60-Second Science https://www.sciencequickly.com en-us Scientific American, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc. Tune in every weekday for quick reports and commentaries on the world of science—it'll just take a minute https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9e578524-a403-11ee-a6cf-cbcdcc0e11fb/image/ec5ff1c72de2a19d67bc6425661674b1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Science Quickly https://www.sciencequickly.com no episodic 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. Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.

]]> multimedia@sciam.com When science meets Pokémon Curiosity about the natural world can start in unexpected places. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre‑Louis talks with paleontologist Arjan Mann and entomologist Spencer Monckton about how Pokémon—the beloved Japanese franchise, which turned 30 this year—helped spark their interest in taxonomy and fossils. The conversation explores how the fictional world of Pokémon mirrors real scientific concepts, why pop culture and natural history shape each other and how that inspiration has come full circle. Recommended Reading: The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science Pokémon Fossil Museum. Special exhibition at the Field Museum, Chicago, May 22, 2026–April 11, 2027 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American As Pokémon turns 30, we take a look at how the beloved Japanese kids’ franchise was inspired by—and has shaped—real-world science Curiosity about the natural world can start in unexpected places. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre‑Louis talks with paleontologist Arjan Mann and entomologist Spencer Monckton about how Pokémon—the beloved Japanese franchise, which turned 30 this year—helped spark their interest in taxonomy and fossils. The conversation explores how the fictional world of Pokémon mirrors real scientific concepts, why pop culture and natural history shape each other and how that inspiration has come full circle. Recommended Reading: The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science Pokémon Fossil Museum. Special exhibition at the Field Museum, Chicago, May 22, 2026–April 11, 2027 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Curiosity about the natural world can start in unexpected places. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre‑Louis talks with paleontologist Arjan Mann and entomologist Spencer Monckton about how Pokémon—the beloved Japanese franchise, which turned 30 this year—helped spark their interest in taxonomy and fossils. The conversation explores how the fictional world of Pokémon mirrors real scientific concepts, why pop culture and natural history shape each other and how that inspiration has come full circle.


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The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science


Pokémon Fossil Museum. Special exhibition at the Field Museum, Chicago, May 22, 2026–April 11, 2027


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]]> 1045 Artemis II returned safely from the moon—but was it worth it? In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack NASA’s Artemis II mission after its safe return from lunar orbit, asking what the long‑awaited comeback to the moon actually achieved and whether it was worth the cost. Scientific American journalists debate the promise of future lunar missions alongside concerns about money and climate effects and the question of what space exploration should mean at a time of global strain. Recommended Reading: NASA’s Artemis II moon mission splashes down NASA’s Artemis II mission’s return to Earth, hour by hour NASA’s Artemis moon missions are a game changer for astronomy NASA’s Artemis II astronauts celebrate epic lunar flyby with stunning new images E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Artemis II’s safe return from lunar orbit sparks a debate over the costs, climate effects and long‑term value of going back to the moon In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack NASA’s Artemis II mission after its safe return from lunar orbit, asking what the long‑awaited comeback to the moon actually achieved and whether it was worth the cost. Scientific American journalists debate the promise of future lunar missions alongside concerns about money and climate effects and the question of what space exploration should mean at a time of global strain. Recommended Reading: NASA’s Artemis II moon mission splashes down NASA’s Artemis II mission’s return to Earth, hour by hour NASA’s Artemis moon missions are a game changer for astronomy NASA’s Artemis II astronauts celebrate epic lunar flyby with stunning new images E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack NASA’s Artemis II mission after its safe return from lunar orbit, asking what the long‑awaited comeback to the moon actually achieved and whether it was worth the cost. Scientific American journalists debate the promise of future lunar missions alongside concerns about money and climate effects and the question of what space exploration should mean at a time of global strain.


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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission splashes down

NASA’s Artemis II mission’s return to Earth, hour by hour

NASA’s Artemis moon missions are a game changer for astronomy

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts celebrate epic lunar flyby with stunning new images


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]]> 1432 Alexis Hall turns Moby-Dick into a wild sci‑fi adventure In this episode of Science Quickly, author Alexis Hall discusses Hell’s Heart, their sci‑fi reimagining of Moby-Dick. Hall dives into how a lockdown reread of Herman Melville’s novel sparked a vision of space whales, artificial intelligence navigators, and Jupiter’s wild physics and explains the blend of real science, irreverent humor and queer storytelling that powers the novel.  Recommended Reading: Hell’s Heart. Alexis Hall. Tor Books, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Bri Kane and edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Alexis Hall reimagines Melville’s classic with space whales, AI intrigue and a bold queer twist that launches Moby-Dick into an entirely new sci‑fi universe In this episode of Science Quickly, author Alexis Hall discusses Hell’s Heart, their sci‑fi reimagining of Moby-Dick. Hall dives into how a lockdown reread of Herman Melville’s novel sparked a vision of space whales, artificial intelligence navigators, and Jupiter’s wild physics and explains the blend of real science, irreverent humor and queer storytelling that powers the novel.  Recommended Reading: Hell’s Heart. Alexis Hall. Tor Books, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Bri Kane and edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, author Alexis Hall discusses Hell’s Heart, their sci‑fi reimagining of Moby-Dick. Hall dives into how a lockdown reread of Herman Melville’s novel sparked a vision of space whales, artificial intelligence navigators, and Jupiter’s wild physics and explains the blend of real science, irreverent humor and queer storytelling that powers the novel. 


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Hell’s Heart. Alexis Hall. Tor Books, 2026


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]]> 1268 U.S. measles cases surge as vaccination rates drop In this episode of Science Quickly, we examine the surge in measles cases across the U.S., exploring how falling measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates, the rising use of exemptions and pockets of misinformation are creating hot spots where the highly contagious virus can spread. SciAm’s associate editor for health and medicine Lauren Young and public health experts break down why outbreaks are intensifying. Recommended Reading: Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina As the U.S. marks a year of measles outbreaks, is the disease back for good? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A sharp rise in U.S. measles cases is linked to falling MMR vaccination rates and growing immunity gaps In this episode of Science Quickly, we examine the surge in measles cases across the U.S., exploring how falling measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates, the rising use of exemptions and pockets of misinformation are creating hot spots where the highly contagious virus can spread. SciAm’s associate editor for health and medicine Lauren Young and public health experts break down why outbreaks are intensifying. Recommended Reading: Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina As the U.S. marks a year of measles outbreaks, is the disease back for good? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we examine the surge in measles cases across the U.S., exploring how falling measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates, the rising use of exemptions and pockets of misinformation are creating hot spots where the highly contagious virus can spread. SciAm’s associate editor for health and medicine Lauren Young and public health experts break down why outbreaks are intensifying.


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Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers

The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone

Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina

As the U.S. marks a year of measles outbreaks, is the disease back for good?


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]]> 894 Artemis II, endangered species and oil, snowpack crisis In this episode of Science Quickly, we give you a quick update on NASA’s Artemis II moon mission before digging into a move by the Trump administration that could endanger wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Later Andrea Thompson, senior desk editor for life science at Scientific American, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to discuss the alarmingly low snowpack in the western U.S.  Recommended Reading: NASA Returns to the Moon April 1 is supposed to be peak snow. But this year’s western snowpack is utterly dismal E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American An update on NASA’s historic moon mission, alarm over the low snowpack in the western U.S. and a move that could endanger wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico In this episode of Science Quickly, we give you a quick update on NASA’s Artemis II moon mission before digging into a move by the Trump administration that could endanger wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Later Andrea Thompson, senior desk editor for life science at Scientific American, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to discuss the alarmingly low snowpack in the western U.S.  Recommended Reading: NASA Returns to the Moon April 1 is supposed to be peak snow. But this year’s western snowpack is utterly dismal E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we give you a quick update on NASA’s Artemis II moon mission before digging into a move by the Trump administration that could endanger wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Later Andrea Thompson, senior desk editor for life science at Scientific American, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to discuss the alarmingly low snowpack in the western U.S. 


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NASA Returns to the Moon


April 1 is supposed to be peak snow. But this year’s western snowpack is utterly dismal


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]]> 706 Why NASA is betting big on Artemis II moon mission In this episode of Science Quickly, we break down the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission—the first crewed journey toward the moon in more than 50 years—as space editor Lee Billings explains how the Orion spacecraft will slingshot around the moon, what risks still lie ahead, why this test flight matters for future lunar landings, and how everything from heat‑shield concerns to the spacecraft’s upgraded toilet fits into NASA’s larger plan to build a long‑term presence on the moon. Recommended Reading: Live: NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launches Artemis II’s journey to the moon, day by day NASA’s moon mission day one: a toilet mishap and spacecraft maneuvers NASA’s Artemis II launches on first crewed moon mission of the 21st century E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Artemis II blasts off on a high‑stakes lunar flyby, marking NASA’s first crewed mission to the moon in decades In this episode of Science Quickly, we break down the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission—the first crewed journey toward the moon in more than 50 years—as space editor Lee Billings explains how the Orion spacecraft will slingshot around the moon, what risks still lie ahead, why this test flight matters for future lunar landings, and how everything from heat‑shield concerns to the spacecraft’s upgraded toilet fits into NASA’s larger plan to build a long‑term presence on the moon. Recommended Reading: Live: NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launches Artemis II’s journey to the moon, day by day NASA’s moon mission day one: a toilet mishap and spacecraft maneuvers NASA’s Artemis II launches on first crewed moon mission of the 21st century E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we break down the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission—the first crewed journey toward the moon in more than 50 years—as space editor Lee Billings explains how the Orion spacecraft will slingshot around the moon, what risks still lie ahead, why this test flight matters for future lunar landings, and how everything from heat‑shield concerns to the spacecraft’s upgraded toilet fits into NASA’s larger plan to build a long‑term presence on the moon.


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Live: NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launches

Artemis II’s journey to the moon, day by day

NASA’s moon mission day one: a toilet mishap and spacecraft maneuvers

NASA’s Artemis II launches on first crewed moon mission of the 21st century


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]]> 1187 We weren’t supposed to have chins Humans are the only species that has chins. How this unique trait evolved has always been somewhat of a mystery. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks to paleoanthropologist Lauren Schroeder, who co-authored a recent study that sheds light on the evolutionary riddle of the chin and the ways that evolution can sometimes occur unexpectedly. Recommended Reading: “Is the Human Chin a Spandrel? Insights from an Evolutionary Analysis of Ape Craniomandibular Form,” by Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel et al, in PLOS One, Vol. 21, No. 1; January 29, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Humans are the only species that has chins. A recent study sheds light on how that came to be and why evolution doesn’t always follow the rules Humans are the only species that has chins. How this unique trait evolved has always been somewhat of a mystery. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks to paleoanthropologist Lauren Schroeder, who co-authored a recent study that sheds light on the evolutionary riddle of the chin and the ways that evolution can sometimes occur unexpectedly. Recommended Reading: “Is the Human Chin a Spandrel? Insights from an Evolutionary Analysis of Ape Craniomandibular Form,” by Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel et al, in PLOS One, Vol. 21, No. 1; January 29, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humans are the only species that has chins. How this unique trait evolved has always been somewhat of a mystery. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks to paleoanthropologist Lauren Schroeder, who co-authored a recent study that sheds light on the evolutionary riddle of the chin and the ways that evolution can sometimes occur unexpectedly.


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“Is the Human Chin a Spandrel? Insights from an Evolutionary Analysis of Ape Craniomandibular Form,” by Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel et al, in PLOS One, Vol. 21, No. 1; January 29, 2026


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]]> 817 NASA’s nuclear spacecraft, Iran war climate fallout and a promising new Lyme shot In this episode of Science Quickly, we dig into NASA’s bold push toward a nuclear‑powered mission to Mars and plans for a long‑term lunar base, examine how the Iran war has triggered massive carbon emissions and a looming climate cost from the needed reconstruction and break down the promising latest results from Pfizer and Valneva’s new Lyme disease vaccine—all packed into your weekly science news roundup. Recommended Reading: NASA announces nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028 NASA unveils ambitious new moon base plans Why Iran is targeting Qatar’s liquid natural gas trains E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American NASA’s nuclear Mars mission, the Iran war’s carbon fallout, the looming climate cost of rebuilding and a hopeful new Lyme vaccine In this episode of Science Quickly, we dig into NASA’s bold push toward a nuclear‑powered mission to Mars and plans for a long‑term lunar base, examine how the Iran war has triggered massive carbon emissions and a looming climate cost from the needed reconstruction and break down the promising latest results from Pfizer and Valneva’s new Lyme disease vaccine—all packed into your weekly science news roundup. Recommended Reading: NASA announces nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028 NASA unveils ambitious new moon base plans Why Iran is targeting Qatar’s liquid natural gas trains E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we dig into NASA’s bold push toward a nuclear‑powered mission to Mars and plans for a long‑term lunar base, examine how the Iran war has triggered massive carbon emissions and a looming climate cost from the needed reconstruction and break down the promising latest results from Pfizer and Valneva’s new Lyme disease vaccine—all packed into your weekly science news roundup.


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NASA announces nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028

NASA unveils ambitious new moon base plans

Why Iran is targeting Qatar’s liquid natural gas trains


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]]> 658 You’ve been lied to about pain—here’s the truth In this episode of Science Quickly, pain scientist Rachel Zoffness reveals why pain isn’t just a body problem but also a brain‑driven warning system that we’ve been misunderstanding for decades. She and host Kendra Pierre‑Louis unpack wild examples, hidden factors that dial pain up or down and simple, science‑backed practical strategies from Zoffness’s new book Tell Me Where It Hurts that can help you feel better. Recommended Reading: Tell Me Where It Hurts. Rachel Zoffness. Grand Central Publishing, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A pain scientist breaks down the surprising brain‑body science that explains why so many of us hurt more than we have to In this episode of Science Quickly, pain scientist Rachel Zoffness reveals why pain isn’t just a body problem but also a brain‑driven warning system that we’ve been misunderstanding for decades. She and host Kendra Pierre‑Louis unpack wild examples, hidden factors that dial pain up or down and simple, science‑backed practical strategies from Zoffness’s new book Tell Me Where It Hurts that can help you feel better. Recommended Reading: Tell Me Where It Hurts. Rachel Zoffness. Grand Central Publishing, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, pain scientist Rachel Zoffness reveals why pain isn’t just a body problem but also a brain‑driven warning system that we’ve been misunderstanding for decades. She and host Kendra Pierre‑Louis unpack wild examples, hidden factors that dial pain up or down and simple, science‑backed practical strategies from Zoffness’s new book Tell Me Where It Hurts that can help you feel better.


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Tell Me Where It Hurts. Rachel Zoffness. Grand Central Publishing, 2026


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]]> 1359 Can AI do math, or does it just act like a calculator? In this episode of Science Quickly, Kendra Pierre-Louis and SciAm reporter Joe Howlett explore a new math challenge designed to test whether today’s AI models can truly tackle cutting‑edge proofs. They break down how the experiment works, what early results say about AI’s mathematical abilities and why researchers are still debating whether these tools are revolutionizing math or just offering a high‑powered assist. Recommended Reading: As AI keeps improving, mathematicians struggle to foretell their own future AI just got its toughest math test yet. The results are mixed Is AI on the precipice of revolutionizing math? It depends E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A new challenge reveals how well AI can tackle true math problems In this episode of Science Quickly, Kendra Pierre-Louis and SciAm reporter Joe Howlett explore a new math challenge designed to test whether today’s AI models can truly tackle cutting‑edge proofs. They break down how the experiment works, what early results say about AI’s mathematical abilities and why researchers are still debating whether these tools are revolutionizing math or just offering a high‑powered assist. Recommended Reading: As AI keeps improving, mathematicians struggle to foretell their own future AI just got its toughest math test yet. The results are mixed Is AI on the precipice of revolutionizing math? It depends E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, Kendra Pierre-Louis and SciAm reporter Joe Howlett explore a new math challenge designed to test whether today’s AI models can truly tackle cutting‑edge proofs. They break down how the experiment works, what early results say about AI’s mathematical abilities and why researchers are still debating whether these tools are revolutionizing math or just offering a high‑powered assist.


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AI just got its toughest math test yet. The results are mixed

Is AI on the precipice of revolutionizing math? It depends


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]]> 984 Heat dome, legal win for vaccines, lead-tainted clothes In this episode of Science Quickly, Andrea Thompson, senior desk editor for life sciences at Scientific American, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to discuss the recent heat wave in parts of the U.S. We’ll also dive into a recent district court ruling against a decision by the Trump administration to overhaul the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule. Plus, we look at new research about unsafe levels of lead in kids’ clothing. Finally, we’ll explore the new era of mega constellations as active SpaceX satellites orbiting Earth cross the 10,000 mark. Recommended Reading: Everything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme Judge temporarily blocks key parts of RFK, Jr.’s effort to overhaul U.S. childhood vaccines Influential vaccine advisory panel may be ‘disbanded’ after lawsuit, says former vice chair SpaceX now has more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American An unseasonal heat dome over parts of the U.S., a federal court ruling that blocks the CDC’s recent change to its recommended childhood vaccine schedule, new research on unsafe levels of lead in fast fashion In this episode of Science Quickly, Andrea Thompson, senior desk editor for life sciences at Scientific American, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to discuss the recent heat wave in parts of the U.S. We’ll also dive into a recent district court ruling against a decision by the Trump administration to overhaul the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule. Plus, we look at new research about unsafe levels of lead in kids’ clothing. Finally, we’ll explore the new era of mega constellations as active SpaceX satellites orbiting Earth cross the 10,000 mark. Recommended Reading: Everything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme Judge temporarily blocks key parts of RFK, Jr.’s effort to overhaul U.S. childhood vaccines Influential vaccine advisory panel may be ‘disbanded’ after lawsuit, says former vice chair SpaceX now has more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, Andrea Thompson, senior desk editor for life sciences at Scientific American, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to discuss the recent heat wave in parts of the U.S. We’ll also dive into a recent district court ruling against a decision by the Trump administration to overhaul the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule. Plus, we look at new research about unsafe levels of lead in kids’ clothing. Finally, we’ll explore the new era of mega constellations as active SpaceX satellites orbiting Earth cross the 10,000 mark.


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Everything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme


Judge temporarily blocks key parts of RFK, Jr.’s effort to overhaul U.S. childhood vaccines


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SpaceX now has more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit


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]]> 709 Andy Weir spills the space tea on Ryan Gosling and Project Hail Mary In this episode of Science Quickly, author Andy Weir joins SciAm’s Bri Kane to talk all things Project Hail Mary—from working with Ryan Gosling on the new film adaptation of the book to building the extraterrestrial character Rocky’s alien world and blending real science with playful fiction. And Weir explains why he himself would never volunteer for a space mission. Recommended Reading: Ryan Gosling says Project Hail Mary is ‘a reminder of what we’re capable of’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Bri Kane and edited by Alex Sugiura and Marta Hill. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The author of the novel Project Hail Mary breaks down aliens, anxiety and the process of bringing his story to the screen In this episode of Science Quickly, author Andy Weir joins SciAm’s Bri Kane to talk all things Project Hail Mary—from working with Ryan Gosling on the new film adaptation of the book to building the extraterrestrial character Rocky’s alien world and blending real science with playful fiction. And Weir explains why he himself would never volunteer for a space mission. Recommended Reading: Ryan Gosling says Project Hail Mary is ‘a reminder of what we’re capable of’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Bri Kane and edited by Alex Sugiura and Marta Hill. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, author Andy Weir joins SciAm’s Bri Kane to talk all things Project Hail Mary—from working with Ryan Gosling on the new film adaptation of the book to building the extraterrestrial character Rocky’s alien world and blending real science with playful fiction. And Weir explains why he himself would never volunteer for a space mission.


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]]> 842 GLP-1 drugs are entering a new chapter In this episode of Science Quickly, Scientific American’s associate health editor Lauren Young joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about how the story of GLP‑1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro is evolving. We trace GLP-1s’ origins as type 2 diabetes treatments, their rise as blockbuster weight‑loss medications and the ensuing complications—including the expanding market for compounded drugs. And we look at how the landscape has only grown more complex as researchers explore surprising potential uses for GLP‑1s, from addiction treatment to cardiovascular benefits, even as new concerns emerge about long‑term effects. Recommended Reading: Compound weight-loss drugs are everywhere. The FDA is cracking down People who took GLP-1 drugs had lower risk of all kinds of drug and alcohol addiction E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American “Imitation” drugs, unexpected benefits, serious pitfalls—here’s what comes next as GLP-1 medications continue to rise in popularity In this episode of Science Quickly, Scientific American’s associate health editor Lauren Young joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about how the story of GLP‑1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro is evolving. We trace GLP-1s’ origins as type 2 diabetes treatments, their rise as blockbuster weight‑loss medications and the ensuing complications—including the expanding market for compounded drugs. And we look at how the landscape has only grown more complex as researchers explore surprising potential uses for GLP‑1s, from addiction treatment to cardiovascular benefits, even as new concerns emerge about long‑term effects. Recommended Reading: Compound weight-loss drugs are everywhere. The FDA is cracking down People who took GLP-1 drugs had lower risk of all kinds of drug and alcohol addiction E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, Scientific American’s associate health editor Lauren Young joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about how the story of GLP‑1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro is evolving. We trace GLP-1s’ origins as type 2 diabetes treatments, their rise as blockbuster weight‑loss medications and the ensuing complications—including the expanding market for compounded drugs. And we look at how the landscape has only grown more complex as researchers explore surprising potential uses for GLP‑1s, from addiction treatment to cardiovascular benefits, even as new concerns emerge about long‑term effects.


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Compound weight-loss drugs are everywhere. The FDA is cracking down


People who took GLP-1 drugs had lower risk of all kinds of drug and alcohol addiction


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]]> 939 Nuclear doubts, bigger hail, and new clues about aging brains In this episode of Science Quickly, we cover the record release of global emergency oil reserves amid escalating conflict, a breakdown of why nuclear experts say Iran was not close to building a nuclear weapon, new research that shows how climate change is increasing both the likelihood and size of severe hail and a study that reveals how aging gut microbiomes may impair cognitive function through the gut-brain connection. Recommended Reading: War in Iran triggers an unprecedented disruption in global oil Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say The reason the Middle East has so much oil is the same reason it’s all stuck there now The gut microbiome may influence brain aging, mouse study suggests E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American From emergency oil reserves to nuclear scrutiny, bigger hail, and research on a connection between the aging gut and the brain In this episode of Science Quickly, we cover the record release of global emergency oil reserves amid escalating conflict, a breakdown of why nuclear experts say Iran was not close to building a nuclear weapon, new research that shows how climate change is increasing both the likelihood and size of severe hail and a study that reveals how aging gut microbiomes may impair cognitive function through the gut-brain connection. Recommended Reading: War in Iran triggers an unprecedented disruption in global oil Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say The reason the Middle East has so much oil is the same reason it’s all stuck there now The gut microbiome may influence brain aging, mouse study suggests E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we cover the record release of global emergency oil reserves amid escalating conflict, a breakdown of why nuclear experts say Iran was not close to building a nuclear weapon, new research that shows how climate change is increasing both the likelihood and size of severe hail and a study that reveals how aging gut microbiomes may impair cognitive function through the gut-brain connection.


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War in Iran triggers an unprecedented disruption in global oil

Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say

The reason the Middle East has so much oil is the same reason it’s all stuck there now

The gut microbiome may influence brain aging, mouse study suggests


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]]> 680 How RFK, Jr.’s beliefs echo a troubling ideology The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for protecting the health of the American people. But over the past year, it has taken several steps that critics say undermine that very objective. In today’s episode of Science Quickly, we take a close look at the man at the center of those actions—Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—who’s spent several years sowing confusion over vaccines and propping up fringe health theories. His beliefs, some critics say, echo “soft eugenics.” SciAm senior editor Dan Vergano, Ars Technica senior health reporter Beth Mole and historian Robert Johnston join host Kendra Pierre-Louis to unpack RFK, Jr.’s ideology and its repercussions on Americans’ health. Recommended Reading: How a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science “RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory,” by Beth Mole, in Ars Technica. Published online April 30, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American How Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s ideas about public health—from vaccines to seed oils—are shaping Americans’ health The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for protecting the health of the American people. But over the past year, it has taken several steps that critics say undermine that very objective. In today’s episode of Science Quickly, we take a close look at the man at the center of those actions—Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—who’s spent several years sowing confusion over vaccines and propping up fringe health theories. His beliefs, some critics say, echo “soft eugenics.” SciAm senior editor Dan Vergano, Ars Technica senior health reporter Beth Mole and historian Robert Johnston join host Kendra Pierre-Louis to unpack RFK, Jr.’s ideology and its repercussions on Americans’ health. Recommended Reading: How a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science “RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory,” by Beth Mole, in Ars Technica. Published online April 30, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for protecting the health of the American people. But over the past year, it has taken several steps that critics say undermine that very objective. In today’s episode of Science Quickly, we take a close look at the man at the center of those actions—Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—who’s spent several years sowing confusion over vaccines and propping up fringe health theories. His beliefs, some critics say, echo “soft eugenics.” SciAm senior editor Dan Vergano, Ars Technica senior health reporter Beth Mole and historian Robert Johnston join host Kendra Pierre-Louis to unpack RFK, Jr.’s ideology and its repercussions on Americans’ health.


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How a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science


“RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory,” by Beth Mole, in Ars Technica. Published online April 30, 2025


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]]> 1809 The Traitors and the science of sneaky lies In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into the psychology of deception through the deliciously twisty lens of The Traitors, exploring why humans are surprisingly bad at detecting lies and what science says about it. SciAm reporter Jackie Flynn Mogensen joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to break down research on lie detection, reveal why physical tells are often misleading and explain how contestants use (or fail to use) strategies backed by behavioral science. Recommended Reading: How to win The Traitors, according to science The Art of Lying This Is How Often People Lie in a Day E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music wa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American From cognitive overload to pretty privilege, the science behind The Traitors shows what really makes lies believable In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into the psychology of deception through the deliciously twisty lens of The Traitors, exploring why humans are surprisingly bad at detecting lies and what science says about it. SciAm reporter Jackie Flynn Mogensen joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to break down research on lie detection, reveal why physical tells are often misleading and explain how contestants use (or fail to use) strategies backed by behavioral science. Recommended Reading: How to win The Traitors, according to science The Art of Lying This Is How Often People Lie in a Day E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music wa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into the psychology of deception through the deliciously twisty lens of The Traitors, exploring why humans are surprisingly bad at detecting lies and what science says about it. SciAm reporter Jackie Flynn Mogensen joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to break down research on lie detection, reveal why physical tells are often misleading and explain how contestants use (or fail to use) strategies backed by behavioral science.


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How to win The Traitors, according to science

The Art of Lying

This Is How Often People Lie in a Day


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]]> 832 Measles outbreak, AI in warfare, sped-up global warming In this episode of Science Quickly, we cover a few important updates on the measles outbreaks in the U.S. We also look at how governments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for military action, including the recent U.S. airstrikes against Iran. Plus, we dive into a worrying new finding about the quickening pace of global warming. And finally, we explore the complex physics behind the delightful squeaks of basketball shoes. Recommended Reading: Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone Squeak! The surprising new physics of why basketball games are so noisy E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Why measles cases are rising in the U.S., how artificial intelligence is shaping warfare, and what accelerated global warming means for the world In this episode of Science Quickly, we cover a few important updates on the measles outbreaks in the U.S. We also look at how governments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for military action, including the recent U.S. airstrikes against Iran. Plus, we dive into a worrying new finding about the quickening pace of global warming. And finally, we explore the complex physics behind the delightful squeaks of basketball shoes. Recommended Reading: Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone Squeak! The surprising new physics of why basketball games are so noisy E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we cover a few important updates on the measles outbreaks in the U.S. We also look at how governments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for military action, including the recent U.S. airstrikes against Iran. Plus, we dive into a worrying new finding about the quickening pace of global warming. And finally, we explore the complex physics behind the delightful squeaks of basketball shoes.


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Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers


The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone


Squeak! The surprising new physics of why basketball games are so noisy


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]]> 758 Michael Pollan explores consciousness, AI and the brain In this episode of Science Quickly, journalist Michael Pollan joins Scientific American’s Bri Kane to unpack why consciousness is so hard to define in a discussion that explores what brain science, artificial intelligence experiments and even psychedelics might reveal about how awareness works. Recommended Reading: A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness. Michael Pollen. Penguin, 2026 Your guide to 29 wildly different theories of consciousness Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Michael Pollan dives into the scientific and philosophical puzzles of consciousness, from brain biology to AI and beyond In this episode of Science Quickly, journalist Michael Pollan joins Scientific American’s Bri Kane to unpack why consciousness is so hard to define in a discussion that explores what brain science, artificial intelligence experiments and even psychedelics might reveal about how awareness works. Recommended Reading: A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness. Michael Pollen. Penguin, 2026 Your guide to 29 wildly different theories of consciousness Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, journalist Michael Pollan joins Scientific American’s Bri Kane to unpack why consciousness is so hard to define in a discussion that explores what brain science, artificial intelligence experiments and even psychedelics might reveal about how awareness works.


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A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness. Michael Pollen. Penguin, 2026

Your guide to 29 wildly different theories of consciousness

Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science


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]]> 1451 A tech journalist, some hot dogs and an AI hoax In February the BBC’s Thomas Germain became the world’s “best tech journalist at eating hot dogs”—at least, that’s what ChatGPT and Google Search’s “AI Overview” were telling Internet users for a while. Germain achieved this false glory with what he has called “the dumbest stunt” of his career. In this episode of Science Quickly, he joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about just how easy this was and how his simple—and hilarious—trick has exposed a serious flaw in common AI tools. Recommended Reading: “I hacked ChatGPT and Google’s AI—and it only took 20 minutes,” by Thomas Germain, in BBC. Published online February 18, 2026. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American BBC tech journalist Thomas Germain’s simple—and hilarious—experiment exposes a serious flaw in common artificial intelligence tools In February the BBC’s Thomas Germain became the world’s “best tech journalist at eating hot dogs”—at least, that’s what ChatGPT and Google Search’s “AI Overview” were telling Internet users for a while. Germain achieved this false glory with what he has called “the dumbest stunt” of his career. In this episode of Science Quickly, he joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about just how easy this was and how his simple—and hilarious—trick has exposed a serious flaw in common AI tools. Recommended Reading: “I hacked ChatGPT and Google’s AI—and it only took 20 minutes,” by Thomas Germain, in BBC. Published online February 18, 2026. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In February the BBC’s Thomas Germain became the world’s “best tech journalist at eating hot dogs”—at least, that’s what ChatGPT and Google Search’s “AI Overview” were telling Internet users for a while. Germain achieved this false glory with what he has called “the dumbest stunt” of his career. In this episode of Science Quickly, he joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about just how easy this was and how his simple—and hilarious—trick has exposed a serious flaw in common AI tools.


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“I hacked ChatGPT and Google’s AI—and it only took 20 minutes,” by Thomas Germain, in BBC. Published online February 18, 2026.


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]]> 1171 Women’s heart health, Artemis update, postbirthing vitamins for reindeer In this episode of Science Quickly, we’ll unpack a worrying prediction for women’s heart health that says nearly 60 percent of women in the U.S. will have some form of cardiovascular disease by 2050. We’ll also get you the latest on NASA’s upcoming historic moon missions. Plus, we’ll look at a new explanation for why female reindeer have antlers. Recommended Reading: Heart disease in young women projected to rise sharply by 2050 NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American What a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers In this episode of Science Quickly, we’ll unpack a worrying prediction for women’s heart health that says nearly 60 percent of women in the U.S. will have some form of cardiovascular disease by 2050. We’ll also get you the latest on NASA’s upcoming historic moon missions. Plus, we’ll look at a new explanation for why female reindeer have antlers. Recommended Reading: Heart disease in young women projected to rise sharply by 2050 NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we’ll unpack a worrying prediction for women’s heart health that says nearly 60 percent of women in the U.S. will have some form of cardiovascular disease by 2050. We’ll also get you the latest on NASA’s upcoming historic moon missions. Plus, we’ll look at a new explanation for why female reindeer have antlers.


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NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission


Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack


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]]> 735 A teen, an algorithm and the race to stop poaching In this episode of Science Quickly, freelance wildlife writer Melissa Hobson investigates how a 17‑year‑old’s breakthrough artificial-intelligence-based gunshot detector could transform antipoaching efforts by giving rangers real-time alerts from deep inside noisy rainforests. She breaks down why this lightweight neural network outperforms traditional tools, how it could help protect critically endangered African forest elephants, and what conservation scientists say about the future of AI‑driven wildlife protection. Recommended Reading: Illegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms and Human Trafficking How AI Can Help Save Endangered Species Elephants’ peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A 17-year-old’s breakthrough AI may finally give wildlife rangers the real-time edge they need to stop poachers In this episode of Science Quickly, freelance wildlife writer Melissa Hobson investigates how a 17‑year‑old’s breakthrough artificial-intelligence-based gunshot detector could transform antipoaching efforts by giving rangers real-time alerts from deep inside noisy rainforests. She breaks down why this lightweight neural network outperforms traditional tools, how it could help protect critically endangered African forest elephants, and what conservation scientists say about the future of AI‑driven wildlife protection. Recommended Reading: Illegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms and Human Trafficking How AI Can Help Save Endangered Species Elephants’ peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, freelance wildlife writer Melissa Hobson investigates how a 17‑year‑old’s breakthrough artificial-intelligence-based gunshot detector could transform antipoaching efforts by giving rangers real-time alerts from deep inside noisy rainforests. She breaks down why this lightweight neural network outperforms traditional tools, how it could help protect critically endangered African forest elephants, and what conservation scientists say about the future of AI‑driven wildlife protection.


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Illegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms and Human Trafficking

How AI Can Help Save Endangered Species

Elephants’ peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them


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]]> 1305 The science behind polyamory In this episode of Science Quickly, we explore what research reveals about polyamory, how multipartner relationships actually function and why communication and consent are central to making them work. Anthropologist Rebecca J. Lester helps break down common myths, highlight the ethics at the core of polyamory and shares insights that can strengthen any relationship—monogamous or otherwise. Recommended Reading: The truth about polyamory New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You How often do people fall passionately in love? The answer may be less than you think E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Discover what researchers have learned about polyamory, what misconceptions people have about such multipartner relationships and how individuals actually navigate them In this episode of Science Quickly, we explore what research reveals about polyamory, how multipartner relationships actually function and why communication and consent are central to making them work. Anthropologist Rebecca J. Lester helps break down common myths, highlight the ethics at the core of polyamory and shares insights that can strengthen any relationship—monogamous or otherwise. Recommended Reading: The truth about polyamory New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You How often do people fall passionately in love? The answer may be less than you think E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we explore what research reveals about polyamory, how multipartner relationships actually function and why communication and consent are central to making them work. Anthropologist Rebecca J. Lester helps break down common myths, highlight the ethics at the core of polyamory and shares insights that can strengthen any relationship—monogamous or otherwise.


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The truth about polyamory

New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You

How often do people fall passionately in love? The answer may be less than you think


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]]> 914 New dino, vaccine shake-ups, dirty air risks In this Science Quickly news roundup, we look at the Food and Drug Administration’s surprising change of heart on reviewing Moderna’s mRNA flu shot, a promising new inhaled vaccine that could fight multiple respiratory bugs at once and fresh research that ties air pollution to higher Alzheimer’s risk. We also check in on the latest Artemis II “wet dress rehearsal” and meet a newly discovered spinosaurid dinosaur that turns old assumptions about such dinos’ habitat on their head. Recommended Reading: FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell NASA just passed a major milestone on its mission to return humans to the moon NASA reveals new problem with Artemis II rocket, further delaying launch E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A surprising FDA reversal on Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, early promise from a universal inhaled vaccine, and a desert fossil find that is reshaping spinosaurid history. In this Science Quickly news roundup, we look at the Food and Drug Administration’s surprising change of heart on reviewing Moderna’s mRNA flu shot, a promising new inhaled vaccine that could fight multiple respiratory bugs at once and fresh research that ties air pollution to higher Alzheimer’s risk. We also check in on the latest Artemis II “wet dress rehearsal” and meet a newly discovered spinosaurid dinosaur that turns old assumptions about such dinos’ habitat on their head. Recommended Reading: FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell NASA just passed a major milestone on its mission to return humans to the moon NASA reveals new problem with Artemis II rocket, further delaying launch E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this Science Quickly news roundup, we look at the Food and Drug Administration’s surprising change of heart on reviewing Moderna’s mRNA flu shot, a promising new inhaled vaccine that could fight multiple respiratory bugs at once and fresh research that ties air pollution to higher Alzheimer’s risk. We also check in on the latest Artemis II “wet dress rehearsal” and meet a newly discovered spinosaurid dinosaur that turns old assumptions about such dinos’ habitat on their head.


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FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal

Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell

NASA just passed a major milestone on its mission to return humans to the moon

NASA reveals new problem with Artemis II rocket, further delaying launch


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]]> 676 The surprising enigma of slippery ice Many of the events in the Winter Olympics involve some sort of sliding or slipping on ice—in a skillful, controlled way. Those moves often seem effortless, but the physics behind what makes them possible is messy. For centuries, scientists have been trying to figure out why ice is slippery. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis laces up her skates to explore the slippery truth behind that deceptively simple question. She’s joined by science journalist Paulina Rowińska and physicists Daniel Bonn and Martin Müser, who take us through various competing theories and explain how we may finally have a winner. Recommended Reading: “Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat,” by Paulina Rowińska, in Quanta Magazine. Published online December 8, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The reason we slip and slide on ice—a phenomenon central to figure skating, curling and other Winter Olympic events—is a centuries-old physics mystery that may have finally been cracked Many of the events in the Winter Olympics involve some sort of sliding or slipping on ice—in a skillful, controlled way. Those moves often seem effortless, but the physics behind what makes them possible is messy. For centuries, scientists have been trying to figure out why ice is slippery. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis laces up her skates to explore the slippery truth behind that deceptively simple question. She’s joined by science journalist Paulina Rowińska and physicists Daniel Bonn and Martin Müser, who take us through various competing theories and explain how we may finally have a winner. Recommended Reading: “Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat,” by Paulina Rowińska, in Quanta Magazine. Published online December 8, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many of the events in the Winter Olympics involve some sort of sliding or slipping on ice—in a skillful, controlled way. Those moves often seem effortless, but the physics behind what makes them possible is messy. For centuries, scientists have been trying to figure out why ice is slippery. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis laces up her skates to explore the slippery truth behind that deceptively simple question. She’s joined by science journalist Paulina Rowińska and physicists Daniel Bonn and Martin Müser, who take us through various competing theories and explain how we may finally have a winner.


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“Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat,” by Paulina Rowińska, in Quanta Magazine. Published online December 8, 2025


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]]> 941 Can AI keep Alzheimer’s patients safe at home? In this episode of Science Quickly, multimedia journalist Meghan McDonough explores how emerging artificial-intelligence‑powered “smart home” tools are helping people with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions that cause dementia stay safer at home while easing the load on caregivers. And McDonough examines the key ethical, privacy and access questions that come with relying on these technologies. Recommended Reading: Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers The Heartbreak and Hazards of Alzheimer’s Caregiving E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Meghan McDonough and edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American How AI‑powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and ease caregiver burden for people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia In this episode of Science Quickly, multimedia journalist Meghan McDonough explores how emerging artificial-intelligence‑powered “smart home” tools are helping people with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions that cause dementia stay safer at home while easing the load on caregivers. And McDonough examines the key ethical, privacy and access questions that come with relying on these technologies. Recommended Reading: Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers The Heartbreak and Hazards of Alzheimer’s Caregiving E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Meghan McDonough and edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, multimedia journalist Meghan McDonough explores how emerging artificial-intelligence‑powered “smart home” tools are helping people with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions that cause dementia stay safer at home while easing the load on caregivers. And McDonough examines the key ethical, privacy and access questions that come with relying on these technologies.


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Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers

The Heartbreak and Hazards of Alzheimer’s Caregiving


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]]> 1127 Trump’s climate rollback, this wild winter and ‘Penisgate’ In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Trump administration’s move to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” and its effect on the future of U.S. climate policy. We also look at why this winter has felt brutally cold to many on the East Coast. Plus, we explore the physics behind a rumored ski jumping controversy at the Winter Olympics—a rather NSFW scandal—that involves hyaluronic acid and male genitals. Recommended Reading: EPA scraps the ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change harms human health Why has this winter been so cold? The physics of ‘Penisgate’ and how ski jumpers fly E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American We take a look at President Trump’s decision to reject a landmark climate finding, the cause of an unusual winter in the U.S. and the physics behind a bizarre ski jumping scandal In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Trump administration’s move to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” and its effect on the future of U.S. climate policy. We also look at why this winter has felt brutally cold to many on the East Coast. Plus, we explore the physics behind a rumored ski jumping controversy at the Winter Olympics—a rather NSFW scandal—that involves hyaluronic acid and male genitals. Recommended Reading: EPA scraps the ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change harms human health Why has this winter been so cold? The physics of ‘Penisgate’ and how ski jumpers fly E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Trump administration’s move to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” and its effect on the future of U.S. climate policy. We also look at why this winter has felt brutally cold to many on the East Coast. Plus, we explore the physics behind a rumored ski jumping controversy at the Winter Olympics—a rather NSFW scandal—that involves hyaluronic acid and male genitals.


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EPA scraps the ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change harms human health


Why has this winter been so cold?


The physics of ‘Penisgate’ and how ski jumpers fly


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]]> 703 The evolutionary riddle of the kiss With Valentine’s Day around the corner, kissing may be on your mind. But why do we kiss? In this episode of Science Quickly, evolutionary biologist Matilda Brindle joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to uncover the evolutionary roots of kissing. We trace kissing back 21.5 million years and learn how it’s common among primates and what that tells us about how kissing may have evolved among humans. Plus, we also unpack recent findings that hint that humans and Neandertals may have once locked lips. Recommended Reading: Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Why the simple act of kissing—which can be traced back 21.5 million years—continues to confound evolutionary biologists With Valentine’s Day around the corner, kissing may be on your mind. But why do we kiss? In this episode of Science Quickly, evolutionary biologist Matilda Brindle joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to uncover the evolutionary roots of kissing. We trace kissing back 21.5 million years and learn how it’s common among primates and what that tells us about how kissing may have evolved among humans. Plus, we also unpack recent findings that hint that humans and Neandertals may have once locked lips. Recommended Reading: Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices With Valentine’s Day around the corner, kissing may be on your mind. But why do we kiss? In this episode of Science Quickly, evolutionary biologist Matilda Brindle joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to uncover the evolutionary roots of kissing. We trace kissing back 21.5 million years and learn how it’s common among primates and what that tells us about how kissing may have evolved among humans. Plus, we also unpack recent findings that hint that humans and Neandertals may have once locked lips.


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Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago


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]]> 902 How Heated Rivalry nailed its Russian In this episode of Science Quickly, hosts Kendra Pierre-Louis and Allison Parshall dive into the surprising linguistics behind the hit TV series Heated Rivalry. Pierre-Louis and Parshall speak with the show’s Russian dialect coach Kate Yablunovsky about how she helped actor Connor Storrie deliver impressively authentic Russian dialogue on a tight time line. Yablunovsky breaks down what the toughest Russian sounds are for English speakers, why perfect accents aren’t always the goal and how cultural context, mouth posture and psychology all shape believable performances. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American How a Russian dialect coach helped Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie master challenging Russian sounds and build a believable accent In this episode of Science Quickly, hosts Kendra Pierre-Louis and Allison Parshall dive into the surprising linguistics behind the hit TV series Heated Rivalry. Pierre-Louis and Parshall speak with the show’s Russian dialect coach Kate Yablunovsky about how she helped actor Connor Storrie deliver impressively authentic Russian dialogue on a tight time line. Yablunovsky breaks down what the toughest Russian sounds are for English speakers, why perfect accents aren’t always the goal and how cultural context, mouth posture and psychology all shape believable performances. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, hosts Kendra Pierre-Louis and Allison Parshall dive into the surprising linguistics behind the hit TV series Heated Rivalry. Pierre-Louis and Parshall speak with the show’s Russian dialect coach Kate Yablunovsky about how she helped actor Connor Storrie deliver impressively authentic Russian dialogue on a tight time line. Yablunovsky breaks down what the toughest Russian sounds are for English speakers, why perfect accents aren’t always the goal and how cultural context, mouth posture and psychology all shape believable performances.


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]]> 1067 Rhythm babies, rocket delays, solar fireworks In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into NASA’s latest headaches as the Artemis II moon mission hits delays. We also take a look at a massive solar flare that lit up the skies—and disrupted some tech—along with fresh concerns that PFAS “forever chemicals,” used to replace ozone‑depleting substances, are accumulating far more than expected. And new research shows that babies are actually born with a sense of rhythm. Recommended Reading: NASA document reveals new Artemis II moon mission target launch dates for March NASA delays Artemis II moon mission after critical test raises issues NASA’s Artemis II launch rehearsal hits a snag The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years Nearly half of people in the U.S. have toxic PFAS in their drinking water E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Babies show innate rhythm as NASA’s Artemis II mission hits delays, a major solar flare erupts and concerns grow over PFAS “forever chemicals” In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into NASA’s latest headaches as the Artemis II moon mission hits delays. We also take a look at a massive solar flare that lit up the skies—and disrupted some tech—along with fresh concerns that PFAS “forever chemicals,” used to replace ozone‑depleting substances, are accumulating far more than expected. And new research shows that babies are actually born with a sense of rhythm. Recommended Reading: NASA document reveals new Artemis II moon mission target launch dates for March NASA delays Artemis II moon mission after critical test raises issues NASA’s Artemis II launch rehearsal hits a snag The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years Nearly half of people in the U.S. have toxic PFAS in their drinking water E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into NASA’s latest headaches as the Artemis II moon mission hits delays. We also take a look at a massive solar flare that lit up the skies—and disrupted some tech—along with fresh concerns that PFAS “forever chemicals,” used to replace ozone‑depleting substances, are accumulating far more than expected. And new research shows that babies are actually born with a sense of rhythm.


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NASA document reveals new Artemis II moon mission target launch dates for March

NASA delays Artemis II moon mission after critical test raises issues

NASA’s Artemis II launch rehearsal hits a snag

The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years

Nearly half of people in the U.S. have toxic PFAS in their drinking water


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]]> 731 Psychiatry’s playbook is about to get torn up In this episode of Science Quickly, we dig into a brewing shake-up inside psychiatry as the American Psychiatric Association considers sweeping changes to the way mental illness is defined and diagnosed. Scientific American’s associate editor Allison Parshall breaks down what the potential changes are, why long-standing diagnostic categories may no longer reflect scientific reality and what these revisions could ultimately mean for patients. Recommended Reading: Psychiatrists plan to overhaul the mental health bible—and change how we define ‘disorder’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Why psychiatry’s diagnostic system may undergo major changes, and what the scientific debates over how mental illnesses should be defined are In this episode of Science Quickly, we dig into a brewing shake-up inside psychiatry as the American Psychiatric Association considers sweeping changes to the way mental illness is defined and diagnosed. Scientific American’s associate editor Allison Parshall breaks down what the potential changes are, why long-standing diagnostic categories may no longer reflect scientific reality and what these revisions could ultimately mean for patients. Recommended Reading: Psychiatrists plan to overhaul the mental health bible—and change how we define ‘disorder’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we dig into a brewing shake-up inside psychiatry as the American Psychiatric Association considers sweeping changes to the way mental illness is defined and diagnosed. Scientific American’s associate editor Allison Parshall breaks down what the potential changes are, why long-standing diagnostic categories may no longer reflect scientific reality and what these revisions could ultimately mean for patients.


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Psychiatrists plan to overhaul the mental health bible—and change how we define ‘disorder’


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]]> 1045 The curious case of the nonburpers Can you imagine not being able to burp at all? In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into the little-known but surprisingly serious “no burp” syndrome known as retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (RCPD). Otolaryngologist Robert Bastian, who co-authored the paper that first defined RCPD in 2019, explains what causes this unusual condition and how it can make daily life miserable. But relief can come from an unexpected source: a Botox injection that gives patients the chance to “learn” how to burp—an experience many describe as life-changing. Recommended Reading: Explore a collection of articles and resources about RCPD by Robert Bastian E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American For those with retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction, daily life can be miserable, with symptoms such as bloating and chest pain. But a simple Botox injection can help Can you imagine not being able to burp at all? In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into the little-known but surprisingly serious “no burp” syndrome known as retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (RCPD). Otolaryngologist Robert Bastian, who co-authored the paper that first defined RCPD in 2019, explains what causes this unusual condition and how it can make daily life miserable. But relief can come from an unexpected source: a Botox injection that gives patients the chance to “learn” how to burp—an experience many describe as life-changing. Recommended Reading: Explore a collection of articles and resources about RCPD by Robert Bastian E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Can you imagine not being able to burp at all? In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into the little-known but surprisingly serious “no burp” syndrome known as retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (RCPD). Otolaryngologist Robert Bastian, who co-authored the paper that first defined RCPD in 2019, explains what causes this unusual condition and how it can make daily life miserable. But relief can come from an unexpected source: a Botox injection that gives patients the chance to “learn” how to burp—an experience many describe as life-changing.


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Explore a collection of articles and resources about RCPD by Robert Bastian


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]]> 1051 A new AI tool to decode DNA, a medical marvel and a rebel lipstick vine In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into Google DeepMind’s new artificial intelligence model AlphaGenome, which could help researchers better understand how noncoding DNA shapes gene expression. We also look at how doctors pulled off a medical marvel when they kept a man alive without lungs for two days. Plus, we learn how researchers cracked an evolutionary puzzle involving a peculiar flower. Recommended Reading: Google DeepMind unleashes new AI to investigate DNA’s ‘dark matter’ Doctors keep patient alive using ‘artificial lungs’ for two days Babies who attend daycare share ‘good’ germs, too E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American How a new AI model could help us better understand noncoding DNA, how doctors kept a man alive without lungs for two days, and what a peculiar flower can teach us about evolution In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into Google DeepMind’s new artificial intelligence model AlphaGenome, which could help researchers better understand how noncoding DNA shapes gene expression. We also look at how doctors pulled off a medical marvel when they kept a man alive without lungs for two days. Plus, we learn how researchers cracked an evolutionary puzzle involving a peculiar flower. Recommended Reading: Google DeepMind unleashes new AI to investigate DNA’s ‘dark matter’ Doctors keep patient alive using ‘artificial lungs’ for two days Babies who attend daycare share ‘good’ germs, too E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into Google DeepMind’s new artificial intelligence model AlphaGenome, which could help researchers better understand how noncoding DNA shapes gene expression. We also look at how doctors pulled off a medical marvel when they kept a man alive without lungs for two days. Plus, we learn how researchers cracked an evolutionary puzzle involving a peculiar flower.


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Google DeepMind unleashes new AI to investigate DNA’s ‘dark matter’


Doctors keep patient alive using ‘artificial lungs’ for two days


Babies who attend daycare share ‘good’ germs, too


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]]> 693 The hidden genius behind nonreflective glass In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Katie Hafner of the podcast Lost Women of Science about the remarkable but often overlooked physicist and chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett, whose pioneering work in early nanotechnology led to nonreflective glass. Hafner shares why the Lost Women of Science team devoted nearly a year to uncovering Blodgett’s full story and reflects on the broader mission to restore women to the scientific record. Recommended Reading: The chemical genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett Listen to more podcasts from the Lost Women of Science Initiative E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The Lost Women of Science team uncovers Katharine Burr Blodgett’s overlooked brilliance In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Katie Hafner of the podcast Lost Women of Science about the remarkable but often overlooked physicist and chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett, whose pioneering work in early nanotechnology led to nonreflective glass. Hafner shares why the Lost Women of Science team devoted nearly a year to uncovering Blodgett’s full story and reflects on the broader mission to restore women to the scientific record. Recommended Reading: The chemical genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett Listen to more podcasts from the Lost Women of Science Initiative E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Katie Hafner of the podcast Lost Women of Science about the remarkable but often overlooked physicist and chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett, whose pioneering work in early nanotechnology led to nonreflective glass. Hafner shares why the Lost Women of Science team devoted nearly a year to uncovering Blodgett’s full story and reflects on the broader mission to restore women to the scientific record.


