{"podcast":{"title":"Curious City: Exploring Science and Wonders","slug":"curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders-7109832","podcast_index_feed_id":7109832,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6865862/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders--6865862","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ab1dc0bf86c90836a87b4d59138d158c.jpg","author":"Synthetic Universe","episode_count":155,"summary":"Dive into the fascinating world of science and discovery with CuriousCity. Each episode, we explore the latest breakthroughs, mind-bending theories, and everyday curiosities. From the cosmos to the microscopic, we’ll ignite your curiosity and leave you wanting more. AI-narrated, human-researched. The tech just lets us focus on what matters: bringing you mind-expanding content.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T18:18:34.788516+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders-7109832"},"episode":{"title":"Jiangchuan Biota Discovery Rewrites the Origins of Complex Life","slug":"jiangchuan-biota-discovery-rewrites-the-origins-of-complex-life","published_at":"2026-05-21T09:00:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders-7109832/jiangchuan-biota-discovery-rewrites-the-origins-of-complex-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders-7109832","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/jiangchuan-biota-discovery-rewrites-the-origins-of-complex-life--71196102","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71196102/bootap.mp3","summary":"The Jiangchuan Biota fossil site in China is transforming our view of early life. Dating to the Ediacaran Period, over 700 specimens reveal advanced traits like bilateral symmetry and segmentation—well before the Cambrian explosion. Featuring strange worm-like creatures and early animal forms preserved in fine carbon films, the discovery suggests that complex life evolved gradually, not suddenly—pushing back the timeline of animal evolution. This episode includes AI-generated content.","meta_description":"The Jiangchuan Biota fossil site in China is transforming our view of early life. Dating to the Ediacaran Period, over 700 specimens reveal advanced trait…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2134,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders-7109832/episodes/jiangchuan-biota-discovery-rewrites-the-origins-of-complex-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/curious-city-exploring-science-and-wonders-7109832/jiangchuan-biota-discovery-rewrites-the-origins-of-complex-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}