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Curiosity Weekly

Risky Play, Mold in Space, Brain Cravings

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about how climbing on monkey bars and other risky play could be a gift from our ancestors, the dangers of mold in space, and new evidence on how cravings take root in our brains.  

 

Risky Play 

 

 

Mold in Space  

 

 

Brain Cravings 

 

 

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Oh yes. Hello and welcome to Curiosity Daily from Discovery. Now I might be a little bit biased

0:41.1

but I think this is one of the best places to get

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smarter in just a few minutes. I'm Nate. No I don't think you're biased I

0:46.6

really think it is the best place to get smarter I'm Cali. Today you'll learn

0:51.2

about how climbing on monkey bars and other risky play could be a gift from our ancestors,

0:56.0

the dangers of mold in space, and new evidence on how cravings take root in our brains.

1:02.0

Wait, is there really a reason I like rock climbing so much?

1:05.0

Okay, awesome, let's find out.

1:07.0

When most of us of a certain age hear the words jungle gym,

1:10.0

we conjure up a vision of childhood playgrounds maybe full of squeals of

1:13.8

laughter of giggling and in my case screaming and crying after falling off the

1:17.7

swing set. Playground gear like jungle gyms and monkey bars have been

1:21.1

staples of childhood for hundreds of years, but they've been hit with the

1:24.7

controversy over the past couple of decades as parents and public officials ponder over their safety.

1:30.1

I mean, Monkey Bars, they do make me think both of having fun and maybe of getting a little banged up

1:37.3

I understand the controversy they're a blast to play on but it can be a little dangerous.

1:43.0

Oh, totally.

1:44.0

But anthropologists from Dartmouth have published a study that suggests that maybe the danger is the

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