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The chemical genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett

Listen to more podcasts from the Lost Women of Science Initiative


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]]> 915 Want to smell more attractive? Try these foods Many people turn to expensive perfumes to elevate their natural scent and smell more pleasant to others. But what if you could achieve that just by switching up your diet? In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with freelance journalist Sofia Quaglia about the science behind how what we eat can subtly change how we smell—and how attractive others perceive us to be. The conversation explores surprising findings about garlic and armpit odor, counterintuitive effects of meat intake on body scent and the strange, smelly experiments behind this research. Recommended Reading: “The foods that make you smell more attractive,” by Sofia Quaglia, in BBC Future. Published online November 2, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Beneath fancy perfumes and deodorants, our food choices may be quietly shaping our natural scent in unexpected ways Many people turn to expensive perfumes to elevate their natural scent and smell more pleasant to others. But what if you could achieve that just by switching up your diet? In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with freelance journalist Sofia Quaglia about the science behind how what we eat can subtly change how we smell—and how attractive others perceive us to be. The conversation explores surprising findings about garlic and armpit odor, counterintuitive effects of meat intake on body scent and the strange, smelly experiments behind this research. Recommended Reading: “The foods that make you smell more attractive,” by Sofia Quaglia, in BBC Future. Published online November 2, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many people turn to expensive perfumes to elevate their natural scent and smell more pleasant to others. But what if you could achieve that just by switching up your diet? In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with freelance journalist Sofia Quaglia about the science behind how what we eat can subtly change how we smell—and how attractive others perceive us to be. The conversation explores surprising findings about garlic and armpit odor, counterintuitive effects of meat intake on body scent and the strange, smelly experiments behind this research.


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“The foods that make you smell more attractive,” by Sofia Quaglia, in BBC Future. Published online November 2, 2025


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]]> 772 A historic moon mission, AI that helps restore stroke patients’ voice and the oldest cave art ever found In this episode of Science Quickly, we look at the stakes behind Artemis II, NASA’s historic lunar flyby mission that’s preparing to launch soon. We’ll also dive into the science behind Revoice, an artificial-intelligence-powered wearable device that could help stroke patients with speech impairment communicate. Plus, we discuss how previously overlooked art on the ceiling of an Indonesian cave could rewrite the story of early human migration. Recommended Reading: NASA’s historic Artemis II moon mission is almost ready to launch Oldest cave art ever found discovered in Indonesia ‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American What’s on the road to the launch of NASA’s Artemis II, how scientists are using artificial intelligence to help stroke patients speak, and what an Indonesian cave art discovery says about early human migration In this episode of Science Quickly, we look at the stakes behind Artemis II, NASA’s historic lunar flyby mission that’s preparing to launch soon. We’ll also dive into the science behind Revoice, an artificial-intelligence-powered wearable device that could help stroke patients with speech impairment communicate. Plus, we discuss how previously overlooked art on the ceiling of an Indonesian cave could rewrite the story of early human migration. Recommended Reading: NASA’s historic Artemis II moon mission is almost ready to launch Oldest cave art ever found discovered in Indonesia ‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we look at the stakes behind Artemis II, NASA’s historic lunar flyby mission that’s preparing to launch soon. We’ll also dive into the science behind Revoice, an artificial-intelligence-powered wearable device that could help stroke patients with speech impairment communicate. Plus, we discuss how previously overlooked art on the ceiling of an Indonesian cave could rewrite the story of early human migration.


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NASA’s historic Artemis II moon mission is almost ready to launch


Oldest cave art ever found discovered in Indonesia


‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate


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]]> 681 The quest for Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with forensic scientist Rhonda Roby about an ambitious effort to uncover traces of Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA using modern forensic techniques. Roby and her colleagues are carefully sampling centuries‑old artworks, working with extremely small amounts of biological material, to learn more about Leonardo himself and the history of his art while also advancing methods that could one day help authenticate artworks. The episode explores how forensic approaches typically used in criminal investigations are being applied to a 500‑year‑old historical puzzle. Recommended Reading: The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist “The real da Vinci code,” by Richard Stone, in Science, Vol. 391; January 8, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Researchers are using cutting‑edge DNA techniques to hunt for genetic evidence in centuries‑old artworks in an effort to better understand the genius of Leonardo da Vinci In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with forensic scientist Rhonda Roby about an ambitious effort to uncover traces of Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA using modern forensic techniques. Roby and her colleagues are carefully sampling centuries‑old artworks, working with extremely small amounts of biological material, to learn more about Leonardo himself and the history of his art while also advancing methods that could one day help authenticate artworks. The episode explores how forensic approaches typically used in criminal investigations are being applied to a 500‑year‑old historical puzzle. Recommended Reading: The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist “The real da Vinci code,” by Richard Stone, in Science, Vol. 391; January 8, 2026 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with forensic scientist Rhonda Roby about an ambitious effort to uncover traces of Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA using modern forensic techniques. Roby and her colleagues are carefully sampling centuries‑old artworks, working with extremely small amounts of biological material, to learn more about Leonardo himself and the history of his art while also advancing methods that could one day help authenticate artworks. The episode explores how forensic approaches typically used in criminal investigations are being applied to a 500‑year‑old historical puzzle.


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The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist


“The real da Vinci code,” by Richard Stone, in Science, Vol. 391; January 8, 2026


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]]> 1113 What is consciousness, really? In this episode, we explore what consciousness is, how the brain creates it and what current science says about dreams, anesthesia, animals and even artificial intelligence. Scientific American’s associate editor Allison Parshall breaks down what the leading theories are and why understanding our own awareness remains one of science’s toughest challenges. Recommended Reading: Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science  Is Consciousness the Hallmark of Life? How to Detect Consciousness in People, Animals and Maybe Even AI When does consciousness emerge in babies? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A dive into how scientists are trying to understand what consciousness is and where it comes from In this episode, we explore what consciousness is, how the brain creates it and what current science says about dreams, anesthesia, animals and even artificial intelligence. Scientific American’s associate editor Allison Parshall breaks down what the leading theories are and why understanding our own awareness remains one of science’s toughest challenges. Recommended Reading: Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science  Is Consciousness the Hallmark of Life? How to Detect Consciousness in People, Animals and Maybe Even AI When does consciousness emerge in babies? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, we explore what consciousness is, how the brain creates it and what current science says about dreams, anesthesia, animals and even artificial intelligence. Scientific American’s associate editor Allison Parshall breaks down what the leading theories are and why understanding our own awareness remains one of science’s toughest challenges.


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Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science 

Is Consciousness the Hallmark of Life?

How to Detect Consciousness in People, Animals and Maybe Even AI

When does consciousness emerge in babies?


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]]> 976 EPA weakens air pollution rules, cancer survival soars, and NASA evacuates astronauts In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial decision to change how it calculates health benefits from regulating certain air pollutants, a move that experts warn could lead to dirtier air and worse health outcomes. And we’ve achieved a major milestone in cancer care, with five-year survival rates hitting a record high, but looming policy threats could stall progress. Plus, NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station could offer lessons for future missions. Recommended Reading: America’s Air Is about to Get Dirtier—And More Dangerous 70 Percent of Cancer Patients Now Survive at Least Five Years, Study Finds Astronauts Evacuate the ISS after Medical Incident New Study Probes How Same-Sex Behaviors Evolved in Nonhuman Primates E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Why the EPA’s air pollution rule change could make the air dirtier, how cancer survival hit a record-high, and what we know about the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial decision to change how it calculates health benefits from regulating certain air pollutants, a move that experts warn could lead to dirtier air and worse health outcomes. And we’ve achieved a major milestone in cancer care, with five-year survival rates hitting a record high, but looming policy threats could stall progress. Plus, NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station could offer lessons for future missions. Recommended Reading: America’s Air Is about to Get Dirtier—And More Dangerous 70 Percent of Cancer Patients Now Survive at Least Five Years, Study Finds Astronauts Evacuate the ISS after Medical Incident New Study Probes How Same-Sex Behaviors Evolved in Nonhuman Primates E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial decision to change how it calculates health benefits from regulating certain air pollutants, a move that experts warn could lead to dirtier air and worse health outcomes. And we’ve achieved a major milestone in cancer care, with five-year survival rates hitting a record high, but looming policy threats could stall progress. Plus, NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station could offer lessons for future missions.


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America’s Air Is about to Get Dirtier—And More Dangerous


70 Percent of Cancer Patients Now Survive at Least Five Years, Study Finds


Astronauts Evacuate the ISS after Medical Incident


New Study Probes How Same-Sex Behaviors Evolved in Nonhuman Primates


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]]> 673 How Venezuela’s Heavy Crude Shapes Climate Risks In this episode, we dive into the climate stakes behind Venezuela’s vast but troubled oil reserves and the country’s mounting tensions with neighboring Guyana. Climate reporter Amy Westervelt breaks down why the region’s heavy crude oil, aging infrastructure and escalating border dispute are colliding with the reality of a rapidly warming planet—and what rising seas, oil expansion and fragile ecosystems mean for millions of people across the Caribbean. Recommended Reading: “The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle,” by Amy Westervelt, in Drilled. Published online January 4, 2026 Why Does Venezuela Have So Much Oil? Geology E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A break down of why Venezuela’s oil boom is clashing with a hotter, more fragile planet In this episode, we dive into the climate stakes behind Venezuela’s vast but troubled oil reserves and the country’s mounting tensions with neighboring Guyana. Climate reporter Amy Westervelt breaks down why the region’s heavy crude oil, aging infrastructure and escalating border dispute are colliding with the reality of a rapidly warming planet—and what rising seas, oil expansion and fragile ecosystems mean for millions of people across the Caribbean. Recommended Reading: “The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle,” by Amy Westervelt, in Drilled. Published online January 4, 2026 Why Does Venezuela Have So Much Oil? Geology E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, we dive into the climate stakes behind Venezuela’s vast but troubled oil reserves and the country’s mounting tensions with neighboring Guyana. Climate reporter Amy Westervelt breaks down why the region’s heavy crude oil, aging infrastructure and escalating border dispute are colliding with the reality of a rapidly warming planet—and what rising seas, oil expansion and fragile ecosystems mean for millions of people across the Caribbean.


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“The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle,” by Amy Westervelt, in Drilled. Published online January 4, 2026

Why Does Venezuela Have So Much Oil? Geology


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]]> 1114 The Great Seed Oil Panic Seed oils have become a target of wellness influencers and high-profile public officials. They say that these widely used and relatively inexpensive oils, which include canola, soybean and sunflower oil, are toxic. But do we really need to panic? Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with food science expert Eric Decker to unpack what seed oils actually are, how their fats compare with those from other sources and whether claims about their toxicity hold up to scientific scrutiny. Recommended Reading: RFK, Jr., Upsets Food Pyramid, Urging Americans to Eat More Meat E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A food scientist debunks the vilification of seed oils on social media and explains what research says about them. Seed oils have become a target of wellness influencers and high-profile public officials. They say that these widely used and relatively inexpensive oils, which include canola, soybean and sunflower oil, are toxic. But do we really need to panic? Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with food science expert Eric Decker to unpack what seed oils actually are, how their fats compare with those from other sources and whether claims about their toxicity hold up to scientific scrutiny. Recommended Reading: RFK, Jr., Upsets Food Pyramid, Urging Americans to Eat More Meat E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Seed oils have become a target of wellness influencers and high-profile public officials. They say that these widely used and relatively inexpensive oils, which include canola, soybean and sunflower oil, are toxic. But do we really need to panic? Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with food science expert Eric Decker to unpack what seed oils actually are, how their fats compare with those from other sources and whether claims about their toxicity hold up to scientific scrutiny.


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RFK, Jr., Upsets Food Pyramid, Urging Americans to Eat More Meat


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]]> 1040 Woodpeckers Rock the Lab, AI Steps Out of the Chat Box, and Flu Hits Hard Have you ever wondered how woodpeckers pound away without breaking their neck? We’ve got the answer—plus, why this flu season has broken a record, how AI is learning to predict disease from your sleep, and what CES 2026 showed about the biggest tech trends, including “physical AI” in the form of robots and other devices. Recommended Reading: This Year’s Flu Season Just Surpassed a Grim New Record Harsh Flu Season May Be Driven by New Variant K How Woodpeckers Turn Their Entire Bodies into Pecking Machines At CES 2026, AI Leaves the Screen and Enters the Real World ​​Stevie Wonder’s Rule for AI at CES: ‘Make Life Better for the Living’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Jennifer Hackett, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Why flu cases are spiking, how AI predicts disease from your sleep, and what surprising biomechanics lie behind woodpeckers’ powerful pecks. Have you ever wondered how woodpeckers pound away without breaking their neck? We’ve got the answer—plus, why this flu season has broken a record, how AI is learning to predict disease from your sleep, and what CES 2026 showed about the biggest tech trends, including “physical AI” in the form of robots and other devices. Recommended Reading: This Year’s Flu Season Just Surpassed a Grim New Record Harsh Flu Season May Be Driven by New Variant K How Woodpeckers Turn Their Entire Bodies into Pecking Machines At CES 2026, AI Leaves the Screen and Enters the Real World ​​Stevie Wonder’s Rule for AI at CES: ‘Make Life Better for the Living’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Jennifer Hackett, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Have you ever wondered how woodpeckers pound away without breaking their neck? We’ve got the answer—plus, why this flu season has broken a record, how AI is learning to predict disease from your sleep, and what CES 2026 showed about the biggest tech trends, including “physical AI” in the form of robots and other devices.


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This Year’s Flu Season Just Surpassed a Grim New Record

Harsh Flu Season May Be Driven by New Variant K

How Woodpeckers Turn Their Entire Bodies into Pecking Machines

At CES 2026, AI Leaves the Screen and Enters the Real World

​​Stevie Wonder’s Rule for AI at CES: ‘Make Life Better for the Living’


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]]> 663 Weighing the Good and Bad of Weight-Loss Drugs Drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, colloquially called GLP-1 medications, have gone from relatively obscure diabetes treatments to blockbuster weight-loss medications. But is the hype backed up by science? In this episode, freelance science journalist Bethany Brookshire joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about how these drugs mimic natural hormones, why they’re so effective and what the latest research about their broader health effects says. Plus, we discuss what a recently rolled-out GLP-1 pill, the first of its kind approved for obesity, could mean for the future of weight loss. Recommended Reading: Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills Are Now Available in the U.S.—Here’s What That Means“Doctors Are Worried about Prescribing GLP-1s to Certain Patients,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online November 20, 2025 “The Unexpected Ways Ozempic-like Drugs Might Fight Dementia,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online June 17, 2025  “Is There Really an Ozempic Baby Boom? The Unexpected Ways GLP-1s Could Influence Fertility,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online November 4, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Behind the hype of GLP-1 medications lies complex science, serious side effects and a pharmaceutical arms race. Drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, colloquially called GLP-1 medications, have gone from relatively obscure diabetes treatments to blockbuster weight-loss medications. But is the hype backed up by science? In this episode, freelance science journalist Bethany Brookshire joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about how these drugs mimic natural hormones, why they’re so effective and what the latest research about their broader health effects says. Plus, we discuss what a recently rolled-out GLP-1 pill, the first of its kind approved for obesity, could mean for the future of weight loss. Recommended Reading: Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills Are Now Available in the U.S.—Here’s What That Means“Doctors Are Worried about Prescribing GLP-1s to Certain Patients,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online November 20, 2025 “The Unexpected Ways Ozempic-like Drugs Might Fight Dementia,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online June 17, 2025  “Is There Really an Ozempic Baby Boom? The Unexpected Ways GLP-1s Could Influence Fertility,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online November 4, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, colloquially called GLP-1 medications, have gone from relatively obscure diabetes treatments to blockbuster weight-loss medications. But is the hype backed up by science? In this episode, freelance science journalist Bethany Brookshire joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about how these drugs mimic natural hormones, why they’re so effective and what the latest research about their broader health effects says. Plus, we discuss what a recently rolled-out GLP-1 pill, the first of its kind approved for obesity, could mean for the future of weight loss.


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Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills Are Now Available in the U.S.—Here’s What That Means“Doctors Are Worried about Prescribing GLP-1s to Certain Patients,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online November 20, 2025


“The Unexpected Ways Ozempic-like Drugs Might Fight Dementia,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online June 17, 2025 


“Is There Really an Ozempic Baby Boom? The Unexpected Ways GLP-1s Could Influence Fertility,” by Bethany Brookshire, in National Geographic. Published online November 4, 2025


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]]> 1338 America’s Children Face a New Era of Health Risk Recent federal public health changes could affect children’s health, from vaccine access to essential medical care. In this episode, senior editor Dan Vergano breaks down what shifting national guidelines may mean for kids, why pediatric care is especially vulnerable and how states and medical experts are responding to protect families. Learn how these evolving health policies could shape long‑term outcomes for children and what’s at stake for public health in the U.S. Recommended Reading: U.S. Axes Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines in Blow to Public Health Trump Administration Moves to Severely Curtail Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors U.S. Plan to Drop Some Childhood Vaccines to Align with Denmark Will Endanger Children, Experts Say E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A look at how evolving national health policies could reshape the future of kids’ care, from vaccines to essential treatments. Recent federal public health changes could affect children’s health, from vaccine access to essential medical care. In this episode, senior editor Dan Vergano breaks down what shifting national guidelines may mean for kids, why pediatric care is especially vulnerable and how states and medical experts are responding to protect families. Learn how these evolving health policies could shape long‑term outcomes for children and what’s at stake for public health in the U.S. Recommended Reading: U.S. Axes Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines in Blow to Public Health Trump Administration Moves to Severely Curtail Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors U.S. Plan to Drop Some Childhood Vaccines to Align with Denmark Will Endanger Children, Experts Say E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recent federal public health changes could affect children’s health, from vaccine access to essential medical care. In this episode, senior editor Dan Vergano breaks down what shifting national guidelines may mean for kids, why pediatric care is especially vulnerable and how states and medical experts are responding to protect families. Learn how these evolving health policies could shape long‑term outcomes for children and what’s at stake for public health in the U.S.


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U.S. Axes Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines in Blow to Public Health

Trump Administration Moves to Severely Curtail Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

U.S. Plan to Drop Some Childhood Vaccines to Align with Denmark Will Endanger Children, Experts Say


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]]> 876 How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick Why do most New Year’s resolutions fail? And how can science help us stick to them? Behavioral economist Katy Milkman joins Science Quickly to explain the “fresh start effect,” the motivational boost we get from temporal milestones such as the arrival of a new year, birthdays or even Mondays. She shares how to build habits that last and reveals why enjoying the process is key to real change. Recommended Reading: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy Milkman. Portfolio, 2021 New Year’s Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science Can Help You Keep Them Choiceology, a podcast hosted by Katy Milkman  Katy Milkman’s substack  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Behavioral economist Katy Milkman explains why most New Year’s resolutions fail and shares how science-backed strategies can build habits that last. Why do most New Year’s resolutions fail? And how can science help us stick to them? Behavioral economist Katy Milkman joins Science Quickly to explain the “fresh start effect,” the motivational boost we get from temporal milestones such as the arrival of a new year, birthdays or even Mondays. She shares how to build habits that last and reveals why enjoying the process is key to real change. Recommended Reading: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy Milkman. Portfolio, 2021 New Year’s Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science Can Help You Keep Them Choiceology, a podcast hosted by Katy Milkman  Katy Milkman’s substack  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Why do most New Year’s resolutions fail? And how can science help us stick to them? Behavioral economist Katy Milkman joins Science Quickly to explain the “fresh start effect,” the motivational boost we get from temporal milestones such as the arrival of a new year, birthdays or even Mondays. She shares how to build habits that last and reveals why enjoying the process is key to real change.


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How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy Milkman. Portfolio, 2021


New Year’s Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science Can Help You Keep Them


Choiceology, a podcast hosted by Katy Milkman 


Katy Milkman’s substack 


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]]> 1016 ENCORE: Algorithmic Social Media Is Driving New Slang From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. This episode first aired in September. Recommended Reading The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Linguist Adam Aleksic explains how viral slang and algorithm-driven speech aren’t destroying language––they’re accelerating its natural evolution. From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. This episode first aired in September. Recommended Reading The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. This episode first aired in September.


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The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak


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]]> 1613 ENCORE: Understanding the Science of ‘Squirting’ The human body is capable of some truly incredible things. One of the most mysterious and debated phenomena is a release of fluid during sex that is often referred to as “squirting.” What’s actually happening, and why does it stir so much speculation? Wendy Zukerman, host of the hit podcast Science Vs, breaks down the science behind this fascinating topic, exploring what we know, what we don’t and what the controversy surrounding it is. This episode first aired in April. Recommended reading: What a Survey On Anal Sex and Masturbation Reveals About Prostates and Pleasure Squirting: What's Really Happening?! (Science Vs) E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A mysterious and often debated aspect of human sexuality colloquially known as “squirting” sparks controversy. This episode explores what research reveals. The human body is capable of some truly incredible things. One of the most mysterious and debated phenomena is a release of fluid during sex that is often referred to as “squirting.” What’s actually happening, and why does it stir so much speculation? Wendy Zukerman, host of the hit podcast Science Vs, breaks down the science behind this fascinating topic, exploring what we know, what we don’t and what the controversy surrounding it is. This episode first aired in April. Recommended reading: What a Survey On Anal Sex and Masturbation Reveals About Prostates and Pleasure Squirting: What's Really Happening?! (Science Vs) E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The human body is capable of some truly incredible things. One of the most mysterious and debated phenomena is a release of fluid during sex that is often referred to as “squirting.” What’s actually happening, and why does it stir so much speculation? Wendy Zukerman, host of the hit podcast Science Vs, breaks down the science behind this fascinating topic, exploring what we know, what we don’t and what the controversy surrounding it is. This episode first aired in April.


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What a Survey On Anal Sex and Masturbation Reveals About Prostates and Pleasure

Squirting: What's Really Happening?! (Science Vs)


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]]> 1048 ENCORE: Science’s Greatest 180s Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary special, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. This episode first aired in August. Recommended Reading Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American 180 Years of Standing Up for Science How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy Plastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong? The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Is a Roller Coaster of Hope and Disappointment E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American In honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?” moments in science history. Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary special, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. This episode first aired in August. Recommended Reading Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American 180 Years of Standing Up for Science How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy Plastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong? The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Is a Roller Coaster of Hope and Disappointment E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary special, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. This episode first aired in August.


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Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American

180 Years of Standing Up for Science

How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow

Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy

Plastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong?

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Is a Roller Coaster of Hope and Disappointment


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]]> 399 no The Quest for Climate-Ready Christmas Trees Christmas trees may seem timeless, but growing them is becoming increasingly challenging in a warming world. In this episode, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks to Priya Rajarapu, a Christmas tree extension specialist at Oregon State University, about how climate change is reshaping tree farming—from drought and heat stress to seedling survival—and the research efforts aimed at keeping this holiday tradition alive. Recommended Reading: Tweaks to U.S. Christmas Trees Could Help Them Survive Climate Change How Weather and Climate Change Affects Christmas Tree Production The OSU Christmas Tree Program E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American As Christmas trees face mounting challenges from climate change, researchers explore solutions to help ensure that a beloved holiday tradition endures in a warming world. Christmas trees may seem timeless, but growing them is becoming increasingly challenging in a warming world. In this episode, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks to Priya Rajarapu, a Christmas tree extension specialist at Oregon State University, about how climate change is reshaping tree farming—from drought and heat stress to seedling survival—and the research efforts aimed at keeping this holiday tradition alive. Recommended Reading: Tweaks to U.S. Christmas Trees Could Help Them Survive Climate Change How Weather and Climate Change Affects Christmas Tree Production The OSU Christmas Tree Program E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Christmas trees may seem timeless, but growing them is becoming increasingly challenging in a warming world. In this episode, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks to Priya Rajarapu, a Christmas tree extension specialist at Oregon State University, about how climate change is reshaping tree farming—from drought and heat stress to seedling survival—and the research efforts aimed at keeping this holiday tradition alive.


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Tweaks to U.S. Christmas Trees Could Help Them Survive Climate Change

How Weather and Climate Change Affects Christmas Tree Production

The OSU Christmas Tree Program


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]]> 820 no 2025: The Year Science Was Shaken In this year-end roundup, Scientific American editors break down how 2025 reshaped science across the board—from sweeping federal upheavals that disrupted long-standing research institutions to public health setbacks driven by vaccine rollbacks and rising measles cases to renewed hostility toward climate science and clean-energy policy and finally to the mind-bending dark energy findings that are shaking up cosmology. Together, their insights reveal how 2025 was a turbulent year for science on Earth and beyond—and what to watch closely in 2026. Recommended Reading: Cures for Sickle Cell Disease Arrive After a Painful Journey NASA’s Moon Race Looks like a Losing Bet Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children 5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10 Latest Dark Energy Study Suggests the Universe Is Even Weirder Than We Imagined E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health setbacks to climate policy reversals and groundbreaking discoveries in space. In this year-end roundup, Scientific American editors break down how 2025 reshaped science across the board—from sweeping federal upheavals that disrupted long-standing research institutions to public health setbacks driven by vaccine rollbacks and rising measles cases to renewed hostility toward climate science and clean-energy policy and finally to the mind-bending dark energy findings that are shaking up cosmology. Together, their insights reveal how 2025 was a turbulent year for science on Earth and beyond—and what to watch closely in 2026. Recommended Reading: Cures for Sickle Cell Disease Arrive After a Painful Journey NASA’s Moon Race Looks like a Losing Bet Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children 5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10 Latest Dark Energy Study Suggests the Universe Is Even Weirder Than We Imagined E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this year-end roundup, Scientific American editors break down how 2025 reshaped science across the board—from sweeping federal upheavals that disrupted long-standing research institutions to public health setbacks driven by vaccine rollbacks and rising measles cases to renewed hostility toward climate science and clean-energy policy and finally to the mind-bending dark energy findings that are shaking up cosmology. Together, their insights reveal how 2025 was a turbulent year for science on Earth and beyond—and what to watch closely in 2026.


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Cures for Sickle Cell Disease Arrive After a Painful Journey

NASA’s Moon Race Looks like a Losing Bet

Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children

5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10

Latest Dark Energy Study Suggests the Universe Is Even Weirder Than We Imagined


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]]> 1095 The Hidden Voices of Monk Seals In this episode, take a dive into the underwater vocalizations of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Scientists analyzing thousands of hours of underwater recordings have uncovered a surprising array of previously unknown calls. Ocean writer Melissa Hobson explores how researchers captured the sounds of the species, why they matter for conservation and what they tell us about the social lives of one of the world’s rarest seals. Recommended Reading: “Underwater Sound Production of Free-Ranging Hawaiian Monk Seals,” by Kirby Parnell et al., in Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 12, No. 11; November 1, 2025 Melissa Hobson’s website Wiggling Whiskers Help Hungry Seals Hunt in the Dark E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Researchers uncover 20 new underwater calls from Hawaii’s endangered monk seals. In this episode, take a dive into the underwater vocalizations of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Scientists analyzing thousands of hours of underwater recordings have uncovered a surprising array of previously unknown calls. Ocean writer Melissa Hobson explores how researchers captured the sounds of the species, why they matter for conservation and what they tell us about the social lives of one of the world’s rarest seals. Recommended Reading: “Underwater Sound Production of Free-Ranging Hawaiian Monk Seals,” by Kirby Parnell et al., in Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 12, No. 11; November 1, 2025 Melissa Hobson’s website Wiggling Whiskers Help Hungry Seals Hunt in the Dark E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, take a dive into the underwater vocalizations of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Scientists analyzing thousands of hours of underwater recordings have uncovered a surprising array of previously unknown calls. Ocean writer Melissa Hobson explores how researchers captured the sounds of the species, why they matter for conservation and what they tell us about the social lives of one of the world’s rarest seals.


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“Underwater Sound Production of Free-Ranging Hawaiian Monk Seals,” by Kirby Parnell et al., in Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 12, No. 11; November 1, 2025

Melissa Hobson’s website

Wiggling Whiskers Help Hungry Seals Hunt in the Dark


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]]> 1258 Inside the Struggle to Save an Orca Community In this episode of Science Quickly, we present an inside look at one of the world’s most endangered whale populations: the southern resident orcas. Senior multimedia editor Kelso Harper joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to share the story of a rare encounter with these killer whales off of the San Juan Islands. Also, we discuss what researchers and scientists are doing to understand and protect this iconic population. Recommended Reading: These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them  Killer Whales and Dolphins May Team Up to Hunt Salmon E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A scientist, a journalist and a remarkable scent‑detecting dog race to learn what’s endangering the last southern resident orcas. In this episode of Science Quickly, we present an inside look at one of the world’s most endangered whale populations: the southern resident orcas. Senior multimedia editor Kelso Harper joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to share the story of a rare encounter with these killer whales off of the San Juan Islands. Also, we discuss what researchers and scientists are doing to understand and protect this iconic population. Recommended Reading: These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them  Killer Whales and Dolphins May Team Up to Hunt Salmon E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we present an inside look at one of the world’s most endangered whale populations: the southern resident orcas. Senior multimedia editor Kelso Harper joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to share the story of a rare encounter with these killer whales off of the San Juan Islands. Also, we discuss what researchers and scientists are doing to understand and protect this iconic population.


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These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them 

Killer Whales and Dolphins May Team Up to Hunt Salmon


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]]> 680 Hobbit Disappearance Explained, Second-Hottest Year Looms, New Mpox Variant Found In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into how the European Union’s latest Copernicus Climate Change Service bulletin shows that 2025 is on track to become the second-hottest year on record, explore what a newly detected mpox strain could mean for global health, examine why more parents are refusing vitamin K injections for newborns—and uncover fresh evidence about why Homo floresiensis, the so-called hobbits of Indonesia, mysteriously disappeared. Recommended Reading: 2025 Likely to Tie for Second-Hottest Year on Record A Vitamin Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American This week’s science roundup covers 2025’s near-record heat, a new mpox strain and fresh clues about why hobbits vanished 50,000 years ago. In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into how the European Union’s latest Copernicus Climate Change Service bulletin shows that 2025 is on track to become the second-hottest year on record, explore what a newly detected mpox strain could mean for global health, examine why more parents are refusing vitamin K injections for newborns—and uncover fresh evidence about why Homo floresiensis, the so-called hobbits of Indonesia, mysteriously disappeared. Recommended Reading: 2025 Likely to Tie for Second-Hottest Year on Record A Vitamin Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into how the European Union’s latest Copernicus Climate Change Service bulletin shows that 2025 is on track to become the second-hottest year on record, explore what a newly detected mpox strain could mean for global health, examine why more parents are refusing vitamin K injections for newborns—and uncover fresh evidence about why Homo floresiensis, the so-called hobbits of Indonesia, mysteriously disappeared.


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2025 Likely to Tie for Second-Hottest Year on Record

A Vitamin Shot Given at Birth Prevents Lethal Brain Bleeds, but More Parents Are Opting Out


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]]> 609 Karen Hao on Why AI Is Reshaping Society Generative artificial intelligence has transformed our inboxes, classrooms and even medical records—but at what cost? In this episode, journalist Karen Hao joins Scientific American to discuss her new book Empire of AI, exploring how companies like OpenAI wield power that is reminiscent of historical empires. From ideological quests for artificial general intelligence to the environmental toll of massive data centers, Hao reveals the hidden forces shaping our technological future—and the reasons we should all be paying attention. Recommended Reading: OpenAI’s Secrets are Revealed in Empire of AI Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Karen Hao. Penguin Press, 2025  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of AI “empires,” their ideological roots, and the hidden environmental and societal costs of OpenAI’s quest for artificial general intelligence. Generative artificial intelligence has transformed our inboxes, classrooms and even medical records—but at what cost? In this episode, journalist Karen Hao joins Scientific American to discuss her new book Empire of AI, exploring how companies like OpenAI wield power that is reminiscent of historical empires. From ideological quests for artificial general intelligence to the environmental toll of massive data centers, Hao reveals the hidden forces shaping our technological future—and the reasons we should all be paying attention. Recommended Reading: OpenAI’s Secrets are Revealed in Empire of AI Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Karen Hao. Penguin Press, 2025  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Generative artificial intelligence has transformed our inboxes, classrooms and even medical records—but at what cost? In this episode, journalist Karen Hao joins Scientific American to discuss her new book Empire of AI, exploring how companies like OpenAI wield power that is reminiscent of historical empires. From ideological quests for artificial general intelligence to the environmental toll of massive data centers, Hao reveals the hidden forces shaping our technological future—and the reasons we should all be paying attention.


Recommended Reading:

OpenAI’s Secrets are Revealed in Empire of AI

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Karen Hao. Penguin Press, 2025 


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]]> 1678 Can NASA Deliver on Perseverance’s Promise to Reveal Life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent nearly five years roaming the Martian surface in search of clues to ancient life. But the ambitious plan to return its precious rock samples to Earth is now on shaky ground. Scientific American senior desk editor Lee Billings joins us to unpack the rover’s mission, the stakes of the stalled return effort and the effects it will have on the future of Mars exploration. Recommended Reading NASA Recruits Mars Perseverance Rover to Monitor Sun’s Activity This Rock May Hold Proof of Life on Mars E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American NASA’s Perseverance rover has gathered groundbreaking Mars samples, but the mission to bring them home is facing serious challenges. NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent nearly five years roaming the Martian surface in search of clues to ancient life. But the ambitious plan to return its precious rock samples to Earth is now on shaky ground. Scientific American senior desk editor Lee Billings joins us to unpack the rover’s mission, the stakes of the stalled return effort and the effects it will have on the future of Mars exploration. Recommended Reading NASA Recruits Mars Perseverance Rover to Monitor Sun’s Activity This Rock May Hold Proof of Life on Mars E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent nearly five years roaming the Martian surface in search of clues to ancient life. But the ambitious plan to return its precious rock samples to Earth is now on shaky ground. Scientific American senior desk editor Lee Billings joins us to unpack the rover’s mission, the stakes of the stalled return effort and the effects it will have on the future of Mars exploration.


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]]> 987 CDC Vaccine Panel, Satellite Light Pollution, Puppy Power Scientific American associate editor Lauren J. Young breaks down key vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Also, the Food and Drug Administration is considering controversial changes to vaccine approval and administration. Meanwhile a new study warns that light pollution from satellite megaconstellations could severely compromise space telescope observations. Recommended Reading: CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children Satellites Swarming Low-Earth Orbit Threaten Space Telescopes E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Vaccines coming under fire, satellites crowding the skies, and dogs boosting teen mental health. Scientific American associate editor Lauren J. Young breaks down key vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Also, the Food and Drug Administration is considering controversial changes to vaccine approval and administration. Meanwhile a new study warns that light pollution from satellite megaconstellations could severely compromise space telescope observations. Recommended Reading: CDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at Birth Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children Satellites Swarming Low-Earth Orbit Threaten Space Telescopes E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American associate editor Lauren J. Young breaks down key vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Also, the Food and Drug Administration is considering controversial changes to vaccine approval and administration. Meanwhile a new study warns that light pollution from satellite megaconstellations could severely compromise space telescope observations.


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]]> 588 New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression? Emerging research on the biology of postpartum depression is showing how little it resembles other severe mood disorders in the brain and body. Understanding these differences could be key to better screening, detection and treatment. Science journalist Marla Broadfoot is on our show to talk about her story in the December edition of our magazine, in which she focuses on one woman’s quest for treatment and the personal cure from postpartum depression that this individual found in a promising new drug.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American This Two-Week Treatment May Reset the Brain Emerging research on the biology of postpartum depression is showing how little it resembles other severe mood disorders in the brain and body. Understanding these differences could be key to better screening, detection and treatment. Science journalist Marla Broadfoot is on our show to talk about her story in the December edition of our magazine, in which she focuses on one woman’s quest for treatment and the personal cure from postpartum depression that this individual found in a promising new drug.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Emerging research on the biology of postpartum depression is showing how little it resembles other severe mood disorders in the brain and body. Understanding these differences could be key to better screening, detection and treatment. Science journalist Marla Broadfoot is on our show to talk about her story in the December edition of our magazine, in which she focuses on one woman’s quest for treatment and the personal cure from postpartum depression that this individual found in a promising new drug. 

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]]> 895 no Scientific American Picks the Best Reads of the Year Scientific American debuts its first-ever best fiction and nonfiction book lists, featuring stories that explore climate change, alien encounters and even love stories in space. Associate books editor Bri Kane joins host Kendra Pierre‑Louis to share the selections that captivated the newsroom’s editors. Recommended Reading Five Essential Reads on Plastic, Power and Pollution 7 Science Book Reviews from Scientific American’s Archives with Modern Recommendations E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Scientific American unveils its first-ever best fiction and nonfiction books of the year, spotlighting stories that blend science, imagination and unforgettable voices. Scientific American debuts its first-ever best fiction and nonfiction book lists, featuring stories that explore climate change, alien encounters and even love stories in space. Associate books editor Bri Kane joins host Kendra Pierre‑Louis to share the selections that captivated the newsroom’s editors. Recommended Reading Five Essential Reads on Plastic, Power and Pollution 7 Science Book Reviews from Scientific American’s Archives with Modern Recommendations E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American debuts its first-ever best fiction and nonfiction book lists, featuring stories that explore climate change, alien encounters and even love stories in space. Associate books editor Bri Kane joins host Kendra Pierre‑Louis to share the selections that captivated the newsroom’s editors.


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Five Essential Reads on Plastic, Power and Pollution

7 Science Book Reviews from Scientific American’s Archives with Modern Recommendations


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]]> 719 Thanksgiving’s Iconic Bird Is Thriving Again in the Wild Wild turkeys were once on the brink of disappearing from the U.S.’s forests, with populations dropping to just tens of thousands by the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, their numbers have soared to more than six million today, making them one of the country’s greatest wildlife comeback stories. Recommended Reading Wild Turkey Lab E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Wild turkeys once nearly disappeared, but today they’re thriving. Wild turkeys were once on the brink of disappearing from the U.S.’s forests, with populations dropping to just tens of thousands by the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, their numbers have soared to more than six million today, making them one of the country’s greatest wildlife comeback stories. Recommended Reading Wild Turkey Lab E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wild turkeys were once on the brink of disappearing from the U.S.’s forests, with populations dropping to just tens of thousands by the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, their numbers have soared to more than six million today, making them one of the country’s greatest wildlife comeback stories.


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Wild Turkey Lab


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]]> 957 Tamer Raccoons, COP30 Recap, New Fluoride Research Zoya Teirstein, a senior staff writer at Grist, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, which wrapped up in Brazil last week. Plus, new studies debunk claims that fluoride harms children’s cognitive development and show evidence that urban raccoons may be evolving traits linked to tameness. Recommended Reading “At COP30 in Brazil, Countries Plan to Armor Themselves against a Warming World,” by Zoya Teirstein, in Grist. Published online November 19, 2025 “Here Are the 5 Issues to Watch at COP30 in Brazil,” by Zoya Teirstein, Naveena Sadasivam and Anita Hofschneider, in Grist. Published online November 6, 2025 Fluoride in Tap Water Not Linked to Lower Child IQ, Massive Study Finds Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A new study finds that fluoride is safe for kids’ brain—and linked to slightly better test scores. Zoya Teirstein, a senior staff writer at Grist, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, which wrapped up in Brazil last week. Plus, new studies debunk claims that fluoride harms children’s cognitive development and show evidence that urban raccoons may be evolving traits linked to tameness. Recommended Reading “At COP30 in Brazil, Countries Plan to Armor Themselves against a Warming World,” by Zoya Teirstein, in Grist. Published online November 19, 2025 “Here Are the 5 Issues to Watch at COP30 in Brazil,” by Zoya Teirstein, Naveena Sadasivam and Anita Hofschneider, in Grist. Published online November 6, 2025 Fluoride in Tap Water Not Linked to Lower Child IQ, Massive Study Finds Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Zoya Teirstein, a senior staff writer at Grist, joins host Kendra Pierre-Louis to talk about this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, which wrapped up in Brazil last week. Plus, new studies debunk claims that fluoride harms children’s cognitive development and show evidence that urban raccoons may be evolving traits linked to tameness.


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“At COP30 in Brazil, Countries Plan to Armor Themselves against a Warming World,” by Zoya Teirstein, in Grist. Published online November 19, 2025

“Here Are the 5 Issues to Watch at COP30 in Brazil,” by Zoya Teirstein, Naveena Sadasivam and Anita Hofschneider, in Grist. Published online November 6, 2025

Fluoride in Tap Water Not Linked to Lower Child IQ, Massive Study Finds

Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication


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]]> 569 The Hidden Worlds of ‘Nanocosmos’ In his new book, Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space, artist and writer Michael Benson transforms scientific imaging into art, capturing intricate natural designs that inspire awe and wonder. Join host Kendra Pierre-Louis as they explore how science and creativity intersect at the smallest scales of our universe. Recommended Reading Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space, by Michael Benson. Abrams Books. Published October 28, 2025.  This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:55:00 -0000 The Hidden Worlds of ‘Nanocosmos’ full Scientific American Witness the Hidden Beauty of Snowflakes, Radiolarians and Lunar Rocks In his new book, Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space, artist and writer Michael Benson transforms scientific imaging into art, capturing intricate natural designs that inspire awe and wonder. Join host Kendra Pierre-Louis as they explore how science and creativity intersect at the smallest scales of our universe. Recommended Reading Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space, by Michael Benson. Abrams Books. Published October 28, 2025.  This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In his new book, Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space, artist and writer Michael Benson transforms scientific imaging into art, capturing intricate natural designs that inspire awe and wonder. Join host Kendra Pierre-Louis as they explore how science and creativity intersect at the smallest scales of our universe.

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Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space, by Michael Benson. Abrams Books. Published October 28, 2025. 

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]]> 1460 no Gut Health Tips for the Holidays Holiday meals can delight our taste buds while the food puts real strain on our digestion. Host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Northwestern University gastroenterology expert Kathryn Tomasino about why digestion is influenced not just by diet but also by stress, sleep and mindful eating. Together they share practical tips for enjoying Thanksgiving and other holiday feasts without the stomach aches. Recommended Reading Northwestern Medicine Diaphragmatic Breathing for GI Health. Northwestern Medicine, December 5, 2022 This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American As holiday feasts and stress approach, an expert explains how to keep your gut healthy without skipping the stuffing. Holiday meals can delight our taste buds while the food puts real strain on our digestion. Host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Northwestern University gastroenterology expert Kathryn Tomasino about why digestion is influenced not just by diet but also by stress, sleep and mindful eating. Together they share practical tips for enjoying Thanksgiving and other holiday feasts without the stomach aches. Recommended Reading Northwestern Medicine Diaphragmatic Breathing for GI Health. Northwestern Medicine, December 5, 2022 This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Holiday meals can delight our taste buds while the food puts real strain on our digestion. Host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Northwestern University gastroenterology expert Kathryn Tomasino about why digestion is influenced not just by diet but also by stress, sleep and mindful eating. Together they share practical tips for enjoying Thanksgiving and other holiday feasts without the stomach aches.


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Northwestern Medicine Diaphragmatic Breathing for GI Health. Northwestern Medicine, December 5, 2022


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]]> 1017 The Digital Time Capsule That Survived Two Decades Our editor in chief David M. Ewalt revisits a remarkable 20-year experiment: an e-mail time capsule designed to deliver digital messages from the past into the future. What began as a tech project at Forbes evolved into a story of human connection—proving that sometimes it’s friendship, not servers, that keeps information alive across decades. Recommended Reading The Unlikely Story of an E-mail Time Machine E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Scientific American’s editor in chief David M. Ewalt reflects on a 20-year experiment in e-mailing the future. Our editor in chief David M. Ewalt revisits a remarkable 20-year experiment: an e-mail time capsule designed to deliver digital messages from the past into the future. What began as a tech project at Forbes evolved into a story of human connection—proving that sometimes it’s friendship, not servers, that keeps information alive across decades. Recommended Reading The Unlikely Story of an E-mail Time Machine E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Our editor in chief David M. Ewalt revisits a remarkable 20-year experiment: an e-mail time capsule designed to deliver digital messages from the past into the future. What began as a tech project at Forbes evolved into a story of human connection—proving that sometimes it’s friendship, not servers, that keeps information alive across decades.


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The Unlikely Story of an E-mail Time Machine


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]]> 845 Can Vaccines Help Defeat Cancer? Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with reporter Rowan Moore Gerety about how mRNA vaccines, first successfully developed to protect against COVID, are now being tested to treat cancers such as pancreatic cancer. Together, Pierre-Louis and Moore Gerety explore the science behind these therapeutic vaccines and share the story of a survivor whose remission underscores their potential to transform cancer care. Recommended Reading New Cancer Vaccines Could Treat Some Types of Pancreatic, Colorectal and Other Deadly Forms of the Disease Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—And What’s at Stake if We Lose Them E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American From COVID shots to cancer therapy, mRNA is changing medicine. Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with reporter Rowan Moore Gerety about how mRNA vaccines, first successfully developed to protect against COVID, are now being tested to treat cancers such as pancreatic cancer. Together, Pierre-Louis and Moore Gerety explore the science behind these therapeutic vaccines and share the story of a survivor whose remission underscores their potential to transform cancer care. Recommended Reading New Cancer Vaccines Could Treat Some Types of Pancreatic, Colorectal and Other Deadly Forms of the Disease Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—And What’s at Stake if We Lose Them E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Kendra Pierre-Louis speaks with reporter Rowan Moore Gerety about how mRNA vaccines, first successfully developed to protect against COVID, are now being tested to treat cancers such as pancreatic cancer. Together, Pierre-Louis and Moore Gerety explore the science behind these therapeutic vaccines and share the story of a survivor whose remission underscores their potential to transform cancer care.


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New Cancer Vaccines Could Treat Some Types of Pancreatic, Colorectal and Other Deadly Forms of the Disease

Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—And What’s at Stake if We Lose Them


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]]> 1324 Can AI Ease the Pain of Loss? Griefbots—artificial-intelligence-powered chat tools that simulate conversations with the deceased—are helping some people navigate loss in unexpected ways. Science writer David Berreby shares his firsthand experience with these digital companions and explores what they reveal about mourning, memory and the limits of technology.  Recommended Reading David Berreby’s substack E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Science writer David Berreby shares his personal journey with griefbots and discusses how they can offer unexpected comfort, insight and connection in the wake of loss. Griefbots—artificial-intelligence-powered chat tools that simulate conversations with the deceased—are helping some people navigate loss in unexpected ways. Science writer David Berreby shares his firsthand experience with these digital companions and explores what they reveal about mourning, memory and the limits of technology.  Recommended Reading David Berreby’s substack E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Griefbots—artificial-intelligence-powered chat tools that simulate conversations with the deceased—are helping some people navigate loss in unexpected ways. Science writer David Berreby shares his firsthand experience with these digital companions and explores what they reveal about mourning, memory and the limits of technology. 


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David Berreby’s substack


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]]> 790 Why Some Foods Gross Us Out In this episode of Science Quickly, Rachel Feltman introduces interim host Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate journalist with a strong aversion to mayonnaise—and a knack for turning that disgust into fascinating science reporting. Pierre-Louis shares insights into the psychology of taste, the cultural language of food textures and the way that categories of such textures, including creamy foods such as mayo, can trigger visceral reactions. Recommended Reading “Mayonnaise Is Disgusting, and Science Agrees,” by Kendra Pierre-Louis, in Popular Science. Published online October 31, 2017 “Texture Is the Final Frontier of Food Science,” by Kendra Pierre-Louis, in Popular Science. Published online February 13, 2021 Kendra Pierre-Louis’s website.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Kendra Pierre-Louis steps in as interim host and dives into the science behind why some foods—especially mayonnaise—can gross us out. In this episode of Science Quickly, Rachel Feltman introduces interim host Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate journalist with a strong aversion to mayonnaise—and a knack for turning that disgust into fascinating science reporting. Pierre-Louis shares insights into the psychology of taste, the cultural language of food textures and the way that categories of such textures, including creamy foods such as mayo, can trigger visceral reactions. Recommended Reading “Mayonnaise Is Disgusting, and Science Agrees,” by Kendra Pierre-Louis, in Popular Science. Published online October 31, 2017 “Texture Is the Final Frontier of Food Science,” by Kendra Pierre-Louis, in Popular Science. Published online February 13, 2021 Kendra Pierre-Louis’s website.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, Rachel Feltman introduces interim host Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate journalist with a strong aversion to mayonnaise—and a knack for turning that disgust into fascinating science reporting. Pierre-Louis shares insights into the psychology of taste, the cultural language of food textures and the way that categories of such textures, including creamy foods such as mayo, can trigger visceral reactions.


Recommended Reading

“Mayonnaise Is Disgusting, and Science Agrees,” by Kendra Pierre-Louis, in Popular Science. Published online October 31, 2017

“Texture Is the Final Frontier of Food Science,” by Kendra Pierre-Louis, in Popular Science. Published online February 13, 2021

Kendra Pierre-Louis’s website. 


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]]> 763 The Science of Headaches Headaches are among the most common human experiences—yet science still struggles to explain them. Journalist Tom Zeller, Jr., joins host Rachel Feltman to explore the cultural, gender-related and scientific blind spots that have stalled research into migraine, cluster and tension-type headaches. Recommended Reading Tom Zeller, Jr’s website The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction––And a Search for Relief, by Tom Zeller, Jr. Mariner Books, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Migraine and cluster headaches affect millions—yet research remains surprisingly thin. Headaches are among the most common human experiences—yet science still struggles to explain them. Journalist Tom Zeller, Jr., joins host Rachel Feltman to explore the cultural, gender-related and scientific blind spots that have stalled research into migraine, cluster and tension-type headaches. Recommended Reading Tom Zeller, Jr’s website The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction––And a Search for Relief, by Tom Zeller, Jr. Mariner Books, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Headaches are among the most common human experiences—yet science still struggles to explain them. Journalist Tom Zeller, Jr., joins host Rachel Feltman to explore the cultural, gender-related and scientific blind spots that have stalled research into migraine, cluster and tension-type headaches.


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Tom Zeller, Jr’s website

The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction––And a Search for Relief, by Tom Zeller, Jr. Mariner Books, 2025


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]]> 906 Why Defiance Can Be a Virtue Many of us are taught from a young age that being “good” means being obedient—but that conditioning can make it hard to speak up when it counts. In this episode, Cornell University professor Sunita Sah explains how defiance can be a powerful tool for challenging injustice, asserting boundaries and reclaiming our voice. Recommended Reading Sunita Sah’s website Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes, by Sunita Sah. One World, 2025  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Why saying no is harder than it should be. Many of us are taught from a young age that being “good” means being obedient—but that conditioning can make it hard to speak up when it counts. In this episode, Cornell University professor Sunita Sah explains how defiance can be a powerful tool for challenging injustice, asserting boundaries and reclaiming our voice. Recommended Reading Sunita Sah’s website Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes, by Sunita Sah. One World, 2025  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many of us are taught from a young age that being “good” means being obedient—but that conditioning can make it hard to speak up when it counts. In this episode, Cornell University professor Sunita Sah explains how defiance can be a powerful tool for challenging injustice, asserting boundaries and reclaiming our voice.


Recommended Reading

Sunita Sah’s website

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes, by Sunita Sah. One World, 2025 


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]]> 1001 How Hurricane Melissa Became a Meteorologic Outlier Hurricane Melissa stunned meteorologists with its rare intensity, reaching wind speeds that are more typical of Pacific supertyphoons and maintaining Category 5 strength for more than 24 hours. Scientific American senior editor Andrea Thompson breaks down what made the storm so unusual, how it impacted Jamaica and Haiti and what it might signal about the future of hurricanes. Plus, we discuss quick updates on viral infections and heart health, black hole collisions and chimpanzee rationality. Recommended Reading Hurricane Melissa Images Reveal a Monster Storm for the Record Books How Hurricane Melissa Became One of the Most Intense Atlantic Storms on Record With Melissa, 2025 Becomes Only the Second Season with More Than Two Category 5 Hurricanes Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica Chimps Can Weigh Evidence and Update Their Beliefs Like Humans Do E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Hurricane Melissa’s rare intensity and lasting impact reveal how storms are evolving in a warming world. Hurricane Melissa stunned meteorologists with its rare intensity, reaching wind speeds that are more typical of Pacific supertyphoons and maintaining Category 5 strength for more than 24 hours. Scientific American senior editor Andrea Thompson breaks down what made the storm so unusual, how it impacted Jamaica and Haiti and what it might signal about the future of hurricanes. Plus, we discuss quick updates on viral infections and heart health, black hole collisions and chimpanzee rationality. Recommended Reading Hurricane Melissa Images Reveal a Monster Storm for the Record Books How Hurricane Melissa Became One of the Most Intense Atlantic Storms on Record With Melissa, 2025 Becomes Only the Second Season with More Than Two Category 5 Hurricanes Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica Chimps Can Weigh Evidence and Update Their Beliefs Like Humans Do E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hurricane Melissa stunned meteorologists with its rare intensity, reaching wind speeds that are more typical of Pacific supertyphoons and maintaining Category 5 strength for more than 24 hours. Scientific American senior editor Andrea Thompson breaks down what made the storm so unusual, how it impacted Jamaica and Haiti and what it might signal about the future of hurricanes. Plus, we discuss quick updates on viral infections and heart health, black hole collisions and chimpanzee rationality.


