When you search for something in Google does it matter what order you put the words in? What about punctuation – does that matter? We start this episode with the best ways to optimize Google searches to get the best results. (https://edu.google.com/coursebuilder/courses/pswg/1.2/assets/notes/Lesson1.5/Lesson1.5Wordordermatters_Text_.html)
What makes someone beautiful? Can you really become more beautiful? These are important questions because beauty and attractiveness have some clear benefits for everyone. Rachelle Smith, associate professor of psychology at Husson University, is author of the book The Biology of Beauty (https://amzn.to/2JOKMtn). Rachelle joins me to explain the importance of your own beauty and how to maximize what you have.
If you are going on a job interview it matters whether you are the first person interviewed or the last person or better yet, the fourth person. I’ll explain why. (http://www.businessinsider.com/always-go-fourth-during-interviews-2015-5)
Seemingly small inventions like the razor blade, the TV dinner and paper money have had profound impacts on our lives and the economy in ways you never knew. Tim Harford, author of the book Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy (https://amzn.to/2JV5zM9) joins me for a fascinating explanation of how these innovations have transformed our lives.
Improving Your Powers of Perception & How Pain Works
How to Break Free of Being Stuck & Alternative Therapies That Work - SYSK Choice
The Changing Threat of Cyber Crime & The Search for Life in the Cosmos
How Rituals Enrich Your Life & The Simple Science of Being Healthy
The Secrets to Being Influential & What We Learn From Grief - SYSK Choice
Why We Like Superstitions & Science You Never Knew
Human Biases That Shape Your Thinking & The Science of Elite Performers
How Expectations Steer Your Life & The History of the World’s Most Favorite Food - SYSK Choice
What the Government Knows About You & How to Break a Bad Habit
The Surprising Biology of Love & How to Keep More of Your Money
How Aging Can Be Reversed & Science “Facts” That Aren’t True - SYSK Choice
The Story of Jeff Bezos and Amazon & How to Be More Interesting
Why You Need to Laugh More & Inside Multi-Level Marketing
Is AI Eliminating Your Choice? & Tribology Explained (It’s Everywhere)
Make Your Dreams Work for You / How Food Affects Mood / Why We Need Stuff
The Real Reason for Anxiety & The Science of the Paranormal
Dangers of Collective Illusions & The Inadequacy of Language - SYSK Choice
How to Decide to Stay or Leave & Songs That Changed Rock & Roll
The World of Government Secrets & The Problem with Productivity
Weird Human Behaviors Explained & Be Kind to Your Mouth -SYSK Choice
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