Dramatic Ways Your Thoughts Impact Your Health & Understanding Deadly Wildfires
People who are confident and powerful tend to exhibit a few critical behaviors to create that impression of power and confidence. This episode begins with a quick list of things anyone can do to prese...
28 Aug 202347min
SYSK Choice: How DNA Predicts Our Psychological Traits & Why People’s Sense of Direction Varies
It’s become trendy to fill your car tires with nitrogen instead of plain old compressed air. In fact, there are now green caps for the valve stems to indicate that a tire has nitrogen in it. It can co...
26 Aug 202351min
What You Never Knew About Your Neighborhood & Understanding Intellectual Property Rights
There is this weird thing that happens to a lot of people (including me) and that is, we often wake up on our own just before the alarm goes off. Why is that? Listen as this episode begins with the in...
24 Aug 202353min
Lying – The Truth and Consequences & The Race to Make Money In Outer Space
How can doing something embarrassing in front of people be good for you? This episode begins by explaining how making a fool of yourself can actually have benefits and make you happier. Maybe not in t...
21 Aug 202348min
SYSK Choice: How to Gossip Well & The Importance of Taking A Pause
As relationships mature, holding hands seem to become less of a priority. And that could be a big mistake. There are real benefits to holding hands and this episode begins by explaining what those ben...
19 Aug 202348min
Why We Often Expect the Worst & The Science Behind the Fonts You Use
How many times have you heard that exercise is good for you? But specifically, how? This episode starts with an explanation of precisely how exercise benefits you physically and mentally – and they ar...
17 Aug 202346min
Favorite Food Origins You Never Knew & Why The Internet Creates So Much Outrage In People
Everyone has loose batteries somewhere in the house. And if you keep those batteries in your junk drawer, that could be dangerous. Listen as I explain why and a better way to store batteries. https://...
14 Aug 202348min
SYSK Choice: A Guide to Your Insides & How Salary Transparency Helps Our Performance
“Fragrance” is a common ingredient listed on perfumes, colognes, soaps, and lotions. Clearly, just the word "fragrance" doesn’t tell you very much. This episode begins with a discussion on why manufac...
12 Aug 202354min