Recommended Reading

Hurricane Melissa Images Reveal a Monster Storm for the Record Books

How Hurricane Melissa Became One of the Most Intense Atlantic Storms on Record

With Melissa, 2025 Becomes Only the Second Season with More Than Two Category 5 Hurricanes

Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica

Chimps Can Weigh Evidence and Update Their Beliefs Like Humans Do


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]]> 735 How to Trick-or-Treat Your Gut Halloween might be a treat for your taste buds, but what about the trillions of microbes in your gut? Gastroenterologist Chris Damman joins host Rachel Feltman to explore how different candies affect your gut microbiome—and why moderation and whole foods matter even after a sugar binge. Recommended Reading “Halloween Candy Binges Can Overload Your Gut Microbiome—A Gut Doctor Explains How to Minimize Spooking Your Helpful Bacteria,” by Christopher Damman, in the Conversation. Published online October 23, 2024 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American This Halloween discover how your candy choices can trick—or treat—the microbes in your gut. Halloween might be a treat for your taste buds, but what about the trillions of microbes in your gut? Gastroenterologist Chris Damman joins host Rachel Feltman to explore how different candies affect your gut microbiome—and why moderation and whole foods matter even after a sugar binge. Recommended Reading “Halloween Candy Binges Can Overload Your Gut Microbiome—A Gut Doctor Explains How to Minimize Spooking Your Helpful Bacteria,” by Christopher Damman, in the Conversation. Published online October 23, 2024 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Halloween might be a treat for your taste buds, but what about the trillions of microbes in your gut? Gastroenterologist Chris Damman joins host Rachel Feltman to explore how different candies affect your gut microbiome—and why moderation and whole foods matter even after a sugar binge.


Recommended Reading

“Halloween Candy Binges Can Overload Your Gut Microbiome—A Gut Doctor Explains How to Minimize Spooking Your Helpful Bacteria,” by Christopher Damman, in the Conversation. Published online October 23, 2024


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]]> 536 How TikTok’s Algorithm Could Shift with a U.S. Spin-off  TikTok’s algorithm has become a cultural force, shaping what more than a billion users see and share, but its future may be shifting. As the platform prepares for a U.S.-only spin-off, Kelley Cotter, an assistant professor in the department of human-centered computing and social informatics at Pennsylvania State University, joins Science Quickly to explore how changes in ownership could affect the algorithm’s influence and transparency and the kinds of content we consume. Recommended Reading “TikTok Sale Puts App’s Algorithm in the Spotlight—A Social Media Expert Explains How the For You Page Works and What Changes Are in Store,” by Kelley Cotter, in the Conversation. Published online September 22, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American TikTok’s U.S. spin-off could reshape its algorithm and the way culture is curated online.  TikTok’s algorithm has become a cultural force, shaping what more than a billion users see and share, but its future may be shifting. As the platform prepares for a U.S.-only spin-off, Kelley Cotter, an assistant professor in the department of human-centered computing and social informatics at Pennsylvania State University, joins Science Quickly to explore how changes in ownership could affect the algorithm’s influence and transparency and the kinds of content we consume. Recommended Reading “TikTok Sale Puts App’s Algorithm in the Spotlight—A Social Media Expert Explains How the For You Page Works and What Changes Are in Store,” by Kelley Cotter, in the Conversation. Published online September 22, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  TikTok’s algorithm has become a cultural force, shaping what more than a billion users see and share, but its future may be shifting. As the platform prepares for a U.S.-only spin-off, Kelley Cotter, an assistant professor in the department of human-centered computing and social informatics at Pennsylvania State University, joins Science Quickly to explore how changes in ownership could affect the algorithm’s influence and transparency and the kinds of content we consume.


Recommended Reading

“TikTok Sale Puts App’s Algorithm in the Spotlight—A Social Media Expert Explains How the For You Page Works and What Changes Are in Store,” by Kelley Cotter, in the Conversation. Published online September 22, 2025


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]]> 875 Mosquitoes Invade Iceland, Earth Darkens, and Bird Flu Returns Mosquitoes settle in Iceland for the first time as climate change reshapes the Arctic, and Earth’s darkening albedo may be accelerating global warming. Host Rachel Feltman also dives into rising bird flu cases, foodborne urinary tract infections linked to contaminated meat and a potential shift in mpox transmission. Plus, we discuss some hopeful news: peanut allergies are declining in toddlers, and North Atlantic right whales show signs of recovery. Recommended Reading Bird Flu Is Back. Here’s What to Know How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming The Mystery of America’s Peanut Allergy Surge—And the Promising Science behind New Treatments Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Bird flu surges and a government shutdown collide, complicating efforts to track cases and protect flocks. Mosquitoes settle in Iceland for the first time as climate change reshapes the Arctic, and Earth’s darkening albedo may be accelerating global warming. Host Rachel Feltman also dives into rising bird flu cases, foodborne urinary tract infections linked to contaminated meat and a potential shift in mpox transmission. Plus, we discuss some hopeful news: peanut allergies are declining in toddlers, and North Atlantic right whales show signs of recovery. Recommended Reading Bird Flu Is Back. Here’s What to Know How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming The Mystery of America’s Peanut Allergy Surge—And the Promising Science behind New Treatments Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mosquitoes settle in Iceland for the first time as climate change reshapes the Arctic, and Earth’s darkening albedo may be accelerating global warming. Host Rachel Feltman also dives into rising bird flu cases, foodborne urinary tract infections linked to contaminated meat and a potential shift in mpox transmission. Plus, we discuss some hopeful news: peanut allergies are declining in toddlers, and North Atlantic right whales show signs of recovery.


Recommended Reading

Bird Flu Is Back. Here’s What to Know

How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat

Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming

The Mystery of America’s Peanut Allergy Surge—And the Promising Science behind New Treatments

Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured?


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]]> 604 Why Medication Safety in Pregnancy Is Still a Mystery When the U.S. president claimed that acetaminophen use during pregnancy could cause autism in a person’s offspring, it reignited a deeper conversation about how little we know about medication safety for pregnant people. In this episode, Scientific American senior health editor Tanya Lewis explains why pregnant individuals are routinely excluded from clinical trials—and how that gap in research puts millions at risk.  Recommended Reading Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works Is Tylenol Safe for Children? Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Despite the widespread use of medication during pregnancy, a lack of clinical research leaves patients and doctors navigating treatment with dangerously few data. When the U.S. president claimed that acetaminophen use during pregnancy could cause autism in a person’s offspring, it reignited a deeper conversation about how little we know about medication safety for pregnant people. In this episode, Scientific American senior health editor Tanya Lewis explains why pregnant individuals are routinely excluded from clinical trials—and how that gap in research puts millions at risk.  Recommended Reading Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works Is Tylenol Safe for Children? Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When the U.S. president claimed that acetaminophen use during pregnancy could cause autism in a person’s offspring, it reignited a deeper conversation about how little we know about medication safety for pregnant people. In this episode, Scientific American senior health editor Tanya Lewis explains why pregnant individuals are routinely excluded from clinical trials—and how that gap in research puts millions at risk. 


Recommended Reading

Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works

Is Tylenol Safe for Children?

Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows


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]]> 749 The Science of a Convincing Sorry What makes an apology sound sincere? Psychologist Shiri Lev-Ari joins host Rachel Feltman to explore how the effort we put into our words—especially through longer, easier-to-understand language—can signal genuine remorse. New research reveals that even subtle linguistic choices shape how apologies are received and judged. Recommended Reading “Sorries Seem to Have the Harder Words,” by Shiri Lev-Ari, in British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 116; published online May 7, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The words we choose when apologizing—especially longer, effortful ones—can signal sincerity and make our apologies feel more authentic. What makes an apology sound sincere? Psychologist Shiri Lev-Ari joins host Rachel Feltman to explore how the effort we put into our words—especially through longer, easier-to-understand language—can signal genuine remorse. New research reveals that even subtle linguistic choices shape how apologies are received and judged. Recommended Reading “Sorries Seem to Have the Harder Words,” by Shiri Lev-Ari, in British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 116; published online May 7, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What makes an apology sound sincere? Psychologist Shiri Lev-Ari joins host Rachel Feltman to explore how the effort we put into our words—especially through longer, easier-to-understand language—can signal genuine remorse. New research reveals that even subtle linguistic choices shape how apologies are received and judged.


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“Sorries Seem to Have the Harder Words,” by Shiri Lev-Ari, in British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 116; published online May 7, 2025


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]]> 676 Global Superbugs Surge, Chikungunya Hits Long Island, and Satellites Leak Data This week on Science Quickly, we cover the global rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a rare U.S. case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus and new research on anti-inflammatory supplements. Plus, scientists warn of satellite vulnerabilities—from Earth’s weakening magnetic shield to unencrypted data leaks—and uncover a surprising fungal nursery hidden in stink bug legs. Recommended Reading Which Anti-Inflammatory Supplements Actually Work? How the New Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in China Could Reach the U.S. Dangerous ‘Superbugs’ Are on the Rise. What Can Stop Them? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A new WHO report warns of rising antimicrobial resistance, and researchers uncover satellite data leaks and insect surprises. This week on Science Quickly, we cover the global rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a rare U.S. case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus and new research on anti-inflammatory supplements. Plus, scientists warn of satellite vulnerabilities—from Earth’s weakening magnetic shield to unencrypted data leaks—and uncover a surprising fungal nursery hidden in stink bug legs. Recommended Reading Which Anti-Inflammatory Supplements Actually Work? How the New Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in China Could Reach the U.S. Dangerous ‘Superbugs’ Are on the Rise. What Can Stop Them? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week on Science Quickly, we cover the global rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a rare U.S. case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus and new research on anti-inflammatory supplements. Plus, scientists warn of satellite vulnerabilities—from Earth’s weakening magnetic shield to unencrypted data leaks—and uncover a surprising fungal nursery hidden in stink bug legs.


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]]> 532 The Meteorite That Vanished: El Ali’s Strange Journey A massive iron meteorite sat undisturbed in the Somali desert for generations—until armed men stole it in 2020. The El Ali meteorite contains at least three minerals never before seen on Earth, making it scientifically priceless. But its journey from landmark to black market raises thorny questions about the role of researchers in legitimizing stolen artifacts. Recommended Reading The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:55:00 -0000 The Meteorite That Vanished: El Ali’s Strange Journey full Scientific American How a Cosmic Treasure in the Somali Desert Became a Global Controversy A massive iron meteorite sat undisturbed in the Somali desert for generations—until armed men stole it in 2020. The El Ali meteorite contains at least three minerals never before seen on Earth, making it scientifically priceless. But its journey from landmark to black market raises thorny questions about the role of researchers in legitimizing stolen artifacts. Recommended Reading The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A massive iron meteorite sat undisturbed in the Somali desert for generations—until armed men stole it in 2020. The El Ali meteorite contains at least three minerals never before seen on Earth, making it scientifically priceless. But its journey from landmark to black market raises thorny questions about the role of researchers in legitimizing stolen artifacts.

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]]> 1073 Why Is Lung Cancer Surging among Young Women? Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women, surpassing breast and ovarian cancer combined. Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why younger nonsmoking women are increasingly affected—and how early screening could save lives. Recommended Reading Most People at Risk for Lung Cancer Never Get Screened: Here’s How to Fix That Jonathan Villena’s profile at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura and Kylie Murphy. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why early screening for lung cancer is critical—even for those without symptoms. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women, surpassing breast and ovarian cancer combined. Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why younger nonsmoking women are increasingly affected—and how early screening could save lives. Recommended Reading Most People at Risk for Lung Cancer Never Get Screened: Here’s How to Fix That Jonathan Villena’s profile at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura and Kylie Murphy. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women, surpassing breast and ovarian cancer combined. Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why younger nonsmoking women are increasingly affected—and how early screening could save lives.


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]]> 977 Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in Gaza This week on Science Quickly, we break down the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. We also unpack the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s shifting COVID vaccine guidance, a controversial call to split the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot and a new study on child malnutrition in Gaza. Recommended Reading 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discoveries of How the Body Puts the Brakes on the Immune System 2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the Environment How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of rising child malnutrition in Gaza. This week on Science Quickly, we break down the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. We also unpack the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s shifting COVID vaccine guidance, a controversial call to split the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot and a new study on child malnutrition in Gaza. Recommended Reading 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discoveries of How the Body Puts the Brakes on the Immune System 2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the Environment How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week on Science Quickly, we break down the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. We also unpack the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s shifting COVID vaccine guidance, a controversial call to split the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot and a new study on child malnutrition in Gaza.


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2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discoveries of How the Body Puts the Brakes on the Immune System

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the Environment

How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity


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]]> 520 The Doctor behind the Commander in Chief Presidential physicians operate at the intersection of medicine, politics and national security. Former White House physician Jeffrey Kuhlman joins Scientific American associate editor Lauren Young to discuss the unique medical demands of presidential care—from preparing for emergencies such as gunshot wounds to navigating the delicate balance between transparency and privacy. His insights offer a rare glimpse into the high-stakes world of White House health care. Recommended Reading Transforming Presidential Healthcare. Jeffrey Kuhlman. Ballast Books, 2024 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Lauren Young and edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S. Presidential physicians operate at the intersection of medicine, politics and national security. Former White House physician Jeffrey Kuhlman joins Scientific American associate editor Lauren Young to discuss the unique medical demands of presidential care—from preparing for emergencies such as gunshot wounds to navigating the delicate balance between transparency and privacy. His insights offer a rare glimpse into the high-stakes world of White House health care. Recommended Reading Transforming Presidential Healthcare. Jeffrey Kuhlman. Ballast Books, 2024 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Lauren Young and edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Presidential physicians operate at the intersection of medicine, politics and national security. Former White House physician Jeffrey Kuhlman joins Scientific American associate editor Lauren Young to discuss the unique medical demands of presidential care—from preparing for emergencies such as gunshot wounds to navigating the delicate balance between transparency and privacy. His insights offer a rare glimpse into the high-stakes world of White House health care.


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Transforming Presidential Healthcare. Jeffrey Kuhlman. Ballast Books, 2024


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]]> 1201 Chris Hadfield’s Fictional Universe Is Rooted in Real Space History  What happens when a real-life astronaut turns to fiction? In this episode, Chris Hadfield shares how decades of spaceflight and global diplomacy inspired his latest novel, Final Orbit, a cold war thriller packed with historical intrigue and technical precision. Host Rachel Feltman dives into Hadfield’s creative process and the eerie parallels between past and present geopolitics. Recommended Reading Final Orbit, by Chris Hadfield. Mulholland Books, 2025 Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura and Kylie Murphy. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Astronaut-turned-author Chris Hadfield discusses his new thriller Final Orbit, which weaves real cold war history, space race geopolitics and firsthand experience into a gripping work of fiction.  What happens when a real-life astronaut turns to fiction? In this episode, Chris Hadfield shares how decades of spaceflight and global diplomacy inspired his latest novel, Final Orbit, a cold war thriller packed with historical intrigue and technical precision. Host Rachel Feltman dives into Hadfield’s creative process and the eerie parallels between past and present geopolitics. Recommended Reading Final Orbit, by Chris Hadfield. Mulholland Books, 2025 Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura and Kylie Murphy. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  What happens when a real-life astronaut turns to fiction? In this episode, Chris Hadfield shares how decades of spaceflight and global diplomacy inspired his latest novel, Final Orbit, a cold war thriller packed with historical intrigue and technical precision. Host Rachel Feltman dives into Hadfield’s creative process and the eerie parallels between past and present geopolitics.


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Final Orbit, by Chris Hadfield. Mulholland Books, 2025


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]]> 652 Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of Influenza Saturn’s moon Enceladus reveals complex organic molecules that could hint at extraterrestrial life. Researchers also uncover fungi’s ancient reign over Earth and warn that second COVID infections may pose greater risks to young people. Plus, ants ferment yogurt, and flu detection might soon come with a burst of herbal flavor. Recommended Reading Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Has Complex, Life-Friendly Chemistry Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of Influenza full Scientific American Your Monday News Roundup Saturn’s moon Enceladus reveals complex organic molecules that could hint at extraterrestrial life. Researchers also uncover fungi’s ancient reign over Earth and warn that second COVID infections may pose greater risks to young people. Plus, ants ferment yogurt, and flu detection might soon come with a burst of herbal flavor. Recommended Reading Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Has Complex, Life-Friendly Chemistry Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Saturn’s moon Enceladus reveals complex organic molecules that could hint at extraterrestrial life. Researchers also uncover fungi’s ancient reign over Earth and warn that second COVID infections may pose greater risks to young people. Plus, ants ferment yogurt, and flu detection might soon come with a burst of herbal flavor.

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]]> 587 no Enter One of the World’s Quietest Rooms Inside one of the quietest rooms in the world, host Rachel Feltman meets artist-in-residence Seth Cluett at the historic anechoic chamber at Bell Labs to explore the science of silence and sound perception. From popping balloons in total silence to hearing your own nervous system, we dive into psychoacoustics, audio innovation and the emotional impact of sound design. Along the way, we uncover how Bell Labs shaped everything from stereo audio to the voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeffery DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American Anechoic Chamber at Nokia Bell Labs Reveals the Hidden Sounds of Your Body Inside one of the quietest rooms in the world, host Rachel Feltman meets artist-in-residence Seth Cluett at the historic anechoic chamber at Bell Labs to explore the science of silence and sound perception. From popping balloons in total silence to hearing your own nervous system, we dive into psychoacoustics, audio innovation and the emotional impact of sound design. Along the way, we uncover how Bell Labs shaped everything from stereo audio to the voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeffery DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Inside one of the quietest rooms in the world, host Rachel Feltman meets artist-in-residence Seth Cluett at the historic anechoic chamber at Bell Labs to explore the science of silence and sound perception. From popping balloons in total silence to hearing your own nervous system, we dive into psychoacoustics, audio innovation and the emotional impact of sound design. Along the way, we uncover how Bell Labs shaped everything from stereo audio to the voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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]]> 1205 no What’s Driving Experts Away from the CDC?  Several top public health experts have resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing a troubling shift away from science-based decision-making. Former director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Demetre Daskalakis joins host Rachel Feltman to explain how political ideology is reshaping vaccine policy, threatening essential health programs and endangering trust in the nation’s leading health agency. He also shares what outside organizations must do to protect public health in the face of growing uncertainty. Recommended Reading Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.  Several top public health experts have resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing a troubling shift away from science-based decision-making. Former director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Demetre Daskalakis joins host Rachel Feltman to explain how political ideology is reshaping vaccine policy, threatening essential health programs and endangering trust in the nation’s leading health agency. He also shares what outside organizations must do to protect public health in the face of growing uncertainty. Recommended Reading Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  Several top public health experts have resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing a troubling shift away from science-based decision-making. Former director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Demetre Daskalakis joins host Rachel Feltman to explain how political ideology is reshaping vaccine policy, threatening essential health programs and endangering trust in the nation’s leading health agency. He also shares what outside organizations must do to protect public health in the face of growing uncertainty.


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]]> 988 Tylenol and Autism, a Shark Threesome and a Typhoon This week’s roundup breaks down the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revise the safety label for acetaminophen (Tylenol) following the Trump administration’s misleading claims about a link between use of the drug during pregnancy and autism—which were made despite inconsistent data and no proven causation. It also highlights new findings on the safety of COVID vaccination during pregnancy, promising results from a trial of gene therapy for Huntington’s disease and rare animal behaviors, including a notable instance of shark mating and a climate-driven coupling that resulted in a jay hybrid. Plus, the world’s strongest storm of the year reshapes the Pacific typhoon season. Recommended Reading Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works Fat Bear Week 2025 Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The Food and Drug Administration plans to update the safety label for acetaminophen products, and the strongest storm on Earth this year struck several countries in East and Southeast Asia. This week’s roundup breaks down the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revise the safety label for acetaminophen (Tylenol) following the Trump administration’s misleading claims about a link between use of the drug during pregnancy and autism—which were made despite inconsistent data and no proven causation. It also highlights new findings on the safety of COVID vaccination during pregnancy, promising results from a trial of gene therapy for Huntington’s disease and rare animal behaviors, including a notable instance of shark mating and a climate-driven coupling that resulted in a jay hybrid. Plus, the world’s strongest storm of the year reshapes the Pacific typhoon season. Recommended Reading Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works Fat Bear Week 2025 Science Quickly is a Signal Awards finalist! Support us by casting your vote before October 9 at the following link: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/science  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week’s roundup breaks down the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revise the safety label for acetaminophen (Tylenol) following the Trump administration’s misleading claims about a link between use of the drug during pregnancy and autism—which were made despite inconsistent data and no proven causation. It also highlights new findings on the safety of COVID vaccination during pregnancy, promising results from a trial of gene therapy for Huntington’s disease and rare animal behaviors, including a notable instance of shark mating and a climate-driven coupling that resulted in a jay hybrid. Plus, the world’s strongest storm of the year reshapes the Pacific typhoon season.


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Nobody Knows How Tylenol Really Works

Fat Bear Week 2025


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]]> 735 The Dead Composer Whose ‘Brain’ Still Makes Music In a hauntingly innovative exhibit, brain cells grown from the late composer Alvin Lucier’s blood generate sound. Set in a museum in Perth, Australia, the installation blurs the line between art and neuroscience. Host Rachel Feltman and associate editor Allison Parshall explore the profound questions the exhibit raises about creativity, consciousness and the meaning of making music.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer. In a hauntingly innovative exhibit, brain cells grown from the late composer Alvin Lucier’s blood generate sound. Set in a museum in Perth, Australia, the installation blurs the line between art and neuroscience. Host Rachel Feltman and associate editor Allison Parshall explore the profound questions the exhibit raises about creativity, consciousness and the meaning of making music.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a hauntingly innovative exhibit, brain cells grown from the late composer Alvin Lucier’s blood generate sound. Set in a museum in Perth, Australia, the installation blurs the line between art and neuroscience. Host Rachel Feltman and associate editor Allison Parshall explore the profound questions the exhibit raises about creativity, consciousness and the meaning of making music. 


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]]> 1525 Mary Roach on the Science of Swapping Human Parts In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman explores the age-old quest to replace failing human body parts with science writer Mary Roach. From ancient surgery to modern medical marvels, Roach shares insights from her new book Replaceable You, revealing why replicating our original anatomy is still one of medicine’s greatest challenges. Recommended Reading Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, by Mary Roach. W. W. Norton, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Mary Roach on the Science of Swapping Human Parts full Scientific American How Hard is it to Replace a Body Part, Anyway? In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman explores the age-old quest to replace failing human body parts with science writer Mary Roach. From ancient surgery to modern medical marvels, Roach shares insights from her new book Replaceable You, revealing why replicating our original anatomy is still one of medicine’s greatest challenges. Recommended Reading Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, by Mary Roach. W. W. Norton, 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman explores the age-old quest to replace failing human body parts with science writer Mary Roach. From ancient surgery to modern medical marvels, Roach shares insights from her new book Replaceable You, revealing why replicating our original anatomy is still one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, by Mary Roach. W. W. Norton, 2025

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]]> 665 Vaccine Shakeups, Brain Injury Warnings and Boozy Chimps The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee has been reshaped, with new recommendations on the horizon. Meanwhile studies reveal subtle brain changes in contact sports players and highlight ongoing risks of repetitive head injuries. Climate change is linked to a surge in heat-related deaths across Europe, while surprising research uncovers chimpanzees’ daily ethanol consumption and ants that produce hybrid offspring. Recommended Reading Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC Immunization Committee Panelists Will Affect America’s Vaccine Access Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Player's Perspective Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A revamped CDC advisory committee faces vaccine debates, studies reveal brain changes in athletes, and climate change drives deadly heat waves across Europe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee has been reshaped, with new recommendations on the horizon. Meanwhile studies reveal subtle brain changes in contact sports players and highlight ongoing risks of repetitive head injuries. Climate change is linked to a surge in heat-related deaths across Europe, while surprising research uncovers chimpanzees’ daily ethanol consumption and ants that produce hybrid offspring. Recommended Reading Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC Immunization Committee Panelists Will Affect America’s Vaccine Access Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Player's Perspective Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee has been reshaped, with new recommendations on the horizon. Meanwhile studies reveal subtle brain changes in contact sports players and highlight ongoing risks of repetitive head injuries. Climate change is linked to a surge in heat-related deaths across Europe, while surprising research uncovers chimpanzees’ daily ethanol consumption and ants that produce hybrid offspring.


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How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC Immunization Committee Panelists Will Affect America’s Vaccine Access

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Player's Perspective


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]]> 649 Algorithmic Social Media Is Driving New Slang From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. Recommended Reading The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Algorithmic Social Media Is Driving New Slang full Scientific American “Etymology Nerd” Adam Aleksic Goes Deep on Internet Slang From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate. Recommended Reading The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From viral slang such as “skibidi” to the rise of so-called brain rot, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the “Etymology Nerd,” and associate editor Allison Parshall, who covers the mind and brain, unpack how social media and algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate.

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The Internet Is Making Us Fluent in Algospeak

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]]> 1615 The Role Our Microbiome Plays In Our ‘Gut Feelings’ Scientists are tuning in to a surprising conversation happening inside us—between our gut and our brain. Host Rachel Feltman chats with Maya Kaelberer, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s department of physiology, to explore how intestinal cells and microbiomes might be shaping our moods, cravings and mental health in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Recommended Reading “A Gut Sense for a Microbial Pattern Regulates Feeding,” by Winston W. Liu et al., in Nature. Published online July 23, 2025 Website for the Gut Brain Laboratory at the University of Arizona The gut-brain community website Gastronauts E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Scientists are uncovering how your gut might be shaping your thoughts, feelings and cravings. Scientists are tuning in to a surprising conversation happening inside us—between our gut and our brain. Host Rachel Feltman chats with Maya Kaelberer, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s department of physiology, to explore how intestinal cells and microbiomes might be shaping our moods, cravings and mental health in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Recommended Reading “A Gut Sense for a Microbial Pattern Regulates Feeding,” by Winston W. Liu et al., in Nature. Published online July 23, 2025 Website for the Gut Brain Laboratory at the University of Arizona The gut-brain community website Gastronauts E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists are tuning in to a surprising conversation happening inside us—between our gut and our brain. Host Rachel Feltman chats with Maya Kaelberer, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s department of physiology, to explore how intestinal cells and microbiomes might be shaping our moods, cravings and mental health in ways we’re only beginning to understand.


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“A Gut Sense for a Microbial Pattern Regulates Feeding,” by Winston W. Liu et al., in Nature. Published online July 23, 2025

Website for the Gut Brain Laboratory at the University of Arizona

The gut-brain community website Gastronauts


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]]> 806 Kissing Bugs, Koalas and Clues to Life on Mars A paper published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argues that Chagas disease is now endemic in the U.S. Koalas may finally be spared from a deadly epidemic. Meanwhile NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered tantalizing clues about potential ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Hear about all that and more in this week’s news roundup. Recommended Reading Treating Koala STDs May also Quash Their Essential Gut Microbes New Black Hole Measurements Show More Ways Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein Were Right This Rock May Hold Proof of Life on Mars E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Kissing bugs are creeping across the U.S.—and they’re bringing Chagas disease with them. A paper published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argues that Chagas disease is now endemic in the U.S. Koalas may finally be spared from a deadly epidemic. Meanwhile NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered tantalizing clues about potential ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Hear about all that and more in this week’s news roundup. Recommended Reading Treating Koala STDs May also Quash Their Essential Gut Microbes New Black Hole Measurements Show More Ways Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein Were Right This Rock May Hold Proof of Life on Mars E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A paper published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argues that Chagas disease is now endemic in the U.S. Koalas may finally be spared from a deadly epidemic. Meanwhile NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered tantalizing clues about potential ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Hear about all that and more in this week’s news roundup.


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Treating Koala STDs May also Quash Their Essential Gut Microbes

New Black Hole Measurements Show More Ways Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein Were Right

This Rock May Hold Proof of Life on Mars


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]]> 577 Unpacking the Brain’s Role in Inventing Your Perception Human brains don’t just perceive reality—they invent it. In this episode of Science Quickly, cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Yon speaks with host Rachel Feltman about how perception is an active process of prediction in which the brain constructs theories about the world that can sometimes lead us astray. Drawing from his book A Trick of the Mind, he reveals why this “hallucination” of reality is not a flaw but a fundamental feature of how we navigate the world. Recommended Reading A Trick of the Mind. Daniel Yon. Grand Central Publishing, 2025  The Neuroscience of Reality E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality. Human brains don’t just perceive reality—they invent it. In this episode of Science Quickly, cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Yon speaks with host Rachel Feltman about how perception is an active process of prediction in which the brain constructs theories about the world that can sometimes lead us astray. Drawing from his book A Trick of the Mind, he reveals why this “hallucination” of reality is not a flaw but a fundamental feature of how we navigate the world. Recommended Reading A Trick of the Mind. Daniel Yon. Grand Central Publishing, 2025  The Neuroscience of Reality E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Human brains don’t just perceive reality—they invent it. In this episode of Science Quickly, cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Yon speaks with host Rachel Feltman about how perception is an active process of prediction in which the brain constructs theories about the world that can sometimes lead us astray. Drawing from his book A Trick of the Mind, he reveals why this “hallucination” of reality is not a flaw but a fundamental feature of how we navigate the world.


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A Trick of the Mind. Daniel Yon. Grand Central Publishing, 2025 

The Neuroscience of Reality


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]]> 937 How a Tick Bite Can Make You Allergic to Meat A tick bite can trigger a rare allergy to red meat and animal products, forcing major lifestyle changes. Scientist Lee Haines joins host Rachel Feltman to break down what causes alpha-gal syndrome, why it’s spreading and how to spot the signs. Recommended Reading Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bite Is Spreading—And Nearly Half of Doctors Don’t Know about It This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat, and It’s Spreading “A Red Meat Allergy from Tick Bites Is Spreading—And the Lone Star Tick Isn’t the Only Alpha-Gal Carrier to Worry About,” by Lee Rafuse Haines, in the Conversation. Published online August 5, 2025 Haines’s profile at the Conversation Haines’s profile at the University of Notre Dame’s Office of Media Relations E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A single tick bite can trigger a bizarre meat allergy—here’s how alpha-gal syndrome is reshaping people’s diets. A tick bite can trigger a rare allergy to red meat and animal products, forcing major lifestyle changes. Scientist Lee Haines joins host Rachel Feltman to break down what causes alpha-gal syndrome, why it’s spreading and how to spot the signs. Recommended Reading Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bite Is Spreading—And Nearly Half of Doctors Don’t Know about It This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat, and It’s Spreading “A Red Meat Allergy from Tick Bites Is Spreading—And the Lone Star Tick Isn’t the Only Alpha-Gal Carrier to Worry About,” by Lee Rafuse Haines, in the Conversation. Published online August 5, 2025 Haines’s profile at the Conversation Haines’s profile at the University of Notre Dame’s Office of Media Relations E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A tick bite can trigger a rare allergy to red meat and animal products, forcing major lifestyle changes. Scientist Lee Haines joins host Rachel Feltman to break down what causes alpha-gal syndrome, why it’s spreading and how to spot the signs.


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Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bite Is Spreading—And Nearly Half of Doctors Don’t Know about It

This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat, and It’s Spreading

“A Red Meat Allergy from Tick Bites Is Spreading—And the Lone Star Tick Isn’t the Only Alpha-Gal Carrier to Worry About,” by Lee Rafuse Haines, in the Conversation. Published online August 5, 2025

Haines’s profile at the Conversation

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]]> 849 Marsquakes, Vaccine Politics and Mammoth Microbiomes This week’s roundup dives into Mars’s lumpy mantle, a nasal spray that may help prevent COVID and the growing confusion around vaccine access in the U.S. Plus, researchers link phone use while on the toilet to hemorrhoid risk, uncover ancient mammoth microbiomes and explain why squirrels’ thumbnails matter more than you think. Recommended Reading Can You Get a COVID Vaccine This Year? Here’s What We Know Experts Warn of Growing Threats amid CDC Resignations New Nasal Vaccines Offer Better Protection from COVID and Flu—No Needle Needed E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A common nasal spray shows promise in reducing COVID risk, but vaccine access remains tangled in policy in the U.S. This week’s roundup dives into Mars’s lumpy mantle, a nasal spray that may help prevent COVID and the growing confusion around vaccine access in the U.S. Plus, researchers link phone use while on the toilet to hemorrhoid risk, uncover ancient mammoth microbiomes and explain why squirrels’ thumbnails matter more than you think. Recommended Reading Can You Get a COVID Vaccine This Year? Here’s What We Know Experts Warn of Growing Threats amid CDC Resignations New Nasal Vaccines Offer Better Protection from COVID and Flu—No Needle Needed E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week’s roundup dives into Mars’s lumpy mantle, a nasal spray that may help prevent COVID and the growing confusion around vaccine access in the U.S. Plus, researchers link phone use while on the toilet to hemorrhoid risk, uncover ancient mammoth microbiomes and explain why squirrels’ thumbnails matter more than you think.


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]]> 585 Inside the Turmoil at the CDC In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate editor for health and medicine Lauren J. Young to unpack the growing unrest at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following the departure of the agency’s director Susan Monarez. As criticism mounts against Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—including a scathing essay from nine former CDC leaders and a resignation demand from more than 1,000 past and current HHS staffers—the episode explores what these developments mean for the future of public health leadership in the U.S. Recommended Reading CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks “Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health,” by Richard Besser et al., in New York Times; September 3, 2025 “HHS Employees Demand RFK Jr. Resign for ‘Compromising the Health of This Nation,’” by Meg Tirrell, in CNN Health. Published online September 3, 2025 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American With the CDC in disarray and its future uncertain, this episode explores what’s driving the exodus of agency staff and what this means for national health security. In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate editor for health and medicine Lauren J. Young to unpack the growing unrest at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following the departure of the agency’s director Susan Monarez. As criticism mounts against Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—including a scathing essay from nine former CDC leaders and a resignation demand from more than 1,000 past and current HHS staffers—the episode explores what these developments mean for the future of public health leadership in the U.S. Recommended Reading CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks “Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health,” by Richard Besser et al., in New York Times; September 3, 2025 “HHS Employees Demand RFK Jr. Resign for ‘Compromising the Health of This Nation,’” by Meg Tirrell, in CNN Health. Published online September 3, 2025 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of Science Quickly, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate editor for health and medicine Lauren J. Young to unpack the growing unrest at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following the departure of the agency’s director Susan Monarez. As criticism mounts against Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—including a scathing essay from nine former CDC leaders and a resignation demand from more than 1,000 past and current HHS staffers—the episode explores what these developments mean for the future of public health leadership in the U.S.


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CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks

“Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health,” by Richard Besser et al., in New York Times; September 3, 2025

“HHS Employees Demand RFK Jr. Resign for ‘Compromising the Health of This Nation,’” by Meg Tirrell, in CNN Health. Published online September 3, 2025


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]]> 842 Hurricane Forecasting 101 Meteorologists have made big strides in predicting hurricane paths, but many people still misinterpret the forecast maps. In this episode, senior news editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack what those maps actually show—and why staying informed as a storm evolves is more important than ever. Recommended Reading How to Decode a Hurricane Forecast Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Hurricane forecast maps are more complex than they appear. Understanding them could change how you prepare for the next storm. Meteorologists have made big strides in predicting hurricane paths, but many people still misinterpret the forecast maps. In this episode, senior news editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack what those maps actually show—and why staying informed as a storm evolves is more important than ever. Recommended Reading How to Decode a Hurricane Forecast Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Meteorologists have made big strides in predicting hurricane paths, but many people still misinterpret the forecast maps. In this episode, senior news editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack what those maps actually show—and why staying informed as a storm evolves is more important than ever.


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How to Decode a Hurricane Forecast


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]]> 786 Katrina Was Predicted: Revisiting Warning Signs 20 Years Later Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Scientific American revisits the storm’s tragic legacy and the scientific warnings that went unheeded. Senior editor Mark Fischetti shares his experience reporting on the city’s vulnerability years before the levees broke, and our senior Earth and environment editor Andrea Thompson reflects on how hurricane preparedness has changed since. Recommended Reading See the Restore the Mississippi River Delta website Drowning New Orleans Protecting New Orleans “They Saw It Coming,” by Mark Fischetti, in the New York Times; September 2, 2005 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Two decades after Katrina, we revisit the storm and discuss the evolution of hurricane preparedness since then. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Scientific American revisits the storm’s tragic legacy and the scientific warnings that went unheeded. Senior editor Mark Fischetti shares his experience reporting on the city’s vulnerability years before the levees broke, and our senior Earth and environment editor Andrea Thompson reflects on how hurricane preparedness has changed since. Recommended Reading See the Restore the Mississippi River Delta website Drowning New Orleans Protecting New Orleans “They Saw It Coming,” by Mark Fischetti, in the New York Times; September 2, 2005 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Scientific American revisits the storm’s tragic legacy and the scientific warnings that went unheeded. Senior editor Mark Fischetti shares his experience reporting on the city’s vulnerability years before the levees broke, and our senior Earth and environment editor Andrea Thompson reflects on how hurricane preparedness has changed since.


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See the Restore the Mississippi River Delta website

Drowning New Orleans

Protecting New Orleans

“They Saw It Coming,” by Mark Fischetti, in the New York Times; September 2, 2005


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]]> 1404 The Deep Sea’s Mysterious Oxygen Source Trillions of potato-sized rocks scattered across the deep ocean floor are rich in metals such as cobalt and copper—making them a target for mining companies eager to fuel the clean-energy transition. But recent research suggests these rocks may also be supporting marine life in ways scientists are only beginning to understand. In this episode, scientist and journalist Clare Fieseler and filmmaker Jason Jaacks join host Rachel Feltman to explore the surprising science behind these deep-sea rocks and the environmental stakes of harvesting them. Recommended Reading A ‘Dark Oxygen’ Mystery Is Unfolding at the Ocean Bottom—But Undersea Mining Giants May Soon Move In Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 The Deep Sea’s Mysterious Oxygen Source full Scientific American Nodules: Deep-Sea Life Giver or Key to Our Energy Future? Trillions of potato-sized rocks scattered across the deep ocean floor are rich in metals such as cobalt and copper—making them a target for mining companies eager to fuel the clean-energy transition. But recent research suggests these rocks may also be supporting marine life in ways scientists are only beginning to understand. In this episode, scientist and journalist Clare Fieseler and filmmaker Jason Jaacks join host Rachel Feltman to explore the surprising science behind these deep-sea rocks and the environmental stakes of harvesting them. Recommended Reading A ‘Dark Oxygen’ Mystery Is Unfolding at the Ocean Bottom—But Undersea Mining Giants May Soon Move In Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Trillions of potato-sized rocks scattered across the deep ocean floor are rich in metals such as cobalt and copper—making them a target for mining companies eager to fuel the clean-energy transition. But recent research suggests these rocks may also be supporting marine life in ways scientists are only beginning to understand. In this episode, scientist and journalist Clare Fieseler and filmmaker Jason Jaacks join host Rachel Feltman to explore the surprising science behind these deep-sea rocks and the environmental stakes of harvesting them.

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]]> 1083 no Science’s Greatest 180s Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary episode, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. Recommended Reading Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American 180 Years of Standing Up for Science How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy Plastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong? The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Is a Roller Coaster of Hope and Disappointment Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Science’s Greatest 180s full Scientific American Scientific American Celebrates 180 Years with Scientific U-turns Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary episode, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180. Recommended Reading Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American 180 Years of Standing Up for Science How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy Plastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong? The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Is a Roller Coaster of Hope and Disappointment Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science doesn’t always get it right the first time—and that’s part of the journey. In this anniversary episode, we explore how ideas about nerve damage, sustainable materials and alien life have done a full 180.

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Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American

180 Years of Standing Up for Science

How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow

Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy

Plastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong?

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Is a Roller Coaster of Hope and Disappointment

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]]> 484 no Could Peanut Allergies Be Cured? Peanut allergies have surged dramatically in recent decades, and scientists are still working to understand why. In this episode, journalist Maryn Mckenna, who recently authored an article on the subject, and host Rachel Feltman explore the latest research on causes, treatments and prevention strategies.  Recommended Reading Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured? Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Could Peanut Allergies Be Cured? full Scientific American New Therapies Offer Hope against a Childhood Scourge: Peanut Allergies Peanut allergies have surged dramatically in recent decades, and scientists are still working to understand why. In this episode, journalist Maryn Mckenna, who recently authored an article on the subject, and host Rachel Feltman explore the latest research on causes, treatments and prevention strategies.  Recommended Reading Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured? Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Peanut allergies have surged dramatically in recent decades, and scientists are still working to understand why. In this episode, journalist Maryn Mckenna, who recently authored an article on the subject, and host Rachel Feltman explore the latest research on causes, treatments and prevention strategies. 

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Can Peanut Allergies Be Cured?

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]]> 1229 no Nature’s Sexual Spectrum Breaks the Binary Biologist Nathan Lents joins Science Quickly to explore the vast sexual diversity found across the animal kingdom. His new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, challenges the binary framework that has long shaped biological research, arguing for a more accurate and inclusive view of sex and gender. From alternative reproductive strategies to overlapping traits, this episode reveals how nature defies neat categories—and why science should, too. Recommended Reading Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary This Backyard Bird Has a Lot to Teach Us about Sex Variability The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, by Nathan Lents. Mariner Books, 2025 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check this show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American Evolution Reveals Stunning Diversity in Sex, Gender and Mating Biologist Nathan Lents joins Science Quickly to explore the vast sexual diversity found across the animal kingdom. His new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, challenges the binary framework that has long shaped biological research, arguing for a more accurate and inclusive view of sex and gender. From alternative reproductive strategies to overlapping traits, this episode reveals how nature defies neat categories—and why science should, too. Recommended Reading Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary This Backyard Bird Has a Lot to Teach Us about Sex Variability The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, by Nathan Lents. Mariner Books, 2025 Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check this show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Biologist Nathan Lents joins Science Quickly to explore the vast sexual diversity found across the animal kingdom. His new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, challenges the binary framework that has long shaped biological research, arguing for a more accurate and inclusive view of sex and gender. From alternative reproductive strategies to overlapping traits, this episode reveals how nature defies neat categories—and why science should, too.

Recommended Reading

Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary

This Backyard Bird Has a Lot to Teach Us about Sex Variability

The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, by Nathan Lents. Mariner Books, 2025

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]]> 747 Chikungunya Outbreak, Glacial Outbursts and a New Human Ancestor The chikungunya virus is rapidly spreading in China. Could it make its way to the U.S.? Meanwhile in Alaska a glacial lake outburst flooded the nearby Mendenhall River to record levels. And in Ethiopia fossilized teeth reveal a new species of Australopithecus—one that possibly lived alongside one of our closer cousins in theHomo genus—shedding light on human evolution. Recommended reading: How the New Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in China Could Reach the U.S. Why Glacial Lake Outbursts like the One in Alaska May Happen More Often Entirely New Species of Human Ancestor Discovered Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check this show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American China is having a fast-rising chikungunya outbreak in a place that has never had one before. The chikungunya virus is rapidly spreading in China. Could it make its way to the U.S.? Meanwhile in Alaska a glacial lake outburst flooded the nearby Mendenhall River to record levels. And in Ethiopia fossilized teeth reveal a new species of Australopithecus—one that possibly lived alongside one of our closer cousins in theHomo genus—shedding light on human evolution. Recommended reading: How the New Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in China Could Reach the U.S. Why Glacial Lake Outbursts like the One in Alaska May Happen More Often Entirely New Species of Human Ancestor Discovered Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check this show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The chikungunya virus is rapidly spreading in China. Could it make its way to the U.S.? Meanwhile in Alaska a glacial lake outburst flooded the nearby Mendenhall River to record levels. And in Ethiopia fossilized teeth reveal a new species of Australopithecus—one that possibly lived alongside one of our closer cousins in theHomo genus—shedding light on human evolution.


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]]> 650 Dinner with King Tut Explores the Wild World of Experimental Archaeology Science writer Sam Kean joins Science Quickly to explore the hands-on world of experimental archaeology—where researchers don’t just study the past; they rebuild it. From launching medieval catapults to performing ancient brain surgery with stone tools, Kean shares his firsthand experiences with re-creating the techniques and technologies of long-lost civilizations. His latest book, Dinner with King Tut, dives deep into these wild experiments and the things they have revealed about how our ancestors lived, worked and ate. Recommended reading: Scientists Used Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe, Then Paddled Across 140 Miles from Taiwan to Japan Denmark’s Radical Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge Dinner with King Tut, by Sam Kean; Little, Brown, 2025 Sam Kean’s website Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American In his new book, Sam Kean reveals how re-creating ancient tools, techniques and traditions can unlock secrets about how our ancestors lived—and what they felt. Science writer Sam Kean joins Science Quickly to explore the hands-on world of experimental archaeology—where researchers don’t just study the past; they rebuild it. From launching medieval catapults to performing ancient brain surgery with stone tools, Kean shares his firsthand experiences with re-creating the techniques and technologies of long-lost civilizations. His latest book, Dinner with King Tut, dives deep into these wild experiments and the things they have revealed about how our ancestors lived, worked and ate. Recommended reading: Scientists Used Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe, Then Paddled Across 140 Miles from Taiwan to Japan Denmark’s Radical Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge Dinner with King Tut, by Sam Kean; Little, Brown, 2025 Sam Kean’s website Join the #SciAmInTheWild photography challenge for a chance to win a one-year Unlimited subscription to Scientific American—plus an exclusive bundle of gadgets and gear to level up your next adventure. See the rules for entry here. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science writer Sam Kean joins Science Quickly to explore the hands-on world of experimental archaeology—where researchers don’t just study the past; they rebuild it. From launching medieval catapults to performing ancient brain surgery with stone tools, Kean shares his firsthand experiences with re-creating the techniques and technologies of long-lost civilizations.

His latest book, Dinner with King Tut, dives deep into these wild experiments and the things they have revealed about how our ancestors lived, worked and ate.


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Scientists Used Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe, Then Paddled Across 140 Miles from Taiwan to Japan

Denmark’s Radical Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge

Dinner with King Tut, by Sam Kean; Little, Brown, 2025

Sam Kean’s website


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]]> 889 Living Longer, Aging Smarter [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/loreal/living-longer-aging-smarter Life expectancy has risen dramatically since 1900, reshaping how we understand aging. Scientists now view skin not just as a surface indicator, but as a biological marker of systemic health. In this podcast episode, Scientific American Custom Media explores how longevity science is offering new insights into vitality across the lifespan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Life expectancy has risen dramatically since 1900, reshaping how we understand aging. Scientists now view skin not just as a surface indicator, but as a biological marker of systemic health. In this podcast episode, Scientific American Custom Media explores how longevity science is offering new insights into vitality across the lifespan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Life expectancy has risen dramatically since 1900, reshaping how we understand aging. Scientists now view skin not just as a surface indicator, but as a biological marker of systemic health. In this podcast episode, Scientific American Custom Media explores how longevity science is offering new insights into vitality across the lifespan.


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]]> 512 Condoms and Vasectomies Aren’t Enough—Is a Male Birth Control Pill Next? In this episode, host Rachel Feltman speaks with freelance science journalist Hannah Seo about a promising new development in male contraception: a hormone-free birth control pill that reversibly stops sperm production has just passed its first human safety trial. Seo explains how the drug works, what makes it different from hormone-based methods and where it stands in clinical development.   Recommended reading: First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial Male Birth Control Is in Development, but Barriers Still Stand in the Way “Safety and Pharmacokinetics of the Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive YCT-529,” by Nadja Mannowetz et al., in Communications Medicine, Vol. 5, Article No. 279. Published online July 22, 2025 Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A new hormone-free birth control pill that reversibly stops sperm production has passed its first safety trial in humans, offering hope for more reversible contraceptive options. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman speaks with freelance science journalist Hannah Seo about a promising new development in male contraception: a hormone-free birth control pill that reversibly stops sperm production has just passed its first human safety trial. Seo explains how the drug works, what makes it different from hormone-based methods and where it stands in clinical development.   Recommended reading: First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial Male Birth Control Is in Development, but Barriers Still Stand in the Way “Safety and Pharmacokinetics of the Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive YCT-529,” by Nadja Mannowetz et al., in Communications Medicine, Vol. 5, Article No. 279. Published online July 22, 2025 Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, host Rachel Feltman speaks with freelance science journalist Hannah Seo about a promising new development in male contraception: a hormone-free birth control pill that reversibly stops sperm production has just passed its first human safety trial. Seo explains how the drug works, what makes it different from hormone-based methods and where it stands in clinical development.

 

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First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial

Male Birth Control Is in Development, but Barriers Still Stand in the Way

“Safety and Pharmacokinetics of the Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive YCT-529,” by Nadja Mannowetz et al., in Communications Medicine, Vol. 5, Article No. 279. Published online July 22, 2025


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]]> 593 Cosmic Discoveries Soar as Earthly Health Decisions Stir Alarm Rogue planets drifting through space might be forming their own planetary systems. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has completed a key radar test ahead of its journey to study Jupiter’s icy moon. Plus, a major shift in U.S. health research funding occurs as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cancels nearly $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American Your Monday News Roundup Rogue planets drifting through space might be forming their own planetary systems. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has completed a key radar test ahead of its journey to study Jupiter’s icy moon. Plus, a major shift in U.S. health research funding occurs as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cancels nearly $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rogue planets drifting through space might be forming their own planetary systems. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has completed a key radar test ahead of its journey to study Jupiter’s icy moon. Plus, a major shift in U.S. health research funding occurs as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cancels nearly $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development.

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]]> 560 no Climate Science Gets a Seat in Congress with Eric Sorensen Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois brings his background as a meteorologist to the halls of Congress, advocating for science-based policy amid intensifying climate threats. In this episode, he shares how personal experiences with extreme weather shaped his career and why protecting agencies like the National Weather Service is more urgent than ever. Sorensen also discusses the political challenges of defending climate science and makes a compelling case for why more scientists should enter public office. Recommended reading: Higher Bills, Hotter Planet: What Trump’s Megabill Means for You Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection Flood Forecasts Could Worsen as Trump’s NWS Cuts Take Hold E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked ourthe show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American The Representative From Illinois Was a TV Meteorologist Before Coming to Capitol Hill Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois brings his background as a meteorologist to the halls of Congress, advocating for science-based policy amid intensifying climate threats. In this episode, he shares how personal experiences with extreme weather shaped his career and why protecting agencies like the National Weather Service is more urgent than ever. Sorensen also discusses the political challenges of defending climate science and makes a compelling case for why more scientists should enter public office. Recommended reading: Higher Bills, Hotter Planet: What Trump’s Megabill Means for You Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection Flood Forecasts Could Worsen as Trump’s NWS Cuts Take Hold E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked ourthe show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois brings his background as a meteorologist to the halls of Congress, advocating for science-based policy amid intensifying climate threats. In this episode, he shares how personal experiences with extreme weather shaped his career and why protecting agencies like the National Weather Service is more urgent than ever. Sorensen also discusses the political challenges of defending climate science and makes a compelling case for why more scientists should enter public office.

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Higher Bills, Hotter Planet: What Trump’s Megabill Means for You

Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection

Flood Forecasts Could Worsen as Trump’s NWS Cuts Take Hold

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]]> 1079 no Former NASA Leaders Are Sounding the Alarm on Budget Cuts The White House has proposed sharp cuts to NASA’s science budget, potentially reducing it to historic lows not seen since the early Apollo era. Beyond space exploration, NASA’s work influences daily life—from accurate weather forecasting to essential climate data for agriculture. Concerned by the effects of these cuts, all living former NASA science chiefs have united in warning of dire consequences for U.S. leadership in science. In this episode, Scientific American senior editor Lee Billings speaks with host Rachel Feltman to discuss why this moment feels especially urgent and what one former NASA science chief thinks about it. Recommended reading: White House Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science U.S. Secretary of the Interior: Satellites Will Help Us Fight Climate Change The Trump-Musk Fight Could Have Huge Consequences for U.S. Space Programs Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American NASA faces historic budget cuts that could shutter missions and stall vital research, prompting a bipartisan outcry from all of the agency’s living former science chiefs. The White House has proposed sharp cuts to NASA’s science budget, potentially reducing it to historic lows not seen since the early Apollo era. Beyond space exploration, NASA’s work influences daily life—from accurate weather forecasting to essential climate data for agriculture. Concerned by the effects of these cuts, all living former NASA science chiefs have united in warning of dire consequences for U.S. leadership in science. In this episode, Scientific American senior editor Lee Billings speaks with host Rachel Feltman to discuss why this moment feels especially urgent and what one former NASA science chief thinks about it. Recommended reading: White House Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science U.S. Secretary of the Interior: Satellites Will Help Us Fight Climate Change The Trump-Musk Fight Could Have Huge Consequences for U.S. Space Programs Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check the show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The White House has proposed sharp cuts to NASA’s science budget, potentially reducing it to historic lows not seen since the early Apollo era. Beyond space exploration, NASA’s work influences daily life—from accurate weather forecasting to essential climate data for agriculture. Concerned by the effects of these cuts, all living former NASA science chiefs have united in warning of dire consequences for U.S. leadership in science. In this episode, Scientific American senior editor Lee Billings speaks with host Rachel Feltman to discuss why this moment feels especially urgent and what one former NASA science chief thinks about it.


