Acoustic Levitation, Stephen Hawking’s Science Bets, Helmholtz Resonance, and Where Your Body Feels Emotions

Learn about how scientists mapped where people feel emotions in their bodies; how scientists can make things levitate using sound; 3 times Stephen Hawking placed a bet on science; and why your car makes different noises when the windows are open.

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:

• Scientists Have Mapped Where People Feel Emotions in Their Bodies — https://curiosity.im/2D8oJyj
• We Can Make Things Levitate Using Sound — https://curiosity.im/2Da0iQU
• 7 Times People Made Bets on Science — https://curiosity.im/2D8HZeP

“Helmholtz Resonance” and why your slightly opened car windows make those awful thudding noises:

• Why Do Slightly Opened Car Windows Make That Awful Sound? | Jalopnik
• Flute acoustics: an introduction to how a flute works | UNSW

Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-survey

If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!

Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!

Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/acoustic-levitation-stephen-hawkings-science-bets-helmholtz-resonance-and-where-your-body-feels-emotions

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.