Dan Riskin, CTV’s Science and Technology Specialist, rounds up the most interesting, strange, and fascinating headlines from the science and tech worlds and teaches you a little something Thursdays on Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal.

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1. Would you endure pain to learn something now that you were going to learn a little later, anyway? The answer will shock you!



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Dan Riskin, CTV’s Science and Technology Specialist, rounds up the most interesting, strange, and fascinating headlines from the science and tech worlds and teaches you a little something Thursdays on Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal.
Here's what we're covering this week:
1. <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.1175">Would you endure pain to learn something now that you were going to learn a little later, anyway? The answer will shock you!</a> 
Tune in every Thursday at 10:35am to Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal for the latest Science with Dan Riskin!
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On today’s edition of the CTV Your Morning Ottawa Podcast, we're unplugging and embracing Digital Detox Week — from a live music lesson with Dylan Dumitru of Long and McQuade, to a great reads chat with Cole Davidson of The Spaniel’s Tale Bookstore! We also celebrate local youth on the pitch, as Taylor Benjamin and Vanessa Cinel introduce CityLinks. It’s a new initiative to help break down the barriers to soccer all across Ottawa. Then, music expert and publicist Eric Alper previews the highly-anticipated opening of History Ottawa in the ByWard Market, while Christine Crump and Melanie Brulée join us to launch the Women in Music Career Accelerator Program! And finally, we welcome home Stittsville's Collinda Joseph, a Paralympic curler who is fresh off a Gold Medal victory in Milan.

On today&rsquo;s edition of the CTV Your Morning Ottawa Podcast, we're unplugging and embracing Digital Detox Week &mdash; from a live music lesson with Dylan Dumitru of Long and McQuade, to a great reads chat with Cole Davidson of The Spaniel&rsquo;s Tale Bookstore! We also celebrate local youth on the pitch, as Taylor Benjamin and Vanessa Cinel introduce CityLinks. It&rsquo;s a new initiative to help break down the barriers to soccer all across Ottawa. Then, music expert and publicist Eric Alper previews the highly-anticipated opening of History Ottawa in the ByWard Market, while Christine Crump and Melanie Brul&eacute;e join us to launch the Women in Music Career Accelerator Program! And finally, we welcome home Stittsville's Collinda Joseph, a Paralympic curler who is fresh off a Gold Medal victory in Milan.

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