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White House Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science

U.S. Secretary of the Interior: Satellites Will Help Us Fight Climate Change

The Trump-Musk Fight Could Have Huge Consequences for U.S. Space Programs


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]]> 993 Russia’s Earthquake, Wonders of Walking and Surprising Plant Genetics Host Rachel Feltman talks with Andrea Thompson, Scientific American’s senior sustainability editor, to discuss the massive Russian earthquake and the reason it produced such relatively minor tsunami waves. Plus, we discuss the lowdown on the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to repeal of the “endangerment finding,” the advantages of a brisk stroll and an ancient linkup that led to a farmer’s market favorite. Recommended reading: Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Strikes off Russian Coast Russia’s 8.8 Earthquake Is One of the Strongest Ever Recorded Why the Russian Earthquake Didn’t Cause a Huge Tsunami The Potato’s Mysterious Family Tree Revealed—And It Includes Tomatoes E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American Your Monday News Roundup Host Rachel Feltman talks with Andrea Thompson, Scientific American’s senior sustainability editor, to discuss the massive Russian earthquake and the reason it produced such relatively minor tsunami waves. Plus, we discuss the lowdown on the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to repeal of the “endangerment finding,” the advantages of a brisk stroll and an ancient linkup that led to a farmer’s market favorite. Recommended reading: Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Strikes off Russian Coast Russia’s 8.8 Earthquake Is One of the Strongest Ever Recorded Why the Russian Earthquake Didn’t Cause a Huge Tsunami The Potato’s Mysterious Family Tree Revealed—And It Includes Tomatoes E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Rachel Feltman talks with Andrea Thompson, Scientific American’s senior sustainability editor, to discuss the massive Russian earthquake and the reason it produced such relatively minor tsunami waves. Plus, we discuss the lowdown on the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to repeal of the “endangerment finding,” the advantages of a brisk stroll and an ancient linkup that led to a farmer’s market favorite.

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Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Strikes off Russian Coast

Russia’s 8.8 Earthquake Is One of the Strongest Ever Recorded

Why the Russian Earthquake Didn’t Cause a Huge Tsunami

The Potato’s Mysterious Family Tree Revealed—And It Includes Tomatoes

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]]> 662 no Is AI Conscious? Claude 4 Raises the Question Host Rachel Feltman talks with Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American’s senior tech reporter, about his recent exchange with Claude 4, an artificial intelligence chatbot that seemed to suggest it might be conscious. They unpack what that moment reveals about the state of AI, why it matters and how technology is shifting. Recommended reading: Can a Chatbot be Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Interpretability Research on Claude 4 New Grok 4 Takes on ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’ as the AI Race Heats Up E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A conversation with Anthropic’s chatbot raises questions about how AI talks about awareness. Host Rachel Feltman talks with Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American’s senior tech reporter, about his recent exchange with Claude 4, an artificial intelligence chatbot that seemed to suggest it might be conscious. They unpack what that moment reveals about the state of AI, why it matters and how technology is shifting. Recommended reading: Can a Chatbot be Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Interpretability Research on Claude 4 New Grok 4 Takes on ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’ as the AI Race Heats Up E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Rachel Feltman talks with Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American’s senior tech reporter, about his recent exchange with Claude 4, an artificial intelligence chatbot that seemed to suggest it might be conscious. They unpack what that moment reveals about the state of AI, why it matters and how technology is shifting.


Recommended reading:

Can a Chatbot be Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Interpretability Research on Claude 4

New Grok 4 Takes on ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’ as the AI Race Heats Up


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]]> 1326 Your Guide to Summer’s Extreme Weather, from Corn Sweat to Flash Floods The summer of 2025 has been a doozy in the U.S., with extreme weather across the country. Flash flooding caused destruction and death in Texas. Corn sweat made a heat wave in the eastern half of the U.S. worse in the Midwest. Senior editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson takes us through these extreme weather events. Recommended reading: Why Did Waters Rise So Quickly in the Texas Flash Floods? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-did-texas-flash-flood-waters-rise-so-quickly/  ‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even Worse https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humidity-from-corn-sweat-intensifies-extreme-heat-wave-in-midwest-u-s/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest senior editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Extreme weather is front-page news. But what are the phenomena behind the headlines? The summer of 2025 has been a doozy in the U.S., with extreme weather across the country. Flash flooding caused destruction and death in Texas. Corn sweat made a heat wave in the eastern half of the U.S. worse in the Midwest. Senior editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson takes us through these extreme weather events. Recommended reading: Why Did Waters Rise So Quickly in the Texas Flash Floods? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-did-texas-flash-flood-waters-rise-so-quickly/  ‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even Worse https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humidity-from-corn-sweat-intensifies-extreme-heat-wave-in-midwest-u-s/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest senior editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The summer of 2025 has been a doozy in the U.S., with extreme weather across the country. Flash flooding caused destruction and death in Texas. Corn sweat made a heat wave in the eastern half of the U.S. worse in the Midwest. Senior editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson takes us through these extreme weather events.


Recommended reading:

Why Did Waters Rise So Quickly in the Texas Flash Floods? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-did-texas-flash-flood-waters-rise-so-quickly/ 

‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even Worse https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humidity-from-corn-sweat-intensifies-extreme-heat-wave-in-midwest-u-s/ 


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]]> 544 Summer Meteor Showers, Short Summer Days and Ancient Arthropods If last Tuesday seemed to fly by, you can blame the rotation of Earth. Try to look up this week to see the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers. Plus, we discuss FEMA cuts and ancient arthropods. Recommended reading: Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/texas-failed-to-spend-federal-aid-for-flood-disaster-protection/  Leap Seconds May Be Abandoned by the World’s Timekeepers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/leap-seconds-may-be-abandoned-by-the-worlds-timekeepers/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Set your alarm on Wednesday to see some of the summer’s stunning meteor showers. If last Tuesday seemed to fly by, you can blame the rotation of Earth. Try to look up this week to see the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers. Plus, we discuss FEMA cuts and ancient arthropods. Recommended reading: Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/texas-failed-to-spend-federal-aid-for-flood-disaster-protection/  Leap Seconds May Be Abandoned by the World’s Timekeepers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/leap-seconds-may-be-abandoned-by-the-worlds-timekeepers/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If last Tuesday seemed to fly by, you can blame the rotation of Earth. Try to look up this week to see the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers. Plus, we discuss FEMA cuts and ancient arthropods.


Recommended reading:

Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/texas-failed-to-spend-federal-aid-for-flood-disaster-protection/ 

Leap Seconds May Be Abandoned by the World’s Timekeepers

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/leap-seconds-may-be-abandoned-by-the-worlds-timekeepers/


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]]> 529 Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is at Risk—And So Are We Chief multimedia editor Jeffery DelViscio ventured to Greenland for a month to learn from the scientists studying the country’s ice sheet. He speaks with host Rachel Feltman about his time in the field and his takeaways from conversations with climate scientists. This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.  Read the cover story and see stunning pictures from DelViscio’s time on the ice:  What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/greenlands-ice-sheet-collapse-could-be-closer-than-we-think/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. This show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American Behind the Scenes of a Science Mission to Greenland’s Ice Sheet Chief multimedia editor Jeffery DelViscio ventured to Greenland for a month to learn from the scientists studying the country’s ice sheet. He speaks with host Rachel Feltman about his time in the field and his takeaways from conversations with climate scientists. This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.  Read the cover story and see stunning pictures from DelViscio’s time on the ice:  What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/greenlands-ice-sheet-collapse-could-be-closer-than-we-think/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. This show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chief multimedia editor Jeffery DelViscio ventured to Greenland for a month to learn from the scientists studying the country’s ice sheet. He speaks with host Rachel Feltman about his time in the field and his takeaways from conversations with climate scientists.

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. 

Read the cover story and see stunning pictures from DelViscio’s time on the ice: 

What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/greenlands-ice-sheet-collapse-could-be-closer-than-we-think/

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]]> 1325 no What to Read on the Beach This Summer Scientific American has been reading, reviewing and recommending books for more than 100 years. These days Brianne Kane, our resident reader, is in charge of organizing our book recommendation lists to help science-minded people find the perfect read, including novels. She joins fellow book nerd Rachel Feltman to talk about the nonfiction and fiction books she’s recommending this summer—and gives a preview of our end-of-year lists.  Recommended reading: See The 4 Books Scientific American Loved Reading in June https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-nonfiction-books-scientific-american-recommended-in-june/ Your Garbage Has a ‘Wild Afterlife’ on the International Black Market https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/waste-wars-tracks-the-wild-afterlife-of-garbage-on-an-international-black/ Get more great summer reads every week: sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American If you’re seeking a summer read, Scientific American has some fantastic fiction and notable nonfiction to recommend. Scientific American has been reading, reviewing and recommending books for more than 100 years. These days Brianne Kane, our resident reader, is in charge of organizing our book recommendation lists to help science-minded people find the perfect read, including novels. She joins fellow book nerd Rachel Feltman to talk about the nonfiction and fiction books she’s recommending this summer—and gives a preview of our end-of-year lists.  Recommended reading: See The 4 Books Scientific American Loved Reading in June https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-nonfiction-books-scientific-american-recommended-in-june/ Your Garbage Has a ‘Wild Afterlife’ on the International Black Market https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/waste-wars-tracks-the-wild-afterlife-of-garbage-on-an-international-black/ Get more great summer reads every week: sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American has been reading, reviewing and recommending books for more than 100 years. These days Brianne Kane, our resident reader, is in charge of organizing our book recommendation lists to help science-minded people find the perfect read, including novels. She joins fellow book nerd Rachel Feltman to talk about the nonfiction and fiction books she’s recommending this summer—and gives a preview of our end-of-year lists. 


Recommended reading:

See The 4 Books Scientific American Loved Reading in June https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/4-nonfiction-books-scientific-american-recommended-in-june/

Your Garbage Has a ‘Wild Afterlife’ on the International Black Market https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/waste-wars-tracks-the-wild-afterlife-of-garbage-on-an-international-black/


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]]> 631 Time Travel to Tide Pool 101 from Our July 1925 Issue Time travel to an introduction to tide pools, the start of commercial air travel and an intercontinental aviation museum dispute. Host Rachel Feltman is taking a look at a 1925 issue of Scientific American for this archival episode. If you don’t find the past to be a blast, don’t worry! We’ll be back to our regular schedule of science news, deep dives and editor picks next week. In the meantime, read some recent coverage of marine marvels and flight! Recommended reading: Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here’s Why https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/yes-airline-flights-are-getting-bumpier-heres-why/ See the Lush Kelp Forests Scientists Are Fighting for as Oceans Warm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-oceans-warm-scientists-fight-to-save-lush-kelp-forests/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American This episode of Science Quickly goes on an archival adventure in Scientific American’s July 1925 issue. Time travel to an introduction to tide pools, the start of commercial air travel and an intercontinental aviation museum dispute. Host Rachel Feltman is taking a look at a 1925 issue of Scientific American for this archival episode. If you don’t find the past to be a blast, don’t worry! We’ll be back to our regular schedule of science news, deep dives and editor picks next week. In the meantime, read some recent coverage of marine marvels and flight! Recommended reading: Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here’s Why https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/yes-airline-flights-are-getting-bumpier-heres-why/ See the Lush Kelp Forests Scientists Are Fighting for as Oceans Warm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-oceans-warm-scientists-fight-to-save-lush-kelp-forests/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Time travel to an introduction to tide pools, the start of commercial air travel and an intercontinental aviation museum dispute. Host Rachel Feltman is taking a look at a 1925 issue of Scientific American for this archival episode. If you don’t find the past to be a blast, don’t worry! We’ll be back to our regular schedule of science news, deep dives and editor picks next week. In the meantime, read some recent coverage of marine marvels and flight!


Recommended reading:

Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here’s Why https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/yes-airline-flights-are-getting-bumpier-heres-why/

See the Lush Kelp Forests Scientists Are Fighting for as Oceans Warm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-oceans-warm-scientists-fight-to-save-lush-kelp-forests/ 


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]]> 537 Dungeons and Dragons’ Popularity Grows—And Science Follows Brennan Lee Mulligan is a professional dungeon master, playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), a popular tabletop role-playing game, for audiences online and in person. In January his D&D show on Dropout.tv, Dimension 20, played a live game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show—and the game—experienced a resurgence during the COVID pandemic. Now researchers are diving into D&D science, showing how the game and the togetherness it creates can benefit mental health. Rachel Feltman chats with Lee Mulligan about the success of Dimension 20 and the psychological and cultural need the game may serve for its players.  Recommended reading: LARPing Made Me a Stronger Person. It Can Do the Same for You, Too  Find the Perfect Game to Play with This Interactive Quiz  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Dropout.tv’s Brennan Lee Mulligan talks about the emotional and cultural importance of Dungeons and Dragons. Brennan Lee Mulligan is a professional dungeon master, playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), a popular tabletop role-playing game, for audiences online and in person. In January his D&D show on Dropout.tv, Dimension 20, played a live game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show—and the game—experienced a resurgence during the COVID pandemic. Now researchers are diving into D&D science, showing how the game and the togetherness it creates can benefit mental health. Rachel Feltman chats with Lee Mulligan about the success of Dimension 20 and the psychological and cultural need the game may serve for its players.  Recommended reading: LARPing Made Me a Stronger Person. It Can Do the Same for You, Too  Find the Perfect Game to Play with This Interactive Quiz  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Brennan Lee Mulligan is a professional dungeon master, playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), a popular tabletop role-playing game, for audiences online and in person. In January his D&D show on Dropout.tv, Dimension 20, played a live game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show—and the game—experienced a resurgence during the COVID pandemic. Now researchers are diving into D&D science, showing how the game and the togetherness it creates can benefit mental health. Rachel Feltman chats with Lee Mulligan about the success of Dimension 20 and the psychological and cultural need the game may serve for its players. 


Recommended reading:

LARPing Made Me a Stronger Person. It Can Do the Same for You, Too 

Find the Perfect Game to Play with This Interactive Quiz 


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]]> 1318 The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research Come with Science Quickly on a field trip to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Matthew Evans, MIT’s MathWorks professor of physics, to talk about the last 10 years of gravitational-wave research. Gravitational waves were discovered in 2015 by the LIGO team. Since then, innovations from the LIGO Lab have changed our understanding of the universe and made major shifts across physics. Now they’re preparing for the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors.  Recommended reading: The 2015 Paper Announcing the Discovery of Gravitational Waves: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.03837  Listen to the Astonishing ‘Chirp’ of Two Black Holes Merging https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/listen-to-the-astonishing-chirp-of-two-black-holes-merging1/ 5 New Types of Gravitational-Wave Detectors Could Reshape Astrophysics https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-new-types-of-gravitational-wave-detectors-could-reshape-astrophysics/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American After 10 years of gravitational-wave research, the LIGO Lab team at MIT is getting ready for the next generation of detectors. Come with Science Quickly on a field trip to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Matthew Evans, MIT’s MathWorks professor of physics, to talk about the last 10 years of gravitational-wave research. Gravitational waves were discovered in 2015 by the LIGO team. Since then, innovations from the LIGO Lab have changed our understanding of the universe and made major shifts across physics. Now they’re preparing for the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors.  Recommended reading: The 2015 Paper Announcing the Discovery of Gravitational Waves: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.03837  Listen to the Astonishing ‘Chirp’ of Two Black Holes Merging https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/listen-to-the-astonishing-chirp-of-two-black-holes-merging1/ 5 New Types of Gravitational-Wave Detectors Could Reshape Astrophysics https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-new-types-of-gravitational-wave-detectors-could-reshape-astrophysics/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Come with Science Quickly on a field trip to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Matthew Evans, MIT’s MathWorks professor of physics, to talk about the last 10 years of gravitational-wave research. Gravitational waves were discovered in 2015 by the LIGO team. Since then, innovations from the LIGO Lab have changed our understanding of the universe and made major shifts across physics. Now they’re preparing for the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors. 


Recommended reading:

The 2015 Paper Announcing the Discovery of Gravitational Waves: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.03837 

Listen to the Astonishing ‘Chirp’ of Two Black Holes Merging https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/listen-to-the-astonishing-chirp-of-two-black-holes-merging1/

5 New Types of Gravitational-Wave Detectors Could Reshape Astrophysics https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-new-types-of-gravitational-wave-detectors-could-reshape-astrophysics/


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]]> 1072 This Surgery Can Lead to Weight Loss—But Stigma Is Harder to Shake Off Each year more than half a million people undergo bariatric surgery, a procedure geared toward weight loss. But research shows that stigma around weight can continue to affect people’s lives even during recovery from the procedure.  Larissa McGarrity is a clinical associate professor at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah and lead psychologist at the school’s comprehensive Weight Management Program. She and her colleagues assessed 148 people who received bariatric surgery before their procedure and one and a half and three years after to learn more about their physical, mental and emotional health over the recovery period.  Recommended reading: The New Science of Diet, Weight and Health  The Impact of Weight Stigma on Health  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:55:00 -0000 This Surgery Can Lead to Weight Loss—But Stigma Is Harder to Shake Off full Scientific American For Bariatric Surgery Patients, Weight Stigma Doesn’t Disappear Each year more than half a million people undergo bariatric surgery, a procedure geared toward weight loss. But research shows that stigma around weight can continue to affect people’s lives even during recovery from the procedure.  Larissa McGarrity is a clinical associate professor at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah and lead psychologist at the school’s comprehensive Weight Management Program. She and her colleagues assessed 148 people who received bariatric surgery before their procedure and one and a half and three years after to learn more about their physical, mental and emotional health over the recovery period.  Recommended reading: The New Science of Diet, Weight and Health  The Impact of Weight Stigma on Health  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Each year more than half a million people undergo bariatric surgery, a procedure geared toward weight loss. But research shows that stigma around weight can continue to affect people’s lives even during recovery from the procedure. 

Larissa McGarrity is a clinical associate professor at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah and lead psychologist at the school’s comprehensive Weight Management Program. She and her colleagues assessed 148 people who received bariatric surgery before their procedure and one and a half and three years after to learn more about their physical, mental and emotional health over the recovery period. 

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The New Science of Diet, Weight and Health 

The Impact of Weight Stigma on Health 

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]]> 948 Why Do We Sing? Musicologists and Neuroscientists Seek an Answer Last year Science Quickly looked across disciplines to piece apart the science of singing. To understand why humans sing, musicologists collaborated on an international study of folk music. To understand how we sing, neuroscientists differentiated how our brain processes speech and singing. Music enthusiast and associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall takes us through some hallmark 2024 studies that, taken together, piece together the evolutionary origins of singing. Recommended reading: Hidden Patterns in Folk Songs Reveal How Music Evolved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-patterns-in-folk-songs-reveal-how-music-evolved/  Why You Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-do-songs-get-stuck-in-your-head/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Musicologists and neuroscientists have been trying to understand what turns speech into music. Last year Science Quickly looked across disciplines to piece apart the science of singing. To understand why humans sing, musicologists collaborated on an international study of folk music. To understand how we sing, neuroscientists differentiated how our brain processes speech and singing. Music enthusiast and associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall takes us through some hallmark 2024 studies that, taken together, piece together the evolutionary origins of singing. Recommended reading: Hidden Patterns in Folk Songs Reveal How Music Evolved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-patterns-in-folk-songs-reveal-how-music-evolved/  Why You Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-do-songs-get-stuck-in-your-head/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Last year Science Quickly looked across disciplines to piece apart the science of singing. To understand why humans sing, musicologists collaborated on an international study of folk music. To understand how we sing, neuroscientists differentiated how our brain processes speech and singing. Music enthusiast and associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall takes us through some hallmark 2024 studies that, taken together, piece together the evolutionary origins of singing.


Recommended reading:

Hidden Patterns in Folk Songs Reveal How Music Evolved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-patterns-in-folk-songs-reveal-how-music-evolved/ 

Why You Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-do-songs-get-stuck-in-your-head/ 


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]]> 1489 What Does an Ailing Coral Reef Sound Like? Sick coral reefs are visually striking—bleached and lifeless, far from the vibrancy we’ve come to expect. But what does an unhealthy coral system sound like? In this rerun, conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson tells Science Quickly all about the changing soundscape of the seas.  Recommended reading: 84 Percent of Corals Impacted in Mass Bleaching Event https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worst-coral-mass-bleaching-on-record-caused-by-warming-oceans/ How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-corals-fight-back-against-warming-seas/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The underwater world relies on sound signals—so what happens when a noisy reef falls silent? Sick coral reefs are visually striking—bleached and lifeless, far from the vibrancy we’ve come to expect. But what does an unhealthy coral system sound like? In this rerun, conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson tells Science Quickly all about the changing soundscape of the seas.  Recommended reading: 84 Percent of Corals Impacted in Mass Bleaching Event https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worst-coral-mass-bleaching-on-record-caused-by-warming-oceans/ How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-corals-fight-back-against-warming-seas/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sick coral reefs are visually striking—bleached and lifeless, far from the vibrancy we’ve come to expect. But what does an unhealthy coral system sound like? In this rerun, conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson tells Science Quickly all about the changing soundscape of the seas. 


Recommended reading:

84 Percent of Corals Impacted in Mass Bleaching Event https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worst-coral-mass-bleaching-on-record-caused-by-warming-oceans/

How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-corals-fight-back-against-warming-seas/ 


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]]> 1011 An Astronaut Shares His Passion for Space Photography—Live, from the ISS Cupola Ten months ago Science Quickly made space history by conducting the first-ever live interview from the cupola of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Matthew Dominick spoke with Rachel Feltman about his work on the ISS and the stunning space photography that first caught our attention. Watch a video of the interview See more stunning space photographs from Matthew Dominick E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American We spoke with NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick in an exclusive, first-ever interview from the cupola of the International Space Station. Ten months ago Science Quickly made space history by conducting the first-ever live interview from the cupola of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Matthew Dominick spoke with Rachel Feltman about his work on the ISS and the stunning space photography that first caught our attention. Watch a video of the interview See more stunning space photographs from Matthew Dominick E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ten months ago Science Quickly made space history by conducting the first-ever live interview from the cupola of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Matthew Dominick spoke with Rachel Feltman about his work on the ISS and the stunning space photography that first caught our attention.


Watch a video of the interview

See more stunning space photographs from Matthew Dominick


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]]> 1055 Move Over Fireworks—Drone Shows Are Taking to the Skies Drone shows are replacing fireworks for summer celebrations. They’re safer and more environmentally friendly but complicated to program and run. A recent preprint paper proposes an algorithmic solution that can take some technical challenges out of drone operators’ hands and give engineers more creative control. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with researchers Mac Schwager, an associate professor at the aeronautics and astronautics department at Stanford University, and Eduardo Montijano, an associate professor at the department of computer science and systems engineering at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, about their work and what it would take to move the algorithm from theory to the skies. Recommended reading: Read the research team’s paper, which was presented at a 2024 workshop: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91813-1_6 And released as a preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15899 How Do Fireworks Actually Work? Here’s the Explosive Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-science-of-fireworks/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American AI can allow engineers to focus on artistry over technical details for drone shows Drone shows are replacing fireworks for summer celebrations. They’re safer and more environmentally friendly but complicated to program and run. A recent preprint paper proposes an algorithmic solution that can take some technical challenges out of drone operators’ hands and give engineers more creative control. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with researchers Mac Schwager, an associate professor at the aeronautics and astronautics department at Stanford University, and Eduardo Montijano, an associate professor at the department of computer science and systems engineering at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, about their work and what it would take to move the algorithm from theory to the skies. Recommended reading: Read the research team’s paper, which was presented at a 2024 workshop: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91813-1_6 And released as a preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15899 How Do Fireworks Actually Work? Here’s the Explosive Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-science-of-fireworks/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Drone shows are replacing fireworks for summer celebrations. They’re safer and more environmentally friendly but complicated to program and run. A recent preprint paper proposes an algorithmic solution that can take some technical challenges out of drone operators’ hands and give engineers more creative control. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with researchers Mac Schwager, an associate professor at the aeronautics and astronautics department at Stanford University, and Eduardo Montijano, an associate professor at the department of computer science and systems engineering at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, about their work and what it would take to move the algorithm from theory to the skies.


Recommended reading:

Read the research team’s paper, which was presented at a 2024 workshop:

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91813-1_6

And released as a preprint:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15899

How Do Fireworks Actually Work? Here’s the Explosive Science

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-science-of-fireworks/


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]]> 966 Talking to the Host of Drilled about the Legal Battles around Standing Rock Protests around the construction of the now complete Dakota Access Pipeline brought national attention to Energy Transfer, the company that built and owns the pipeline and funded private security against the protestors. Energy Transfer sued the nonprofit Greenpeace for hundreds of millions of dollars. The company claimed that the Standing Rock movement was not Indigenous-led environmental activism but a conspiratorial effort by Greenpeace. Reporter Alleen Brown is spending this season of her podcast, Drilled, looking into the lawsuit and the message that legal actions like this send to activists.  Recommended reading: Listen to Drilled Read Alleen Brown’s newsletter E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Talking to the Host of Drilled about the Legal Battles around Standing Rock full Scientific American Why Did the Company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Sue Greenpeace? Protests around the construction of the now complete Dakota Access Pipeline brought national attention to Energy Transfer, the company that built and owns the pipeline and funded private security against the protestors. Energy Transfer sued the nonprofit Greenpeace for hundreds of millions of dollars. The company claimed that the Standing Rock movement was not Indigenous-led environmental activism but a conspiratorial effort by Greenpeace. Reporter Alleen Brown is spending this season of her podcast, Drilled, looking into the lawsuit and the message that legal actions like this send to activists.  Recommended reading: Listen to Drilled Read Alleen Brown’s newsletter E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Protests around the construction of the now complete Dakota Access Pipeline brought national attention to Energy Transfer, the company that built and owns the pipeline and funded private security against the protestors. Energy Transfer sued the nonprofit Greenpeace for hundreds of millions of dollars. The company claimed that the Standing Rock movement was not Indigenous-led environmental activism but a conspiratorial effort by Greenpeace. Reporter Alleen Brown is spending this season of her podcast, Drilled, looking into the lawsuit and the message that legal actions like this send to activists. 

Recommended reading:

Listen to Drilled

Read Alleen Brown’s newsletter

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]]> 786 How to Fight Bird Flu If It Becomes the Next Human Pandemic (Part 3) Creating a bird flu vaccine requires several layers of bioprotective clothing and typically a whole lot of eggs. H5N1 avian influenza infections have gone from flocks of chickens to herds of cattle and humans. Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are taking their best guess at the strains of the virus that could spread and are creating critical vaccine candidates. Multimedia journalist and Scientific American multimedia intern Naeem Amarsy suited up and went to San Antonio, Tex., to visit a “biosafety level three” (BSL-3) lab at the institute.  This is the third and final episode of our series about bird flu. You can listen to episode one: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-h5n1-went-from-an-illness-in-wild-birds-to-a-global-pandemic-threat/  And episode two: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-bird-flu-went-from-devastating-poultry-farms-to-infecting-dairy-herds/  And read more of our health coverage: https://www.scientificamerican.com/health/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted and reported by Naeem Amarsy. This series was reported and produced by Lauren Young, Meghan Bartels, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. Special thanks to Laura Petersen and Catie Corcoran at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Jane Deng and Elizabeth Dowling at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Kimberly Lau, Dean Visser and Jeanna Bryner at Scientific American. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American Inside a High-Security Lab Creating and Testing Bird Flu Vaccines Creating a bird flu vaccine requires several layers of bioprotective clothing and typically a whole lot of eggs. H5N1 avian influenza infections have gone from flocks of chickens to herds of cattle and humans. Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are taking their best guess at the strains of the virus that could spread and are creating critical vaccine candidates. Multimedia journalist and Scientific American multimedia intern Naeem Amarsy suited up and went to San Antonio, Tex., to visit a “biosafety level three” (BSL-3) lab at the institute.  This is the third and final episode of our series about bird flu. You can listen to episode one: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-h5n1-went-from-an-illness-in-wild-birds-to-a-global-pandemic-threat/  And episode two: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-bird-flu-went-from-devastating-poultry-farms-to-infecting-dairy-herds/  And read more of our health coverage: https://www.scientificamerican.com/health/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted and reported by Naeem Amarsy. This series was reported and produced by Lauren Young, Meghan Bartels, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. Special thanks to Laura Petersen and Catie Corcoran at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Jane Deng and Elizabeth Dowling at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Kimberly Lau, Dean Visser and Jeanna Bryner at Scientific American. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Creating a bird flu vaccine requires several layers of bioprotective clothing and typically a whole lot of eggs. H5N1 avian influenza infections have gone from flocks of chickens to herds of cattle and humans. Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are taking their best guess at the strains of the virus that could spread and are creating critical vaccine candidates.

Multimedia journalist and Scientific American multimedia intern Naeem Amarsy suited up and went to San Antonio, Tex., to visit a “biosafety level three” (BSL-3) lab at the institute. 

This is the third and final episode of our series about bird flu.

You can listen to episode one:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-h5n1-went-from-an-illness-in-wild-birds-to-a-global-pandemic-threat/ 

And episode two:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-bird-flu-went-from-devastating-poultry-farms-to-infecting-dairy-herds/ 

And read more of our health coverage:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/health/ 

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]]> 1971 no Bird Flu’s Jump to Cattle Took Dairy Farmers by Surprise (Part 2) Dairy cattle have become an intermediary between avian influenza found in wild birds and the handful of recorded H5N1 bird flu cases in humans. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels took a trip upstate to Cornell University’s Teaching Dairy Barn. Early last year Texas dairy farmers noticed lethargic cows producing off-color milk. One of them sent Cornell researchers a sample, which genetic sequencing determined to contain a strain of H5N1. That strain traces its roots to the H5N1 virus that emerged in China in the late 1990s—which spread around the world thanks to migrating wild birds, such as those found on the beach that associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young visited in episode one of our three-part series about bird flu. And outbreak of H5N1 has been running through poultry farms since the early 2020s. Poultry farmers have been forced to cull flocks, reinforce biosecurity protocols and change the prices of eggs as a result. Dairy farms were less prepared for the spillover and its unexpected transition into raw-milk-drinking barn cats. While pasteurization makes milk safe for human consumption, there’s no easy way to prevent the spread between herds of cattle. In the next episode, multimedia intern and producer Naeem Amarsy looks at how the virus made yet another hop—this time into humans. Recommended reading: How the U.S. Lost Control of Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/  Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-vaccine-for-cows-passes-early-test/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Meghan Bartels. This series is reported and produced by Lauren Young, Meghan Bartels, Naeem Amarsy, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. Special thanks to Becka Bowyer and Kaitlyn Serrao at Cornell University and to Kimberly Lau, Dean Visser and Jeanna Bryner at Scientific American. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The bird flu was long known to poultry farmers. Here’s why the dairy industry was caught off guard by its jump to cattle. Dairy cattle have become an intermediary between avian influenza found in wild birds and the handful of recorded H5N1 bird flu cases in humans. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels took a trip upstate to Cornell University’s Teaching Dairy Barn. Early last year Texas dairy farmers noticed lethargic cows producing off-color milk. One of them sent Cornell researchers a sample, which genetic sequencing determined to contain a strain of H5N1. That strain traces its roots to the H5N1 virus that emerged in China in the late 1990s—which spread around the world thanks to migrating wild birds, such as those found on the beach that associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young visited in episode one of our three-part series about bird flu. And outbreak of H5N1 has been running through poultry farms since the early 2020s. Poultry farmers have been forced to cull flocks, reinforce biosecurity protocols and change the prices of eggs as a result. Dairy farms were less prepared for the spillover and its unexpected transition into raw-milk-drinking barn cats. While pasteurization makes milk safe for human consumption, there’s no easy way to prevent the spread between herds of cattle. In the next episode, multimedia intern and producer Naeem Amarsy looks at how the virus made yet another hop—this time into humans. Recommended reading: How the U.S. Lost Control of Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/  Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-vaccine-for-cows-passes-early-test/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Meghan Bartels. This series is reported and produced by Lauren Young, Meghan Bartels, Naeem Amarsy, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. Special thanks to Becka Bowyer and Kaitlyn Serrao at Cornell University and to Kimberly Lau, Dean Visser and Jeanna Bryner at Scientific American. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dairy cattle have become an intermediary between avian influenza found in wild birds and the handful of recorded H5N1 bird flu cases in humans. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels took a trip upstate to Cornell University’s Teaching Dairy Barn. Early last year Texas dairy farmers noticed lethargic cows producing off-color milk. One of them sent Cornell researchers a sample, which genetic sequencing determined to contain a strain of H5N1. That strain traces its roots to the H5N1 virus that emerged in China in the late 1990s—which spread around the world thanks to migrating wild birds, such as those found on the beach that associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young visited in episode one of our three-part series about bird flu. And outbreak of H5N1 has been running through poultry farms since the early 2020s. Poultry farmers have been forced to cull flocks, reinforce biosecurity protocols and change the prices of eggs as a result. Dairy farms were less prepared for the spillover and its unexpected transition into raw-milk-drinking barn cats. While pasteurization makes milk safe for human consumption, there’s no easy way to prevent the spread between herds of cattle. In the next episode, multimedia intern and producer Naeem Amarsy looks at how the virus made yet another hop—this time into humans.


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How the U.S. Lost Control of Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

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Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test

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]]> 1378 How Bird Flu Went from an Isolated Avian Illness to a Human Pandemic Threat (Part 1) Bird flu outbreaks in poultry and cattle have caused concern for public health officials. There have been few reported cases of human transmission, but the growing risks of H5N1 avian influenza have virologists on alert. Researchers at the St. Jude Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response take an annual visit to Delaware Bay to collect samples of bird poop for analysis. These samples give the researchers a look at emerging avian illnesses. While spillover of H5N1 into domestic birds has been known for a while, the first case of spillover into humans was only identified during a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong. Since then H5N1 has gone global and moved from transmitting from bird to bird to spreading from bird to mammal and from mammal to mammal. Associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young takes a sample collection walk on the beach and speaks with virus detectives about how H5N1 evolved in episode one of our three-part series about bird flu. Join us on Wednesday to learn how bird flu jumped from poultry to cattle. Recommended reading: RFK, Jr., Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/  Bird Flu Detected in Humans in the U.S.: What We Know So Far https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-detected-in-a-person-in-texas-what-we-know-so-far/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lauren Young. This series was reported and produced by Lauren Young, Meghan Bartels, Naeem Amarsy, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. And special thanks to Kimberly Lau and Dean Visser at Scientific American for making it possible and to Michael Sheffield at St. Jude for assistance in the field. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The first hints that a new strain of avian illness is emerging could be found on this beach on Delaware Bay, where migrating birds flock. Here’s what virus detectives who return there every year know right now. Bird flu outbreaks in poultry and cattle have caused concern for public health officials. There have been few reported cases of human transmission, but the growing risks of H5N1 avian influenza have virologists on alert. Researchers at the St. Jude Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response take an annual visit to Delaware Bay to collect samples of bird poop for analysis. These samples give the researchers a look at emerging avian illnesses. While spillover of H5N1 into domestic birds has been known for a while, the first case of spillover into humans was only identified during a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong. Since then H5N1 has gone global and moved from transmitting from bird to bird to spreading from bird to mammal and from mammal to mammal. Associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young takes a sample collection walk on the beach and speaks with virus detectives about how H5N1 evolved in episode one of our three-part series about bird flu. Join us on Wednesday to learn how bird flu jumped from poultry to cattle. Recommended reading: RFK, Jr., Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/  Bird Flu Detected in Humans in the U.S.: What We Know So Far https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-detected-in-a-person-in-texas-what-we-know-so-far/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lauren Young. This series was reported and produced by Lauren Young, Meghan Bartels, Naeem Amarsy, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. And special thanks to Kimberly Lau and Dean Visser at Scientific American for making it possible and to Michael Sheffield at St. Jude for assistance in the field. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bird flu outbreaks in poultry and cattle have caused concern for public health officials. There have been few reported cases of human transmission, but the growing risks of H5N1 avian influenza have virologists on alert.


Researchers at the St. Jude Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response take an annual visit to Delaware Bay to collect samples of bird poop for analysis. These samples give the researchers a look at emerging avian illnesses. While spillover of H5N1 into domestic birds has been known for a while, the first case of spillover into humans was only identified during a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong. Since then H5N1 has gone global and moved from transmitting from bird to bird to spreading from bird to mammal and from mammal to mammal.


Associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young takes a sample collection walk on the beach and speaks with virus detectives about how H5N1 evolved in episode one of our three-part series about bird flu.

Join us on Wednesday to learn how bird flu jumped from poultry to cattle.


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RFK, Jr., Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/ 

Bird Flu Detected in Humans in the U.S.: What We Know So Far https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-detected-in-a-person-in-texas-what-we-know-so-far/ 


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]]> 1877 What No One Tells You about Testosterone Replacement Therapy Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is exploding in popularity among men. TRT has been touted online as a cure-all for everything from low energy to poor mood and even as a way to increase masculinity itself. But how much of the buzz is backed by science? Host Rachel Feltman talks with journalist Stephanie Pappas about the realities behind the trend. They explore who truly benefits from TRT, the overlooked risks—including fertility loss—and the rise of private clinics offering testosterone. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Recommended reading: What Most Men Don’t Know about the Risks of Testosterone Therapy Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American As more men turn to testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for energy, mood and muscle, experts warn the risks are still not fully understood. Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is exploding in popularity among men. TRT has been touted online as a cure-all for everything from low energy to poor mood and even as a way to increase masculinity itself. But how much of the buzz is backed by science? Host Rachel Feltman talks with journalist Stephanie Pappas about the realities behind the trend. They explore who truly benefits from TRT, the overlooked risks—including fertility loss—and the rise of private clinics offering testosterone. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Recommended reading: What Most Men Don’t Know about the Risks of Testosterone Therapy Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is exploding in popularity among men. TRT has been touted online as a cure-all for everything from low energy to poor mood and even as a way to increase masculinity itself. But how much of the buzz is backed by science? Host Rachel Feltman talks with journalist Stephanie Pappas about the realities behind the trend. They explore who truly benefits from TRT, the overlooked risks—including fertility loss—and the rise of private clinics offering testosterone.


This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors.


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]]> 734 Why Your Gut Loves a Good Workout Host Rachel Feltman explores the surprising connection between exercise and the gut microbiome with Scientific American contributing editor Lydia Denworth. Drawing from her latest reporting, Denworth explains how aerobic activity can influence the microbial ecosystems in our digestive tract—boosting diversity, reducing inflammation, and even supporting muscle development and mental well-being. From mouse wheels to marathoners, this episode offers a compelling look at why breaking a sweat might be one of the best things you can do for your gut. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Recommended reading: A Good Workout Gets Your Helpful Gut Microbes in Shape, Too Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat”—especially when it comes to gut health. But what if your workout matters just as much as your diet? Host Rachel Feltman explores the surprising connection between exercise and the gut microbiome with Scientific American contributing editor Lydia Denworth. Drawing from her latest reporting, Denworth explains how aerobic activity can influence the microbial ecosystems in our digestive tract—boosting diversity, reducing inflammation, and even supporting muscle development and mental well-being. From mouse wheels to marathoners, this episode offers a compelling look at why breaking a sweat might be one of the best things you can do for your gut. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Recommended reading: A Good Workout Gets Your Helpful Gut Microbes in Shape, Too Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Rachel Feltman explores the surprising connection between exercise and the gut microbiome with Scientific American contributing editor Lydia Denworth. Drawing from her latest reporting, Denworth explains how aerobic activity can influence the microbial ecosystems in our digestive tract—boosting diversity, reducing inflammation, and even supporting muscle development and mental well-being. From mouse wheels to marathoners, this episode offers a compelling look at why breaking a sweat might be one of the best things you can do for your gut.


This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors.


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A Good Workout Gets Your Helpful Gut Microbes in Shape, Too

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]]> 591 CDC Vaccine Panel Fired by RFK, Jr., Oceans Grow More Acidic, and Pangolins Threatened by Hunting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has fired the experts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, sparking concern among public health officials. Ocean acidification has crossed a critical threshold, posing serious risks to marine life around the globe. And pangolins face growing threats from increased hunting, complicating efforts to protect the world’s most trafficked mammal. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Recommended reading: How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC Immunization Committee Panelists Will Affect America’s Vaccine Access Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Major changes hit a key CDC vaccine advisory panel, ocean acidification crosses a critical threshold, and new research reveals an unexpected threat to pangolins. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has fired the experts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, sparking concern among public health officials. Ocean acidification has crossed a critical threshold, posing serious risks to marine life around the globe. And pangolins face growing threats from increased hunting, complicating efforts to protect the world’s most trafficked mammal. This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Recommended reading: How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC Immunization Committee Panelists Will Affect America’s Vaccine Access Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has fired the experts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, sparking concern among public health officials. Ocean acidification has crossed a critical threshold, posing serious risks to marine life around the globe. And pangolins face growing threats from increased hunting, complicating efforts to protect the world’s most trafficked mammal.


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]]> 614 These Adorable Hamster Dads Take Fatherhood Seriously Most mammalian dads are pretty absent from their offspring’s lives. That sets the Djungarian hamster apart from its fellow fathers. These hamster dads are involved in the birth of their pups, care for them in infancy and even provide food during weaning. They also let the mother hamster go on cooldown walks outside of the burrow, which professor of veterinary medicine and hamster expert Katherine Wynne-Edwards thinks could be essential to the survival of the species in its superharsh environment. But there’s also some familiar mate selection at play: female Djungarian hamsters choose to mate with males who will provide quality parental care. Follow guest host Elah Feder’s work Recommended reading: Why Don't Bees Celebrate Father's Day? Men Are More Prepared for Fatherhood Than We Think E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported by Elah Feder and co-hosted by Rachel Feltman and Elah Feder. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:55:00 -0000 These Adorable Hamster Dads Take Fatherhood Seriously full Scientific American Are These Hamsters the Best Dads in the Animal Kingdom? Most mammalian dads are pretty absent from their offspring’s lives. That sets the Djungarian hamster apart from its fellow fathers. These hamster dads are involved in the birth of their pups, care for them in infancy and even provide food during weaning. They also let the mother hamster go on cooldown walks outside of the burrow, which professor of veterinary medicine and hamster expert Katherine Wynne-Edwards thinks could be essential to the survival of the species in its superharsh environment. But there’s also some familiar mate selection at play: female Djungarian hamsters choose to mate with males who will provide quality parental care. Follow guest host Elah Feder’s work Recommended reading: Why Don't Bees Celebrate Father's Day? Men Are More Prepared for Fatherhood Than We Think E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported by Elah Feder and co-hosted by Rachel Feltman and Elah Feder. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Most mammalian dads are pretty absent from their offspring’s lives. That sets the Djungarian hamster apart from its fellow fathers. These hamster dads are involved in the birth of their pups, care for them in infancy and even provide food during weaning. They also let the mother hamster go on cooldown walks outside of the burrow, which professor of veterinary medicine and hamster expert Katherine Wynne-Edwards thinks could be essential to the survival of the species in its superharsh environment. But there’s also some familiar mate selection at play: female Djungarian hamsters choose to mate with males who will provide quality parental care.

Follow guest host Elah Feder’s work

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Why Don't Bees Celebrate Father's Day?

Men Are More Prepared for Fatherhood Than We Think

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]]> 802 no What ‘Immortal’ Jellyfish and Famously Old Tortoises Tell Us about Aging Animals’ lifespans can be far shorter or much longer than those of humans. Scientists are researching creatures such as “immortal” jellyfish and long-lived tortoises and digging deep into genetic codes to figure out why animals age—and what we can do to improve longevity in humans. João Pedro de Magalhães, chair of molecular biogerontology at the University of Birmingham in England, lays out the state of aging science.   Recommended reading: Follow de Magalhães’s lab: https://rejuvenomicslab.com/ See our animal lifespan infographic: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-animals-live-for-only-days-and-others-live-for-thousands-of-years/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Could the spectrum of animal lifespans hold clues about the science of aging? Animals’ lifespans can be far shorter or much longer than those of humans. Scientists are researching creatures such as “immortal” jellyfish and long-lived tortoises and digging deep into genetic codes to figure out why animals age—and what we can do to improve longevity in humans. João Pedro de Magalhães, chair of molecular biogerontology at the University of Birmingham in England, lays out the state of aging science.   Recommended reading: Follow de Magalhães’s lab: https://rejuvenomicslab.com/ See our animal lifespan infographic: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-animals-live-for-only-days-and-others-live-for-thousands-of-years/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Animals’ lifespans can be far shorter or much longer than those of humans. Scientists are researching creatures such as “immortal” jellyfish and long-lived tortoises and digging deep into genetic codes to figure out why animals age—and what we can do to improve longevity in humans. João Pedro de Magalhães, chair of molecular biogerontology at the University of Birmingham in England, lays out the state of aging science.  


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Follow de Magalhães’s lab:

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]]> 867 Cosmic Coin Toss, Record Heat in the North Atlantic and Living Worm Towers New simulations suggest the Milky Way’s long-predicted collision with Andromeda might be less of a cosmic certainty than we thought. A massive marine heat wave in 2023 sent North Atlantic temperatures soaring—equal to two decades’ worth of typical warming—with weak winds and climate change largely to blame. And researchers reveal that the planet’s most abundant animals—nematodes—may use teamwork and tower-building to hitch rides to new homes. Recommended reading: This ‘Tower of Worms’ Is a Squirming Superorganism  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American The Milky Way’s big crash with Andromeda might not be a sure thing. Plus, we discuss an overheated ocean, a giant planet circling a tiny star and worms that build living towers. New simulations suggest the Milky Way’s long-predicted collision with Andromeda might be less of a cosmic certainty than we thought. A massive marine heat wave in 2023 sent North Atlantic temperatures soaring—equal to two decades’ worth of typical warming—with weak winds and climate change largely to blame. And researchers reveal that the planet’s most abundant animals—nematodes—may use teamwork and tower-building to hitch rides to new homes. Recommended reading: This ‘Tower of Worms’ Is a Squirming Superorganism  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New simulations suggest the Milky Way’s long-predicted collision with Andromeda might be less of a cosmic certainty than we thought. A massive marine heat wave in 2023 sent North Atlantic temperatures soaring—equal to two decades’ worth of typical warming—with weak winds and climate change largely to blame. And researchers reveal that the planet’s most abundant animals—nematodes—may use teamwork and tower-building to hitch rides to new homes.


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]]> 531 Is the National Weather Service Ready for an Extreme Summer? The dedicated staff of the National Weather Service are responsible for the data that underpin your weather forecast and emergency alerts. DOGE Service cuts to the NWS are putting the collection and communication of those data at risk right as we enter a dangerous season of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and extreme heat in the U.S. Senior sustainability editor Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to explain what the NWS does, why we need its expertise and what we risk when that expertise is lost.  Recommended reading: How Trump’s National Weather Service Cuts Could Cost Lives https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-trumps-national-weather-service-cuts-could-cost-lives/  Why This Hurricane Season Has Experts on Edge https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/with-a-busy-2025-hurricane-season-forecast-staffing-cuts-and-warm-oceans/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Andrea Thompson. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American What happens when the U.S.’s most trusted source of extreme weather alerts can’t staff the night shift? The dedicated staff of the National Weather Service are responsible for the data that underpin your weather forecast and emergency alerts. DOGE Service cuts to the NWS are putting the collection and communication of those data at risk right as we enter a dangerous season of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and extreme heat in the U.S. Senior sustainability editor Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to explain what the NWS does, why we need its expertise and what we risk when that expertise is lost.  Recommended reading: How Trump’s National Weather Service Cuts Could Cost Lives https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-trumps-national-weather-service-cuts-could-cost-lives/  Why This Hurricane Season Has Experts on Edge https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/with-a-busy-2025-hurricane-season-forecast-staffing-cuts-and-warm-oceans/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Andrea Thompson. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The dedicated staff of the National Weather Service are responsible for the data that underpin your weather forecast and emergency alerts. DOGE Service cuts to the NWS are putting the collection and communication of those data at risk right as we enter a dangerous season of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and extreme heat in the U.S. Senior sustainability editor Andrea Thompson joins host Rachel Feltman to explain what the NWS does, why we need its expertise and what we risk when that expertise is lost. 


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How Trump’s National Weather Service Cuts Could Cost Lives https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-trumps-national-weather-service-cuts-could-cost-lives/ 

Why This Hurricane Season Has Experts on Edge

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]]> 861 Megalodon Diets, Teeth Sensitivity and a Bunch of Vaccine News The measles outbreak in West Texas is slowing. Health officials think an increase in vaccination rates contributed to the slowdown, but Texas lawmakers have pushed a new bill to make it even quicker and easier for parents to exempt their children from vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goes counter to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by removing recommendations for COVID vaccines for pregnant people and children without underlying health conditions. The first vaccine for gonorrhea debuts in England and Wales, with early results suggesting it is 30 to 40 percent effective against the disease. Your sensitive teeth may have origins in the dentin in the exoskeletons of ancient fish. Plus, researchers use fossils to discover what megalodons may have eaten.  Recommended reading: See the Dramatic Consequences of Vaccination Rates Teetering on a ‘Knife’s Edge’  Fun Facts about Teeth across the Animal Kingdom Love the Ocean? Thank a Shark  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American It’s one step forward and two steps back for vaccine policy in the U.S. Plus, we discuss the fishy origins of sensitive teeth and megalodon diets. The measles outbreak in West Texas is slowing. Health officials think an increase in vaccination rates contributed to the slowdown, but Texas lawmakers have pushed a new bill to make it even quicker and easier for parents to exempt their children from vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goes counter to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by removing recommendations for COVID vaccines for pregnant people and children without underlying health conditions. The first vaccine for gonorrhea debuts in England and Wales, with early results suggesting it is 30 to 40 percent effective against the disease. Your sensitive teeth may have origins in the dentin in the exoskeletons of ancient fish. Plus, researchers use fossils to discover what megalodons may have eaten.  Recommended reading: See the Dramatic Consequences of Vaccination Rates Teetering on a ‘Knife’s Edge’  Fun Facts about Teeth across the Animal Kingdom Love the Ocean? Thank a Shark  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The measles outbreak in West Texas is slowing. Health officials think an increase in vaccination rates contributed to the slowdown, but Texas lawmakers have pushed a new bill to make it even quicker and easier for parents to exempt their children from vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goes counter to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by removing recommendations for COVID vaccines for pregnant people and children without underlying health conditions. The first vaccine for gonorrhea debuts in England and Wales, with early results suggesting it is 30 to 40 percent effective against the disease. Your sensitive teeth may have origins in the dentin in the exoskeletons of ancient fish. Plus, researchers use fossils to discover what megalodons may have eaten. 


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Fun Facts about Teeth across the Animal Kingdom

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]]> 480 Are You Flourishing? This Global Study Has Surprising Takeaways Are you flourishing? It’s a more understated metric than happiness, but it can provide a multidimensional assessment of our quality of life. Victor Counted, an associate professor of psychology at Regent University and a member of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, joins host Rachel Feltman to review the first wave of results from the five-year, 22-country Global Flourishing Study. Counted reflects on the difficulty of applying a universal concept to varied cultural contexts and ways that we can control our own flourishing.  Recommended reading: Read the study See an article about the study co-authored by Counted Societies with Little Money Are among the Happiest on Earth  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Young people are struggling; retirees are happier than employees; people in partnerships are flourishing more than those who are single. Hear the first takeaways from the Global Flourishing Study. Are you flourishing? It’s a more understated metric than happiness, but it can provide a multidimensional assessment of our quality of life. Victor Counted, an associate professor of psychology at Regent University and a member of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, joins host Rachel Feltman to review the first wave of results from the five-year, 22-country Global Flourishing Study. Counted reflects on the difficulty of applying a universal concept to varied cultural contexts and ways that we can control our own flourishing.  Recommended reading: Read the study See an article about the study co-authored by Counted Societies with Little Money Are among the Happiest on Earth  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Are you flourishing? It’s a more understated metric than happiness, but it can provide a multidimensional assessment of our quality of life. Victor Counted, an associate professor of psychology at Regent University and a member of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, joins host Rachel Feltman to review the first wave of results from the five-year, 22-country Global Flourishing Study. Counted reflects on the difficulty of applying a universal concept to varied cultural contexts and ways that we can control our own flourishing. 


