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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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4:40

Flying Boats Soar over the Hudson

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2016/05/08

Hydrofoiling boats competing in the America's Cup World Series came to New York City to show off the cutting edge of sailing technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:32

Male Lemurs Are Masters of Musk

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2016/05/04

Lemurs sometimes mix their smelly secretions to produce a bouquet of stank—which may boost the perfume’s staying power. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:21

Married Couples Pack On More Pounds

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2016/05/03

A study links single living to a thinner waistline and lower BMI, compared with co-habitating couples. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:33

This Plant Bleeds Nectar to Attract Help

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2016/04/26

When a species of nightshade is injured by hungry beetles, it produces sugary nectar at the wound site. The nectar attracts ants that then keep the beetles at bay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:13

Climbing Bears Help Plants Keep Cool

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2016/04/25

Mountain-climbing bears transport cherry tree seeds, internally at first, to cooler, higher altitudes where the trees can survive as temperatures rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:27

This Primate's Calls Obey a Linguistic Law

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2016/04/21

The vocalizations of the gelada, a baboon relative, appear to follow a linguistic rule called Menzerath's law. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:50

Heat ID'd as Subtle Cause of Rockfalls

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2016/04/15

Rockfalls without an obvious cause (like an earthquake or expanding ice) may be due to hot daily air temperatures expanding small cracks in cliff faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:13

Find Shows Widespread Literacy 2,600 Years Ago in Judah

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2016/04/12

Mundane notes about daily life on 16 ceramic shards written about 600 B.C. at an ancient military fortress in the Negev Desert reveal that literacy had to be common. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:33

Choir Practice Could Lower Stress in Cancer Patients

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2016/04/07

A cancer center in the U.K. found that patients had significantly lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol after harmonizing for an hour. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:34

Crater Bottoms Could Be Cradles of Martian Life

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2016/04/06

Four billion years ago asteroids and comets could have melted the Martian cryosphere, and started up hydrothermal springs—a potential hotspot for ancient microbial life. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:02

Lasers Could Hide Earth from Prying Aliens

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2016/03/31

We could use laser light to mask our transits across the sun and thus hide Earth from any intelligent aliens looking for planets to invade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:23

Twin Birth Proposed for Colliding Black Holes That...

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2016/03/30

A flash of light shortly after the detection of gravitational waves could mean that that historic event has an added wrinkle—the black holes that collided may have been born in the same collapsing massive star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:15

City Birds Outwit Country Counterparts

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2016/03/29

Birds that live in urban environments are brasher than rural birds, solve problems better and even have more robust immune systems. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:13

Smart Glass Goes from Clear to Cloudy in a Jolt

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2016/03/22

Researchers say their prototype is cheaper and easier to make than other smart glass, and since it's flexible and foldable, could be used for camouflage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:39

African Park Comeback Offers Ecological Optimism

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2016/03/18

A decade of modest financial investment has revitalized Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, explains biologist Sean B. Carroll in his new book The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discovery How Life Works and Why It Matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:41

Underground Eruptions Could Cause Quakes Months Later

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2016/03/11

When the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in January 2002, it set the geologic stage for earthquakes nine months later. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:25

Raw Stone Age Meals Got Tenderizing Treatment

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2016/03/10

Pounding and slicing meat and vegetables would have saved our ancestors millions of tough chews a year—potentially explaining the evolution of smaller jaws and teeth. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:21

Fear of Spiders Makes Them Look Bigger

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2016/03/09

Arachnophobic study subjects estimated the size of spiders as bigger than did people who do not fear the eight-legged beasties. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:06

Space "Treasure Map" Guides E.T. Search

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2016/03/03

A pair of astrophysicists advise searchers of intelligent life to look in the narrow band of galactic sky from which any alien observers would see Earth transit the sun—a method we use to detect exoplanets. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:15

Cutting Carbon Pollution Could Save Health Care $

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2016/02/25

Some 300,000 premature deaths could be avoided by 2030 if the U.S. abides by the ambitious Paris Climate Agreement, according to a new analysis. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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