download from her website called the Vision Generator. She’s updated it since the last time she was on our podcast, and it’s a document that’ll help you ask the right questions to figure out what kind of person you want to be, which has been a theme in a lot of our conversations. You can find that on her site, work-happiness-method-dot-com, and we’ll also put a link to that in today’s show notes. And stay subscribed to this podcast, because we’ll be sharing some more of our conversation with Stella next week, and trust me: you won’t want to miss it.
ASHLEY: Read about today’s stories and more on curiosity-dot-com!
CODY: Join us again tomorrow for the award-winning Curiosity Daily and learn something new in just a few minutes. I’m [NAME] and I’m [NAME]. Stay curious!