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]]> 1096 Diagnosing Male Infertility with a Mechanical Engineering Twist Male infertility is undercovered and underdiscussed. If a couple is struggling to conceive, there’s a 50–50 chance that sperm health is a contributing factor. Diagnosing male infertility is getting easier with at-home tests—and a new study suggests a method for testing at home that would be more accurate. Study co-author Sushanta Mitra, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how lower sperm adhesion could be used as a proxy for higher sperm motility. Recommended reading: Read the study: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admi.202400680 Are Sperm Counts Really Declining? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-sperm-counts-really-declining/  Wiggling Sperm Power a New Male Fertility Test https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wiggling-sperm-power-a-new-male-fertility-test/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A new study suggests a way to more accurately test sperm health from home. Male infertility is undercovered and underdiscussed. If a couple is struggling to conceive, there’s a 50–50 chance that sperm health is a contributing factor. Diagnosing male infertility is getting easier with at-home tests—and a new study suggests a method for testing at home that would be more accurate. Study co-author Sushanta Mitra, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how lower sperm adhesion could be used as a proxy for higher sperm motility. Recommended reading: Read the study: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admi.202400680 Are Sperm Counts Really Declining? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-sperm-counts-really-declining/  Wiggling Sperm Power a New Male Fertility Test https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wiggling-sperm-power-a-new-male-fertility-test/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Male infertility is undercovered and underdiscussed. If a couple is struggling to conceive, there’s a 50–50 chance that sperm health is a contributing factor. Diagnosing male infertility is getting easier with at-home tests—and a new study suggests a method for testing at home that would be more accurate. Study co-author Sushanta Mitra, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how lower sperm adhesion could be used as a proxy for higher sperm motility.


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Read the study:

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admi.202400680

Are Sperm Counts Really Declining? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-sperm-counts-really-declining/ 

Wiggling Sperm Power a New Male Fertility Test https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wiggling-sperm-power-a-new-male-fertility-test/ 


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]]> 639 Could We Speak to Dolphins? A Promising LLM Makes That a Possibility Dolphins have a broad vocabulary. They vocalize with whistles, clicks and “burst pulses.”This varied communication makes it challenging for scientists to decode dolphin speech. Artificial intelligence can help researchers process audio and find the slight patterns that human ears may not be able to identify. Reporter Melissa Hobson took a look at DolphinGemma, a large language model created by Google in collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The project seeks to unravel the clicks from the whistles and to understand what dolphins chat about under the waves.  Recommended reading: Read our article about DolphinGemma: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-let-us-chat-with-dolphins/ Watch our video about the project: https://www.tiktok.com/@scientificamerican/video/7499862659072871723  Keep up with Hobson’s reporting:  http://www.melissahobson.co.uk/ Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 May 2025 09:55:00 -0000 Could We Speak to Dolphins? A Promising LLM Makes That a Possibility full Scientific American Unraveling the Clicks From the Whistles Dolphins have a broad vocabulary. They vocalize with whistles, clicks and “burst pulses.”This varied communication makes it challenging for scientists to decode dolphin speech. Artificial intelligence can help researchers process audio and find the slight patterns that human ears may not be able to identify. Reporter Melissa Hobson took a look at DolphinGemma, a large language model created by Google in collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The project seeks to unravel the clicks from the whistles and to understand what dolphins chat about under the waves.  Recommended reading: Read our article about DolphinGemma: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-let-us-chat-with-dolphins/ Watch our video about the project: https://www.tiktok.com/@scientificamerican/video/7499862659072871723  Keep up with Hobson’s reporting:  http://www.melissahobson.co.uk/ Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was co-hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dolphins have a broad vocabulary. They vocalize with whistles, clicks and “burst pulses.”This varied communication makes it challenging for scientists to decode dolphin speech. Artificial intelligence can help researchers process audio and find the slight patterns that human ears may not be able to identify. Reporter Melissa Hobson took a look at DolphinGemma, a large language model created by Google in collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The project seeks to unravel the clicks from the whistles and to understand what dolphins chat about under the waves. 

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Read our article about DolphinGemma: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-let-us-chat-with-dolphins/

Watch our video about the project: https://www.tiktok.com/@scientificamerican/video/7499862659072871723 

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]]> 1147 Do Mitochondria Talk to Each Other? A New Look at the Cell’s Powerhouse Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell—but new research suggests they might be far more complex. Columbia University’s Martin Picard joins Scientific American’s Rachel Feltman to explore how these tiny organelles could be communicating and what that might mean for everything from metabolism to mental health. Check out Martin Picard’s full article in the June issue of Scientific American. Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American New discoveries about mitochondria could reshape how we understand the body’s response to stress, aging and illness. Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell—but new research suggests they might be far more complex. Columbia University’s Martin Picard joins Scientific American’s Rachel Feltman to explore how these tiny organelles could be communicating and what that might mean for everything from metabolism to mental health. Check out Martin Picard’s full article in the June issue of Scientific American. Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell—but new research suggests they might be far more complex. Columbia University’s Martin Picard joins Scientific American’s Rachel Feltman to explore how these tiny organelles could be communicating and what that might mean for everything from metabolism to mental health.


Check out Martin Picard’s full article in the June issue of Scientific American.


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]]> 1624 no How to Make Gold, Flamingo Food Tornado, and Kosmos-482 Lands Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos-482 lands, though no one is certain where. Physicists turn lead into gold. Overdose deaths are down, in part thanks to the availability of naloxone. Flamingos make underwater food tornadoes. Chimps use leaves as a multi-tool. Recommended reading: A New, Deadly Era of Space Junk Is Dawning, and No One Is Ready https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-dropped-space-junk-on-my-neighbors-farm-heres-what-happened-next/  Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/large-hadron-collider-physicists-turn-lead-into-gold-for-a-fraction-of-a/ Overdose Deaths Are Finally Starting to Decline. Here’s Why. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/overdose-deaths-are-finally-starting-to-decline-heres-why/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 May 2025 09:55:00 -0000 How to Make Gold, Flamingo Food Tornado, and Kosmos-482 Lands full Scientific American Also, Chimp "Prosocial Postcoital Penis Wiping" Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos-482 lands, though no one is certain where. Physicists turn lead into gold. Overdose deaths are down, in part thanks to the availability of naloxone. Flamingos make underwater food tornadoes. Chimps use leaves as a multi-tool. Recommended reading: A New, Deadly Era of Space Junk Is Dawning, and No One Is Ready https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-dropped-space-junk-on-my-neighbors-farm-heres-what-happened-next/  Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/large-hadron-collider-physicists-turn-lead-into-gold-for-a-fraction-of-a/ Overdose Deaths Are Finally Starting to Decline. Here’s Why. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/overdose-deaths-are-finally-starting-to-decline-heres-why/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by associate mind and brain editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos-482 lands, though no one is certain where. Physicists turn lead into gold. Overdose deaths are down, in part thanks to the availability of naloxone. Flamingos make underwater food tornadoes. Chimps use leaves as a multi-tool.

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A New, Deadly Era of Space Junk Is Dawning, and No One Is Ready https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-dropped-space-junk-on-my-neighbors-farm-heres-what-happened-next/ 

Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/large-hadron-collider-physicists-turn-lead-into-gold-for-a-fraction-of-a/

Overdose Deaths Are Finally Starting to Decline. Here’s Why. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/overdose-deaths-are-finally-starting-to-decline-heres-why/

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]]> 489 Could Freezing Arctic Sea Ice Combat Climate Change? The year-round sea ice in the Arctic is melting and has shrunk by nearly 40 percent over the past four decades. Geoengineering companies such as Real Ice are betting big on refreezing it. That may sound ridiculous, impractical or risky—but proponents say we have to try. The U.K. government seems to agree, investing millions into experimental approaches such as Real Ice’s. Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Fellow Alec Luhn is taking us with him to the Arctic to see what it takes to freeze sea ice in the already freezing cold. Recommended reading: Read Luhn’s feature in the June 2025 issue of SciAm, which will be released on May 20: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/alec-luhn/ Follow Luhn on Instagram @alecluhn_ and BlueSky @alecluhn.bsky.social U.K. Funds Geoengineering Experiments as Global Controversy Grows https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-k-funds-geoengineering-experiments-as-global-controversy-grows/  Geoengineering Wins Reluctant Interest from Scientists as Earth’s Climate Unravels https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geoengineering-wins-reluctant-interest-from-scientists-as-earths-climate/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change. The year-round sea ice in the Arctic is melting and has shrunk by nearly 40 percent over the past four decades. Geoengineering companies such as Real Ice are betting big on refreezing it. That may sound ridiculous, impractical or risky—but proponents say we have to try. The U.K. government seems to agree, investing millions into experimental approaches such as Real Ice’s. Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Fellow Alec Luhn is taking us with him to the Arctic to see what it takes to freeze sea ice in the already freezing cold. Recommended reading: Read Luhn’s feature in the June 2025 issue of SciAm, which will be released on May 20: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/alec-luhn/ Follow Luhn on Instagram @alecluhn_ and BlueSky @alecluhn.bsky.social U.K. Funds Geoengineering Experiments as Global Controversy Grows https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-k-funds-geoengineering-experiments-as-global-controversy-grows/  Geoengineering Wins Reluctant Interest from Scientists as Earth’s Climate Unravels https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geoengineering-wins-reluctant-interest-from-scientists-as-earths-climate/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The year-round sea ice in the Arctic is melting and has shrunk by nearly 40 percent over the past four decades. Geoengineering companies such as Real Ice are betting big on refreezing it. That may sound ridiculous, impractical or risky—but proponents say we have to try. The U.K. government seems to agree, investing millions into experimental approaches such as Real Ice’s. Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Fellow Alec Luhn is taking us with him to the Arctic to see what it takes to freeze sea ice in the already freezing cold.


Recommended reading:

Read Luhn’s feature in the June 2025 issue of SciAm, which will be released on May 20:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/alec-luhn/

Follow Luhn on Instagram @alecluhn_ and BlueSky @alecluhn.bsky.social

U.K. Funds Geoengineering Experiments as Global Controversy Grows https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-k-funds-geoengineering-experiments-as-global-controversy-grows/ 

Geoengineering Wins Reluctant Interest from Scientists as Earth’s Climate Unravels

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]]> 1529 no How a West Texas Outbreak Threatens Measles Elimination Status Measles was technically “eliminated” in the U.S. in 2000 thanks to high measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates. While prior outbreaks have made headlines, a slew of cases in West Texas is more than just newsworthy—it could cause the U.S. to lose elimination status. Associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young explains what elimination means, why measles cases are rising and how to prevent further transmission. Recommended reading: Measles Was ‘Eliminated’ in the U.S. in 2000. The Current Outbreak May Change That  Five Reasons Measles Outbreaks Are Worse Than You Think—And Why Vaccination Matters  How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lauren Young. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American High vaccination rates eliminated measles in the U.S. An outbreak that began in West Texas is threatening to overturn that status. Measles was technically “eliminated” in the U.S. in 2000 thanks to high measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates. While prior outbreaks have made headlines, a slew of cases in West Texas is more than just newsworthy—it could cause the U.S. to lose elimination status. Associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young explains what elimination means, why measles cases are rising and how to prevent further transmission. Recommended reading: Measles Was ‘Eliminated’ in the U.S. in 2000. The Current Outbreak May Change That  Five Reasons Measles Outbreaks Are Worse Than You Think—And Why Vaccination Matters  How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lauren Young. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Measles was technically “eliminated” in the U.S. in 2000 thanks to high measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rates. While prior outbreaks have made headlines, a slew of cases in West Texas is more than just newsworthy—it could cause the U.S. to lose elimination status. Associate health and medicine editor Lauren Young explains what elimination means, why measles cases are rising and how to prevent further transmission.


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Measles Was ‘Eliminated’ in the U.S. in 2000. The Current Outbreak May Change That 

Five Reasons Measles Outbreaks Are Worse Than You Think—And Why Vaccination Matters 

How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles 


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]]> 600 no Sinking Cities, Waving Cuttlefish and Falling Spacecraft A 1970s Soviet spacecraft is hurtling down from space—and no one knows where it will land. All 28 of the most populous cities in the U.S. are slowly sinking. Investments and overconsumption make the wealthiest 10 percent of the global population responsible for two thirds of climate-change-related warming.  Recommended reading: Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cuttlefish-may-communicate-with-discolike-arm-gestures/  This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-to-know-about-kosmos-482-the-soviet-spacecraft-crash-landing-on-earth/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A spacecraft is set to fall from the skies, 28 U.S. cities slowly sink, and a new study pinpoints how the overindulgence of the wealthy contributes to massive warming. A 1970s Soviet spacecraft is hurtling down from space—and no one knows where it will land. All 28 of the most populous cities in the U.S. are slowly sinking. Investments and overconsumption make the wealthiest 10 percent of the global population responsible for two thirds of climate-change-related warming.  Recommended reading: Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cuttlefish-may-communicate-with-discolike-arm-gestures/  This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-to-know-about-kosmos-482-the-soviet-spacecraft-crash-landing-on-earth/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A 1970s Soviet spacecraft is hurtling down from space—and no one knows where it will land. All 28 of the most populous cities in the U.S. are slowly sinking. Investments and overconsumption make the wealthiest 10 percent of the global population responsible for two thirds of climate-change-related warming. 


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Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cuttlefish-may-communicate-with-discolike-arm-gestures/ 

This Soviet Spacecraft Will Soon Crash-Land on Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-to-know-about-kosmos-482-the-soviet-spacecraft-crash-landing-on-earth/ 


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]]> 497 no This Podcast Was Recorded Inside a Particle Collider We’re taking a field trip to the U.S.’s only particle collider, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), housed at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Staff scientist Alex Jentsch takes listeners through some basic terminology and interconnected technologies that help Brookhaven researchers probe questions about our unseen universe. The RHIC is winding down in preparation for the new Electron-Ion Collider, which could help us discover the secrets of the “glue” that holds visible matter together.  Be sure to head over to our YouTube account to see the video version of this podcast, shot on-site at Brookhaven National Laboratory! Recommended reading: Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-will-build-the-next-giant-particle-collider/  Supersymmetry Washes Out at the Large Hadron Collider https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supersymmetrys-long-fall-from-grace/  Physicists Are Closer Than Ever to Solving the Puzzle of the Ghostly Neutrino’s Mass https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neutrino-mass-mystery-shrinks-with-latest-katrin-results/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 -0000 This Podcast Was Recorded Inside a Particle Collider full Scientific American How the Nation’s Only Particle Collider Is Accelerating Our Understanding of Physics We’re taking a field trip to the U.S.’s only particle collider, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), housed at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Staff scientist Alex Jentsch takes listeners through some basic terminology and interconnected technologies that help Brookhaven researchers probe questions about our unseen universe. The RHIC is winding down in preparation for the new Electron-Ion Collider, which could help us discover the secrets of the “glue” that holds visible matter together.  Be sure to head over to our YouTube account to see the video version of this podcast, shot on-site at Brookhaven National Laboratory! Recommended reading: Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-will-build-the-next-giant-particle-collider/  Supersymmetry Washes Out at the Large Hadron Collider https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supersymmetrys-long-fall-from-grace/  Physicists Are Closer Than Ever to Solving the Puzzle of the Ghostly Neutrino’s Mass https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neutrino-mass-mystery-shrinks-with-latest-katrin-results/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We’re taking a field trip to the U.S.’s only particle collider, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), housed at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Staff scientist Alex Jentsch takes listeners through some basic terminology and interconnected technologies that help Brookhaven researchers probe questions about our unseen universe. The RHIC is winding down in preparation for the new Electron-Ion Collider, which could help us discover the secrets of the “glue” that holds visible matter together. 

Be sure to head over to our YouTube account to see the video version of this podcast, shot on-site at Brookhaven National Laboratory!

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Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-will-build-the-next-giant-particle-collider/ 

Supersymmetry Washes Out at the Large Hadron Collider

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supersymmetrys-long-fall-from-grace/ 

Physicists Are Closer Than Ever to Solving the Puzzle of the Ghostly Neutrino’s Mass

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neutrino-mass-mystery-shrinks-with-latest-katrin-results/ 

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]]> 1091 Rejecting Toxic Fitness Culture with Casey Johnston Casey Johnston is not your typical health and fitness influencer. She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how finding joy in strength training changed her relationship to fitness, food and body image. Johnston’s new book, A Physical Education, reflects on engaging with exercise in a balanced way. Recommended reading: You can get Johnston’s book A Physical Education here You can also get Johnston’s training program book LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell here Read her newsletter She’s a Beast Or follow her on Bluesky   Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Author Casey Johnston presents a new way to think about fitness in her new book A Physical Education Casey Johnston is not your typical health and fitness influencer. She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how finding joy in strength training changed her relationship to fitness, food and body image. Johnston’s new book, A Physical Education, reflects on engaging with exercise in a balanced way. Recommended reading: You can get Johnston’s book A Physical Education here You can also get Johnston’s training program book LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell here Read her newsletter She’s a Beast Or follow her on Bluesky   Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Casey Johnston is not your typical health and fitness influencer. She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how finding joy in strength training changed her relationship to fitness, food and body image. Johnston’s new book, A Physical Education, reflects on engaging with exercise in a balanced way.


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You can get Johnston’s book A Physical Education here

You can also get Johnston’s training program book LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell here

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]]> 1076 Jupiter’s Cyclones, Amazon’s Satellites and T. rex Collagen The congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment grinds to a halt. Amazon launches its first round of Internet satellites. The European Space Agency launches a satellite to measure the biomass of Earth’s trees. New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft offer insights into Jupiter and Io. Claims of Tyrannosaurus rex leather are, predictably, misleading.  Recommended reading: Trump Dismisses Scientists Writing Key Climate Reporthttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-dismisses-scientists-writing-the-national-climate-assessment/  Jupiter’s Supervolcanic Moon Io Dazzles in Photos from NASA’s Close Flybyshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jupiters-supervolcanic-moon-io-dazzles-in-photos-from-nasas-close-flybys/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Climate studies are paused, new satellites join the crowded skies, the Juno spacecraft studies Jupiter, and biotech companies will create T. rex leather (or will they?). The congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment grinds to a halt. Amazon launches its first round of Internet satellites. The European Space Agency launches a satellite to measure the biomass of Earth’s trees. New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft offer insights into Jupiter and Io. Claims of Tyrannosaurus rex leather are, predictably, misleading.  Recommended reading: Trump Dismisses Scientists Writing Key Climate Reporthttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-dismisses-scientists-writing-the-national-climate-assessment/  Jupiter’s Supervolcanic Moon Io Dazzles in Photos from NASA’s Close Flybyshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jupiters-supervolcanic-moon-io-dazzles-in-photos-from-nasas-close-flybys/  Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! http://sciencequickly.com/survey  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment grinds to a halt. Amazon launches its first round of Internet satellites. The European Space Agency launches a satellite to measure the biomass of Earth’s trees. New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft offer insights into Jupiter and Io. Claims of Tyrannosaurus rex leather are, predictably, misleading. 


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Trump Dismisses Scientists Writing Key Climate Reporthttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-dismisses-scientists-writing-the-national-climate-assessment/ 

Jupiter’s Supervolcanic Moon Io Dazzles in Photos from NASA’s Close Flybyshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jupiters-supervolcanic-moon-io-dazzles-in-photos-from-nasas-close-flybys/ 


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]]> 541 no The Fungi Facing Extinction and the Conservationists Working Hard to Protect Them Conservationists are ringing the alarm about the fungi facing extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List features vulnerable pandas and endangered tortoises, but it also highlights more than 400 fungi species that are under threat. Gregory Mueller, chief scientist emeritus at the Chicago Botanic Garden and coordinator of fungal conservation programs at the IUCN, and Anders Dahlberg, a professor of mycology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, explain the critical role fungi play in our environment and ways we can protect these threatened species. Recommended reading: Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywhere  For fans of The Last of Us, our 2023 podcast on real zombifying fungi E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 May 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American As conservation targets, fungi aren’t as appealing as giant pandas. But these scientists explain that the health of Earth’s fungal species is critically important. Conservationists are ringing the alarm about the fungi facing extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List features vulnerable pandas and endangered tortoises, but it also highlights more than 400 fungi species that are under threat. Gregory Mueller, chief scientist emeritus at the Chicago Botanic Garden and coordinator of fungal conservation programs at the IUCN, and Anders Dahlberg, a professor of mycology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, explain the critical role fungi play in our environment and ways we can protect these threatened species. Recommended reading: Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywhere  For fans of The Last of Us, our 2023 podcast on real zombifying fungi E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Conservationists are ringing the alarm about the fungi facing extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List features vulnerable pandas and endangered tortoises, but it also highlights more than 400 fungi species that are under threat. Gregory Mueller, chief scientist emeritus at the Chicago Botanic Garden and coordinator of fungal conservation programs at the IUCN, and Anders Dahlberg, a professor of mycology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, explain the critical role fungi play in our environment and ways we can protect these threatened species.


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]]> 727 no Griefbots Offer AI Connections with Deceased Loved Ones Griefbots, artificial intelligence chatbots that mimic deceased loved ones, are increasingly in popularity. Researcher Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska reflects on what death, grief and immortality look like in the digital age. She shares insights from a project that she is leading as a AI2050 Early Career Fellow: Imaginaries of Immortality in the Age of AI: An Intercultural Analysis. Plus, we discuss the ethical and privacy concerns surrounding how the data of the deceased are used and what consumers should be on the lookout for if they want to use griefbots.  Recommended reading: You can read a recent paper on griefbots co-authored by Nowaczyk-Basińska: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-024-00744-w And you can keep up with her research: https://katarzynanowaczykbasinska.pl/en/dr-katarzyna-nowaczyk-basinska/ Read our coverage of the tricky ethical debates around AI: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-god-chatbots-changing-religious-inquiry/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Griefbots, artificial intelligence chatbots that mimic deceased loved ones, are increasingly in popularity. Researcher Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska reflects on what death, grief and immortality look like in the digital age. She shares insights from a project that she is leading as a AI2050 Early Career Fellow: Imaginaries of Immortality in the Age of AI: An Intercultural Analysis. Plus, we discuss the ethical and privacy concerns surrounding how the data of the deceased are used and what consumers should be on the lookout for if they want to use griefbots.  Recommended reading: You can read a recent paper on griefbots co-authored by Nowaczyk-Basińska: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-024-00744-w And you can keep up with her research: https://katarzynanowaczykbasinska.pl/en/dr-katarzyna-nowaczyk-basinska/ Read our coverage of the tricky ethical debates around AI: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-god-chatbots-changing-religious-inquiry/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Griefbots, artificial intelligence chatbots that mimic deceased loved ones, are increasingly in popularity. Researcher Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska reflects on what death, grief and immortality look like in the digital age. She shares insights from a project that she is leading as a AI2050 Early Career Fellow: Imaginaries of Immortality in the Age of AI: An Intercultural Analysis. Plus, we discuss the ethical and privacy concerns surrounding how the data of the deceased are used and what consumers should be on the lookout for if they want to use griefbots. 


Recommended reading:

You can read a recent paper on griefbots co-authored by Nowaczyk-Basińska:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-024-00744-w

And you can keep up with her research:

https://katarzynanowaczykbasinska.pl/en/dr-katarzyna-nowaczyk-basinska/

Read our coverage of the tricky ethical debates around AI:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-god-chatbots-changing-religious-inquiry/ 

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]]> 978 no Scientific American in 1925: Solar Eclipses, Seances and Some Strange Inventions We’re taking a break from our usual weekly news roundup to do a little time travel. In 1925 Scientific American covered a total solar eclipse that featured some surprising solar shadow play and a prediction about today’s eclipses. Plus, we review some long-gone sections of the magazine that tried to verify mediums and show off zany inventions! Recommended reading: You can read more from our archives here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/archive/issues/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American We present a historical romp through Scientific American—100 years ago. We’re taking a break from our usual weekly news roundup to do a little time travel. In 1925 Scientific American covered a total solar eclipse that featured some surprising solar shadow play and a prediction about today’s eclipses. Plus, we review some long-gone sections of the magazine that tried to verify mediums and show off zany inventions! Recommended reading: You can read more from our archives here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/archive/issues/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We’re taking a break from our usual weekly news roundup to do a little time travel. In 1925 Scientific American covered a total solar eclipse that featured some surprising solar shadow play and a prediction about today’s eclipses. Plus, we review some long-gone sections of the magazine that tried to verify mediums and show off zany inventions!


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]]> 566 no How to Become an Urban Naturalist Wild NYC author Ryan Mandelbaum takes host Rachel Feltman through New York City’s Prospect Park to find urban wildlife. They explore the city’s many birds, surprising salamanders and unexpected urban oases. Plus, they discuss what the rules of engagement with wildlife are and how you can find wildlife in your own urban or suburban environment.  Recommended reading: Read Wild NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and around New York City, which is out now. Listen to our episode on protecting wildlife wherever you are.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0000 full Scientific American Finding Wondrous Wildlife Amid the Concrete Jungle Wild NYC author Ryan Mandelbaum takes host Rachel Feltman through New York City’s Prospect Park to find urban wildlife. They explore the city’s many birds, surprising salamanders and unexpected urban oases. Plus, they discuss what the rules of engagement with wildlife are and how you can find wildlife in your own urban or suburban environment.  Recommended reading: Read Wild NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and around New York City, which is out now. Listen to our episode on protecting wildlife wherever you are.  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wild NYC author Ryan Mandelbaum takes host Rachel Feltman through New York City’s Prospect Park to find urban wildlife. They explore the city’s many birds, surprising salamanders and unexpected urban oases. Plus, they discuss what the rules of engagement with wildlife are and how you can find wildlife in your own urban or suburban environment. 


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Read Wild NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and around New York City, which is out now.

Listen to our episode on protecting wildlife wherever you are. 


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]]> 1505 no Our Fear and Fascination around Snakes When writer Stephen S. Hall was a child, he would capture snakes—much to his mother’s chagrin. Now the science journalist is returning to his early fascination In his latest book, Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World. The book explores our long, complicated relationship with snakes. Plus, Hall chats about humans’ and other animals’ evolved reactivity to the presence of snakes and the adaptations that keep snakes alive in even the most extreme environments. Recommended reading: Slither is out now: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-s-hall/slither/9781538741337/  An Evolutionary ‘Big Bang’ Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-evolutionary-big-bang-explains-why-snakes-come-in-so-many-strange-varieties/  Venomous Snakes May Spread into Vulnerable Communities because of Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venomous-snakes-are-spreading-because-of-climate-change/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American In a new book called Slither, Stephen S. Hall takes a deep dive into the biology and history of one of the most reviled animals. When writer Stephen S. Hall was a child, he would capture snakes—much to his mother’s chagrin. Now the science journalist is returning to his early fascination In his latest book, Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World. The book explores our long, complicated relationship with snakes. Plus, Hall chats about humans’ and other animals’ evolved reactivity to the presence of snakes and the adaptations that keep snakes alive in even the most extreme environments. Recommended reading: Slither is out now: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-s-hall/slither/9781538741337/  An Evolutionary ‘Big Bang’ Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-evolutionary-big-bang-explains-why-snakes-come-in-so-many-strange-varieties/  Venomous Snakes May Spread into Vulnerable Communities because of Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venomous-snakes-are-spreading-because-of-climate-change/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When writer Stephen S. Hall was a child, he would capture snakes—much to his mother’s chagrin. Now the science journalist is returning to his early fascination In his latest book, Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World. The book explores our long, complicated relationship with snakes. Plus, Hall chats about humans’ and other animals’ evolved reactivity to the presence of snakes and the adaptations that keep snakes alive in even the most extreme environments.


Recommended reading:

Slither is out now: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-s-hall/slither/9781538741337/ 

An Evolutionary ‘Big Bang’ Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-evolutionary-big-bang-explains-why-snakes-come-in-so-many-strange-varieties/ 

Venomous Snakes May Spread into Vulnerable Communities because of Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venomous-snakes-are-spreading-because-of-climate-change/ 



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]]> 975 no Childhood Illnesses Surge, Magnetic Poles Wandered, and a Colossal Squid Is Found Measles cases are going up—and a federal scientist has warned that case counts have probably been underreported. Another vaccine-preventable illness, whooping cough, sees a troubling increase in cases. Ancient humans found sun-protection solutions when Earth’s magnetic poles wandered. A colossal squid has been captured on video in its natural habitat for the first time. Plus, we discuss evidence that Mars once had a carbon cycle and a planet that is orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs.  Recommended reading: This Is the First Colossal Squid Filmed in the Deep Sea—And It’s a Baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8leNRUXdo&t=1s  RFK, Jr., Is Wrong about Cause of Rising Autism Rates, Scientists Say https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason-autism-rates-are-rising/  How to Talk about Vaccines in an Era of Scientific Mistrust https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-vaccine-hesitancy-occur-and-how-can-people-combat-it/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American This week’s news roundup covers measles and whooping cough cases, evidence of a carbon cycle on Mars and the first glimpse at a colossal squid in its natural habitat. Measles cases are going up—and a federal scientist has warned that case counts have probably been underreported. Another vaccine-preventable illness, whooping cough, sees a troubling increase in cases. Ancient humans found sun-protection solutions when Earth’s magnetic poles wandered. A colossal squid has been captured on video in its natural habitat for the first time. Plus, we discuss evidence that Mars once had a carbon cycle and a planet that is orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs.  Recommended reading: This Is the First Colossal Squid Filmed in the Deep Sea—And It’s a Baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8leNRUXdo&t=1s  RFK, Jr., Is Wrong about Cause of Rising Autism Rates, Scientists Say https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason-autism-rates-are-rising/  How to Talk about Vaccines in an Era of Scientific Mistrust https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-vaccine-hesitancy-occur-and-how-can-people-combat-it/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Measles cases are going up—and a federal scientist has warned that case counts have probably been underreported. Another vaccine-preventable illness, whooping cough, sees a troubling increase in cases. Ancient humans found sun-protection solutions when Earth’s magnetic poles wandered. A colossal squid has been captured on video in its natural habitat for the first time. Plus, we discuss evidence that Mars once had a carbon cycle and a planet that is orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs. 


Recommended reading:

This Is the First Colossal Squid Filmed in the Deep Sea—And It’s a Baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8leNRUXdo&t=1s 

RFK, Jr., Is Wrong about Cause of Rising Autism Rates, Scientists Say https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason-autism-rates-are-rising/ 

How to Talk about Vaccines in an Era of Scientific Mistrust https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-vaccine-hesitancy-occur-and-how-can-people-combat-it/ 


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]]> 495 no From the Internet’s Beginnings to Our Understanding of Consciousness, This Editor Has Seen It All Senior mind and brain editor Gary Stix has covered the breadth of science and technology over the past 35 years at Scientific American. He joins host Rachel Feltman to take us through the rise of the Internet and the acceleration of advancement in neuroscience that he’s covered throughout his time here. Stix retired earlier this month, and we’d like to thank him for his intellect, inquisitiveness and inspiring run at Scientific American!  Read some of Gary Stix’s recent coverage of neuroscience and psychology: Even Four-Year-Olds Instinctively Fact-Check for Misinformation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/even-four-year-olds-instinctively-fact-check-for-misinformation/  You Don’t Need Words to Think https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-dont-need-words-to-think/ Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wikipedia-searches-reveal-differing-styles-of-curiosity/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest (and now retired senior editor!) Gary Stix. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Hear takeaways from 35 years at Scientific American from Gary Stix, our recently retired mind and brain editor. Senior mind and brain editor Gary Stix has covered the breadth of science and technology over the past 35 years at Scientific American. He joins host Rachel Feltman to take us through the rise of the Internet and the acceleration of advancement in neuroscience that he’s covered throughout his time here. Stix retired earlier this month, and we’d like to thank him for his intellect, inquisitiveness and inspiring run at Scientific American!  Read some of Gary Stix’s recent coverage of neuroscience and psychology: Even Four-Year-Olds Instinctively Fact-Check for Misinformation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/even-four-year-olds-instinctively-fact-check-for-misinformation/  You Don’t Need Words to Think https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-dont-need-words-to-think/ Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wikipedia-searches-reveal-differing-styles-of-curiosity/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest (and now retired senior editor!) Gary Stix. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Senior mind and brain editor Gary Stix has covered the breadth of science and technology over the past 35 years at Scientific American. He joins host Rachel Feltman to take us through the rise of the Internet and the acceleration of advancement in neuroscience that he’s covered throughout his time here. Stix retired earlier this month, and we’d like to thank him for his intellect, inquisitiveness and inspiring run at Scientific American! 


Read some of Gary Stix’s recent coverage of neuroscience and psychology:


Even Four-Year-Olds Instinctively Fact-Check for Misinformation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/even-four-year-olds-instinctively-fact-check-for-misinformation/ 

You Don’t Need Words to Think https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-dont-need-words-to-think/

Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wikipedia-searches-reveal-differing-styles-of-curiosity/ 


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]]> 1215 no A Disinfectant That’s More Powerful Than Bleach—And Safe for Your Skin Hypochlorous acid is a promising disinfectant that is difficult to commercialize because it is not very shelf-stable. Senior features editor Jen Schwartz takes us through what the science of this nontoxic disinfectant is and explains why its popularity in the beauty aisle is only the beginning.  Recommended reading:  The Nontoxic Cleaner That Kills Germs Better Than Bleach—And You Can Use It on Your Skin https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hypochlorous-acid-is-trending-in-skin-care-and-cleaning-but-does-it-work/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Jen Schwartz. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Hypochlorous acid has a lot of buzz in the beauty industry, but this nontoxic disinfectant has many possible uses. Hypochlorous acid is a promising disinfectant that is difficult to commercialize because it is not very shelf-stable. Senior features editor Jen Schwartz takes us through what the science of this nontoxic disinfectant is and explains why its popularity in the beauty aisle is only the beginning.  Recommended reading:  The Nontoxic Cleaner That Kills Germs Better Than Bleach—And You Can Use It on Your Skin https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hypochlorous-acid-is-trending-in-skin-care-and-cleaning-but-does-it-work/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Jen Schwartz. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hypochlorous acid is a promising disinfectant that is difficult to commercialize because it is not very shelf-stable. Senior features editor Jen Schwartz takes us through what the science of this nontoxic disinfectant is and explains why its popularity in the beauty aisle is only the beginning. 


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The Nontoxic Cleaner That Kills Germs Better Than Bleach—And You Can Use It on Your Skin https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hypochlorous-acid-is-trending-in-skin-care-and-cleaning-but-does-it-work/ 


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]]> 865 no A Long Day on Uranus, a Better Method of Making Coffee and Dinos Fossils in Decline Caffeine-motivated researchers find that pour height may be the key to a perfect cup of coffee. A new study of plastics finds that less than 10 percent of such products are made with recycled materials. And once the plastics are used, only 28 percent of them make it to the sorting stage—and only half of that plastic is actually recycled. Data from the Hubble Telescope show how a day on Uranus lasts longer than previously thought. Plus, we discuss how scientists thought dinosaurs were in decline even before their mass extinction—until now.  Recommended reading: Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling A Day on Uranus Is Longer Than We Thought, Hubble Telescope Reveals  The Horned and Armored Dinosaurs Were the Gladiators of the Mesozoic  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American A fluid study homes in on the best method to make a cup of coffee, scientists use the Hubble Telescope to reassess the length of a day on Uranus, and we discuss more of the latest in science in this news roundup. Caffeine-motivated researchers find that pour height may be the key to a perfect cup of coffee. A new study of plastics finds that less than 10 percent of such products are made with recycled materials. And once the plastics are used, only 28 percent of them make it to the sorting stage—and only half of that plastic is actually recycled. Data from the Hubble Telescope show how a day on Uranus lasts longer than previously thought. Plus, we discuss how scientists thought dinosaurs were in decline even before their mass extinction—until now.  Recommended reading: Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling A Day on Uranus Is Longer Than We Thought, Hubble Telescope Reveals  The Horned and Armored Dinosaurs Were the Gladiators of the Mesozoic  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Caffeine-motivated researchers find that pour height may be the key to a perfect cup of coffee. A new study of plastics finds that less than 10 percent of such products are made with recycled materials. And once the plastics are used, only 28 percent of them make it to the sorting stage—and only half of that plastic is actually recycled. Data from the Hubble Telescope show how a day on Uranus lasts longer than previously thought. Plus, we discuss how scientists thought dinosaurs were in decline even before their mass extinction—until now. 


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Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling

A Day on Uranus Is Longer Than We Thought, Hubble Telescope Reveals 

The Horned and Armored Dinosaurs Were the Gladiators of the Mesozoic 


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]]> 531 no How Are Prenatal Blood Tests Detecting Cancer? Noninvasive prenatal blood testing, or NIPT, is a routine screening that is offered during pregnancy and looks for placental DNA to diagnose chromosomal disorders in a fetus. But in some cases, these tests can also find cancer in the pregnant person. How do the tests work, and why are they uncovering cancer? Genetic counselor and writer Laura Herscher speaks with host Rachel Feltman about IDENTIFY (Incidental Detection of Maternal Neoplasia through Non-invasive Cell-Free DNA Analysis), a broader study that seeks to understand why usual results from NIPT can correlate with a cancer diagnosis in a pregnant patient. Plus, we discuss why treating pregnant patients for cancer can be complicated for obstetricians and oncologists. Recommended reading: A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-prenatal-test-of-the-fetus-turns-up-cancers-in-pregnant-mothers/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Researchers are trying to understand how a common prenatal blood test called NIPT is detecting cancer in some pregnant patients. Noninvasive prenatal blood testing, or NIPT, is a routine screening that is offered during pregnancy and looks for placental DNA to diagnose chromosomal disorders in a fetus. But in some cases, these tests can also find cancer in the pregnant person. How do the tests work, and why are they uncovering cancer? Genetic counselor and writer Laura Herscher speaks with host Rachel Feltman about IDENTIFY (Incidental Detection of Maternal Neoplasia through Non-invasive Cell-Free DNA Analysis), a broader study that seeks to understand why usual results from NIPT can correlate with a cancer diagnosis in a pregnant patient. Plus, we discuss why treating pregnant patients for cancer can be complicated for obstetricians and oncologists. Recommended reading: A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-prenatal-test-of-the-fetus-turns-up-cancers-in-pregnant-mothers/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Noninvasive prenatal blood testing, or NIPT, is a routine screening that is offered during pregnancy and looks for placental DNA to diagnose chromosomal disorders in a fetus. But in some cases, these tests can also find cancer in the pregnant person. How do the tests work, and why are they uncovering cancer? Genetic counselor and writer Laura Herscher speaks with host Rachel Feltman about IDENTIFY (Incidental Detection of Maternal Neoplasia through Non-invasive Cell-Free DNA Analysis), a broader study that seeks to understand why usual results from NIPT can correlate with a cancer diagnosis in a pregnant patient. Plus, we discuss why treating pregnant patients for cancer can be complicated for obstetricians and oncologists.


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A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-prenatal-test-of-the-fetus-turns-up-cancers-in-pregnant-mothers/ 


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]]> 1255 no Treating Bacterial Vaginosis as an STI Could Improve Outcomes Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in the vagina, affects nearly one in three people with a vagina. While you can get BV without ever having sex, a new study has found that, in some cases, it could be functioning more like a sexually transmitted infection. That’s in part because of the increased risk of BV after sex with a new partner and a high recurrence of BV symptoms after treatment.The study examined women with BV who were in a monogamous relationship with a male partner and found that treating both people was significantly more effective than treating the woman alone. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with study co-authors Lenka Vodstrcil, a senior research fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Center at Monash University in Australia, and Catriona Bradshaw, a professor of sexual health medicine at Monash University and Australia’s Alfred Hospital. Recommended reading: Read the study Resources for patients and health professionals  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 Treating Bacterial Vaginosis as an STI Could Improve Outcomes full Scientific American Bacterial vaginosis is an irritating overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria. A new study has found that some cases of the condition should be treated like a sexually transmitted infection. Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in the vagina, affects nearly one in three people with a vagina. While you can get BV without ever having sex, a new study has found that, in some cases, it could be functioning more like a sexually transmitted infection. That’s in part because of the increased risk of BV after sex with a new partner and a high recurrence of BV symptoms after treatment.The study examined women with BV who were in a monogamous relationship with a male partner and found that treating both people was significantly more effective than treating the woman alone. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with study co-authors Lenka Vodstrcil, a senior research fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Center at Monash University in Australia, and Catriona Bradshaw, a professor of sexual health medicine at Monash University and Australia’s Alfred Hospital. Recommended reading: Read the study Resources for patients and health professionals  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in the vagina, affects nearly one in three people with a vagina. While you can get BV without ever having sex, a new study has found that, in some cases, it could be functioning more like a sexually transmitted infection. That’s in part because of the increased risk of BV after sex with a new partner and a high recurrence of BV symptoms after treatment.The study examined women with BV who were in a monogamous relationship with a male partner and found that treating both people was significantly more effective than treating the woman alone. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with study co-authors Lenka Vodstrcil, a senior research fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Center at Monash University in Australia, and Catriona Bradshaw, a professor of sexual health medicine at Monash University and Australia’s Alfred Hospital.


Recommended reading:

Read the study

Resources for patients and health professionals 


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]]> 1169 How the Science of Safety Helps Tackle Global Risks [Sponsored] http://scientificamerican.com/custom-media/ul-research-institutes/how-the-science-of-safety-helps-tackle-global-risks/ We're surrounded by risks of all sizes, every day. Some people might be risk-takers, while others do whatever they can to avoid them. But how can we tackle the risks that impact society on a global scale, like those linked to sustainable energy, societal health and digital technology? Science journalist Izzie Clarke explores this question in the latest podcast from Scientific American Custom Media. She sat down with Chris Cramer, chief research officer and interim president for the leading safety science organization UL Research Institutes. This podcast was produced for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0000 How the Science of Safety Helps Tackle Global Risks [Sponsored] full Scientific American In a busy world with increasing risks, what can be done to engineer a safer existence for humanity? We're surrounded by risks of all sizes, every day. Some people might be risk-takers, while others do whatever they can to avoid them. But how can we tackle the risks that impact society on a global scale, like those linked to sustainable energy, societal health and digital technology? Science journalist Izzie Clarke explores this question in the latest podcast from Scientific American Custom Media. She sat down with Chris Cramer, chief research officer and interim president for the leading safety science organization UL Research Institutes. This podcast was produced for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We're surrounded by risks of all sizes, every day. Some people might be risk-takers, while others do whatever they can to avoid them. But how can we tackle the risks that impact society on a global scale, like those linked to sustainable energy, societal health and digital technology? Science journalist Izzie Clarke explores this question in the latest podcast from Scientific American Custom Media. She sat down with Chris Cramer, chief research officer and interim president for the leading safety science organization UL Research Institutes.

This podcast was produced for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.

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]]> 983 Yodeling Monkeys, Increasing Measles Cases and Stressed Out Americans The Trump administration continues to make cuts to U.S. science and health agencies. Now some states are fighting back, suing the Department of Health and Human Services for slashing $11 billion in public health funds. A study finds that Americans live shorter lives than Europeans with the same income—stress and other systemic issues could be to blame. While much-hyped asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a risk to Earth, it could still hit the moon—a possibility that has some scientists excited. Plus, we give an update on the U.S.’s measles outbreak and the troubling hesitancy that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is showing toward communicating with the public.  Recommended reading: As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging  JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid Americans Are Lonelier Than Europeans in Middle Age E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American States sue HHS for public health cuts, measles cases continue to rise, and a study finds Americans live shorter lives compared with their European counterparts. The Trump administration continues to make cuts to U.S. science and health agencies. Now some states are fighting back, suing the Department of Health and Human Services for slashing $11 billion in public health funds. A study finds that Americans live shorter lives than Europeans with the same income—stress and other systemic issues could be to blame. While much-hyped asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a risk to Earth, it could still hit the moon—a possibility that has some scientists excited. Plus, we give an update on the U.S.’s measles outbreak and the troubling hesitancy that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is showing toward communicating with the public.  Recommended reading: As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging  JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid Americans Are Lonelier Than Europeans in Middle Age E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Trump administration continues to make cuts to U.S. science and health agencies. Now some states are fighting back, suing the Department of Health and Human Services for slashing $11 billion in public health funds. A study finds that Americans live shorter lives than Europeans with the same income—stress and other systemic issues could be to blame. While much-hyped asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a risk to Earth, it could still hit the moon—a possibility that has some scientists excited. Plus, we give an update on the U.S.’s measles outbreak and the troubling hesitancy that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is showing toward communicating with the public. 


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As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging 

JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid

Americans Are Lonelier Than Europeans in Middle Age


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]]> 524 no Cutting USAID Threatens Public Health around the World The U.S. Department of State recently announced plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. While some of USAID’s functions will continue under the Department of State, there is real concern that the cuts will jeopardize public health efforts across the world, including immunization programs and other efforts that have saved the lives of millions of children. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to explore the agency’s lifesaving programs and to discuss the devastating effects that will occur when the U.S. divests from global public health efforts.  Recommended reading: USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy  Watch now: John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American USAID is responsible for global health efforts that have saved the lives of millions of children. What happens when those programs are cut? The U.S. Department of State recently announced plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. While some of USAID’s functions will continue under the Department of State, there is real concern that the cuts will jeopardize public health efforts across the world, including immunization programs and other efforts that have saved the lives of millions of children. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to explore the agency’s lifesaving programs and to discuss the devastating effects that will occur when the U.S. divests from global public health efforts.  Recommended reading: USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy  Watch now: John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The U.S. Department of State recently announced plans to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. While some of USAID’s functions will continue under the Department of State, there is real concern that the cuts will jeopardize public health efforts across the world, including immunization programs and other efforts that have saved the lives of millions of children. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to explore the agency’s lifesaving programs and to discuss the devastating effects that will occur when the U.S. divests from global public health efforts. 


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USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy 


Watch now:

John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World


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]]> 719 Understanding the Science of ‘Squirting’ The human body is capable of some truly incredible things. One of the most mysterious and debated phenomena is a release of fluid during sex that is often referred to as “squirting.” What’s actually happening, and why does it stir so much speculation? Wendy Zukerman, host of the hit podcast Science Vs, breaks down the science behind this fascinating topic, exploring what we know, what we don’t and what the controversy surrounding it is. Recommended reading: What a Survey On Anal Sex and Masturbation Reveals About Prostates and Pleasure E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American A mysterious and often debated aspect of human sexuality colloquially known as “squirting” sparks controversy. This episode explores what research reveals. The human body is capable of some truly incredible things. One of the most mysterious and debated phenomena is a release of fluid during sex that is often referred to as “squirting.” What’s actually happening, and why does it stir so much speculation? Wendy Zukerman, host of the hit podcast Science Vs, breaks down the science behind this fascinating topic, exploring what we know, what we don’t and what the controversy surrounding it is. Recommended reading: What a Survey On Anal Sex and Masturbation Reveals About Prostates and Pleasure E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The human body is capable of some truly incredible things. One of the most mysterious and debated phenomena is a release of fluid during sex that is often referred to as “squirting.” What’s actually happening, and why does it stir so much speculation? Wendy Zukerman, host of the hit podcast Science Vs, breaks down the science behind this fascinating topic, exploring what we know, what we don’t and what the controversy surrounding it is.

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]]> 1035 Shark Sounds, Molecules on Mars and Continued Federal Cuts Long-chain alkanes discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover point to the possibility that there may have been fatty acids on Mars—and that they could have come from past microbial life. Paleontologists have found a huge dinosaur claw that was probably made for foraging, not fighting. Researchers studying ocean life have recorded the sounds of sharks and the tricks of cuttlefish. Plus, cuts to jobs and funding for U.S. federal science and health agencies continued last week. Tens of thousands of federal workers are on the chopping block, as is funding for COVID testing, vaccinations and equity initiatives.  Recommended reading: Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-record-first-known-shark-sounds/  HHS’s Long COVID Office Is Closing. What Will This Mean for Future Research and Treatments? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hhss-long-covid-office-is-closing-what-will-this-mean-for-future-research/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio.This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Scientific American Cuts to federal health and science agencies continue. Plus, we discuss the sounds of sharks, the meaning of Martian molecules and one big dino claw. Long-chain alkanes discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover point to the possibility that there may have been fatty acids on Mars—and that they could have come from past microbial life. Paleontologists have found a huge dinosaur claw that was probably made for foraging, not fighting. Researchers studying ocean life have recorded the sounds of sharks and the tricks of cuttlefish. Plus, cuts to jobs and funding for U.S. federal science and health agencies continued last week. Tens of thousands of federal workers are on the chopping block, as is funding for COVID testing, vaccinations and equity initiatives.  Recommended reading: Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-record-first-known-shark-sounds/  HHS’s Long COVID Office Is Closing. What Will This Mean for Future Research and Treatments? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hhss-long-covid-office-is-closing-what-will-this-mean-for-future-research/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio.This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Long-chain alkanes discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover point to the possibility that there may have been fatty acids on Mars—and that they could have come from past microbial life. Paleontologists have found a huge dinosaur claw that was probably made for foraging, not fighting. Researchers studying ocean life have recorded the sounds of sharks and the tricks of cuttlefish. Plus, cuts to jobs and funding for U.S. federal science and health agencies continued last week. Tens of thousands of federal workers are on the chopping block, as is funding for COVID testing, vaccinations and equity initiatives. 


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Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-record-first-known-shark-sounds/ 

HHS’s Long COVID Office Is Closing. What Will This Mean for Future Research and Treatments? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hhss-long-covid-office-is-closing-what-will-this-mean-for-future-research/ 


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]]> 545 no Go Inside M.I.T.'s 50,000 Square Foot Clean Room The cutting edge of research is very small—and very clean. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman joins Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano, on a tour of this facility’s nanoscale capabilities. Its tightly controlled clean room hosts research across several fields, from microelectronics to medical nanotechnology. You can see Bulović’s tour of the lab at: https://youtu.be/ucGFcLjX30Q  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000 Go Inside M.I.T.'s 50,000 Square Foot Clean Room full Scientific American There’s Nothing Small about this Nanoscale Research The cutting edge of research is very small—and very clean. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman joins Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano, on a tour of this facility’s nanoscale capabilities. Its tightly controlled clean room hosts research across several fields, from microelectronics to medical nanotechnology. You can see Bulović’s tour of the lab at: https://youtu.be/ucGFcLjX30Q  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The cutting edge of research is very small—and very clean. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman joins Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano, on a tour of this facility’s nanoscale capabilities. Its tightly controlled clean room hosts research across several fields, from microelectronics to medical nanotechnology.


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]]> 1208 no Are These Plants Out of Place? A New Look at Invasive Species When you hear “invasive plant,” you might picture an aggressive species taking over and harming the environment. But what if the way we think about invasive plants is part of the problem? Host Rachel Feltman chats with Mason Heberling, associate curator of botany at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, about why these plants are more complicated than we think. He’s one of the experts behind Uprooted: Plants Out of Place, a new exhibition that challenges the way we label and manage plant invasions. Recommended reading: Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem “Lost in Translation: The Need for Updated Messaging Strategies in Invasion Biology Communication,” by Rachel A. Reeb and J. Mason Heberling, in Plants, People, Planet. Published online November 8, 2024 Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:50:00 -0000 Are These Plants Out of Place? A New Look at Invasive Species full Scientific American Botanist Mason Heberling challenges how we think about invasive species and our role in their spread. When you hear “invasive plant,” you might picture an aggressive species taking over and harming the environment. But what if the way we think about invasive plants is part of the problem? Host Rachel Feltman chats with Mason Heberling, associate curator of botany at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, about why these plants are more complicated than we think. He’s one of the experts behind Uprooted: Plants Out of Place, a new exhibition that challenges the way we label and manage plant invasions. Recommended reading: Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem “Lost in Translation: The Need for Updated Messaging Strategies in Invasion Biology Communication,” by Rachel A. Reeb and J. Mason Heberling, in Plants, People, Planet. Published online November 8, 2024 Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When you hear “invasive plant,” you might picture an aggressive species taking over and harming the environment. But what if the way we think about invasive plants is part of the problem? Host Rachel Feltman chats with Mason Heberling, associate curator of botany at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, about why these plants are more complicated than we think. He’s one of the experts behind Uprooted: Plants Out of Place, a new exhibition that challenges the way we label and manage plant invasions.


