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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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3:45

Opioid Epidemic Gets Treatment Prescription

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2016/02/17

Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addressed ways to deal with the U.S. opioid epidemic at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:17

Greenland's Meltwater May Fertilize Fjords with...

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2016/02/11

Greenland's glacial rivers may flush some 400,000 tons of phosphorus into ocean waters—on par with the Mississippi or the Amazon. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:00

Climate Change Most Affects Nations That Didn't...

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2016/02/08

Developed nations that drive climate change incur relatively few of the costs whereas countries that produce few greenhouse gas emissions will be hard-hit, like nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:53

Plastic Pollution Perturbs Oyster Offspring

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2016/02/02

Laboratory tests suggest that when the shellfish suck in tiny plastic particles, their reproductive success suffers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:01

Sweet Song Gives Away New Bird Species

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2016/01/29

The newly discovered Himalayan forest thrush looks a great deal like the alpine thrush, but its far silkier song stylings gave it away as a potential new species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:39

Suicide Differences by Region Related to Gun...

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2016/01/28

The presence of a gun increases the likelihood that someone in the home will die a violent death, particularly by suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:35

Quick Test Could Tell If a Patient Needs Antibiotics

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2016/01/26

Antibiotics work against bacterial infections but are often prescribed to people with viral infections, which don't respond to the drugs. But a new gene test could show if a patient's infection is viral or bacterial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:42

Sharks Head Straight Home by Smell

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2016/01/21

Sharks that could smell headed straight back home when taken a few miles away whereas some that had their senses of smell blocked took slower, more erratic paths to their old haunts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:06

Volcano Role in Dino Death Gets Mercury Boost

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2016/01/20

Researchers found a spike in mercury, which is produced by volcanoes, in ancient ocean sediments from southern France that span the time of the dinosaurs' mass extinction, lending support to the idea that massive eruptions played a role, in addition to the asteroid impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:04

Mammoth Find Moves Humans in Arctic Back 10,000 Years

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2016/01/14

The remains of a clearly butchered woolly mammoth in Siberia date to 45,000 years ago, 10 millennia earlier than when humans were thought to have crossed north of the Arctic circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:37

City Swans May Tolerate Humans Due to Gene Variant

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2016/01/13

More members of an urban swan population that lets humans get near have a particular genetic variant than do a rural swan group that tends to take off when humans approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:30

Big Cats and People Live in Close Quarters in India

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2016/01/04

The numbers of large carnivores, especially leopards, are increasing in private lands and lands outside the protected-area systems in India, bringing new challenges for coexistence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:19

Race-Based Brand Preferences Found for Underage Drinkers

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2015/12/30

Twelve alcohol brands among the top 25 preferred brands for teen black drinkers don’t appear at all on the top 25 for young white drinkers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:24

Baby Whales Pecked to Death by Gulls

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2015/12/29

Almost all southern right whale calves off the coast of Argentina’s Peninsula Valdez are being fed upon, some fatally, by kelp gulls, which was a rare occurrence four decades ago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:23

Southwest's Conifers Face Trial by Climate Change

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2015/12/24

Using climate models and tree physiological data, researchers forecast a near-complete annihilation of evergreens in the southwest by the year 2100. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:18

Superfast Computer Chip Transmits Data with Light

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2015/12/23

Researchers designed a chip that transfers data not with electrons but with photons—resulting in a potential 10-fold boost in speed. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:39

Small Fish Takes Fast-Evolution Track

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2015/12/17

Stickleback fish in Alaska evolved from living in seawater to freshwater in just 50 years, with the help of freshwater traits in their genome. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:56

Teachers' Racial Biases Have Different Effects for...

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2015/12/15

In a study of first graders, teachers rated low-performing minority students more positively than low-performing white students, but they ranked high-performing minority students lower than white students at the same level Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:40

New African Highways Have a High Environmental Price

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2015/12/09

An analysis determines that many road-building projects in Africa would bring only modest benefits to people, while devastating the environment. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:02

Individuals' Blood Glucose Levels after Meals May Be...

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2015/12/07

Closely tracking 800 people's blood glucose levels in response to meals allowed researchers to develop a predictive algorithm for individuals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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