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Science Quickly

Scientific American

Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.

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9:12

Magical Mucus: On the Benefits of Getting Slimed by a...

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2024/03/25

If you take a journey into the depths of the slime all around us, you find yourself starting to understand that mucus is a miracle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:38

How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this...

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2024/03/22

Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:45

Why Short Naps Are Good for You

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2024/03/20

A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:14

The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?

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2024/03/18

Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:27

The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs

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2024/03/15

Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:33

Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable...

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2024/03/14

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:41

Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for...

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2024/03/11

Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:39

These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt

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2024/03/08

On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:50

Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?

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2024/03/04

Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:18

Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?

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2024/03/01

A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:10

Weakest Piglets May Sneak Help from Strongest Siblings

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2016/12/28

If a weak piglet positions itself next to a strong sibling while feeding, it may get some extra nutrition from inadvertently stimulated mammary glands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:23

Pregnancy Primes the Brain for Motherhood

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2016/12/19

Areas of the brain related to social cognition shrink in first-time mothers—a structural change that could boost maternal attachment. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:38

Breast-Feeding Benefits Babies with Genetic Asthma Risk

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2016/12/13

Infants carrying genes that put them at increased risk for asthma had a 27 percent decrease in developing respiratory symptoms while being breast-fed. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:13

Commuting Patterns Help Forecast Flu Outbreaks

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2016/12/06

Flu forecasts within large metro areas like New York City might be improved by adding in data about the flow of commuters. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:41

Stopping Splashes with Smarter Surfaces

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2016/12/05

Understanding the physics of how a liquid splashes when it hits a surface is allowing researchers to design new surfaces that limit splashing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:18

Poor Sleepers Worse at Recognizing Unfamiliar Faces

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2016/10/19

Subjects suffering insomnia got more wrong answers in a face-matching task—but they were paradoxically more confident of their responses. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:13

Polar Bears Can't Just Switch to Terrestrial Food

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2016/10/14

With a shorter season of sea ice, polar bears have less access to marine mammals. But switching to a terrestrial diet deprives them of the fatty seal meals they need to thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:55

Elephant Footprints Become Tiny Critter Havens

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2016/10/11

When rain fills the massive footprints left by elephants, communities of aquatic invertebrates quickly move in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:22

Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi...

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2016/10/03

Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins the 2016 prize for discoveries related to autophagy, the process in cells whereby they degrade some of their internal structures and send the parts out for recycling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:35

Color-Changing Skin Aids Climate Control and...

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2016/08/29

Bearded dragons modify their colors for camouflage or to maintain body temperature, or to communicate with other dragons. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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