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Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem

“Lost in Translation: The Need for Updated Messaging Strategies in Invasion Biology Communication,” by Rachel A. Reeb and J. Mason Heberling, in Plants, People, Planet. Published online November 8, 2024


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]]> 989 no NASA Astronauts Finally Return, Seals Hold Their Breath, and Penguin Poop Stresses Out Krill Two NASA astronauts are finally back on Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. What kept them up there so long? Meanwhile scientists have discovered that gray seals have a built-in oxygen gauge that helps them hold their breath for more than an hour. And in the Antarctic, researchers found that penguin poop seriously stresses out krill. Catch up on these stories and more in our Monday news roundup. Recommended reading: After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American In this week’s news roundup, two NASA astronauts finally return to Earth after nine unexpected months in space, gray seals hold their breath for more than an hour, and penguin poop panics krill. Two NASA astronauts are finally back on Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. What kept them up there so long? Meanwhile scientists have discovered that gray seals have a built-in oxygen gauge that helps them hold their breath for more than an hour. And in the Antarctic, researchers found that penguin poop seriously stresses out krill. Catch up on these stories and more in our Monday news roundup. Recommended reading: After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two NASA astronauts are finally back on Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. What kept them up there so long? Meanwhile scientists have discovered that gray seals have a built-in oxygen gauge that helps them hold their breath for more than an hour. And in the Antarctic, researchers found that penguin poop seriously stresses out krill. Catch up on these stories and more in our Monday news roundup.

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After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash 


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]]> 614 no Severance’s Consulting Neurosurgeon Explains the Science behind the Show’s Brain Procedure What if you could completely separate your work and personal life—with the help of a brain implant? That’s the unsettling premise of Severance, the hit Apple TV+ show that just wrapped its second season. To make the science fiction feel as real as possible, the creators brought in an actual neurosurgeon, Vijay Agarwal, chief of the Skull-Base Tumor Center at Montefiore Einstein, as a consultant for the show. Host Rachel Feltman met with Agarwal to break down the real neuroscience behind Severance—and whether a procedure like the one it depicts could ever exist. Mild spoilers ahead! We recommend you at least watch through episode seven of season two before you listen. Recommended reading: The Neuroscience of Severance: What’s Real? What’s Fake?  What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, according to a Psychologist  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American A neurosurgeon who has acted as a consultant for Severance explains the science behind the show’s brain-altering procedure—and whether it could ever become reality. What if you could completely separate your work and personal life—with the help of a brain implant? That’s the unsettling premise of Severance, the hit Apple TV+ show that just wrapped its second season. To make the science fiction feel as real as possible, the creators brought in an actual neurosurgeon, Vijay Agarwal, chief of the Skull-Base Tumor Center at Montefiore Einstein, as a consultant for the show. Host Rachel Feltman met with Agarwal to break down the real neuroscience behind Severance—and whether a procedure like the one it depicts could ever exist. Mild spoilers ahead! We recommend you at least watch through episode seven of season two before you listen. Recommended reading: The Neuroscience of Severance: What’s Real? What’s Fake?  What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, according to a Psychologist  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if you could completely separate your work and personal life—with the help of a brain implant? That’s the unsettling premise of Severance, the hit Apple TV+ show that just wrapped its second season. To make the science fiction feel as real as possible, the creators brought in an actual neurosurgeon, Vijay Agarwal, chief of the Skull-Base Tumor Center at Montefiore Einstein, as a consultant for the show. Host Rachel Feltman met with Agarwal to break down the real neuroscience behind Severance—and whether a procedure like the one it depicts could ever exist.


Mild spoilers ahead! We recommend you at least watch through episode seven of season two before you listen.


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The Neuroscience of Severance: What’s Real? What’s Fake? 

What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, according to a Psychologist 


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]]> 1045 no What Everyone Gets Wrong about Colonoscopies Colonoscopy gets a bad rap, but how much of what you’ve heard is actually true? In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we’re tackling the biggest myths that keep people from getting this potentially lifesaving screening. John Nathanson, a gastroenterologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, joins host Rachel Feltman to clear up what the misconceptions are, explain what to expect and share why this test is so important. Recommended reading: The Colon Cancer Conundrum  Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:55:00 -0000 full Scientific American A colonoscopy can save your life, but misinformation keeps many people from getting one. A gastroenterologist sets the record straight. Colonoscopy gets a bad rap, but how much of what you’ve heard is actually true? In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we’re tackling the biggest myths that keep people from getting this potentially lifesaving screening. John Nathanson, a gastroenterologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, joins host Rachel Feltman to clear up what the misconceptions are, explain what to expect and share why this test is so important. Recommended reading: The Colon Cancer Conundrum  Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Colonoscopy gets a bad rap, but how much of what you’ve heard is actually true? In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we’re tackling the biggest myths that keep people from getting this potentially lifesaving screening. John Nathanson, a gastroenterologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, joins host Rachel Feltman to clear up what the misconceptions are, explain what to expect and share why this test is so important.


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The Colon Cancer Conundrum 

Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria 


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]]> 634 NASA Launches New Missions, Saturn Gains Some Moons, and Whale Urine Balances Marine Ecosystems The new Environmental Protection Agency administrator plans to get rid of or weaken critical environmental rules and policies, such as regulations around greenhouse gases and clean water protections. The deregulation effort follows the recent cancellation of hundreds of grants. NASA launched two missions last week. The first, SPHEREx, will make a three-dimensional map of the sky. The second, PUNCH, is a collection of satellites meant to study solar wind. Plus, Saturn gains some moons, and whale urine balances ecosystems. Recommended reading: Trump EPA Unveils Aggressive Plans to Dismantle Climate Regulation  New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:50:00 -0000 NASA Launches New Missions, Saturn Gains Some Moons, and Whale Urine Balances Marine Ecosystems full Scientific American The EPA rolls back regulations, NASA launches two exciting missions, and we discuss the surprising way whale urine moves nitrogen across the ocean. The new Environmental Protection Agency administrator plans to get rid of or weaken critical environmental rules and policies, such as regulations around greenhouse gases and clean water protections. The deregulation effort follows the recent cancellation of hundreds of grants. NASA launched two missions last week. The first, SPHEREx, will make a three-dimensional map of the sky. The second, PUNCH, is a collection of satellites meant to study solar wind. Plus, Saturn gains some moons, and whale urine balances ecosystems. Recommended reading: Trump EPA Unveils Aggressive Plans to Dismantle Climate Regulation  New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The new Environmental Protection Agency administrator plans to get rid of or weaken critical environmental rules and policies, such as regulations around greenhouse gases and clean water protections. The deregulation effort follows the recent cancellation of hundreds of grants. NASA launched two missions last week. The first, SPHEREx, will make a three-dimensional map of the sky. The second, PUNCH, is a collection of satellites meant to study solar wind. Plus, Saturn gains some moons, and whale urine balances ecosystems.


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Trump EPA Unveils Aggressive Plans to Dismantle Climate Regulation 

New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors

Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025


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]]> 545 Movie Magic Meets Practical Robotics for Netflix’s The Electric State Dennis Hong, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, discovered a love of robots at an early age while watching the “droid” characters in Star Wars. As director of the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at U.C.L.A., Hong has worked on functional humanoid robots for tasks such as firefighting and disaster relief. Then the Russo brothers came calling. To promote their new Netflix movie The Electric State, film directors Anthony and Joseph Russo wanted to move beyond CGI and create a version of the lead robot, Cosmo, for events. Hong joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss the challenges of blending practical robotics with a Hollywood vision. You can watch The Electric State on Netflix. Recommended reading: Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?  Spiderlike Mars Robot Might One Day Crawl through Unexplored Volcanic Caves  A Brief History of Automatons That Were Actually People  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:50:00 -0000 Movie Magic Meets Practical Robotics for Netflix’s The Electric State full Scientific American A robotics researcher takes on the Russo brothers’ vision from the new movie The Electric State. Dennis Hong, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, discovered a love of robots at an early age while watching the “droid” characters in Star Wars. As director of the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at U.C.L.A., Hong has worked on functional humanoid robots for tasks such as firefighting and disaster relief. Then the Russo brothers came calling. To promote their new Netflix movie The Electric State, film directors Anthony and Joseph Russo wanted to move beyond CGI and create a version of the lead robot, Cosmo, for events. Hong joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss the challenges of blending practical robotics with a Hollywood vision. You can watch The Electric State on Netflix. Recommended reading: Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?  Spiderlike Mars Robot Might One Day Crawl through Unexplored Volcanic Caves  A Brief History of Automatons That Were Actually People  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dennis Hong, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, discovered a love of robots at an early age while watching the “droid” characters in Star Wars. As director of the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at U.C.L.A., Hong has worked on functional humanoid robots for tasks such as firefighting and disaster relief. Then the Russo brothers came calling. To promote their new Netflix movie The Electric State, film directors Anthony and Joseph Russo wanted to move beyond CGI and create a version of the lead robot, Cosmo, for events. Hong joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss the challenges of blending practical robotics with a Hollywood vision.


You can watch The Electric State on Netflix.


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Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 

Spiderlike Mars Robot Might One Day Crawl through Unexplored Volcanic Caves 

A Brief History of Automatons That Were Actually People 


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]]> 1069 A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities It’s been five years since COVID was declared a global pandemic. Local, national and global public health agencies mobilized to contain the spread of COVID, but experts worry that backlash against measures like lockdowns have made today’s systems less capable of handling a disease of similar scale. Now the U.S. faces a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that underscores the importance of public health infrastructure. Recommended reading: On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, Scientists Reflect on Mistakes and Successes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-covids-fifth-anniversary-scientists-reflect-on-mistakes-and-successes/ Read Michelle Mello’s research on how public health legal powers have changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic: https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076269  And check out Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga’s ongoing health equity reporting: https://www.kcur.org/bek-shackelford  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with producer Fonda Mwangi. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:50:00 -0000 A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities full Scientific American On COVID’s fifth anniversary, the U.S. is facing an outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas that makes strong public health systems as important as ever. It’s been five years since COVID was declared a global pandemic. Local, national and global public health agencies mobilized to contain the spread of COVID, but experts worry that backlash against measures like lockdowns have made today’s systems less capable of handling a disease of similar scale. Now the U.S. faces a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that underscores the importance of public health infrastructure. Recommended reading: On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, Scientists Reflect on Mistakes and Successes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-covids-fifth-anniversary-scientists-reflect-on-mistakes-and-successes/ Read Michelle Mello’s research on how public health legal powers have changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic: https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076269  And check out Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga’s ongoing health equity reporting: https://www.kcur.org/bek-shackelford  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with producer Fonda Mwangi. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s been five years since COVID was declared a global pandemic. Local, national and global public health agencies mobilized to contain the spread of COVID, but experts worry that backlash against measures like lockdowns have made today’s systems less capable of handling a disease of similar scale. Now the U.S. faces a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that underscores the importance of public health infrastructure.


Recommended reading:

On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, Scientists Reflect on Mistakes and Successes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-covids-fifth-anniversary-scientists-reflect-on-mistakes-and-successes/

Read Michelle Mello’s research on how public health legal powers have changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic:

https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076269 

And check out Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga’s ongoing health equity reporting:

https://www.kcur.org/bek-shackelford 


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]]> 899 Measles Misinformation, Ozone Recovery and Woolly Mice With measles cases on the rise, experts are pushing back against misleading claims about vitamin A as a substitute for vaccination. A Supreme Court ruling has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority over water pollution, raising concerns about future environmental protections. And in the world of biotechnology, scientists have genetically engineered woolly mice—an experiment with implications for de-extinction efforts. Recommended reading: Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a ‘Woolly Mouse’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/company-seeking-to-resurrect-the-woolly-mammoth-creates-a-woolly-mouse/  Trump Gives EPA One Week to Decide on Abandoning Climate Pollution Regulation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-gives-epa-one-week-to-decide-on-abandoning-climate-pollution/  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:50:00 -0000 Measles Misinformation, Ozone Recovery and Woolly Mice full Scientific American In this week's news roundup, we dig into measles misinformation, ozone recovery and new findings on using nasal cartilage to treat knee injuries. With measles cases on the rise, experts are pushing back against misleading claims about vitamin A as a substitute for vaccination. A Supreme Court ruling has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority over water pollution, raising concerns about future environmental protections. And in the world of biotechnology, scientists have genetically engineered woolly mice—an experiment with implications for de-extinction efforts. Recommended reading: Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a ‘Woolly Mouse’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/company-seeking-to-resurrect-the-woolly-mammoth-creates-a-woolly-mouse/  Trump Gives EPA One Week to Decide on Abandoning Climate Pollution Regulation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-gives-epa-one-week-to-decide-on-abandoning-climate-pollution/  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices With measles cases on the rise, experts are pushing back against misleading claims about vitamin A as a substitute for vaccination. A Supreme Court ruling has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority over water pollution, raising concerns about future environmental protections. And in the world of biotechnology, scientists have genetically engineered woolly mice—an experiment with implications for de-extinction efforts.


Recommended reading:

Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a ‘Woolly Mouse’

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/company-seeking-to-resurrect-the-woolly-mammoth-creates-a-woolly-mouse/ 

Trump Gives EPA One Week to Decide on Abandoning Climate Pollution Regulation

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-gives-epa-one-week-to-decide-on-abandoning-climate-pollution/ 


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]]> 604 Author John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World John Green is an author, advocate and one half of the Vlogbrothers. His latest book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, comes out on March 18. Green joins host Rachel Feltman to share how tuberculosis shaped history, geography and culture. He discusses how he came to understand the inequities of tuberculosis and the dire risk public health interruptions pose to patients today. Recommended reading: You can preorder Everything Is Tuberculosis: https://everythingistb.com/#book How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Priceshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-advocates-pushed-big-pharma-to-cut-tuberculosis-drug-prices/  The Heroic Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosishttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-heroic-black-nurses-who-helped-cure-tuberculosis/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura and Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Author John Green on How Tuberculosis Shaped Our Modern World full Scientific American Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease. John Green is an author, advocate and one half of the Vlogbrothers. His latest book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, comes out on March 18. Green joins host Rachel Feltman to share how tuberculosis shaped history, geography and culture. He discusses how he came to understand the inequities of tuberculosis and the dire risk public health interruptions pose to patients today. Recommended reading: You can preorder Everything Is Tuberculosis: https://everythingistb.com/#book How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Priceshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-advocates-pushed-big-pharma-to-cut-tuberculosis-drug-prices/  The Heroic Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosishttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-heroic-black-nurses-who-helped-cure-tuberculosis/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura and Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices John Green is an author, advocate and one half of the Vlogbrothers. His latest book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, comes out on March 18. Green joins host Rachel Feltman to share how tuberculosis shaped history, geography and culture. He discusses how he came to understand the inequities of tuberculosis and the dire risk public health interruptions pose to patients today.


Recommended reading:

You can preorder Everything Is Tuberculosis: https://everythingistb.com/#book

How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Priceshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-advocates-pushed-big-pharma-to-cut-tuberculosis-drug-prices/ 

The Heroic Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosishttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-heroic-black-nurses-who-helped-cure-tuberculosis/ 


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!


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]]> 670 Must Be Microplastics on the Brain Not much passes into our brain from the rest of our body, to the chagrin of drug makers everywhere. So it should be cause for concern when a study found that microplastics were somehow ending up in our brain, says chief opinion editor Megha Satyanarayana. She takes a step back and brings us into the wider world of plastics and the way petroleum chemicals can become pollutants far beyond the factories where they are made. Plus, Satyanarayana discusses the Scientific American opinion section and her column Cross Currents, which aims to decode the science from the headlines. Recommended reading: Why Aren’t We Losing Our Minds over the Plastic in Our Brains?  Subscribe to receive weekly emails alerts for Satyanarayana’s column Cross Currents:  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Megha Satyanarayana. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Must Be Microplastics on the Brain full Scientific American Many people are concerned about microplastics reaching our brain—but few realize how this connects with petroleum production and the climate crisis. Not much passes into our brain from the rest of our body, to the chagrin of drug makers everywhere. So it should be cause for concern when a study found that microplastics were somehow ending up in our brain, says chief opinion editor Megha Satyanarayana. She takes a step back and brings us into the wider world of plastics and the way petroleum chemicals can become pollutants far beyond the factories where they are made. Plus, Satyanarayana discusses the Scientific American opinion section and her column Cross Currents, which aims to decode the science from the headlines. Recommended reading: Why Aren’t We Losing Our Minds over the Plastic in Our Brains?  Subscribe to receive weekly emails alerts for Satyanarayana’s column Cross Currents:  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Megha Satyanarayana. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Not much passes into our brain from the rest of our body, to the chagrin of drug makers everywhere. So it should be cause for concern when a study found that microplastics were somehow ending up in our brain, says chief opinion editor Megha Satyanarayana. She takes a step back and brings us into the wider world of plastics and the way petroleum chemicals can become pollutants far beyond the factories where they are made. Plus, Satyanarayana discusses the Scientific American opinion section and her column Cross Currents, which aims to decode the science from the headlines.


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Why Aren’t We Losing Our Minds over the Plastic in Our Brains? 

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]]> 892 How Did a Volcano Turn a Brain to Glass? Plus, Measles, Mystery Illness and Microbes Officials have confirmed the first measles death in an outbreak in West Texas. A meeting to discuss which strains to focus on for next year’s flu vaccines was canceled by the Food and Drug Administration. Public health officials are investigating two outbreaks of an unknown disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plus, new research discovers the importance of microbes in space for astronauts’ health and sheds light on the way the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. turned a brain to glass. Recommended reading: The Measles Outbreak in Texas Is Why Vaccines Matter | Opinion https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-measles-outbreak-in-texas-is-why-vaccines-matter/ The International Space Station May Need More Microbes to Keep Astronauts Healthy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-international-space-station-may-need-more-microbes-to-keep-astronauts/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:50:00 -0000 How Did a Volcano Turn a Brain to Glass? Plus, Measles, Mystery Illness and Microbes full Scientific American In this news roundup, we cover outbreak updates, microbes in space and a brain turned to glass. Officials have confirmed the first measles death in an outbreak in West Texas. A meeting to discuss which strains to focus on for next year’s flu vaccines was canceled by the Food and Drug Administration. Public health officials are investigating two outbreaks of an unknown disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plus, new research discovers the importance of microbes in space for astronauts’ health and sheds light on the way the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. turned a brain to glass. Recommended reading: The Measles Outbreak in Texas Is Why Vaccines Matter | Opinion https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-measles-outbreak-in-texas-is-why-vaccines-matter/ The International Space Station May Need More Microbes to Keep Astronauts Healthy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-international-space-station-may-need-more-microbes-to-keep-astronauts/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Officials have confirmed the first measles death in an outbreak in West Texas. A meeting to discuss which strains to focus on for next year’s flu vaccines was canceled by the Food and Drug Administration. Public health officials are investigating two outbreaks of an unknown disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plus, new research discovers the importance of microbes in space for astronauts’ health and sheds light on the way the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. turned a brain to glass.


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The Measles Outbreak in Texas Is Why Vaccines Matter | Opinion https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-measles-outbreak-in-texas-is-why-vaccines-matter/

The International Space Station May Need More Microbes to Keep Astronauts Healthy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-international-space-station-may-need-more-microbes-to-keep-astronauts/ 


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]]> 581 Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head? Have you ever had a song continue to loop in your brain no matter how hard you tried to shake it? These “earworms” are more than just an annoyance—they’re a phenomenon scientists have studied for years. This episode dives into what makes certain melodies stick, why some tunes are more persistent than others and what our listeners shared as their most unforgettable earworms. Recommended reading: How Do You Solve a Problem Like an Earworm?  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy, and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Josh Fischman. Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses, and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head? full Scientific American Some songs get stuck in our head more than others, and scientists have uncovered what makes them so irresistible. Have you ever had a song continue to loop in your brain no matter how hard you tried to shake it? These “earworms” are more than just an annoyance—they’re a phenomenon scientists have studied for years. This episode dives into what makes certain melodies stick, why some tunes are more persistent than others and what our listeners shared as their most unforgettable earworms. Recommended reading: How Do You Solve a Problem Like an Earworm?  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy, and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Josh Fischman. Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses, and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Have you ever had a song continue to loop in your brain no matter how hard you tried to shake it? These “earworms” are more than just an annoyance—they’re a phenomenon scientists have studied for years. This episode dives into what makes certain melodies stick, why some tunes are more persistent than others and what our listeners shared as their most unforgettable earworms.


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How Do You Solve a Problem Like an Earworm? 


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]]> 1197 Saying Farewell to the Spacecraft That Mapped the Milky Way The Gaia spacecraft stopped collecting data this January after about 11 years and more than three trillion observations. Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to review Gaia’s Milky Way–mapping mission and the tidal streams, black holes and asteroids the spacecraft identified.  Recommended reading: New Maps of Milky Way Are Biggest and Best Yet https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gaias-multi-billion-star-map-of-the-milky-way-keeps-getting-better/  Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Black Hole Shockingly Close to Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/milky-way-sleeping-giant-black-hole-shockingly-close-to-earth/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.   Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lee Billings. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Saying Farewell to the Spacecraft That Mapped the Milky Way full Scientific American We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. The Gaia spacecraft stopped collecting data this January after about 11 years and more than three trillion observations. Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to review Gaia’s Milky Way–mapping mission and the tidal streams, black holes and asteroids the spacecraft identified.  Recommended reading: New Maps of Milky Way Are Biggest and Best Yet https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gaias-multi-billion-star-map-of-the-milky-way-keeps-getting-better/  Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Black Hole Shockingly Close to Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/milky-way-sleeping-giant-black-hole-shockingly-close-to-earth/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.   Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lee Billings. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Gaia spacecraft stopped collecting data this January after about 11 years and more than three trillion observations. Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to review Gaia’s Milky Way–mapping mission and the tidal streams, black holes and asteroids the spacecraft identified. 


Recommended reading:

New Maps of Milky Way Are Biggest and Best Yet https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gaias-multi-billion-star-map-of-the-milky-way-keeps-getting-better/ 

Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Black Hole Shockingly Close to Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/milky-way-sleeping-giant-black-hole-shockingly-close-to-earth/ 


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]]> 1040 Measles Outbreaks, Asteroid Risks and Fish Friends The black hole at the center of our galaxy is emitting near-constant, random light. The European Space Agency has approved astronaut candidate John McFall, making McFall the first physically disabled candidate to be cleared to fly. The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth rose to more than 3 percent and then dipped down to 1.5 percent with new data—our February 12 episode explained why this risk has been changing. Recommended reading: Hear our February 12 episode about asteroid 2024 YR4: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-we-know-about-2024-yr4-the-asteroid-with-a-2-percent-chance-of-impact/  Read more of guest host Allison Parshall’s exceptional coverage: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/allison-parshall/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Allison Parshall, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Measles Outbreaks, Asteroid Risks and Fish Friends full Scientific American In this week’s news roundup, we cover activity from the black hole at our galaxy’s center and a troubling measles outbreak in Texas. The black hole at the center of our galaxy is emitting near-constant, random light. The European Space Agency has approved astronaut candidate John McFall, making McFall the first physically disabled candidate to be cleared to fly. The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth rose to more than 3 percent and then dipped down to 1.5 percent with new data—our February 12 episode explained why this risk has been changing. Recommended reading: Hear our February 12 episode about asteroid 2024 YR4: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-we-know-about-2024-yr4-the-asteroid-with-a-2-percent-chance-of-impact/  Read more of guest host Allison Parshall’s exceptional coverage: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/allison-parshall/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Allison Parshall, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The black hole at the center of our galaxy is emitting near-constant, random light. The European Space Agency has approved astronaut candidate John McFall, making McFall the first physically disabled candidate to be cleared to fly. The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth rose to more than 3 percent and then dipped down to 1.5 percent with new data—our February 12 episode explained why this risk has been changing.


Recommended reading:

Hear our February 12 episode about asteroid 2024 YR4: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-we-know-about-2024-yr4-the-asteroid-with-a-2-percent-chance-of-impact/ 

Read more of guest host Allison Parshall’s exceptional coverage: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/allison-parshall/ 


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]]> 440 Where Did Curly Hair Come From? Biological Anthropology May Provide Insights It’s fairly strange that humans, unlike many other mammals, don’t have hair all over. Our lack of body hair and wide geographic distribution led to the variation of sun-protective melanin in our skin. For the hair that remains, why did some groups develop curls while others did not? Biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi takes host Rachel Feltman through her work on understanding the roots of hair types. Plus, they discuss what we might learn from “chemo curls” and how developmental shifts change the extent and texture of hair during puberty. Recommended reading: Read more about Tina Lasisi at her website Read papers on hair and thermoregulation published by Lasisi and her colleagues in 2024 and 2023 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Where Did Curly Hair Come From? Biological Anthropology May Provide Insights full Scientific American Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological anthropology may provide insights into why the hair we have sometimes comes out curly. It’s fairly strange that humans, unlike many other mammals, don’t have hair all over. Our lack of body hair and wide geographic distribution led to the variation of sun-protective melanin in our skin. For the hair that remains, why did some groups develop curls while others did not? Biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi takes host Rachel Feltman through her work on understanding the roots of hair types. Plus, they discuss what we might learn from “chemo curls” and how developmental shifts change the extent and texture of hair during puberty. Recommended reading: Read more about Tina Lasisi at her website Read papers on hair and thermoregulation published by Lasisi and her colleagues in 2024 and 2023 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s fairly strange that humans, unlike many other mammals, don’t have hair all over. Our lack of body hair and wide geographic distribution led to the variation of sun-protective melanin in our skin. For the hair that remains, why did some groups develop curls while others did not? Biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi takes host Rachel Feltman through her work on understanding the roots of hair types. Plus, they discuss what we might learn from “chemo curls” and how developmental shifts change the extent and texture of hair during puberty.

Recommended reading:

Read more about Tina Lasisi at her website

Read papers on hair and thermoregulation published by Lasisi and her colleagues in 2024 and 2023


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]]> 1126 Exploring the Hidden Life in the Air around Us with Carl Zimmer Scientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into the world of aerobiology. In his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, Zimmer examines the unseen life in the air around us. He joins host Rachel Feltman to look back at the history of the field, from ancient Greek “miasmas” to Louis Pasteur’s unorthodox experiments to biological warfare.  You can preorder Zimmer’s new book And stay up-to-date on his work at his website E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Exploring the Hidden Life in the Air around Us with Carl Zimmer full Scientific American Journalist Carl Zimmer chats about aerobiology and his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe. Scientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into the world of aerobiology. In his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, Zimmer examines the unseen life in the air around us. He joins host Rachel Feltman to look back at the history of the field, from ancient Greek “miasmas” to Louis Pasteur’s unorthodox experiments to biological warfare.  You can preorder Zimmer’s new book And stay up-to-date on his work at his website E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into the world of aerobiology. In his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, Zimmer examines the unseen life in the air around us. He joins host Rachel Feltman to look back at the history of the field, from ancient Greek “miasmas” to Louis Pasteur’s unorthodox experiments to biological warfare. 


You can preorder Zimmer’s new book

And stay up-to-date on his work at his website


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]]> 1007 Valentine’s Day Isn’t Just for Romance—The Science of Deep Friendships Love isn’t just about romance. This Valentine’s Day, we’re exploring the power of deep nonromantic bonds. Host Rachel Feltman sits down with Rhaina Cohen, a producer and editor for NPR’s podcast Embedded and author of The Other Significant Others, to discuss the history and psychology of friendship—and the reasons these connections deserve just as much celebration as romantic partnerships. Recommended reading: —The Evolutionary Origins of Friendship —How to Reconnect with Old Friends Who Have Become Strangers Subscribe to Rhaina Cohen’s newsletter. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:25:00 -0000 Valentine’s Day Isn’t Just for Romance—The Science of Deep Friendships full Scientific American Valentine’s Day often focuses on romance, but deep friendships deserve love, too. Here’s why they matter. Love isn’t just about romance. This Valentine’s Day, we’re exploring the power of deep nonromantic bonds. Host Rachel Feltman sits down with Rhaina Cohen, a producer and editor for NPR’s podcast Embedded and author of The Other Significant Others, to discuss the history and psychology of friendship—and the reasons these connections deserve just as much celebration as romantic partnerships. Recommended reading: —The Evolutionary Origins of Friendship —How to Reconnect with Old Friends Who Have Become Strangers Subscribe to Rhaina Cohen’s newsletter. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Love isn’t just about romance. This Valentine’s Day, we’re exploring the power of deep nonromantic bonds. Host Rachel Feltman sits down with Rhaina Cohen, a producer and editor for NPR’s podcast Embedded and author of The Other Significant Others, to discuss the history and psychology of friendship—and the reasons these connections deserve just as much celebration as romantic partnerships.

Recommended reading:

—The Evolutionary Origins of Friendship

—How to Reconnect with Old Friends Who Have Become Strangers

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]]> 1022 An Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032. What Can We Do about It? The European Space Agency recently announced that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2 percent chance of hitting our planet in 2032. The probability of impact is difficult to predict exactly and will be clearer in 2028, when 2024 YR4 will whiz by us. But if the asteroid really is on a collision course with Earth, what can we do about it? Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack this headline-making story. Recommended reading: Newfound Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032, Scientists Say  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lee Billings. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:55:00 -0000 An Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032. What Can We Do about It? full Scientific American News of an asteroid with a 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032 made headlines. But is its fluctuating risk really cause for concern? The European Space Agency recently announced that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2 percent chance of hitting our planet in 2032. The probability of impact is difficult to predict exactly and will be clearer in 2028, when 2024 YR4 will whiz by us. But if the asteroid really is on a collision course with Earth, what can we do about it? Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack this headline-making story. Recommended reading: Newfound Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032, Scientists Say  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lee Billings. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The European Space Agency recently announced that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2 percent chance of hitting our planet in 2032. The probability of impact is difficult to predict exactly and will be clearer in 2028, when 2024 YR4 will whiz by us. But if the asteroid really is on a collision course with Earth, what can we do about it? Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack this headline-making story.


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Newfound Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032, Scientists Say 


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]]> 791 Microplastics on the Mind, Superstrong Shrimp and Bird Flu Transmission A subtype of H5N1 bird flu that has been found in cattle for the first time suggests that the virus jumped from birds to the animals twice. A headline-making study estimates that we have a spoon’s worth of microplastics in our brain. Streams of rock from a cosmic impact created the moon’s two deep canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck. A large study shows that people feel their best in the morning and their worst at midnight. Bonobos can tell when humans don’t know something—and try to help us. Recommended reading: The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans  Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something  Is Snoozing the Alarm Good or Bad for Your Health?   E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Microplastics on the Mind, Superstrong Shrimp and Bird Flu Transmission full Scientific American In this week’s roundup, we’re reviewing some animal research, the latest on bird flu and the burden of microplastics on our brain. A subtype of H5N1 bird flu that has been found in cattle for the first time suggests that the virus jumped from birds to the animals twice. A headline-making study estimates that we have a spoon’s worth of microplastics in our brain. Streams of rock from a cosmic impact created the moon’s two deep canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck. A large study shows that people feel their best in the morning and their worst at midnight. Bonobos can tell when humans don’t know something—and try to help us. Recommended reading: The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans  Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something  Is Snoozing the Alarm Good or Bad for Your Health?   E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Naeem Amarsy with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A subtype of H5N1 bird flu that has been found in cattle for the first time suggests that the virus jumped from birds to the animals twice. A headline-making study estimates that we have a spoon’s worth of microplastics in our brain. Streams of rock from a cosmic impact created the moon’s two deep canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck. A large study shows that people feel their best in the morning and their worst at midnight. Bonobos can tell when humans don’t know something—and try to help us.


Recommended reading:

The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans 

Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something 

Is Snoozing the Alarm Good or Bad for Your Health?  


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]]> 495 Trump’s Executive Orders Create Confusion for Researchers The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by chaos and confusion for the nation’s health and science agencies. A funding freeze broadly targeting language around diversity, equity and inclusion has agencies evaluating research and initiatives. A hold on public communications from health agencies is affecting public health reporting to people in the U.S.—and to the World Health Organization. Entire websites have gone dark as agencies have tried to comply, though archivists are preventing critical datasets from disappearing. Max Kozlov, a Nature reporter who covers biomedical science, joins host Rachel Feltman to walk through what the next four years might hold for research and researchers in the U.S. Overall, the orders have caused uncertainty for scientists in the nation, and associate health editor Lauren Young discusses the frustration and fear she’s hearing from them. Read more of Max Kozlov’s reporting: –Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World’s Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research  –Exclusive: How NSF Is Scouring Research Grants for Violations of Trump’s Orders –Chaos Erupts in US Science as Trump’s Team Declares Freeze on Federal Grants E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lauren Young. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:55:00 -0000 Trump’s Executive Orders Create Confusion for Researchers full Scientific American Researchers in the U.S. are grappling with Trump administration executive orders around health and science agency funding and communications. The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by chaos and confusion for the nation’s health and science agencies. A funding freeze broadly targeting language around diversity, equity and inclusion has agencies evaluating research and initiatives. A hold on public communications from health agencies is affecting public health reporting to people in the U.S.—and to the World Health Organization. Entire websites have gone dark as agencies have tried to comply, though archivists are preventing critical datasets from disappearing. Max Kozlov, a Nature reporter who covers biomedical science, joins host Rachel Feltman to walk through what the next four years might hold for research and researchers in the U.S. Overall, the orders have caused uncertainty for scientists in the nation, and associate health editor Lauren Young discusses the frustration and fear she’s hearing from them. Read more of Max Kozlov’s reporting: –Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World’s Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research  –Exclusive: How NSF Is Scouring Research Grants for Violations of Trump’s Orders –Chaos Erupts in US Science as Trump’s Team Declares Freeze on Federal Grants E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Lauren Young. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by chaos and confusion for the nation’s health and science agencies. A funding freeze broadly targeting language around diversity, equity and inclusion has agencies evaluating research and initiatives. A hold on public communications from health agencies is affecting public health reporting to people in the U.S.—and to the World Health Organization. Entire websites have gone dark as agencies have tried to comply, though archivists are preventing critical datasets from disappearing. Max Kozlov, a Nature reporter who covers biomedical science, joins host Rachel Feltman to walk through what the next four years might hold for research and researchers in the U.S. Overall, the orders have caused uncertainty for scientists in the nation, and associate health editor Lauren Young discusses the frustration and fear she’s hearing from them.

Read more of Max Kozlov’s reporting:

–Trump Abruptly Cancels Crucial Science Reviews at NIH, World’s Largest Public Funder of Biomedical Research 

–Exclusive: How NSF Is Scouring Research Grants for Violations of Trump’s Orders

–Chaos Erupts in US Science as Trump’s Team Declares Freeze on Federal Grants

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]]> 1155 Avoiding Outrage Fatigue in Overwhelming Times It’s almost impossible not to feel outraged these days. But overexposure to information that makes us angry can wear us down. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how to combat outrage fatigue. Plus, we discuss a surprising finding about outrage and the spread of misinformation. Recommended reading: –Read Tanya Lewis’s full story on outrage fatigue –Listen for tips on converting cynicism into hopeful skepticism  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:55:00 -0000 Avoiding Outrage Fatigue in Overwhelming Times full Scientific American Outrage fatigue can wear us down—but we can take care of ourselves in an onslaught of overwhelming news. It’s almost impossible not to feel outraged these days. But overexposure to information that makes us angry can wear us down. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how to combat outrage fatigue. Plus, we discuss a surprising finding about outrage and the spread of misinformation. Recommended reading: –Read Tanya Lewis’s full story on outrage fatigue –Listen for tips on converting cynicism into hopeful skepticism  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s almost impossible not to feel outraged these days. But overexposure to information that makes us angry can wear us down. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss how to combat outrage fatigue. Plus, we discuss a surprising finding about outrage and the spread of misinformation.

Recommended reading:

–Read Tanya Lewis’s full story on outrage fatigue

–Listen for tips on converting cynicism into hopeful skepticism 

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]]> 512 Tuberculosis Outbreak, RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings and Polar Bear Hair This week we’re recapping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings. Highly pathogenic H5N9, a strain of bird flu, was found in U.S. poultry. A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is making headlines—but how severe is the spread? Health equity reporter Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga of the Kansas News Service and KCUR joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack the situation. Plus, we discuss fossilized puke and ice-resistant polar bear hair. Recommended reading: –Shackelford-Nwanganga’s reporting on the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas –The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens –RFK, Jr., Confirmation Hearing Showed 5 Ways He Threatens Public Health  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:55:00 -0000 Tuberculosis Outbreak, RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation Hearings and Polar Bear Hair full Scientific American In this week’s roundup, catch up on the spread of bird flu in the U.S., a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas and lessons from fossilized vomit. This week we’re recapping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings. Highly pathogenic H5N9, a strain of bird flu, was found in U.S. poultry. A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is making headlines—but how severe is the spread? Health equity reporter Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga of the Kansas News Service and KCUR joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack the situation. Plus, we discuss fossilized puke and ice-resistant polar bear hair. Recommended reading: –Shackelford-Nwanganga’s reporting on the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas –The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens –RFK, Jr., Confirmation Hearing Showed 5 Ways He Threatens Public Health  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week we’re recapping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings. Highly pathogenic H5N9, a strain of bird flu, was found in U.S. poultry. A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is making headlines—but how severe is the spread? Health equity reporter Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga of the Kansas News Service and KCUR joins host Rachel Feltman to unpack the situation. Plus, we discuss fossilized puke and ice-resistant polar bear hair.

Recommended reading:

–Shackelford-Nwanganga’s reporting on the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas

–The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens

–RFK, Jr., Confirmation Hearing Showed 5 Ways He Threatens Public Health 

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]]> 704 Are You Tired of Feeling Cynical? Hopeful Skepticism Could Be a Way Out It’s easy to be cynical about the state of the world—even when you’re a researcher who studies empathy and kindness. Stanford University psychologist Jamil Zaki turned his own negativity into his new book Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness. The book busts common myths about cynicism and explores what it could be doing to our body and brain. Zaki reflects on the imperfections of cynicism and hope and presents a third option: hopeful skepticism. Recommended reading: Read Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.  Follow Jamil Zaki’s work at www.jamil-zaki.com and www.ssnl.stanford.edu E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Are You Tired of Feeling Cynical? Hopeful Skepticism Could Be a Way Out full Scientific American Giving in to cynicism makes us less trusting, less connected, and even less physically and mentally healthy. It’s easy to be cynical about the state of the world—even when you’re a researcher who studies empathy and kindness. Stanford University psychologist Jamil Zaki turned his own negativity into his new book Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness. The book busts common myths about cynicism and explores what it could be doing to our body and brain. Zaki reflects on the imperfections of cynicism and hope and presents a third option: hopeful skepticism. Recommended reading: Read Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.  Follow Jamil Zaki’s work at www.jamil-zaki.com and www.ssnl.stanford.edu E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s easy to be cynical about the state of the world—even when you’re a researcher who studies empathy and kindness. Stanford University psychologist Jamil Zaki turned his own negativity into his new book Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness. The book busts common myths about cynicism and explores what it could be doing to our body and brain. Zaki reflects on the imperfections of cynicism and hope and presents a third option: hopeful skepticism.


Recommended reading:

Read Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness. 

Follow Jamil Zaki’s work at www.jamil-zaki.com and www.ssnl.stanford.edu


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]]> 979 Science Will Stare Directly Into the Sun--And Love It The sun is in the middle of its solar maximum, the part of its 11-year solar cycle that was responsible for the stunning auroras seen across the globe last year. This year is looking equally exciting, with more incoming space weather and a handful of science missions to study the sun’s wide-reaching behavior. Senior reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the missions that are launching in 2025 and explains the reasons why you should be excited by heliophysics. Recommended reading: Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025  Should You Really Worry about Solar Flares?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Meghan Bartels. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000 Science Will Stare Directly Into the Sun--And Love It full Scientific American There’s a Lot to Be Excited About in Heliophysics This Year The sun is in the middle of its solar maximum, the part of its 11-year solar cycle that was responsible for the stunning auroras seen across the globe last year. This year is looking equally exciting, with more incoming space weather and a handful of science missions to study the sun’s wide-reaching behavior. Senior reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the missions that are launching in 2025 and explains the reasons why you should be excited by heliophysics. Recommended reading: Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025  Should You Really Worry about Solar Flares?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Meghan Bartels. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The sun is in the middle of its solar maximum, the part of its 11-year solar cycle that was responsible for the stunning auroras seen across the globe last year. This year is looking equally exciting, with more incoming space weather and a handful of science missions to study the sun’s wide-reaching behavior. Senior reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the missions that are launching in 2025 and explains the reasons why you should be excited by heliophysics.


Recommended reading:

Heliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025 

Should You Really Worry about Solar Flares? 


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!


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]]> 724 WHO Withdrawal, Bird Flu Updates and a Link between Fitness and Treatment Outcomes Executive orders that impact science and health in the U.S. came quickly after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Tanya Lewis, senior editor of health and medicine, explains how grievances over COVID and funding led Trump to order the U.S.’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization—and what that withdrawal would mean for global health. Plus, we present an update on the spread of bird flu in the U.S. and other news on topics from animal behavior to astronomy. –Listen to our episode about the mishandled response to the bird flu outbreak –Read more about Trump’s executive orders around science and health –Check out some lighthearted animal behavior research E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:55:00 -0000 WHO Withdrawal, Bird Flu Updates and a Link between Fitness and Treatment Outcomes full Scientific American A rundown on what’s at stake for global health if the U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization and an update on bird flu are in this week’s science news roundup. Executive orders that impact science and health in the U.S. came quickly after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Tanya Lewis, senior editor of health and medicine, explains how grievances over COVID and funding led Trump to order the U.S.’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization—and what that withdrawal would mean for global health. Plus, we present an update on the spread of bird flu in the U.S. and other news on topics from animal behavior to astronomy. –Listen to our episode about the mishandled response to the bird flu outbreak –Read more about Trump’s executive orders around science and health –Check out some lighthearted animal behavior research E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Executive orders that impact science and health in the U.S. came quickly after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Tanya Lewis, senior editor of health and medicine, explains how grievances over COVID and funding led Trump to order the U.S.’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization—and what that withdrawal would mean for global health. Plus, we present an update on the spread of bird flu in the U.S. and other news on topics from animal behavior to astronomy.

–Listen to our episode about the mishandled response to the bird flu outbreak

–Read more about Trump’s executive orders around science and health

–Check out some lighthearted animal behavior research

E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 616 Combatting Climate Anxiety through Community Science It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the news these days and to fear for the future. What if you could interrupt doomscrolling and contribute to conservation at the same time? That’s the idea behind programs like Adventure Scientists, eBird and iNaturalist. Guest Gregg Treinish, founder and executive director of Adventure Scientists, joins host Rachel Feltman to talk about community science in the great outdoors.  Learn more about Adventure Scientists Contribute to the California Biodiversity project Contribute to the Tracking Eastern Hemlock project Read Treinish’s opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Combatting Climate Anxiety through Community Science full Scientific American The founder of Adventure Scientists explains how community science is the ultimate civic engagement. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the news these days and to fear for the future. What if you could interrupt doomscrolling and contribute to conservation at the same time? That’s the idea behind programs like Adventure Scientists, eBird and iNaturalist. Guest Gregg Treinish, founder and executive director of Adventure Scientists, joins host Rachel Feltman to talk about community science in the great outdoors.  Learn more about Adventure Scientists Contribute to the California Biodiversity project Contribute to the Tracking Eastern Hemlock project Read Treinish’s opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the news these days and to fear for the future. What if you could interrupt doomscrolling and contribute to conservation at the same time? That’s the idea behind programs like Adventure Scientists, eBird and iNaturalist. Guest Gregg Treinish, founder and executive director of Adventure Scientists, joins host Rachel Feltman to talk about community science in the great outdoors. 


Learn more about Adventure Scientists

Contribute to the California Biodiversity project

Contribute to the Tracking Eastern Hemlock project

Read Treinish’s opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

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]]> 874 What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means For You Net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, was heralded by the Federal Communications Commission and open Internet advocates. A federal court struck down the FCC’s ability to enforce the policy earlier this month. What does that mean for the free and open Internet? Associate technology editor Ben Guarino joins host Rachel Feltman to review the state rules that could preserve net neutrality and ways that telecommunications giants could leverage the lack of federal regulation against their competitors.  Recommended reading: What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:50:00 -0000 What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means For You full Scientific American A U.S. federal court struck down the FCC’s enforcement of net neutrality. What does that mean for Internet users? Net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, was heralded by the Federal Communications Commission and open Internet advocates. A federal court struck down the FCC’s ability to enforce the policy earlier this month. What does that mean for the free and open Internet? Associate technology editor Ben Guarino joins host Rachel Feltman to review the state rules that could preserve net neutrality and ways that telecommunications giants could leverage the lack of federal regulation against their competitors.  Recommended reading: What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, was heralded by the Federal Communications Commission and open Internet advocates. A federal court struck down the FCC’s ability to enforce the policy earlier this month. What does that mean for the free and open Internet? Associate technology editor Ben Guarino joins host Rachel Feltman to review the state rules that could preserve net neutrality and ways that telecommunications giants could leverage the lack of federal regulation against their competitors. 


Recommended reading:

What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means 


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

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]]> 618 The Health Risks of Alcohol, a Red Dye Ban and Commercial Space Flights A report that was recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services highlights the risks of drinking alcohol, even moderately. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of the dye Red No. 3 in food and other products. Experts argue that body mass index (BMI) is a flawed way to diagnose “obesity.” A SpaceX rocket successfully brought two lunar landers into orbit—but in another launch, part of a separate SpaceX vehicle exploded after takeoff. Plus, Australia has another scary spider. Recommended reading: – What to Know about the Ban on Red Dye in Foods and Drugs  – Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon  – People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:55:00 -0000 The Health Risks of Alcohol, a Red Dye Ban and Commercial Space Flights full Scientific American We discuss a big week for commercial spaceflight, a red dye ban and a scary spider species in this news roundup. A report that was recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services highlights the risks of drinking alcohol, even moderately. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of the dye Red No. 3 in food and other products. Experts argue that body mass index (BMI) is a flawed way to diagnose “obesity.” A SpaceX rocket successfully brought two lunar landers into orbit—but in another launch, part of a separate SpaceX vehicle exploded after takeoff. Plus, Australia has another scary spider. Recommended reading: – What to Know about the Ban on Red Dye in Foods and Drugs  – Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon  – People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A report that was recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services highlights the risks of drinking alcohol, even moderately. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of the dye Red No. 3 in food and other products. Experts argue that body mass index (BMI) is a flawed way to diagnose “obesity.” A SpaceX rocket successfully brought two lunar landers into orbit—but in another launch, part of a separate SpaceX vehicle exploded after takeoff. Plus, Australia has another scary spider.

Recommended reading:

– What to Know about the Ban on Red Dye in Foods and Drugs 

– Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon 

– People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity 

E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

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]]> 458 Do Pain and Joy Have a Universal Language? Ouch! Ah! Aïe! The words we use when we stub our toe or receive a pinch may point to a common way to express pain across languages. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explores what linguistic commonalities in expressions of pain and joy might mean for our shared biology. Plus, Parshall and host Rachel Feltman chat about onomatopoeias, the “bouba-kiki” effect and linguistic news you may have missed in 2024. Recommended reading: Ouch! Linguists Find Universal Language for Pain  How Our Thoughts Shape the Way Spoken Words Evolve  My Synesthesia Transforms Speech into Text I ‘See’ in My Head  Eight, Ocho, Acht Most Fascinating Language Discoveries of 2024  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Do Pain and Joy Have a Universal Language? full Scientific American Linguists think that the words that we use to express pain might tell us something about our shared biology and the commonality of language. Ouch! Ah! Aïe! The words we use when we stub our toe or receive a pinch may point to a common way to express pain across languages. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explores what linguistic commonalities in expressions of pain and joy might mean for our shared biology. Plus, Parshall and host Rachel Feltman chat about onomatopoeias, the “bouba-kiki” effect and linguistic news you may have missed in 2024. Recommended reading: Ouch! Linguists Find Universal Language for Pain  How Our Thoughts Shape the Way Spoken Words Evolve  My Synesthesia Transforms Speech into Text I ‘See’ in My Head  Eight, Ocho, Acht Most Fascinating Language Discoveries of 2024  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ouch! Ah! Aïe! The words we use when we stub our toe or receive a pinch may point to a common way to express pain across languages. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explores what linguistic commonalities in expressions of pain and joy might mean for our shared biology. Plus, Parshall and host Rachel Feltman chat about onomatopoeias, the “bouba-kiki” effect and linguistic news you may have missed in 2024.


Recommended reading:

Ouch! Linguists Find Universal Language for Pain 

How Our Thoughts Shape the Way Spoken Words Evolve 

My Synesthesia Transforms Speech into Text I ‘See’ in My Head 

Eight, Ocho, Acht Most Fascinating Language Discoveries of 2024 


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]]> 1143 How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu H5N1 avian influenza has now reached almost 1,000 herds of dairy cattle in 16 states and has infected around 66 people, many of them agricultural workers, in the U.S. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Amy Maxmen, a public health reporter at KFF Health News, to get the latest on bird flu. They explore how government and industry players lost control of the outbreak and what we can do to prevent a future pandemic of this evolving disease. Read the full story: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/ Read more of Amy Maxmen’s work: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen/ Sign up for Healthbeat’s newsletters here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000 How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu full Scientific American Slow, Disjointed Response to Bird Flu Outbreak Could Allow Disease to Spread H5N1 avian influenza has now reached almost 1,000 herds of dairy cattle in 16 states and has infected around 66 people, many of them agricultural workers, in the U.S. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Amy Maxmen, a public health reporter at KFF Health News, to get the latest on bird flu. They explore how government and industry players lost control of the outbreak and what we can do to prevent a future pandemic of this evolving disease. Read the full story: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/ Read more of Amy Maxmen’s work: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen/ Sign up for Healthbeat’s newsletters here. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices H5N1 avian influenza has now reached almost 1,000 herds of dairy cattle in 16 states and has infected around 66 people, many of them agricultural workers, in the U.S. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Amy Maxmen, a public health reporter at KFF Health News, to get the latest on bird flu. They explore how government and industry players lost control of the outbreak and what we can do to prevent a future pandemic of this evolving disease.


Read the full story: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/

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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen/

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]]> 954 Outbreaks of Norovirus, a Death from Bird Flu and Wildfires in L.A. Norovirus cases are up this year, with 91 reported outbreaks nationwide. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases are up in China and India. There has also been an increase in the U.S., but HMPV is currently a cause for concern in the nation, where its relative commonality gives many people some immunity. Louisiana has reported the first U.S. death from H5N1 avian influenza. Experts say the risk of bird flu to most people is low, though several factors can cause severe disease. Medical debts are set to be removed from U.S. credit reports, which could raise credit scores by an average of 20 points for the 15 million Americans who will be affected.  Wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area last week, caused in part by a hot, dry winter and the speeds of the Santa Ana winds. Those winds made it difficult to fight the Palisades and Eaton Fires. As of last Thursday evening, firefighters were continuing to get a handle on these fires.  Plus, a new study uncovers the cosmic kiss between Pluto and its largest moon Charon. Recommended reading: What Does First U.S. Bird Flu Death Tell Experts about Disease Severity? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-human-bird-flu-death-in-u-s-reported-how-worried-should-we-be/ HMPV Cases Are Rising across Asia, but Experts Say Not to Panichttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-human-metapneumovirus-and-why-are-cases-rising-in-china/  Palisades and Eaton Fires Show Rising Dangers of Fast-Moving Blazes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/palisades-and-eaton-fires-show-rising-dangers-of-fast-moving-fires/  Pluto May Have Won Its Moon Charon with a ‘Kiss’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pluto-may-have-won-its-moon-charon-with-a-kiss/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0000 Outbreaks of Norovirus, a Death from Bird Flu and Wildfires in L.A. full Scientific American The Reason Wildfires in L.A. Were So Destructive and an Update on Public Health Outbreaks Norovirus cases are up this year, with 91 reported outbreaks nationwide. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases are up in China and India. There has also been an increase in the U.S., but HMPV is currently a cause for concern in the nation, where its relative commonality gives many people some immunity. Louisiana has reported the first U.S. death from H5N1 avian influenza. Experts say the risk of bird flu to most people is low, though several factors can cause severe disease. Medical debts are set to be removed from U.S. credit reports, which could raise credit scores by an average of 20 points for the 15 million Americans who will be affected.  Wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area last week, caused in part by a hot, dry winter and the speeds of the Santa Ana winds. Those winds made it difficult to fight the Palisades and Eaton Fires. As of last Thursday evening, firefighters were continuing to get a handle on these fires.  Plus, a new study uncovers the cosmic kiss between Pluto and its largest moon Charon. Recommended reading: What Does First U.S. Bird Flu Death Tell Experts about Disease Severity? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-human-bird-flu-death-in-u-s-reported-how-worried-should-we-be/ HMPV Cases Are Rising across Asia, but Experts Say Not to Panichttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-human-metapneumovirus-and-why-are-cases-rising-in-china/  Palisades and Eaton Fires Show Rising Dangers of Fast-Moving Blazes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/palisades-and-eaton-fires-show-rising-dangers-of-fast-moving-fires/  Pluto May Have Won Its Moon Charon with a ‘Kiss’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pluto-may-have-won-its-moon-charon-with-a-kiss/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Norovirus cases are up this year, with 91 reported outbreaks nationwide. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases are up in China and India. There has also been an increase in the U.S., but HMPV is currently a cause for concern in the nation, where its relative commonality gives many people some immunity. Louisiana has reported the first U.S. death from H5N1 avian influenza. Experts say the risk of bird flu to most people is low, though several factors can cause severe disease. Medical debts are set to be removed from U.S. credit reports, which could raise credit scores by an average of 20 points for the 15 million Americans who will be affected. 


Wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area last week, caused in part by a hot, dry winter and the speeds of the Santa Ana winds. Those winds made it difficult to fight the Palisades and Eaton Fires. As of last Thursday evening, firefighters were continuing to get a handle on these fires. 


Plus, a new study uncovers the cosmic kiss between Pluto and its largest moon Charon.


Recommended reading:


What Does First U.S. Bird Flu Death Tell Experts about Disease Severity? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-human-bird-flu-death-in-u-s-reported-how-worried-should-we-be/

HMPV Cases Are Rising across Asia, but Experts Say Not to Panichttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-human-metapneumovirus-and-why-are-cases-rising-in-china/ 


Palisades and Eaton Fires Show Rising Dangers of Fast-Moving Blazes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/palisades-and-eaton-fires-show-rising-dangers-of-fast-moving-fires/ 

Pluto May Have Won Its Moon Charon with a ‘Kiss’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pluto-may-have-won-its-moon-charon-with-a-kiss/ 


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!


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]]> 801 Finding Pluto’s Potential Replacement with a Giant New Telescope Pluto was unseated as our solar system’s ninth planet in 2006. Since then astronomers have found signs that a real ninth planet could be hiding at the edges of our solar system. Clara Moskowitz, senior editor for space and physics, explains how the forthcoming Vera Rubin Observatory could give researchers a way to find the real Planet Nine—if it’s out there. Recommended reading: – We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine – How to Move the World’s Largest Camera from a California Lab to an Andes Mountaintop E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Clara Moskowitz, senior editor for space and physics. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:55:00 -0000 Finding Pluto’s Potential Replacement with a Giant New Telescope full Scientific American Pluto was unseated as the ninth planet in our solar system. Will we find a real Planet Nine? Pluto was unseated as our solar system’s ninth planet in 2006. Since then astronomers have found signs that a real ninth planet could be hiding at the edges of our solar system. Clara Moskowitz, senior editor for space and physics, explains how the forthcoming Vera Rubin Observatory could give researchers a way to find the real Planet Nine—if it’s out there. Recommended reading: – We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine – How to Move the World’s Largest Camera from a California Lab to an Andes Mountaintop E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Clara Moskowitz, senior editor for space and physics. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pluto was unseated as our solar system’s ninth planet in 2006. Since then astronomers have found signs that a real ninth planet could be hiding at the edges of our solar system. Clara Moskowitz, senior editor for space and physics, explains how the forthcoming Vera Rubin Observatory could give researchers a way to find the real Planet Nine—if it’s out there.

Recommended reading:

– We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine

– How to Move the World’s Largest Camera from a California Lab to an Andes Mountaintop

E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.

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]]> 1119 Going Outside Can Change Our Hormones and Improve Microbiome Diversity Going outside has many benefits, from positively affecting our nervous system to diversifying our microbiome. But you don’t need a forest preserve to benefit from nature—sometimes even a houseplant or the smell of lavender can improve our life. Kathy Willis, a professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss her new book Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health. Willis suggests ways for even city dwellers to reap the benefits of nature, such as strolling through urban parks or keeping plants in their office. Read Willis’s book: Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health (Pegasus Books, 2024) Listen to our previous episodes about plants: Do Plants ‘Think’? We Might Not Know Enough about Consciousness to Be Certain How to Grow Your Houseplant Collection Ethically  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest  Kathy Willis. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:50:00 -0000 Going Outside Can Change Our Hormones and Improve Microbiome Diversity full Scientific American Nature can affect our nervous system and diversify our microbiome—and you don’t need to go on a hike to reap the benefits. Going outside has many benefits, from positively affecting our nervous system to diversifying our microbiome. But you don’t need a forest preserve to benefit from nature—sometimes even a houseplant or the smell of lavender can improve our life. Kathy Willis, a professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss her new book Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health. Willis suggests ways for even city dwellers to reap the benefits of nature, such as strolling through urban parks or keeping plants in their office. Read Willis’s book: Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health (Pegasus Books, 2024) Listen to our previous episodes about plants: Do Plants ‘Think’? We Might Not Know Enough about Consciousness to Be Certain How to Grow Your Houseplant Collection Ethically  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest  Kathy Willis. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Going outside has many benefits, from positively affecting our nervous system to diversifying our microbiome. But you don’t need a forest preserve to benefit from nature—sometimes even a houseplant or the smell of lavender can improve our life. Kathy Willis, a professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss her new book Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health. Willis suggests ways for even city dwellers to reap the benefits of nature, such as strolling through urban parks or keeping plants in their office.


Read Willis’s book:

Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health (Pegasus Books, 2024)


Listen to our previous episodes about plants:

Do Plants ‘Think’? We Might Not Know Enough about Consciousness to Be Certain

How to Grow Your Houseplant Collection Ethically 


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. 


Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest  Kathy Willis. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 1091 A Farewell to 2024, and What We’re Following in the New Year 2024 brought heat waves and hurricanes, bird flu and breakthroughs, and an overwhelming amount of progress in AI. Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman is joined by sustainability editor Andrea Thompson, health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis and technology editor Ben Guarino to recap a busy year and weigh in on the stories they’re watching in 2025. Happy Holidays from all of us at Science Quickly! Thank you for your support and your curiosity. We’ll see you next year. Recommended reading: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wildest-things-science-learned-about-the-human-body-in-2024/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/summer-2024-was-the-hottest-ever-measured-beating-last-year/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-books-scientific-american-recommends-in-2024/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guests Tanya Lewis, Andrea Thompson and Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:50:00 -0000 A Farewell to 2024, and What We’re Following in the New Year full Scientific American We’re closing out the year with a roundup of the science stories that stood out to our editors in 2024. 2024 brought heat waves and hurricanes, bird flu and breakthroughs, and an overwhelming amount of progress in AI. Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman is joined by sustainability editor Andrea Thompson, health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis and technology editor Ben Guarino to recap a busy year and weigh in on the stories they’re watching in 2025. Happy Holidays from all of us at Science Quickly! Thank you for your support and your curiosity. We’ll see you next year. Recommended reading: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wildest-things-science-learned-about-the-human-body-in-2024/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/summer-2024-was-the-hottest-ever-measured-beating-last-year/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-books-scientific-american-recommends-in-2024/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guests Tanya Lewis, Andrea Thompson and Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2024 brought heat waves and hurricanes, bird flu and breakthroughs, and an overwhelming amount of progress in AI. Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman is joined by sustainability editor Andrea Thompson, health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis and technology editor Ben Guarino to recap a busy year and weigh in on the stories they’re watching in 2025.


Happy Holidays from all of us at Science Quickly! Thank you for your support and your curiosity. We’ll see you next year.


Recommended reading:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wildest-things-science-learned-about-the-human-body-in-2024/

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]]> 1262 The New Conservationists: Thanks to Conservation Efforts, Pandas, Wolves and Panthers Are Making a Comeback (Part 4) Tens of thousands of animal species are facing extinction, mostly because of human activity. But thanks to conservationists, there are some animals that are making a comeback. This is part four of “The New Conservationists,” a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Listen to part one, part two and part three. Recommended reading: – The Panda Factories  – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:55:00 -0000 The New Conservationists: Thanks to Conservation Efforts, Pandas, Wolves and Panthers Are Making a Comeback (Part 4) full Scientific American There are so many species facing extinction—but today we’re telling stories about the animals making a comeback and the conservationists working hard to help. Tens of thousands of animal species are facing extinction, mostly because of human activity. But thanks to conservationists, there are some animals that are making a comeback. This is part four of “The New Conservationists,” a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Listen to part one, part two and part three. Recommended reading: – The Panda Factories  – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tens of thousands of animal species are facing extinction, mostly because of human activity. But thanks to conservationists, there are some animals that are making a comeback.

This is part four of “The New Conservationists,” a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation.

Listen to part one, part two and part three.

Recommended reading:

– The Panda Factories 

– Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate

– The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat

– Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger

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]]> 1405 The New Conservationists: Meet the Next Generation of Conservationists (Part 3) Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, shifts our perspective on the modern conservationist. With low wages and expectations of free work, conservation science lacks diversity as a field—but dedicated graduate students and new programs are trying to change that. Isaac Aguilar, a graduate student in the geology division at the California Institute of Technology, tells Papp about his journey into conservation. Plus, join a night patrol with crime prevention sergeant Malungane Naledi. She's a member of the Black Mambas, an all-woman anti-poaching unit in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park. This is part three of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Listen to part one and part two. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:55:00 -0000 The New Conservationists: Meet the Next Generation of Conservationists (Part 3) full Scientific American Modern conservationists are finding new ways to protect wildlife. Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, shifts our perspective on the modern conservationist. With low wages and expectations of free work, conservation science lacks diversity as a field—but dedicated graduate students and new programs are trying to change that. Isaac Aguilar, a graduate student in the geology division at the California Institute of Technology, tells Papp about his journey into conservation. Plus, join a night patrol with crime prevention sergeant Malungane Naledi. She's a member of the Black Mambas, an all-woman anti-poaching unit in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park. This is part three of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Listen to part one and part two. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, shifts our perspective on the modern conservationist. With low wages and expectations of free work, conservation science lacks diversity as a field—but dedicated graduate students and new programs are trying to change that. Isaac Aguilar, a graduate student in the geology division at the California Institute of Technology, tells Papp about his journey into conservation. Plus, join a night patrol with crime prevention sergeant Malungane Naledi. She's a member of the Black Mambas, an all-woman anti-poaching unit in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park.

This is part three of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation.

Listen to part one and part two.

Recommended reading:

– Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate

– The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat

– Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger

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]]> 1170 The New Conservationists: AI is Making Meaning from the Sounds and Visuals of Wildlife (Part 2) Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on into the field. Conservationists and animal behaviorists were once restricted to wildlife data gathered manually. Now new technologies are expanding the amount of passively collected data—and machine learning is helping researchers cut through the noise. This is part two of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:55:00 -0000 The New Conservationists: AI is Making Meaning from the Sounds and Visuals of Wildlife (Part 2) full Scientific American Conservationists have access to massive amounts of data on wildlife—and machine learning is helping them make meaning out of them. Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on into the field. Conservationists and animal behaviorists were once restricted to wildlife data gathered manually. Now new technologies are expanding the amount of passively collected data—and machine learning is helping researchers cut through the noise. This is part two of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on into the field. Conservationists and animal behaviorists were once restricted to wildlife data gathered manually. Now new technologies are expanding the amount of passively collected data—and machine learning is helping researchers cut through the noise.

This is part two of The New Conservationists, a four-part series about the evolving world of animal conservation.

Recommended reading:

– Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate

– The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat

– Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger

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]]> 1075 The New Conservationists: Where Do Zoos Fit into the Conservation Puzzle? (Part 1) Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on a trip to the zoo. People are divided on zoos, but as Papp explains, the thoughtful work that goes into caring for animals makes modern zoos conservation powerhouses. This is part one of The New Conservationists, a four-part Friday Fascination series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:55:00 -0000 The New Conservationists: Where Do Zoos Fit into the Conservation Puzzle? (Part 1) full Scientific American Though it may seem paradoxical, zoos can play a big role in modern conservation efforts. Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on a trip to the zoo. People are divided on zoos, but as Papp explains, the thoughtful work that goes into caring for animals makes modern zoos conservation powerhouses. This is part one of The New Conservationists, a four-part Friday Fascination series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on a trip to the zoo. People are divided on zoos, but as Papp explains, the thoughtful work that goes into caring for animals makes modern zoos conservation powerhouses. This is part one of The New Conservationists, a four-part Friday Fascination series about the evolving world of animal conservation.

Recommended reading:

– Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate

– The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat

– Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger

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]]> 1106 AI-Generated Audio Is Entering the Podcast World If you were intrigued—or disturbed—by the artificial intelligence podcast on your Spotify Wrapped, you may wonder how AI audio works. Audio Overview is a feature of the tool NotebookLM, released by Google, that allows for the creation of short podcasts with AI “hosts” summarizing information. But questions remain about the accuracy, usefulness and environmental impacts of this application. Host Rachel Feltman and associate news editor Allison Parshall are joined by Google Labs’ editorial director Steven Johnson and AI researchers Anjana Susarla and Emily Bender to assess the promise of this buzzy tech. Recommended reading: Google’s Project Green Light Uses AI to Take on City Traffic  Can One Chatbot Catch Another’s Lies?  Please Don’t Ask AI If Something Is Poisonous  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:50:00 -0000 AI-Generated Audio Is Entering the Podcast World full Scientific American Translating complex information into captivating podcasts is no simple task. Is AI up to the challenge? If you were intrigued—or disturbed—by the artificial intelligence podcast on your Spotify Wrapped, you may wonder how AI audio works. Audio Overview is a feature of the tool NotebookLM, released by Google, that allows for the creation of short podcasts with AI “hosts” summarizing information. But questions remain about the accuracy, usefulness and environmental impacts of this application. Host Rachel Feltman and associate news editor Allison Parshall are joined by Google Labs’ editorial director Steven Johnson and AI researchers Anjana Susarla and Emily Bender to assess the promise of this buzzy tech. Recommended reading: Google’s Project Green Light Uses AI to Take on City Traffic  Can One Chatbot Catch Another’s Lies?  Please Don’t Ask AI If Something Is Poisonous  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If you were intrigued—or disturbed—by the artificial intelligence podcast on your Spotify Wrapped, you may wonder how AI audio works. Audio Overview is a feature of the tool NotebookLM, released by Google, that allows for the creation of short podcasts with AI “hosts” summarizing information. But questions remain about the accuracy, usefulness and environmental impacts of this application. Host Rachel Feltman and associate news editor Allison Parshall are joined by Google Labs’ editorial director Steven Johnson and AI researchers Anjana Susarla and Emily Bender to assess the promise of this buzzy tech.


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Google’s Project Green Light Uses AI to Take on City Traffic 

Can One Chatbot Catch Another’s Lies? 

Please Don’t Ask AI If Something Is Poisonous 


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]]> 1480 Leaded Gasoline, Orca Hats and ‘Disease X’ An outbreak of an unknown illness has occurred in the Democratic of the Congo, which has already been dealing with the spread of mpox. A new study finds that leaded gasoline could be responsible for 151 million cases of mental health disorders, with impacts highest among members of Generation X. Upping your daily movement could protect you from cardiovascular events. Plus, we look at Venus’s past and fashion-forward orcas.  Recommended reading: For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion after 37 Years Mpox Is a Global Health Emergency. Here’s What We Know  Lead from Old Paint and Pipes Is Still a Deadly Hazard in Millions of U.S. Homes E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeffery DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000 Leaded Gasoline, Orca Hats and ‘Disease X’ full Scientific American A Mysterious Outbreak, Leaded Gasoline Links to Mental Illness, Killer Whales Wearing Salmon as Hats An outbreak of an unknown illness has occurred in the Democratic of the Congo, which has already been dealing with the spread of mpox. A new study finds that leaded gasoline could be responsible for 151 million cases of mental health disorders, with impacts highest among members of Generation X. Upping your daily movement could protect you from cardiovascular events. Plus, we look at Venus’s past and fashion-forward orcas.  Recommended reading: For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion after 37 Years Mpox Is a Global Health Emergency. Here’s What We Know  Lead from Old Paint and Pipes Is Still a Deadly Hazard in Millions of U.S. Homes E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeffery DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An outbreak of an unknown illness has occurred in the Democratic of the Congo, which has already been dealing with the spread of mpox. A new study finds that leaded gasoline could be responsible for 151 million cases of mental health disorders, with impacts highest among members of Generation X. Upping your daily movement could protect you from cardiovascular events. Plus, we look at Venus’s past and fashion-forward orcas. 


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For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion after 37 Years

Mpox Is a Global Health Emergency. Here’s What We Know 

Lead from Old Paint and Pipes Is Still a Deadly Hazard in Millions of U.S. Homes


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]]> 539 Iron Deficiency and Anemia May Be More Common Than We Know Low iron levels can cause fatigue and impact mental health, but doctors often miss cases of iron deficiency and anemia. Pediatric hematologist Angela Weyand, a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, points to one population that could be at a higher risk—young women with heavy menstrual bleeding. In one study from a national database, nearly 40 percent of otherwise healthy adolescent women were iron-deficient, and 6 percent were additionally anemic. Awareness and self-advocacy could help people receive accessible and inexpensive treatments for low iron levels. Recommended reading: “Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12–21 Years, 2003–2020,” by Angela C. Weyand et al., in JAMA, Vol. 329, No. 24; June 27, 2023 What Is Implicit Bias, and How Might It Affect Your Next Medical Visit? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.    Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:50:00 -0000 Iron Deficiency and Anemia May Be More Common Than We Know full Scientific American Underdiagnosed iron deficiency and anemia could be leaving people without affordable fixes for their concerns. Low iron levels can cause fatigue and impact mental health, but doctors often miss cases of iron deficiency and anemia. Pediatric hematologist Angela Weyand, a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, points to one population that could be at a higher risk—young women with heavy menstrual bleeding. In one study from a national database, nearly 40 percent of otherwise healthy adolescent women were iron-deficient, and 6 percent were additionally anemic. Awareness and self-advocacy could help people receive accessible and inexpensive treatments for low iron levels. Recommended reading: “Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12–21 Years, 2003–2020,” by Angela C. Weyand et al., in JAMA, Vol. 329, No. 24; June 27, 2023 What Is Implicit Bias, and How Might It Affect Your Next Medical Visit? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.    Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Low iron levels can cause fatigue and impact mental health, but doctors often miss cases of iron deficiency and anemia. Pediatric hematologist Angela Weyand, a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, points to one population that could be at a higher risk—young women with heavy menstrual bleeding. In one study from a national database, nearly 40 percent of otherwise healthy adolescent women were iron-deficient, and 6 percent were additionally anemic. Awareness and self-advocacy could help people receive accessible and inexpensive treatments for low iron levels.


Recommended reading:

“Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12–21 Years, 2003–2020,” by Angela C. Weyand et al., in JAMA, Vol. 329, No. 24; June 27, 2023

What Is Implicit Bias, and How Might It Affect Your Next Medical Visit?


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]]> 659 Anthony Fauci Is Worried about Bird Flu—And How Our Divisions Could Help It Hurt Us Anthony Fauci speaks with Tanya Lewis, senior editor for health and medicine at Scientific American, about his remarkable career, as detailed in his new book On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service. They discuss the experiences he faced while guiding the U.S. through the pandemic, the lessons learned by public health practitioners and the challenges posed by future threats, such as bird flu and other potential pandemics. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: New Bird Flu Cases in Young People Are Raising Concerns about Mutating Virus What Bird Flu in Wastewater Means for California and Beyond  H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Tanya Lewis. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000 Anthony Fauci Is Worried about Bird Flu—And How Our Divisions Could Help It Hurt Us full Scientific American “America’s Doctor” says that our common enemy is the danger posed by viruses, not each other Anthony Fauci speaks with Tanya Lewis, senior editor for health and medicine at Scientific American, about his remarkable career, as detailed in his new book On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service. They discuss the experiences he faced while guiding the U.S. through the pandemic, the lessons learned by public health practitioners and the challenges posed by future threats, such as bird flu and other potential pandemics. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: New Bird Flu Cases in Young People Are Raising Concerns about Mutating Virus What Bird Flu in Wastewater Means for California and Beyond  H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Tanya Lewis. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Anthony Fauci speaks with Tanya Lewis, senior editor for health and medicine at Scientific American, about his remarkable career, as detailed in his new book On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service. They discuss the experiences he faced while guiding the U.S. through the pandemic, the lessons learned by public health practitioners and the challenges posed by future threats, such as bird flu and other potential pandemics.

This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Recommended reading:


New Bird Flu Cases in Young People Are Raising Concerns about Mutating Virus


What Bird Flu in Wastewater Means for California and Beyond 


H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet 


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]]> 1294 A Psychologist’s Tips for Avoiding Overconsumption This Black Friday Black Friday sales have gone from one-day in-person shopping bonanzas to a multiday deals extravaganza. It’s tempting to give in to the seasonal pressures to shop, but knowing the tricks companies use to make sales so appealing can help us avoid overconsumption. Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a professor of consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in England, explains how to spot marketing ploys and shop sustainably.  Recommended reading: It’s Actually Healthier to Enjoy Holiday Foods without the Anxiety https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/enjoy-holiday-food-without-the-anxiety/  Eating Turkey Does Not Really Make You Sleepy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eating-turkey-sleepy-thanksgiving/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:50:00 -0000 A Psychologist’s Tips for Avoiding Overconsumption This Black Friday full Scientific American Holiday deals are designed to be irresistible. A consumer psychologist explains how to avoid overconsumption and shop sustainably. Black Friday sales have gone from one-day in-person shopping bonanzas to a multiday deals extravaganza. It’s tempting to give in to the seasonal pressures to shop, but knowing the tricks companies use to make sales so appealing can help us avoid overconsumption. Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a professor of consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in England, explains how to spot marketing ploys and shop sustainably.  Recommended reading: It’s Actually Healthier to Enjoy Holiday Foods without the Anxiety https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/enjoy-holiday-food-without-the-anxiety/  Eating Turkey Does Not Really Make You Sleepy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eating-turkey-sleepy-thanksgiving/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Black Friday sales have gone from one-day in-person shopping bonanzas to a multiday deals extravaganza. It’s tempting to give in to the seasonal pressures to shop, but knowing the tricks companies use to make sales so appealing can help us avoid overconsumption. Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a professor of consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in England, explains how to spot marketing ploys and shop sustainably. 


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]]> 957 What RFK, Jr., Could Mean for Public Health, and How Tobacco Use Has Dropped Unevenly Donald Trump has nominated RFK, Jr., to run the Department of Health and Human Services, a position that includes oversight of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis explains what that would mean for antivaccine policies, food safety and unproven therapies that Kennedy backs. Tobacco use is down across the U.S., but the drop has been uneven across groups. Astronomers have released the first-ever close up image of a star—and scientists are excited over an unexpected ring. Plus, studies of chimpanzees explore the role of social contagion on their behaviors and point to play in adult chimps. Recommended reading: RFK, Jr., Is a Bad Prescription for U.S. Public Health | Opinion  Chimps Share Knowledge like Humans Do, Spurring Innovation  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:50:00 -0000 What RFK, Jr., Could Mean for Public Health, and How Tobacco Use Has Dropped Unevenly full Scientific American RFK, Jr., could restructure the CDC, FDA and NIH in pursuit of his flawed vision of public health. Plus, we discuss chimpanzees at play and the first-ever close-up image of a star. Donald Trump has nominated RFK, Jr., to run the Department of Health and Human Services, a position that includes oversight of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis explains what that would mean for antivaccine policies, food safety and unproven therapies that Kennedy backs. Tobacco use is down across the U.S., but the drop has been uneven across groups. Astronomers have released the first-ever close up image of a star—and scientists are excited over an unexpected ring. Plus, studies of chimpanzees explore the role of social contagion on their behaviors and point to play in adult chimps. Recommended reading: RFK, Jr., Is a Bad Prescription for U.S. Public Health | Opinion  Chimps Share Knowledge like Humans Do, Spurring Innovation  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Donald Trump has nominated RFK, Jr., to run the Department of Health and Human Services, a position that includes oversight of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. Senior health and medicine editor Tanya Lewis explains what that would mean for antivaccine policies, food safety and unproven therapies that Kennedy backs. Tobacco use is down across the U.S., but the drop has been uneven across groups. Astronomers have released the first-ever close up image of a star—and scientists are excited over an unexpected ring. Plus, studies of chimpanzees explore the role of social contagion on their behaviors and point to play in adult chimps.


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Chimps Share Knowledge like Humans Do, Spurring Innovation 


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]]> 650 Using AI to Understand the Thoughts of the Dead Writings and records are how we understand long-gone civilizations without being able to interact with ancient peoples. A recent opinion paper suggested we could feed chatbots writings from the past to simulate ancient participants for social psychology studies. Similar survey experiments with modern participant data closely matched the outcomes of the real people they were based on. We speak with the opinion paper’s co-author Michael Varnum, an associate professor at Arizona State University, about what the limits of this spooky proposal are and what the ghosts of cultures past could teach us today.  Recommended reading: “Large Language Models Based on Historical Text Could Offer Informative Tools for Behavioral Science,” by Michael E. W. Varnum et al., in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Vol. 121, No. 42, Article No.  e2407639121; October 9, 2024 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407639121  Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-ai-competition-that-decoded-an-ancient-scroll-and-changed/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000 Using AI to Understand the Thoughts of the Dead full Scientific American Could Chatbots Bring Ancient Civilizations Back to Life? Writings and records are how we understand long-gone civilizations without being able to interact with ancient peoples. A recent opinion paper suggested we could feed chatbots writings from the past to simulate ancient participants for social psychology studies. Similar survey experiments with modern participant data closely matched the outcomes of the real people they were based on. We speak with the opinion paper’s co-author Michael Varnum, an associate professor at Arizona State University, about what the limits of this spooky proposal are and what the ghosts of cultures past could teach us today.  Recommended reading: “Large Language Models Based on Historical Text Could Offer Informative Tools for Behavioral Science,” by Michael E. W. Varnum et al., in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Vol. 121, No. 42, Article No.  e2407639121; October 9, 2024 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407639121  Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-ai-competition-that-decoded-an-ancient-scroll-and-changed/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Writings and records are how we understand long-gone civilizations without being able to interact with ancient peoples. A recent opinion paper suggested we could feed chatbots writings from the past to simulate ancient participants for social psychology studies. Similar survey experiments with modern participant data closely matched the outcomes of the real people they were based on. We speak with the opinion paper’s co-author Michael Varnum, an associate professor at Arizona State University, about what the limits of this spooky proposal are and what the ghosts of cultures past could teach us today. 


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“Large Language Models Based on Historical Text Could Offer Informative Tools for Behavioral Science,” by Michael E. W. Varnum et al., in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Vol. 121, No. 42, Article No.  e2407639121; October 9, 2024

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407639121 


Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-ai-competition-that-decoded-an-ancient-scroll-and-changed/ 


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]]> 724 Unscheduled C-Sections May Depend on the Color of Your Skin Disparities in health are not indicated by adverse outcomes alone. Adriana Corredor-Waldron, an assistant professor of economics at NC State University, sought to understand why Black infants are more likely to be delivered by C-section than white infants. A working paper she co-authored found that the elevated number of low-risk Black pregnant people who were given C-section surgeries in New Jersey from 2008 to 2017 was likely caused by physician discretion. Corredor-Waldron explains why unnecessary C-sections can be risky and what medical education and financial incentives could do to close the gap.  Recommended viewing: What Is Implicit Bias, and How Might It Affect Your Next Medical Visit? https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/what-is-implicit-bias-and-how-might-it-affect-your-next-medical-visit/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Adriana Corredor-Waldron Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000 Unscheduled C-Sections May Depend on the Color of Your Skin full Scientific American C-Section Disparities Could Be the Result of Physician Bias Disparities in health are not indicated by adverse outcomes alone. Adriana Corredor-Waldron, an assistant professor of economics at NC State University, sought to understand why Black infants are more likely to be delivered by C-section than white infants. A working paper she co-authored found that the elevated number of low-risk Black pregnant people who were given C-section surgeries in New Jersey from 2008 to 2017 was likely caused by physician discretion. Corredor-Waldron explains why unnecessary C-sections can be risky and what medical education and financial incentives could do to close the gap.  Recommended viewing: What Is Implicit Bias, and How Might It Affect Your Next Medical Visit? https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/what-is-implicit-bias-and-how-might-it-affect-your-next-medical-visit/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Adriana Corredor-Waldron Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Disparities in health are not indicated by adverse outcomes alone. Adriana Corredor-Waldron, an assistant professor of economics at NC State University, sought to understand why Black infants are more likely to be delivered by C-section than white infants. A working paper she co-authored found that the elevated number of low-risk Black pregnant people who were given C-section surgeries in New Jersey from 2008 to 2017 was likely caused by physician discretion. Corredor-Waldron explains why unnecessary C-sections can be risky and what medical education and financial incentives could do to close the gap. 


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What Is Implicit Bias, and How Might It Affect Your Next Medical Visit? https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/what-is-implicit-bias-and-how-might-it-affect-your-next-medical-visit/ 


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]]> 701 An Off Day on Uranus, a Wildfire in Prospect Park and Dispatches from COP29 A wildfire in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Prospect Park was in part linked to drought conditions nationally. Plastic waste is set to grow with our expanding economy, but potential solutions look promising. Drops in gonorrhea and early-stage syphilis point to the first decline in sexually transmitted infections in 20 years. Voyager 2’s fly-by of Uranus in the 1980s collected data that led scientists to believe the planet’s moons were inactive. A reassessment of those data shows that Uranus could have just been having an off day. Plus, Alec Luhn reports from the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan. Recommended reading: Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage  The U.S. Has Its First Plan for Plastic Pollution. This Is What’s in It  This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest associate editor Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:55:00 -0000 An Off Day on Uranus, a Wildfire in Prospect Park and Dispatches from COP29 full Scientific American A serious bird flu infection in Canada, a troubling projection of future plastic waste and dispatches from a global climate convention. A wildfire in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Prospect Park was in part linked to drought conditions nationally. Plastic waste is set to grow with our expanding economy, but potential solutions look promising. Drops in gonorrhea and early-stage syphilis point to the first decline in sexually transmitted infections in 20 years. Voyager 2’s fly-by of Uranus in the 1980s collected data that led scientists to believe the planet’s moons were inactive. A reassessment of those data shows that Uranus could have just been having an off day. Plus, Alec Luhn reports from the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan. Recommended reading: Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage  The U.S. Has Its First Plan for Plastic Pollution. This Is What’s in It  This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest associate editor Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A wildfire in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Prospect Park was in part linked to drought conditions nationally. Plastic waste is set to grow with our expanding economy, but potential solutions look promising. Drops in gonorrhea and early-stage syphilis point to the first decline in sexually transmitted infections in 20 years. Voyager 2’s fly-by of Uranus in the 1980s collected data that led scientists to believe the planet’s moons were inactive. A reassessment of those data shows that Uranus could have just been having an off day. Plus, Alec Luhn reports from the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan.

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Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage 

The U.S. Has Its First Plan for Plastic Pollution. This Is What’s in It 

This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought 

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]]> 704 Reflecting on our First Attempt to Speak with the Stars Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of a transmission from the Arecibo Observatory, intended as our first attempt to send a message to intelligent life across the universe. Journalist Nadia Drake talks about the careful crafting of the signal and her personal connection with the astronomer who authored the transmission: her father Frank Drake.  Recommended reading: The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50 Arecibo Observatory Shuts Down Its Science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Nadia Drake. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:50:00 -0000 Reflecting on our First Attempt to Speak with the Stars full Scientific American On the 50th anniversary of the “Arecibo message,” we present a reflection on humankind’s first attempt to send a transmission to intelligent life in the cosmos. Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of a transmission from the Arecibo Observatory, intended as our first attempt to send a message to intelligent life across the universe. Journalist Nadia Drake talks about the careful crafting of the signal and her personal connection with the astronomer who authored the transmission: her father Frank Drake.  Recommended reading: The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50 Arecibo Observatory Shuts Down Its Science E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Nadia Drake. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of a transmission from the Arecibo Observatory, intended as our first attempt to send a message to intelligent life across the universe. Journalist Nadia Drake talks about the careful crafting of the signal and her personal connection with the astronomer who authored the transmission: her father Frank Drake. 


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The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50

Arecibo Observatory Shuts Down Its Science


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]]> 920 Humans Inherited a World That Insects Made What does the Declaration of Independence have in common with Vincent van Gogh’s sketches? The ink used to produce them came from wasps. From pests to products, insects have played an enormous role in human history. Entomologist and animal behaviorist Barrett Klein encourages a historical and scientific perspective on these creatures and invites us to marvel at their beauty and biodiversity. – Read Barrett Klein’s book The Insect Epiphany – See more from Klein – Explore our coverage E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:55:00 -0000 Humans Inherited a World That Insects Made full Scientific American Violins, the ink on the Declaration of Independence and other ways that insects shaped human history What does the Declaration of Independence have in common with Vincent van Gogh’s sketches? The ink used to produce them came from wasps. From pests to products, insects have played an enormous role in human history. Entomologist and animal behaviorist Barrett Klein encourages a historical and scientific perspective on these creatures and invites us to marvel at their beauty and biodiversity. – Read Barrett Klein’s book The Insect Epiphany – See more from Klein – Explore our coverage E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What does the Declaration of Independence have in common with Vincent van Gogh’s sketches? The ink used to produce them came from wasps. From pests to products, insects have played an enormous role in human history. Entomologist and animal behaviorist Barrett Klein encourages a historical and scientific perspective on these creatures and invites us to marvel at their beauty and biodiversity.

– Read Barrett Klein’s book The Insect Epiphany

– See more from Klein

– Explore our coverage

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]]> 1021 Baseball Mud Bath, Water Woes and Wooden Satellites A wooden solution to metal satellites polluting space. Water woes create droughts in 48 of the 50 U.S. states—and climate change is of course a culprit. Microplastics could make wastewater recycling more challenging. And researchers figure out how mud from a secret spot off the Delaware River makes baseballs easier to grip.  Recommended reading: How Baseball Got Faster but Riskier  Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death  Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0000 Baseball Mud Bath, Water Woes and Wooden Satellites full Scientific American Let's Do a Science News Roundup A wooden solution to metal satellites polluting space. Water woes create droughts in 48 of the 50 U.S. states—and climate change is of course a culprit. Microplastics could make wastewater recycling more challenging. And researchers figure out how mud from a secret spot off the Delaware River makes baseballs easier to grip.  Recommended reading: How Baseball Got Faster but Riskier  Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death  Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A wooden solution to metal satellites polluting space. Water woes create droughts in 48 of the 50 U.S. states—and climate change is of course a culprit. Microplastics could make wastewater recycling more challenging. And researchers figure out how mud from a secret spot off the Delaware River makes baseballs easier to grip. 


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]]> 529 Why Weight May Not Be the Whole Story on Health Could our fixation on weight actually be harming, rather than helping, people’s health? Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Ragen Chastain, a writer, researcher and board-certified patient advocate, to discuss how weight stigma could be fueling many of the negative health outcomes we commonly link to weight gain. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Sign up for Chastain’s Substack newsletter, Weight and Healthcare Recommended reading: People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. Sabrina Strings. NYU Press, 2019 Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. Da’Shaun L. Harrison. North Atlantic Books, 2021 Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:50:00 -0000 Why Weight May Not Be the Whole Story on Health full Scientific American Focusing on size in health care might be doing more harm than good. Could our fixation on weight actually be harming, rather than helping, people’s health? Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Ragen Chastain, a writer, researcher and board-certified patient advocate, to discuss how weight stigma could be fueling many of the negative health outcomes we commonly link to weight gain. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Sign up for Chastain’s Substack newsletter, Weight and Healthcare Recommended reading: People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. Sabrina Strings. NYU Press, 2019 Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. Da’Shaun L. Harrison. North Atlantic Books, 2021 Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Could our fixation on weight actually be harming, rather than helping, people’s health? Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Ragen Chastain, a writer, researcher and board-certified patient advocate, to discuss how weight stigma could be fueling many of the negative health outcomes we commonly link to weight gain.


This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.


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People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. Sabrina Strings. NYU Press, 2019

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. Da’Shaun L. Harrison. North Atlantic Books, 2021


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]]> 1481 Your Zodiac Sign Mattered in Medieval Times Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology, a new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, takes a look at medieval manuscripts to showcase the importance of astrology to the period’s elites. Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the museum, takes us through the impact of astrology on day-to-day decisions and the way it became tied up in the medieval obsession with humoral balances. Plus, we discuss how today’s astrology split from the modern science of astronomy. Rising Signs is on display at the Getty Museum through January 5, 2025. https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/rising-signs/index.html  Recommended reading: How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-survive-mercury-in-retrograde/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:50:00 -0000 Your Zodiac Sign Mattered in Medieval Times full Scientific American In medieval times, astrology was considered a serious science, a branch of astronomy. Curator Larisa Grollemond of the Getty Museum, walks us through the medieval zodiac and how someone’s sign decided their day-to-day life. Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology, a new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, takes a look at medieval manuscripts to showcase the importance of astrology to the period’s elites. Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the museum, takes us through the impact of astrology on day-to-day decisions and the way it became tied up in the medieval obsession with humoral balances. Plus, we discuss how today’s astrology split from the modern science of astronomy. Rising Signs is on display at the Getty Museum through January 5, 2025. https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/rising-signs/index.html  Recommended reading: How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-survive-mercury-in-retrograde/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology, a new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, takes a look at medieval manuscripts to showcase the importance of astrology to the period’s elites. Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the museum, takes us through the impact of astrology on day-to-day decisions and the way it became tied up in the medieval obsession with humoral balances. Plus, we discuss how today’s astrology split from the modern science of astronomy.


Rising Signs is on display at the Getty Museum through January 5, 2025. https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/rising-signs/index.html 


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How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-survive-mercury-in-retrograde/ 


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]]> 876 Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Climate Change to Education The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates have very different visions for the country. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate sustainability editor Andrea Thompson to talk about the climate choices faced by the next president and the shifting energy landscape. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the gun control policies of the Biden administration and the complicated cultural dynamics around gun ownership that faces the next president. Plus, we discuss how public education could be stymied by a future Trump administration and how immigration decisions will shape the STEM workforce. Read more about the election: – In-depth coverage explains the candidates’ climate and energy policies – Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence – How the 2024 election could reshape education, from pre-K to college – The 2024 Election Will Define America’s Stance on Immigration, with Consequences for Science and Technology – Deep dives from other SciAm editors report on the candidates’ positions on artificial intelligence, heath care, and more E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guests associate news editor Allison Parshall, senior editor of mind and brain Gary Stix, senior news reporter Meghan Bartels and associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:55:00 -0000 Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Climate Change to Education full Scientific American The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could set the climate agenda, reshape public education and shift the dynamics of global science collaboration. The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates have very different visions for the country. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate sustainability editor Andrea Thompson to talk about the climate choices faced by the next president and the shifting energy landscape. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the gun control policies of the Biden administration and the complicated cultural dynamics around gun ownership that faces the next president. Plus, we discuss how public education could be stymied by a future Trump administration and how immigration decisions will shape the STEM workforce. Read more about the election: – In-depth coverage explains the candidates’ climate and energy policies – Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence – How the 2024 election could reshape education, from pre-K to college – The 2024 Election Will Define America’s Stance on Immigration, with Consequences for Science and Technology – Deep dives from other SciAm editors report on the candidates’ positions on artificial intelligence, heath care, and more E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guests associate news editor Allison Parshall, senior editor of mind and brain Gary Stix, senior news reporter Meghan Bartels and associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates have very different visions for the country. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by associate sustainability editor Andrea Thompson to talk about the climate choices faced by the next president and the shifting energy landscape. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels reviews the gun control policies of the Biden administration and the complicated cultural dynamics around gun ownership that faces the next president. Plus, we discuss how public education could be stymied by a future Trump administration and how immigration decisions will shape the STEM workforce.

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– In-depth coverage explains the candidates’ climate and energy policies

– Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence

– How the 2024 election could reshape education, from pre-K to college

– The 2024 Election Will Define America’s Stance on Immigration, with Consequences for Science and Technology

– Deep dives from other SciAm editors report on the candidates’ positions on artificial intelligence, heath care, and more

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]]> 1651 Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Health Care to Nuclear Proliferation The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates offer very different policy perspectives. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by health editors Tanya Lewis and Lauren Young to discuss how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump plan to address reproductive rights and health care accessibility and affordability. Plus, senior opinion editor Dan Vergano draws on his coverage of nuclear weapons to preview what a win for each candidate would mean for the U.S.’s approach to nuclear policy.  Read more about the election: – In-depth coverage of the candidates’ health policies – The nuclear decisions awaiting the next president – Deep dives from other SciAm editors on the candidates’ positions on artificial intelligence, climate, and more E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with associate editor of health and medicine Lauren Young, senior editor of health and medicine Tanya Lewis and senior opinion editor Dan Vergano. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:25:00 -0000 Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Health Care to Nuclear Proliferation full Scientific American The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could reshape policies from health care at home to nuclear proliferation abroad. The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates offer very different policy perspectives. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by health editors Tanya Lewis and Lauren Young to discuss how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump plan to address reproductive rights and health care accessibility and affordability. Plus, senior opinion editor Dan Vergano draws on his coverage of nuclear weapons to preview what a win for each candidate would mean for the U.S.’s approach to nuclear policy.  Read more about the election: – In-depth coverage of the candidates’ health policies – The nuclear decisions awaiting the next president – Deep dives from other SciAm editors on the candidates’ positions on artificial intelligence, climate, and more E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with associate editor of health and medicine Lauren Young, senior editor of health and medicine Tanya Lewis and senior opinion editor Dan Vergano. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2024 U.S. presidential candidates offer very different policy perspectives. On today’s show, host Rachel Feltman is joined by health editors Tanya Lewis and Lauren Young to discuss how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump plan to address reproductive rights and health care accessibility and affordability. Plus, senior opinion editor Dan Vergano draws on his coverage of nuclear weapons to preview what a win for each candidate would mean for the U.S.’s approach to nuclear policy. 

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]]> 1138 Exploring the Science of Spookiness at the Recreational Fear Lab Why do so many of us love a good scare? Whether it’s horror movies, haunted houses or creepy podcasts, there’s something thrilling about feeling spooked—especially around Halloween. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman dives into our fascination with fear and morbid curiosity with Coltan Scrivner, a behavioral scientist at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark. They explore the evolutionary and psychological reasons behind why we’re drawn to the dark and eerie and why a dose of fear can be so much fun. Recommended reading: The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, along with Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Exploring the Science of Spookiness at the Recreational Fear Lab full Scientific American Host Rachel Feltman and behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner explore our fascination with fear and what drives our obsession with all things spooky. Why do so many of us love a good scare? Whether it’s horror movies, haunted houses or creepy podcasts, there’s something thrilling about feeling spooked—especially around Halloween. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman dives into our fascination with fear and morbid curiosity with Coltan Scrivner, a behavioral scientist at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark. They explore the evolutionary and psychological reasons behind why we’re drawn to the dark and eerie and why a dose of fear can be so much fun. Recommended reading: The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, along with Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Why do so many of us love a good scare? Whether it’s horror movies, haunted houses or creepy podcasts, there’s something thrilling about feeling spooked—especially around Halloween. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman dives into our fascination with fear and morbid curiosity with Coltan Scrivner, a behavioral scientist at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark. They explore the evolutionary and psychological reasons behind why we’re drawn to the dark and eerie and why a dose of fear can be so much fun.

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]]> 1052 Scurvy, Bird Flu and a Big Old Meteorite An enormous meteorite’s impact 3.26 billion years ago may have made conditions on Earth more hospitable for life in the long run. Washington State is the sixth state to report cases of bird flu in humans. Weight-loss procedures and treatments could lead to an uptick in scurvy cases if patients and physicians aren’t vigilant about vitamin C. And scientists are learning more from the remains of a Norse soldier whose body was dumped in a well some 800 years ago. Recommended Reading Bird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to Know  Teenagers Are Taking New Weight-Loss Drugs, but the Science Is Far from Settled  We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Scurvy, Bird Flu and a Big Old Meteorite full Scientific American We cover a 3.26-billion-year-old meteorite impact, the spread of bird flu and a scurvy case study that serves as a cautionary tale in this week’s news roundup. An enormous meteorite’s impact 3.26 billion years ago may have made conditions on Earth more hospitable for life in the long run. Washington State is the sixth state to report cases of bird flu in humans. Weight-loss procedures and treatments could lead to an uptick in scurvy cases if patients and physicians aren’t vigilant about vitamin C. And scientists are learning more from the remains of a Norse soldier whose body was dumped in a well some 800 years ago. Recommended Reading Bird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to Know  Teenagers Are Taking New Weight-Loss Drugs, but the Science Is Far from Settled  We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An enormous meteorite’s impact 3.26 billion years ago may have made conditions on Earth more hospitable for life in the long run. Washington State is the sixth state to report cases of bird flu in humans. Weight-loss procedures and treatments could lead to an uptick in scurvy cases if patients and physicians aren’t vigilant about vitamin C. And scientists are learning more from the remains of a Norse soldier whose body was dumped in a well some 800 years ago.


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]]> 567 Spooky Lakes and the Science of Haunted Hydrology Artist and author Geo Rutherford created Spooky Lake Month to highlight the strange and eerie waters of the world. She first fell in love with the Great Lakes during graduate school in Milwaukee. Rutherford was an early educational video creator, but it was a video about spooky lakes that skyrocketed her to viral fame. She has a new book, Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet. Rutherford joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss art, natural wonders and the deepest lake in the world.  You can get Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet at  www.georutherford.com/book  Watch Spooky Lakes videos at www.tiktok.com/@geodesaurus We’re still looking for listener submissions for our upcoming episode on the science of earworms. We’d love to hear a song you just can’t get out of your head. If you’re up for the challenge, sing or hum a few bars in a voice memo and send it over to ScienceQuickly@sciam.com with your name and where you’re from.  We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Geo Rutherford. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Spooky Lakes and the Science of Haunted Hydrology full Scientific American An open body of water can be particularly eerie. It’s part of what led creator and author Geo Rutherford to make her viral videos on Spooky Lakes. Artist and author Geo Rutherford created Spooky Lake Month to highlight the strange and eerie waters of the world. She first fell in love with the Great Lakes during graduate school in Milwaukee. Rutherford was an early educational video creator, but it was a video about spooky lakes that skyrocketed her to viral fame. She has a new book, Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet. Rutherford joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss art, natural wonders and the deepest lake in the world.  You can get Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet at  www.georutherford.com/book  Watch Spooky Lakes videos at www.tiktok.com/@geodesaurus We’re still looking for listener submissions for our upcoming episode on the science of earworms. We’d love to hear a song you just can’t get out of your head. If you’re up for the challenge, sing or hum a few bars in a voice memo and send it over to ScienceQuickly@sciam.com with your name and where you’re from.  We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Geo Rutherford. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Artist and author Geo Rutherford created Spooky Lake Month to highlight the strange and eerie waters of the world. She first fell in love with the Great Lakes during graduate school in Milwaukee. Rutherford was an early educational video creator, but it was a video about spooky lakes that skyrocketed her to viral fame. She has a new book, Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet. Rutherford joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss art, natural wonders and the deepest lake in the world. 


You can get Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet at  www.georutherford.com/book 

Watch Spooky Lakes videos at www.tiktok.com/@geodesaurus


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]]> 827 What Do Societal Beauty Standards Have to Do with Breast Cancer? Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Jasmine McDonald, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, to discuss the disturbing trend of an increase in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses. They explore how chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors could be fueling this rise and examine the surprising role that societal beauty standards may play in shaping these risks. We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000 What Do Societal Beauty Standards Have to Do with Breast Cancer? full Scientific American An epidemiologist explores a troubling rise in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses and discusses the potential link to chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Jasmine McDonald, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, to discuss the disturbing trend of an increase in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses. They explore how chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors could be fueling this rise and examine the surprising role that societal beauty standards may play in shaping these risks. We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Jasmine McDonald, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, to discuss the disturbing trend of an increase in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses. They explore how chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors could be fueling this rise and examine the surprising role that societal beauty standards may play in shaping these risks.


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]]> 1415 Microbes Are Evolving to Eat Cleaning Supplies, and Whooping Cough Is Making a Comeback NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed we’re in the solar maximum, a period of increased solar activity that could lead to more auroras. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a fivefold surge in whooping cough cases. And a new study suggests that some microbes might be using our disinfectants against us by chowing down on them. Recommended reading: Whooping Cough Is Spreading Again after Years of Relative Quiet Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Microbes Are Evolving to Eat Cleaning Supplies, and Whooping Cough Is Making a Comeback full Scientific American Kick off the week by catching up on the latest science news NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed we’re in the solar maximum, a period of increased solar activity that could lead to more auroras. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a fivefold surge in whooping cough cases. And a new study suggests that some microbes might be using our disinfectants against us by chowing down on them. Recommended reading: Whooping Cough Is Spreading Again after Years of Relative Quiet Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed we’re in the solar maximum, a period of increased solar activity that could lead to more auroras. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a fivefold surge in whooping cough cases. And a new study suggests that some microbes might be using our disinfectants against us by chowing down on them.


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]]> 553 What The Next President Will Do about Artificial Intelligence There’s a lot of excitement and apprehension over the seemingly sudden proliferation of artificial intelligence in just about everything. Technological progress often outpaces regulation, and the next U.S. president will set the tone for AI policy. Scientific American’s associate technology editor Ben Guarino walks us through AI policies and plans from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Plus, we discuss the role AI generated images, videos and even voices could play in spreading misinformation around the election. Recommended reading: How the Next President Will Determine the Future of AI  Lethal AI Weapons Are on the Rise. What’s Next?  We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with associate technology editor Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 What The Next President Will Do about Artificial Intelligence full Scientific American The next U.S. president will have to contend with regulations around AI—and the electorate is already facing AI-generated misinformation. There’s a lot of excitement and apprehension over the seemingly sudden proliferation of artificial intelligence in just about everything. Technological progress often outpaces regulation, and the next U.S. president will set the tone for AI policy. Scientific American’s associate technology editor Ben Guarino walks us through AI policies and plans from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Plus, we discuss the role AI generated images, videos and even voices could play in spreading misinformation around the election. Recommended reading: How the Next President Will Determine the Future of AI  Lethal AI Weapons Are on the Rise. What’s Next?  We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with associate technology editor Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices There’s a lot of excitement and apprehension over the seemingly sudden proliferation of artificial intelligence in just about everything. Technological progress often outpaces regulation, and the next U.S. president will set the tone for AI policy. Scientific American’s associate technology editor Ben Guarino walks us through AI policies and plans from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Plus, we discuss the role AI generated images, videos and even voices could play in spreading misinformation around the election.


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Lethal AI Weapons Are on the Rise. What’s Next? 

We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence 


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]]> 1248 The Doctor Will See You, and Stop Judging You, Now How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learning how to suture. SHOWNOTES: Have you ever felt judged at the doctor’s office, even before you said a word? Unfortunately, that’s not uncommon, and it’s often not intentional. Like everyone, doctors have unconscious biases that can affect how they treat patients, which can pose real risks to health outcomes. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman is joined by Cristina Gonzalez, a physician and professor of medicine and population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, to discuss how these biases form and what can be done to address them. This podcast is part of “Health Equity Heros,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0000 The Doctor Will See You, and Stop Judging You, Now full Scientific American How Implicit Bias Affects Your Medical Care How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learning how to suture. SHOWNOTES: Have you ever felt judged at the doctor’s office, even before you said a word? Unfortunately, that’s not uncommon, and it’s often not intentional. Like everyone, doctors have unconscious biases that can affect how they treat patients, which can pose real risks to health outcomes. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman is joined by Cristina Gonzalez, a physician and professor of medicine and population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, to discuss how these biases form and what can be done to address them. This podcast is part of “Health Equity Heros,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How do you stop implicit bias from getting in the way of better health? This doctor wants to make learning how to manage bias as important as learning how to suture.


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Have you ever felt judged at the doctor’s office, even before you said a word? Unfortunately, that’s not uncommon, and it’s often not intentional. Like everyone, doctors have unconscious biases that can affect how they treat patients, which can pose real risks to health outcomes. In this episode, host Rachel Feltman is joined by Cristina Gonzalez, a physician and professor of medicine and population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, to discuss how these biases form and what can be done to address them.


This podcast is part of “Health Equity Heros,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.


