Where Dogs Get Their Personalities, How Smells Work, and a Skill that Improves with Age
Episode description
Learn about how dogs’ personalities are rooted in their DNA; one skill that doesn’t get worse as you get older; and how your sense of smell works.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Dogs' Personalities Are Rooted in Their DNA — https://curiosity.im/2OfDwvJ
- Scientists Have Identified One Skill that Doesn't Deteriorate with Age — https://curiosity.im/2LwW5tm
Additional resources discussed:
- How does the sense of smell work? | HowStuffWorks — https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/question139.htm
- Human Nose Can Detect a Trillion Smells | Science — https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/human-nose-can-detect-trillion-smells
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