Have you ever wondered if your pet is lying to you?

Why is my cat not here?

And I go in and she's eating my lunch.

Or if hypnotism is real?

You will use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control.

But what's inside a black hole?

Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe.

Well, we have answers for you in the new I-Heart original podcast, Science Stuff. Join me, or Hitcham, as we answer questions

about animals, space, our brains, and our bodies. So give yourself permission to be a science

geek and listen to Science Stuff on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcast. Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that if you love your work, you can glean insights for it from all kinds of sources.

Everything is research.

I had a great time interviewing writer Serena Bowen for Before Breakfast last year.

Serena is amazingly prolific and has written literally dozens of novels, mostly romance and thrillers.

She has a devoted fan following who love being drawn into the worlds and stories she creates.

In our interview, Serena mentioned taking ice skating lessons to learn how ice skating coaches talk.

What motivated the lessons?

A character in a book she is working on is an ice skating coach,

and she needed to be able to write realistic dialogue.

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