There’s an Evolutionary Reason Why You Listen to Some Songs on Repeat

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The first time you heard Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off,” you barely noticed. Then the song made its undercover assault, seeming to play in every grocery store, on every radio, and in every TV commercial you saw — and before you realized it, you were bobbing your head to the music. Soon, you were seeking it out, playing it over and over when no one else was around. Years later, you still can’t get enough of that Taylor Swift goodness. Never mind your questions about whether this story is autobiographical; the real question is this: What makes you want to repeat some songs over and over again while other songs go stale? The answer may lie in evolution.

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We Just Found a City-Sized Asteroid Crater Hiding Under Greenland’s Ice

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Everyone knows that a giant asteroid killed (most of) the dinosaurs. And this 1980 Chevy Malibu is proof that it wasn’t the last chunk of rock to crash down to the surface of the planet. Now, a new discovery suggests that a meteorite impact has been hiding practically in plain sight since the end of the last geological era. And it’s friggin’ huge.

— Read on curiosity.com/topics/we-just-found-a-city-sized-asteroid-crater-hiding-under-greenlands-ice-curiosity