Carl Zimmer on Defining Life, Learning Myths Even Educators Believe, and The Truth About “Dessert Stomach”

Learn about common misconceptions around learning that even educators believe; why sensory-specific satiety makes you feel like you always have more room for dessert; and how science writer Carl Zimmer responded when we asked him “what is life?” 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: Even Educators Believe Common Myths About Learning — https://curiosity.im/2tFh7MR Here's the Scientific Reason You Always Have Room for Dessert — https://curiosity.im/2tDeMCa More from Carl Zimmer: Carl Zimmer’s website — https://carlzimmer.com/  “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity” — https://amzn.to/2VoKG12  “Matter,” Zimmer’s weekly science column for The New York Times — http://www.nytimes.com/column/matter  “What Is Life,” a podcast series of live conversations between writer Carl Zimmer and eight leading thinkers on the question of what it means to be alive — https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-life/id1451004288?mt=2  Follow @CarlZimmer on Twitter — https://twitter.com/carlzimmer Additional publications from Carl Zimmer — https://amzn.to/2VsecDd  Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing! Just click or tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.