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]]> 1142 Your Rundown of the Science Nobels, and Europa Clipper Is Delayed Everything you need to know about last week’s physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine Nobels. COVID could raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes years after original infection. Hurricane Milton causes tornadoes across Florida and delays the launch of Europa Clipper. Recommended reading: How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-chemistry-physics-and-medicine-nobel-prizes-can-be-shared-and-how-that/  Why Hurricane Milton Caused So Many Tornadoes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hurricane-milton-caused-so-many-tornadoes/  NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Carries Special Cargo: A Poem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-europa-clipper-mission-carries-special-cargo-a-poem/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Your Rundown of the Science Nobels, and Europa Clipper Is Delayed full Scientific American A roundup of the science Nobels, the latest COVID updates and the Europa Clipper launch delay. Everything you need to know about last week’s physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine Nobels. COVID could raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes years after original infection. Hurricane Milton causes tornadoes across Florida and delays the launch of Europa Clipper. Recommended reading: How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-chemistry-physics-and-medicine-nobel-prizes-can-be-shared-and-how-that/  Why Hurricane Milton Caused So Many Tornadoes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hurricane-milton-caused-so-many-tornadoes/  NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Carries Special Cargo: A Poem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-europa-clipper-mission-carries-special-cargo-a-poem/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Everything you need to know about last week’s physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine Nobels. COVID could raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes years after original infection. Hurricane Milton causes tornadoes across Florida and delays the launch of Europa Clipper.


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How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-chemistry-physics-and-medicine-nobel-prizes-can-be-shared-and-how-that/ 

Why Hurricane Milton Caused So Many Tornadoes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hurricane-milton-caused-so-many-tornadoes/ 

NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Carries Special Cargo: A Poem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-europa-clipper-mission-carries-special-cargo-a-poem/ 


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]]> 564 Is Singing an Evolutionary Accident or a Critical Way to Connect? Scientific American associate news editor and music enthusiast Allison Parshall takes Science Quickly through what we know about how singing came to be. Scientists aren’t sure why humans evolved to sing, but commonalities in traditional music offer clues to how the practice evolved. Neuroscience shows us where speech and singing live in the brain and what information the forms hold. And an upcoming experiment will look into how singing might make us more connected to one another. Recommended reading: New Folk Song Analysis Finds Similarities around the World How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Award-Winning Song E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Marielle Issa, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:25:00 -0000 Is Singing an Evolutionary Accident or a Critical Way to Connect? full Scientific American What can singing tell us about how we’re wired—and how our ancestors evolved? Scientific American associate news editor and music enthusiast Allison Parshall takes Science Quickly through what we know about how singing came to be. Scientists aren’t sure why humans evolved to sing, but commonalities in traditional music offer clues to how the practice evolved. Neuroscience shows us where speech and singing live in the brain and what information the forms hold. And an upcoming experiment will look into how singing might make us more connected to one another. Recommended reading: New Folk Song Analysis Finds Similarities around the World How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Award-Winning Song E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Marielle Issa, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American associate news editor and music enthusiast Allison Parshall takes Science Quickly through what we know about how singing came to be. Scientists aren’t sure why humans evolved to sing, but commonalities in traditional music offer clues to how the practice evolved. Neuroscience shows us where speech and singing live in the brain and what information the forms hold. And an upcoming experiment will look into how singing might make us more connected to one another.

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New Folk Song Analysis Finds Similarities around the World

How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write This Award-Winning Song

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]]> 1526 The Danger of Hurricane Downpours and the End of ‘Climate Havens’ Hurricanes Beryl, Francine and Helene have battered the Gulf Coast this year. Hurricane Milton is expected to add to the destruction, particularly in parts of the west coast of central Florida that are already reeling from Hurricane Helene. Scientific American’s associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson joins Science Quickly to help us understand how we measure hurricanes and how climate change is magnifying the damage done by these massive storms. Plus, we discuss how the catastrophic flooding in western North Carolina dispels the myth that anywhere can be a true “climate haven.” Recommended reading: New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-hurricane-forecasts-could-predict-terrifying-explosive-intensification/  Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/  Hurricane Helene Signals the End of the ‘Climate Haven’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-helene-signals-the-end-of-the-climate-haven/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Andrea Thompson, Scientific American’s associate editor of sustainability. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 The Danger of Hurricane Downpours and the End of ‘Climate Havens’ full Scientific American Downpours from hurricanes are worsening—and leaving even “climate havens” vulnerable. Hurricanes Beryl, Francine and Helene have battered the Gulf Coast this year. Hurricane Milton is expected to add to the destruction, particularly in parts of the west coast of central Florida that are already reeling from Hurricane Helene. Scientific American’s associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson joins Science Quickly to help us understand how we measure hurricanes and how climate change is magnifying the damage done by these massive storms. Plus, we discuss how the catastrophic flooding in western North Carolina dispels the myth that anywhere can be a true “climate haven.” Recommended reading: New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-hurricane-forecasts-could-predict-terrifying-explosive-intensification/  Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/  Hurricane Helene Signals the End of the ‘Climate Haven’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-helene-signals-the-end-of-the-climate-haven/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Andrea Thompson, Scientific American’s associate editor of sustainability. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hurricanes Beryl, Francine and Helene have battered the Gulf Coast this year. Hurricane Milton is expected to add to the destruction, particularly in parts of the west coast of central Florida that are already reeling from Hurricane Helene. Scientific American’s associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson joins Science Quickly to help us understand how we measure hurricanes and how climate change is magnifying the damage done by these massive storms. Plus, we discuss how the catastrophic flooding in western North Carolina dispels the myth that anywhere can be a true “climate haven.”


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New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-hurricane-forecasts-could-predict-terrifying-explosive-intensification/ 

Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/ 

Hurricane Helene Signals the End of the ‘Climate Haven’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-helene-signals-the-end-of-the-climate-haven/ 


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]]> 975 Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and a Dolphin’s Smile Hurricane Helene’s death toll continues to rise. Marburg virus is spreading in Rwanda, but risks for a global outbreak are low. Researchers in Beijing used stem cell treatments to reverse diabetes in a patient. Plus, we discuss a map of a fruit fly’s brain and dolphin smiles. Recommended reading: Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/  See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-an-amazingly-detailed-map-of-the-fruit-fly-brain/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and a Dolphin’s Smile full Scientific American We cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup. Hurricane Helene’s death toll continues to rise. Marburg virus is spreading in Rwanda, but risks for a global outbreak are low. Researchers in Beijing used stem cell treatments to reverse diabetes in a patient. Plus, we discuss a map of a fruit fly’s brain and dolphin smiles. Recommended reading: Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/  See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-an-amazingly-detailed-map-of-the-fruit-fly-brain/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hurricane Helene’s death toll continues to rise. Marburg virus is spreading in Rwanda, but risks for a global outbreak are low. Researchers in Beijing used stem cell treatments to reverse diabetes in a patient. Plus, we discuss a map of a fruit fly’s brain and dolphin smiles.


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Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/ 

See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-an-amazingly-detailed-map-of-the-fruit-fly-brain/ 


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]]> 595 The Hidden Secrets of Math: Uncharted Territory (Part 3) Drag queen and mathematics communicator Kyne Santos tells us the questions that modern mathematicians are grappling with, from infinite tiling to the structure of math itself. We hope you enjoyed the final episode of this Friday miniseries about magical math. You can listen to parts one and two wherever you get your podcasts or at the links below.  Recommended reading: – Discover Math’s Elegance and Power with Drag Queen Kyne Santos – Is Math Part of Nature or an Invention of the Mind? – Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:25:00 -0000 The Hidden Secrets of Math: Uncharted Territory (Part 3) full Scientific American Today’s mathematicians grapple with higher-order mathematical questions and real-world applications. Drag queen and mathematics communicator Kyne Santos tells us the questions that modern mathematicians are grappling with, from infinite tiling to the structure of math itself. We hope you enjoyed the final episode of this Friday miniseries about magical math. You can listen to parts one and two wherever you get your podcasts or at the links below.  Recommended reading: – Discover Math’s Elegance and Power with Drag Queen Kyne Santos – Is Math Part of Nature or an Invention of the Mind? – Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Drag queen and mathematics communicator Kyne Santos tells us the questions that modern mathematicians are grappling with, from infinite tiling to the structure of math itself.

We hope you enjoyed the final episode of this Friday miniseries about magical math. You can listen to parts one and two wherever you get your podcasts or at the links below. 

Recommended reading:

– Discover Math’s Elegance and Power with Drag Queen Kyne Santos

– Is Math Part of Nature or an Invention of the Mind?

– Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’

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]]> 1044 Your Next Pain Prescription Could Come without Addiction Risk The Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to suzetrigine, a novel painkiller. It’s part of a new class of medications that could provide relief to those with chronic pain. The drugs target sodium channels on nerve cells, stopping pain signaling at the periphery. Journalist Marla Broadfoot explains the biology of aches and pains and the reasons it is so challenging to develop well-tolerated medications for pain. Recommended reading: New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions—Without Addiction Risk  Ozempic Quiets Food Noise in the Brain—But How?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Marla Broadfoot. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Your Next Pain Prescription Could Come without Addiction Risk full Scientific American A new class of drugs treats pain at the periphery. Here’s what that could mean for those with chronic pain. The Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to suzetrigine, a novel painkiller. It’s part of a new class of medications that could provide relief to those with chronic pain. The drugs target sodium channels on nerve cells, stopping pain signaling at the periphery. Journalist Marla Broadfoot explains the biology of aches and pains and the reasons it is so challenging to develop well-tolerated medications for pain. Recommended reading: New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions—Without Addiction Risk  Ozempic Quiets Food Noise in the Brain—But How?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Marla Broadfoot. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to suzetrigine, a novel painkiller. It’s part of a new class of medications that could provide relief to those with chronic pain. The drugs target sodium channels on nerve cells, stopping pain signaling at the periphery. Journalist Marla Broadfoot explains the biology of aches and pains and the reasons it is so challenging to develop well-tolerated medications for pain.

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New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions—Without Addiction Risk 

Ozempic Quiets Food Noise in the Brain—But How? 


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]]> 733 Fighting Global Misinformation, Ditching Plastic Bottles, and Hunting with an Octopus From the United Nations General Assembly, host Rachel Feltman interviews Melissa Fleming, the U.N.’s undersecretary-general for global communications, on how misinformation and distrust in science are impacting global well-being. Plus, we note caveats to a major social media study and explain how food packaging can be harmful to the environment and human health. Recommended reading: Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-its-so-hard-to-recycle-plastic/  How Deadly Is Mpox, What Vaccines Are Effective, and Other Questions Answered https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-deadly-is-mpox-what-vaccines-are-effective-and-other-questions-answered/  61 Unexpected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/61-unexpected-pfas-forever-chemicals-found-in-food-packaging/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio.  This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Melissa Fleming, undersecretary-general for global communications at the United Nations. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Fighting Global Misinformation, Ditching Plastic Bottles, and Hunting with an Octopus full Scientific American It's Science News Roundup Time From the United Nations General Assembly, host Rachel Feltman interviews Melissa Fleming, the U.N.’s undersecretary-general for global communications, on how misinformation and distrust in science are impacting global well-being. Plus, we note caveats to a major social media study and explain how food packaging can be harmful to the environment and human health. Recommended reading: Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-its-so-hard-to-recycle-plastic/  How Deadly Is Mpox, What Vaccines Are Effective, and Other Questions Answered https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-deadly-is-mpox-what-vaccines-are-effective-and-other-questions-answered/  61 Unexpected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/61-unexpected-pfas-forever-chemicals-found-in-food-packaging/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio.  This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Melissa Fleming, undersecretary-general for global communications at the United Nations. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From the United Nations General Assembly, host Rachel Feltman interviews Melissa Fleming, the U.N.’s undersecretary-general for global communications, on how misinformation and distrust in science are impacting global well-being. Plus, we note caveats to a major social media study and explain how food packaging can be harmful to the environment and human health.


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Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-its-so-hard-to-recycle-plastic/ 

How Deadly Is Mpox, What Vaccines Are Effective, and Other Questions Answered https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-deadly-is-mpox-what-vaccines-are-effective-and-other-questions-answered/ 

61 Unexpected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/61-unexpected-pfas-forever-chemicals-found-in-food-packaging/ 


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]]> 866 The Hidden Secrets of Math: Invented or Discovered? (Part 2) Where does math come from? Mathematicians are still debating whether math is an inherent part of nature or an invention of the human mind. Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne will guide you through the question of what math really is in this three-part Friday miniseries. Recommended reading: – Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations  – The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 The Hidden Secrets of Math: Invented or Discovered? (Part 2) full Scientific American Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos guides you through the ongoing debate about what math really is. Where does math come from? Mathematicians are still debating whether math is an inherent part of nature or an invention of the human mind. Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne will guide you through the question of what math really is in this three-part Friday miniseries. Recommended reading: – Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations  – The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Where does math come from? Mathematicians are still debating whether math is an inherent part of nature or an invention of the human mind. Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne will guide you through the question of what math really is in this three-part Friday miniseries.

Recommended reading:

– Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations 

– The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong

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]]> 808 Untangling the Link between Eating Disorders and PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to five million people in the U.S., yet it remains poorly understood. Many people with PCOS go undiagnosed while experiencing symptoms such as irregular periods, changes in hair and body shape, acne and infertility. Even after a diagnosis, they’re often told to lose weight to manage symptoms—advice that some researchers now say can be harmful.  A recent study found that people with PCOS are more likely to have eating disorders, regardless of their body mass index. Laura Cooney, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, co-authored the study. She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss why the focus on weight loss for PCOS treatment needs to be reconsidered. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Untangling the Link between Eating Disorders and PCOS full Scientific American A study reports higher prevalence of eating disorders among people with polycystic ovary syndrome, regardless of their body mass index. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to five million people in the U.S., yet it remains poorly understood. Many people with PCOS go undiagnosed while experiencing symptoms such as irregular periods, changes in hair and body shape, acne and infertility. Even after a diagnosis, they’re often told to lose weight to manage symptoms—advice that some researchers now say can be harmful.  A recent study found that people with PCOS are more likely to have eating disorders, regardless of their body mass index. Laura Cooney, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, co-authored the study. She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss why the focus on weight loss for PCOS treatment needs to be reconsidered. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to five million people in the U.S., yet it remains poorly understood. Many people with PCOS go undiagnosed while experiencing symptoms such as irregular periods, changes in hair and body shape, acne and infertility. Even after a diagnosis, they’re often told to lose weight to manage symptoms—advice that some researchers now say can be harmful. 


A recent study found that people with PCOS are more likely to have eating disorders, regardless of their body mass index. Laura Cooney, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, co-authored the study. She joins host Rachel Feltman to discuss why the focus on weight loss for PCOS treatment needs to be reconsidered.


This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.


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]]> 838 How Pregnancy Changes the Brain, and How Lizards Make DIY Scuba Gear In this week’s news roundup: Earth might have previously had a giant ring of space rocks like the one around Saturn, “scuba diving” lizards are using bubbles to breathe, and a new study mapped brain changes in a person throughout pregnancy. Additionally, we describe how NASA’s stranded astronauts will vote from space. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 How Pregnancy Changes the Brain, and How Lizards Make DIY Scuba Gear full Scientific American This week’s news roundup explores how the brain is affected by pregnancy, the way “scuba diving” lizards breathe underwater, and much more. In this week’s news roundup: Earth might have previously had a giant ring of space rocks like the one around Saturn, “scuba diving” lizards are using bubbles to breathe, and a new study mapped brain changes in a person throughout pregnancy. Additionally, we describe how NASA’s stranded astronauts will vote from space. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this week’s news roundup: Earth might have previously had a giant ring of space rocks like the one around Saturn, “scuba diving” lizards are using bubbles to breathe, and a new study mapped brain changes in a person throughout pregnancy. Additionally, we describe how NASA’s stranded astronauts will vote from space.


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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 562 The Hidden Secrets of Math: Beauty and Power (Part 1) Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos will help you discover the beauty and power of math in this three-part Friday miniseries. Kyne takes us back to ancient Greece to illustrate the elegance of mathematics. We meet mathematician Tom Crawford, who combines fieldwork and modeling to predict the impacts of pollution, as well as philosopher and logician Mark Jago.  Recommended reading: – Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations – The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 The Hidden Secrets of Math: Beauty and Power (Part 1) full Scientific American Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne will help you discover the beauty and power of math in this miniseries. Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos will help you discover the beauty and power of math in this three-part Friday miniseries. Kyne takes us back to ancient Greece to illustrate the elegance of mathematics. We meet mathematician Tom Crawford, who combines fieldwork and modeling to predict the impacts of pollution, as well as philosopher and logician Mark Jago.  Recommended reading: – Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations – The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos will help you discover the beauty and power of math in this three-part Friday miniseries. Kyne takes us back to ancient Greece to illustrate the elegance of mathematics. We meet mathematician Tom Crawford, who combines fieldwork and modeling to predict the impacts of pollution, as well as philosopher and logician Mark Jago. 

Recommended reading:

– Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations

– The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and Kyne Santos. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses, Emily Makowski and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 866 Why Black Men Should Consider Earlier Screening for Prostate Cancer In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September, host Rachel Feltman sits down with Alfred Winkler, chief of urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, to discuss proactive steps individuals can take to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Black American men, in particular, face some of the highest rates of the disease in the world, with multiple factors contributing to this elevated risk. This episode explores efforts to raise awareness and promote early screening within this high-risk group. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: New Prostate Cancer Treatments Offer Hope for Advanced Cases  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Why Black Men Should Consider Earlier Screening for Prostate Cancer full Scientific American According to the American Cancer Society, Black men are about 70 percent more likely than white men to develop prostate cancer in their lifetime and twice as likely to die from the disease. In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September, host Rachel Feltman sits down with Alfred Winkler, chief of urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, to discuss proactive steps individuals can take to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Black American men, in particular, face some of the highest rates of the disease in the world, with multiple factors contributing to this elevated risk. This episode explores efforts to raise awareness and promote early screening within this high-risk group. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: New Prostate Cancer Treatments Offer Hope for Advanced Cases  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September, host Rachel Feltman sits down with Alfred Winkler, chief of urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, to discuss proactive steps individuals can take to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Black American men, in particular, face some of the highest rates of the disease in the world, with multiple factors contributing to this elevated risk. This episode explores efforts to raise awareness and promote early screening within this high-risk group.


This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.


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New Prostate Cancer Treatments Offer Hope for Advanced Cases 


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]]> 790 AI Could Help Save Us from Conspiracy Theories, and Massachusetts Could Help Save Us from Our Trash This week's news roundup: The European Space Agency’s Juice mission tested its instruments with a flyby of Earth in preparation for studying habitability on moons of Jupiter’. Also, a study found that Massachusetts has reduced food waste through composting and enforcement while four other states have not successfully done so despite also having bans on disposing of such waste in landfills. And researchers tested the generative artificial intelligence platform GPT-4 Turbo’s ability to counter conspiracy theories through personalized, fact-based conversations, yielding promising results. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 AI Could Help Save Us from Conspiracy Theories, and Massachusetts Could Help Save Us from Our Trash full Scientific American AI fights conspiracy theories, Massachusetts leads the way on waste reduction, and more in this week’s science news roundup This week's news roundup: The European Space Agency’s Juice mission tested its instruments with a flyby of Earth in preparation for studying habitability on moons of Jupiter’. Also, a study found that Massachusetts has reduced food waste through composting and enforcement while four other states have not successfully done so despite also having bans on disposing of such waste in landfills. And researchers tested the generative artificial intelligence platform GPT-4 Turbo’s ability to counter conspiracy theories through personalized, fact-based conversations, yielding promising results. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week's news roundup: The European Space Agency’s Juice mission tested its instruments with a flyby of Earth in preparation for studying habitability on moons of Jupiter’. Also, a study found that Massachusetts has reduced food waste through composting and enforcement while four other states have not successfully done so despite also having bans on disposing of such waste in landfills. And researchers tested the generative artificial intelligence platform GPT-4 Turbo’s ability to counter conspiracy theories through personalized, fact-based conversations, yielding promising results.


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]]> 629 This Episode Was Recorded from Space Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman interviewed NASA flight engineer Matthew Dominick live—from space! In this first-ever interview conducted from the International Space Station’s (ISS’s) iconic cupola, Dominick talks about his path to space, his experience on the ISS and his incredible astrophotography. You can listen to the full video and watch the changing light from the cupola at the link below. Watch the First-Ever Interview from the ISS Cupola https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/learn-how-astronauts-take-photos-from-nasa-in-flight-engineer-matthew/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Matthew Dominick. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000 This Episode Was Recorded from Space full Scientific American Literally, from 250 Miles Above Earth Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman interviewed NASA flight engineer Matthew Dominick live—from space! In this first-ever interview conducted from the International Space Station’s (ISS’s) iconic cupola, Dominick talks about his path to space, his experience on the ISS and his incredible astrophotography. You can listen to the full video and watch the changing light from the cupola at the link below. Watch the First-Ever Interview from the ISS Cupola https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/learn-how-astronauts-take-photos-from-nasa-in-flight-engineer-matthew/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Matthew Dominick. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman interviewed NASA flight engineer Matthew Dominick live—from space! In this first-ever interview conducted from the International Space Station’s (ISS’s) iconic cupola, Dominick talks about his path to space, his experience on the ISS and his incredible astrophotography. You can listen to the full video and watch the changing light from the cupola at the link below.

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]]> 1052 How 9/11 Transformed Forensic Science Content warning: This episode contains some details about the 9/11 attacks and victims’ remains. Twenty-three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, forensic scientists are still working to identify victims from the World Trade Center site. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with Kathleen Corrado, forensics executive director at Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences, about what unique challenges have been posed by the massive scale of the tragedy and how the lessons learned are now helping investigators solve cases from wildfires to criminal investigations—in addition to aiding efforts to identify the remaining victims of 9/11. Recommended reading: Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors What Structural Engineers Learned from 9/11 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000 How 9/11 Transformed Forensic Science full Scientific American Content warning: This episode contains some details about the 9/11 attacks and victims’ remains. Twenty-three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, forensic scientists are still working to identify victims from the World Trade Center site. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with Kathleen Corrado, forensics executive director at Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences, about what unique challenges have been posed by the massive scale of the tragedy and how the lessons learned are now helping investigators solve cases from wildfires to criminal investigations—in addition to aiding efforts to identify the remaining victims of 9/11. Recommended reading: Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors What Structural Engineers Learned from 9/11 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Content warning: This episode contains some details about the 9/11 attacks and victims’ remains.


Twenty-three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, forensic scientists are still working to identify victims from the World Trade Center site. Host Rachel Feltman speaks with Kathleen Corrado, forensics executive director at Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences, about what unique challenges have been posed by the massive scale of the tragedy and how the lessons learned are now helping investigators solve cases from wildfires to criminal investigations—in addition to aiding efforts to identify the remaining victims of 9/11.


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Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors


What Structural Engineers Learned from 9/11


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]]> 1069 Jellyfish Clones Swarm British Columbian Lakes, and Measles Cases Surge in Oregon In this week’s new roundup, a new study finds no clear connection between phone use and brain or head cancers, putting some fears to rest. Meanwhile Sweden’s new screen-time guidelines suggest keeping kids under age two away from screens entirely and limiting time for older children—and echo concerns from other countries about how much time young people spend on devices. Also, jellyfish clones are invading lakes in British Columbia, Oregon faces its worst measles outbreak in three decades, and NASA clears up the mystery behind the strange noise on the ill-fated Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Recommended reading: How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles How Worried Should We Be about Starliner’s Stranded Astronauts? When Should Kids Get a Smartphone? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Jellyfish Clones Swarm British Columbian Lakes, and Measles Cases Surge in Oregon full Scientific American Your Monday Science News Roundup In this week’s new roundup, a new study finds no clear connection between phone use and brain or head cancers, putting some fears to rest. Meanwhile Sweden’s new screen-time guidelines suggest keeping kids under age two away from screens entirely and limiting time for older children—and echo concerns from other countries about how much time young people spend on devices. Also, jellyfish clones are invading lakes in British Columbia, Oregon faces its worst measles outbreak in three decades, and NASA clears up the mystery behind the strange noise on the ill-fated Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Recommended reading: How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles How Worried Should We Be about Starliner’s Stranded Astronauts? When Should Kids Get a Smartphone? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this week’s new roundup, a new study finds no clear connection between phone use and brain or head cancers, putting some fears to rest. Meanwhile Sweden’s new screen-time guidelines suggest keeping kids under age two away from screens entirely and limiting time for older children—and echo concerns from other countries about how much time young people spend on devices. Also, jellyfish clones are invading lakes in British Columbia, Oregon faces its worst measles outbreak in three decades, and NASA clears up the mystery behind the strange noise on the ill-fated Boeing Starliner spacecraft.


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How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles


How Worried Should We Be about Starliner’s Stranded Astronauts?


When Should Kids Get a Smartphone?


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]]> 571 In Sickness and Age: Finding Balance between Caregiving and Self-Care (Part 2) As people live longer and family sizes shrink, fewer relatives are available to share the burden of caregiving for aging loved ones. The second episode of our two-part miniseries on caregiving explores what this means for the family members who take on this critical role. How do they provide the best care while also maintaining their own well-being? To hear firsthand how caregivers are navigating this challenge, Lauren Young and Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s respective associate and senior editors of health and medicine, visited a support center in Queens, N.Y. Young shares some of the stories they gathered from the community there. Listen to part one of this series. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with Aging E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Lauren Young. Tanya Lewis also contributed reporting for this miniseries. Marielle Issa, Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 In Sickness and Age: Finding Balance between Caregiving and Self-Care (Part 2) full Scientific American Caring for aging loved ones brings its own set of emotional and physical hurdles. Experts offer guidance on finding support. As people live longer and family sizes shrink, fewer relatives are available to share the burden of caregiving for aging loved ones. The second episode of our two-part miniseries on caregiving explores what this means for the family members who take on this critical role. How do they provide the best care while also maintaining their own well-being? To hear firsthand how caregivers are navigating this challenge, Lauren Young and Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s respective associate and senior editors of health and medicine, visited a support center in Queens, N.Y. Young shares some of the stories they gathered from the community there. Listen to part one of this series. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with Aging E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Lauren Young. Tanya Lewis also contributed reporting for this miniseries. Marielle Issa, Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As people live longer and family sizes shrink, fewer relatives are available to share the burden of caregiving for aging loved ones. The second episode of our two-part miniseries on caregiving explores what this means for the family members who take on this critical role. How do they provide the best care while also maintaining their own well-being? To hear firsthand how caregivers are navigating this challenge, Lauren Young and Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s respective associate and senior editors of health and medicine, visited a support center in Queens, N.Y. Young shares some of the stories they gathered from the community there.

Listen to part one of this series.

This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

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Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with Aging

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]]> 1095 How Racism Might Be Accelerating Aging and Menopause Discrimination may be speeding up the aging process for people of color and other minoritized groups. Research is revealing that structural and interpersonal racism could be key factors in why these communities often age faster and face age-related diseases sooner. Alexis Reeves, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, studies how racism affects aging, with a focus on early menopause. In a conversation with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman, Reeves discusses how traditional research methods might be overlooking these critical disparities. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: Discrimination May Hasten Menopause in Black and Hispanic Women How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health “Systematic Exclusion at Study Commencement Masks Earlier Menopause for Black Women in the Study of Women’s Health across the Nation (SWAN),” by Alexis Reeves et al., in International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 52, No. 5; October 2023  “Study Selection Bias and Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Age at Onset of Cardiometabolic Disease among Midlife Women in the US,” by Alexis Reeves et al, in JAMA Network Open, Vol. 5, No. 1, Article No. e2240665. Published online November 7, 2022  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:50:00 -0000 How Racism Might Be Accelerating Aging and Menopause full Scientific American Understanding how racism affects aging and the timing of menopause could lead to better screening and preventive care. Discrimination may be speeding up the aging process for people of color and other minoritized groups. Research is revealing that structural and interpersonal racism could be key factors in why these communities often age faster and face age-related diseases sooner. Alexis Reeves, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, studies how racism affects aging, with a focus on early menopause. In a conversation with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman, Reeves discusses how traditional research methods might be overlooking these critical disparities. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Recommended reading: Discrimination May Hasten Menopause in Black and Hispanic Women How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health “Systematic Exclusion at Study Commencement Masks Earlier Menopause for Black Women in the Study of Women’s Health across the Nation (SWAN),” by Alexis Reeves et al., in International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 52, No. 5; October 2023  “Study Selection Bias and Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Age at Onset of Cardiometabolic Disease among Midlife Women in the US,” by Alexis Reeves et al, in JAMA Network Open, Vol. 5, No. 1, Article No. e2240665. Published online November 7, 2022  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Discrimination may be speeding up the aging process for people of color and other minoritized groups. Research is revealing that structural and interpersonal racism could be key factors in why these communities often age faster and face age-related diseases sooner. Alexis Reeves, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, studies how racism affects aging, with a focus on early menopause. In a conversation with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman, Reeves discusses how traditional research methods might be overlooking these critical disparities.


This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.


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Discrimination May Hasten Menopause in Black and Hispanic Women

How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health

“Systematic Exclusion at Study Commencement Masks Earlier Menopause for Black Women in the Study of Women’s Health across the Nation (SWAN),” by Alexis Reeves et al., in International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 52, No. 5; October 2023 

“Study Selection Bias and Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Age at Onset of Cardiometabolic Disease among Midlife Women in the US,” by Alexis Reeves et al, in JAMA Network Open, Vol. 5, No. 1, Article No. e2240665. Published online November 7, 2022 


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]]> 885 In Sickness and Age: Changing Family Structures and Caregiving (Part 1) In this first episode of a two-part miniseries on caregiving, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s senior editor of health and medicine, shares her personal experience with becoming a caregiver for her mother after her mom was diagnosed with a serious illness. Her journey inspired her to explore the broader challenges faced by caregivers. Lewis and her colleague Lauren J. Young, SciAm’s associate editor of health and medicine, reached out to listeners and investigated the stresses of caregiving, uncovering common experiences and insights. Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to delve into the scope of the caregiving crisis. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Tanya Lewis. Lauren J. Young also contributed reporting. Marielle Issa, Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 In Sickness and Age: Changing Family Structures and Caregiving (Part 1) full Scientific American Personal stories and research reveal the challenges of family caregiving. In this first episode of a two-part miniseries on caregiving, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s senior editor of health and medicine, shares her personal experience with becoming a caregiver for her mother after her mom was diagnosed with a serious illness. Her journey inspired her to explore the broader challenges faced by caregivers. Lewis and her colleague Lauren J. Young, SciAm’s associate editor of health and medicine, reached out to listeners and investigated the stresses of caregiving, uncovering common experiences and insights. Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to delve into the scope of the caregiving crisis. This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Tanya Lewis. Lauren J. Young also contributed reporting. Marielle Issa, Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this first episode of a two-part miniseries on caregiving, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s senior editor of health and medicine, shares her personal experience with becoming a caregiver for her mother after her mom was diagnosed with a serious illness. Her journey inspired her to explore the broader challenges faced by caregivers. Lewis and her colleague Lauren J. Young, SciAm’s associate editor of health and medicine, reached out to listeners and investigated the stresses of caregiving, uncovering common experiences and insights. Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to delve into the scope of the caregiving crisis.

This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

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]]> 1187 The Dark Side of Houseplant Collection Marc Hachadourian, senior curator of orchids and director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, joins host Rachel Feltman to explore houseplant trends from the past and the present. Plus, they discuss how ethically sourcing your plants can prevent fad-driven overcollection. Listen to the New York Botanical Garden’s new podcast Plant People. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with Marc Hachadourian, senior curator of orchids and director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio and Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000 The Dark Side of Houseplant Collection full Scientific American How to Grow Your Houseplant Collection Ethically Marc Hachadourian, senior curator of orchids and director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, joins host Rachel Feltman to explore houseplant trends from the past and the present. Plus, they discuss how ethically sourcing your plants can prevent fad-driven overcollection. Listen to the New York Botanical Garden’s new podcast Plant People. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with Marc Hachadourian, senior curator of orchids and director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio and Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Marc Hachadourian, senior curator of orchids and director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, joins host Rachel Feltman to explore houseplant trends from the past and the present. Plus, they discuss how ethically sourcing your plants can prevent fad-driven overcollection.


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]]> 1131 NASA’s Perseverance Rover Ascends, Ozempic Is Linked to Depression, and Mpox Cases Spread Rapidly NASA’s Perseverance rover cautiously climbs Jezero Crater on Mars in search of new discoveries. We also explore recent revelations about the Red Planet’s hidden water reserves and puzzling sulfur findings. On the health front, a new device, described as an implant that acts like a pacemaker for the brain, shows promise for Parkinson’s treatment by reducing symptoms more effectively than conventional methods. Plus, we discuss a concerning side effect of the popular weight-loss drug semaglutide, fears of a polio outbreak in Gaza and the latest on mpox, which the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency earlier this month. Recommended Reading:  Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface People Are Overdosing on Semaglutide Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy Mpox Is a Global Health Emergency. Here’s What We Know Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 NASA’s Perseverance Rover Ascends, Ozempic Is Linked to Depression, and Mpox Cases Spread Rapidly full Scientific American We cover Mars mission updates, a new brain implant that shows promise for Parkinson’s, the latest on the mpox outbreak, and more in this week’s new roundup NASA’s Perseverance rover cautiously climbs Jezero Crater on Mars in search of new discoveries. We also explore recent revelations about the Red Planet’s hidden water reserves and puzzling sulfur findings. On the health front, a new device, described as an implant that acts like a pacemaker for the brain, shows promise for Parkinson’s treatment by reducing symptoms more effectively than conventional methods. Plus, we discuss a concerning side effect of the popular weight-loss drug semaglutide, fears of a polio outbreak in Gaza and the latest on mpox, which the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency earlier this month. Recommended Reading:  Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface People Are Overdosing on Semaglutide Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy Mpox Is a Global Health Emergency. Here’s What We Know Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices NASA’s Perseverance rover cautiously climbs Jezero Crater on Mars in search of new discoveries. We also explore recent revelations about the Red Planet’s hidden water reserves and puzzling sulfur findings. On the health front, a new device, described as an implant that acts like a pacemaker for the brain, shows promise for Parkinson’s treatment by reducing symptoms more effectively than conventional methods. Plus, we discuss a concerning side effect of the popular weight-loss drug semaglutide, fears of a polio outbreak in Gaza and the latest on mpox, which the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency earlier this month.


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Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface

People Are Overdosing on Semaglutide Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy

Mpox Is a Global Health Emergency. Here’s What We Know


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]]> 698 Dissecting the Linguistic Patterns of Kamala Harris The Democratic presidential ticket has literally diverse voices. While Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech is influenced by her Californian origins, the way Minnesota governor Tim Walz talks reflects his roots in Nebraska. In our podcast, linguist Nicole Holliday expands on her viral TikTok analyses of Harris’s speech patterns and the ideological stereotypes we attach to pronunciation and intonation.  Recommended reading: Watch one of Holliday’s viral TikToks Bilingualism Is Reworking This Language’s Rainbow  Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000 Dissecting the Linguistic Patterns of Kamala Harris full Scientific American A sociophonetician explains presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s intonational patterns and the way that the properties of candidates’ speech influences how they are perceived. The Democratic presidential ticket has literally diverse voices. While Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech is influenced by her Californian origins, the way Minnesota governor Tim Walz talks reflects his roots in Nebraska. In our podcast, linguist Nicole Holliday expands on her viral TikTok analyses of Harris’s speech patterns and the ideological stereotypes we attach to pronunciation and intonation.  Recommended reading: Watch one of Holliday’s viral TikToks Bilingualism Is Reworking This Language’s Rainbow  Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Democratic presidential ticket has literally diverse voices. While Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech is influenced by her Californian origins, the way Minnesota governor Tim Walz talks reflects his roots in Nebraska. In our podcast, linguist Nicole Holliday expands on her viral TikTok analyses of Harris’s speech patterns and the ideological stereotypes we attach to pronunciation and intonation. 

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Watch one of Holliday’s viral TikToks

Bilingualism Is Reworking This Language’s Rainbow 

Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows 

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]]> 1327 ‘Dark Oxygen’ Is Coming from These Ocean Nodules, and We Don’t Know How Polymetallic nodules litter a stretch of ocean between Mexico and Hawaii. They contain metals, such as manganese and cobalt, that mining companies want to use for battery production. Researchers recently found that these seafloor blobs might make their own oxygen—and no one knows exactly how. Scientific American’s associate news editor Allison Parshall explains the hype behind this “dark oxygen.” Recommended reading: ‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-oxygen-discovered-coming-from-mineral-deposits-on-deep-seafloor/ Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-coral-reefs-face-a-new-deadly-mass-bleaching-they-can-still-be-saved/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and associate news editor Allison Parshall. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 ‘Dark Oxygen’ Is Coming from These Ocean Nodules, and We Don’t Know How full Scientific American Polymetallic blobs are producing “dark oxygen” from the depths of the ocean—and no one knows exactly how. Polymetallic nodules litter a stretch of ocean between Mexico and Hawaii. They contain metals, such as manganese and cobalt, that mining companies want to use for battery production. Researchers recently found that these seafloor blobs might make their own oxygen—and no one knows exactly how. Scientific American’s associate news editor Allison Parshall explains the hype behind this “dark oxygen.” Recommended reading: ‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-oxygen-discovered-coming-from-mineral-deposits-on-deep-seafloor/ Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-coral-reefs-face-a-new-deadly-mass-bleaching-they-can-still-be-saved/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and associate news editor Allison Parshall. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Polymetallic nodules litter a stretch of ocean between Mexico and Hawaii. They contain metals, such as manganese and cobalt, that mining companies want to use for battery production. Researchers recently found that these seafloor blobs might make their own oxygen—and no one knows exactly how. Scientific American’s associate news editor Allison Parshall explains the hype behind this “dark oxygen.”


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‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-oxygen-discovered-coming-from-mineral-deposits-on-deep-seafloor/

Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-coral-reefs-face-a-new-deadly-mass-bleaching-they-can-still-be-saved/ 


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]]> 1049 How Our Brains See Faces [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/kavli-foundation/how-our-brains-see-faces Doris Tsao is the 2024 recipient of The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for her research on facial recognition. Her work has provided insights into the complex workings of the brain and has the potential to advance our understanding of perception and cognition. This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazines board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:00:00 -0000 How Our Brains See Faces [Sponsored] full Scientific American Doris Tsao is the 2024 recipient of The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for her research on facial recognition. Her work has provided insights into the complex workings of the brain and has the potential to advance our understanding of perception and cognition. This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazines board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Doris Tsao is the 2024 recipient of The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for her research on facial recognition. Her work has provided insights into the complex workings of the brain and has the potential to advance our understanding of perception and cognition.


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]]> 789 James Cameron’s OceanXplorers Embraces Real- Life Science with Cinematic Flare James Cameron is known for his ambitious filmmaking. His newest project is a six-part National Geographic miniseries that goes beneath the waves with the crew of the OceanXplorer. Cameron joins Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman to talk about the origins of his fascination with the ocean and the importance of seeing scientists at work. Recommended reading: Mysterious Galápagos Reefs Harbor Strawberry Squid and Other Fantastic Creatures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-galapagos-reefs-harbor-strawberry-squid-and-other-fantastic-creatures1/  Healthy Coral Reefs Sound like a Symphony https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-is-how-a-healthy-coral-reef-sounds-and-why-it-matters/  Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-coral-reefs-face-a-new-deadly-mass-bleaching-they-can-still-be-saved/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest James Cameron.Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000 James Cameron’s OceanXplorers Embraces Real- Life Science with Cinematic Flare full Scientific American The Famous Filmmaker Comes on the Show to Talk About His New Oceanic Miniseries James Cameron is known for his ambitious filmmaking. His newest project is a six-part National Geographic miniseries that goes beneath the waves with the crew of the OceanXplorer. Cameron joins Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman to talk about the origins of his fascination with the ocean and the importance of seeing scientists at work. Recommended reading: Mysterious Galápagos Reefs Harbor Strawberry Squid and Other Fantastic Creatures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-galapagos-reefs-harbor-strawberry-squid-and-other-fantastic-creatures1/  Healthy Coral Reefs Sound like a Symphony https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-is-how-a-healthy-coral-reef-sounds-and-why-it-matters/  Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-coral-reefs-face-a-new-deadly-mass-bleaching-they-can-still-be-saved/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest James Cameron.Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices James Cameron is known for his ambitious filmmaking. His newest project is a six-part National Geographic miniseries that goes beneath the waves with the crew of the OceanXplorer. Cameron joins Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman to talk about the origins of his fascination with the ocean and the importance of seeing scientists at work.


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Mysterious Galápagos Reefs Harbor Strawberry Squid and Other Fantastic Creatures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-galapagos-reefs-harbor-strawberry-squid-and-other-fantastic-creatures1/ 

Healthy Coral Reefs Sound like a Symphony https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-is-how-a-healthy-coral-reef-sounds-and-why-it-matters/ 

Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-coral-reefs-face-a-new-deadly-mass-bleaching-they-can-still-be-saved/ 


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]]> 763 Uncovering the Truth about Sexual Pleasure and Prostates with Science Vs’s Wendy Zukerman When the hit podcast Science Vs went to find the facts about the “male G-spot,” it was faced with remarkably little research to draw from. So the team collaborated with academics on one of the largest surveys about anal sex and masturbation. We discuss what they learned, on this episode of Science Quickly with Rachel Feltman and special guest Wendy Zukerman of Science Vs.  Recommended reading: Mind-Blowing Orgasms: Does the Male G-Spot Exist?  How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science   Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Wendy Zukerman, host of Science Vs. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Uncovering the Truth about Sexual Pleasure and Prostates with Science Vs’s Wendy Zukerman full Scientific American Here’s what the team at Science Vs learned about prostates and pleasure in its quest to understand the “male G-spot.” When the hit podcast Science Vs went to find the facts about the “male G-spot,” it was faced with remarkably little research to draw from. So the team collaborated with academics on one of the largest surveys about anal sex and masturbation. We discuss what they learned, on this episode of Science Quickly with Rachel Feltman and special guest Wendy Zukerman of Science Vs.  Recommended reading: Mind-Blowing Orgasms: Does the Male G-Spot Exist?  How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science   Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Wendy Zukerman, host of Science Vs. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When the hit podcast Science Vs went to find the facts about the “male G-spot,” it was faced with remarkably little research to draw from. So the team collaborated with academics on one of the largest surveys about anal sex and masturbation. We discuss what they learned, on this episode of Science Quickly with Rachel Feltman and special guest Wendy Zukerman of Science Vs. 


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Mind-Blowing Orgasms: Does the Male G-Spot Exist? 

How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science  

Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning? 


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]]> 1367 What Happens when Space Junk Falls on Your Property? Debris from satellites, rockets and other space infrastructure are crowding low-Earth orbit. Occasionally, that space junk crashes down to Earth. For Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, such debris was mostly a theoretical nuisance. Then a nearby farmer found remnants of a SpaceX craft on his land, and Lawler was pulled into the murky legal landscape around space junk in the skies and on the ground. Recommended reading:  SpaceX Dropped Space Junk on My Neighbor’s Farm. Here’s What Happened Next  Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal  Space Trash Threatens the Global Economy E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Samantha Lawler. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 What Happens when Space Junk Falls on Your Property? full Scientific American The space junk polluting low-Earth orbit sometimes makes its way to Earth. Here’s how one astronomer responded when SpaceX debris fell on a nearby farm. Debris from satellites, rockets and other space infrastructure are crowding low-Earth orbit. Occasionally, that space junk crashes down to Earth. For Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, such debris was mostly a theoretical nuisance. Then a nearby farmer found remnants of a SpaceX craft on his land, and Lawler was pulled into the murky legal landscape around space junk in the skies and on the ground. Recommended reading:  SpaceX Dropped Space Junk on My Neighbor’s Farm. Here’s What Happened Next  Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal  Space Trash Threatens the Global Economy E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Samantha Lawler. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Debris from satellites, rockets and other space infrastructure are crowding low-Earth orbit. Occasionally, that space junk crashes down to Earth. For Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, such debris was mostly a theoretical nuisance. Then a nearby farmer found remnants of a SpaceX craft on his land, and Lawler was pulled into the murky legal landscape around space junk in the skies and on the ground.


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SpaceX Dropped Space Junk on My Neighbor’s Farm. Here’s What Happened Next 

Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal 

Space Trash Threatens the Global Economy


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]]> 990 Olympic Athletes Swim the Murky Seine, and Astronauts Are (Still) Stuck on the Space Station The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris came to a close on Sunday—and swimmers swam the Seine as promised. The two astronauts sent to the International Space Station on a Boeing Starliner craft in June are still in limbo, with no set return flight. The EPA is acting quickly to suspend sales of products that contain the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate over safety concerns. Plus, we discuss a new theory of how the pyramids were built (and no, it doesn’t involve aliens). Recommended reading: Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics  https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cleaning-up-the-poop-polluted-seine-for-the-paris-olympics/  Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/egypts-famed-pyramids-overlooked-a-long-lost-branch-of-the-nile/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Olympic Athletes Swim the Murky Seine, and Astronauts Are (Still) Stuck on the Space Station full Scientific American We cover the science stories of the Olympics, concerns about artificial sweeteners and a new theory of how the pyramids were built in this week’s news roundup. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris came to a close on Sunday—and swimmers swam the Seine as promised. The two astronauts sent to the International Space Station on a Boeing Starliner craft in June are still in limbo, with no set return flight. The EPA is acting quickly to suspend sales of products that contain the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate over safety concerns. Plus, we discuss a new theory of how the pyramids were built (and no, it doesn’t involve aliens). Recommended reading: Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics  https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cleaning-up-the-poop-polluted-seine-for-the-paris-olympics/  Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/egypts-famed-pyramids-overlooked-a-long-lost-branch-of-the-nile/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck.  The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris came to a close on Sunday—and swimmers swam the Seine as promised. The two astronauts sent to the International Space Station on a Boeing Starliner craft in June are still in limbo, with no set return flight. The EPA is acting quickly to suspend sales of products that contain the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate over safety concerns. Plus, we discuss a new theory of how the pyramids were built (and no, it doesn’t involve aliens).


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Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics  https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cleaning-up-the-poop-polluted-seine-for-the-paris-olympics/ 

Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/egypts-famed-pyramids-overlooked-a-long-lost-branch-of-the-nile/ 


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]]> 575 Unusual Archaeology: Investigating Ancient Human Sacrifice (Part 3) Content warning: This episode focuses in part on the archaeological study of ancient human sacrifice, including incidents involving young children. While we have taken care not to include gratuitous descriptions of violence, this episode does contain frank discussion of the circumstances of these deaths and the nature of these individuals’ remains. In the final episode of our three-part series on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth takes you on one more adventure—to a mountaintop with an extreme climate, where archaeologists investigate the practice of human sacrifice among the Inka. Listen to the first two episodes of this series exploring humanity’s past: — Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides — How Ancient Humans Interpreted the Cosmos E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Special thanks to María Luz Endere and Carlos Molina-Vital for their assistance with parts of this script. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Unusual Archaeology: Investigating Ancient Human Sacrifice (Part 3) full Scientific American A mountaintop burial site offers a glimpse into Inka life—but raises ethical questions about unearthing ancient human remains. Content warning: This episode focuses in part on the archaeological study of ancient human sacrifice, including incidents involving young children. While we have taken care not to include gratuitous descriptions of violence, this episode does contain frank discussion of the circumstances of these deaths and the nature of these individuals’ remains. In the final episode of our three-part series on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth takes you on one more adventure—to a mountaintop with an extreme climate, where archaeologists investigate the practice of human sacrifice among the Inka. Listen to the first two episodes of this series exploring humanity’s past: — Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides — How Ancient Humans Interpreted the Cosmos E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Special thanks to María Luz Endere and Carlos Molina-Vital for their assistance with parts of this script. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Content warning: This episode focuses in part on the archaeological study of ancient human sacrifice, including incidents involving young children. While we have taken care not to include gratuitous descriptions of violence, this episode does contain frank discussion of the circumstances of these deaths and the nature of these individuals’ remains.

In the final episode of our three-part series on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth takes you on one more adventure—to a mountaintop with an extreme climate, where archaeologists investigate the practice of human sacrifice among the Inka.

Listen to the first two episodes of this series exploring humanity’s past:

— Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides

— How Ancient Humans Interpreted the Cosmos

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Special thanks to María Luz Endere and Carlos Molina-Vital for their assistance with parts of this script.

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]]> 1818 Why Coral Reefs Need You to Listen Host Rachel Feltman is joined by conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson to explore the vibrant world of coral reefs through an unexpected lens: sound. They discuss how healthy coral reefs sound different from those in distress, why listening to the ocean could be key to its preservation and how you can be part of this groundbreaking research. Recommended reading:  — Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved — We Can Save Earth’s Coral Reefs Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, featuring guest Isla Keesje Davidson. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Why Coral Reefs Need You to Listen full Scientific American Coral reef soundscapes could help researchers assess their overall health. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson to explore the vibrant world of coral reefs through an unexpected lens: sound. They discuss how healthy coral reefs sound different from those in distress, why listening to the ocean could be key to its preservation and how you can be part of this groundbreaking research. Recommended reading:  — Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved — We Can Save Earth’s Coral Reefs Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, featuring guest Isla Keesje Davidson. Our show is fact-checked by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Rachel Feltman is joined by conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson to explore the vibrant world of coral reefs through an unexpected lens: sound. They discuss how healthy coral reefs sound different from those in distress, why listening to the ocean could be key to its preservation and how you can be part of this groundbreaking research.


Recommended reading: 

— Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved

— We Can Save Earth’s Coral Reefs


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]]> 1015 Cancer Case Rates Are Rising Across Generations and a Private Spacewalk is Delayed The American Cancer Society published a study suggesting that for 8 or 34 cancers tracked, case rates are rising from one generation to the next. While headlines often point to sedentary lifestyles and higher weights as a possible cause, some experts say that these factors alone cannot explain the spike. In more hopeful oncology news, there’s a new blood test for colorectal cancer–though it doesn’t replace the importance of colonoscopies.  SpaceX is delaying their attempt at the first-ever private spacewalk—billionaire Jared Isaacman will have to wait. And on the ground, move over hardwood and softwood—two surviving species of the Liriodendron genus point to a new categorization of midwood. Recommended reading: Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation  Why We’ll Never Live in Space  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Aug 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Cancer Case Rates Are Rising Across Generations and a Private Spacewalk is Delayed full Scientific American Elevated cancer case rates, private spacewalk pushed back, and a new category of wood in this week’s news roundup. The American Cancer Society published a study suggesting that for 8 or 34 cancers tracked, case rates are rising from one generation to the next. While headlines often point to sedentary lifestyles and higher weights as a possible cause, some experts say that these factors alone cannot explain the spike. In more hopeful oncology news, there’s a new blood test for colorectal cancer–though it doesn’t replace the importance of colonoscopies.  SpaceX is delaying their attempt at the first-ever private spacewalk—billionaire Jared Isaacman will have to wait. And on the ground, move over hardwood and softwood—two surviving species of the Liriodendron genus point to a new categorization of midwood. Recommended reading: Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation  Why We’ll Never Live in Space  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The American Cancer Society published a study suggesting that for 8 or 34 cancers tracked, case rates are rising from one generation to the next. While headlines often point to sedentary lifestyles and higher weights as a possible cause, some experts say that these factors alone cannot explain the spike. In more hopeful oncology news, there’s a new blood test for colorectal cancer–though it doesn’t replace the importance of colonoscopies. 

SpaceX is delaying their attempt at the first-ever private spacewalk—billionaire Jared Isaacman will have to wait. And on the ground, move over hardwood and softwood—two surviving species of the Liriodendron genus point to a new categorization of midwood.

Recommended reading:

Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation 

Why We’ll Never Live in Space 

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]]> 580 Unusual Archaeology: Contemplating the Cosmos (Part 2) Gazing up at the night sky is a universal human experience, likely as old as our species itself. But how did our ancient ancestors feel about what they saw in the heavens, and how did it shape their lives? In Episode Two of our three-part Fascination miniseries on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth introduces us to archaeoastronomy—the study of how people in the past experienced and explained the phenomena of the cosmos. Listen to the first episode of this series: “Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides” E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth. Special thanks to Saara Alakorva and Camilla Brattland for their assistance with parts of this script. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:20:00 -0000 Unusual Archaeology: Contemplating the Cosmos (Part 2) full Scientific American Archaeoastronomers piece together how people understood the heavens thousands of years ago. Gazing up at the night sky is a universal human experience, likely as old as our species itself. But how did our ancient ancestors feel about what they saw in the heavens, and how did it shape their lives? In Episode Two of our three-part Fascination miniseries on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth introduces us to archaeoastronomy—the study of how people in the past experienced and explained the phenomena of the cosmos. Listen to the first episode of this series: “Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides” E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth. Special thanks to Saara Alakorva and Camilla Brattland for their assistance with parts of this script. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Gazing up at the night sky is a universal human experience, likely as old as our species itself. But how did our ancient ancestors feel about what they saw in the heavens, and how did it shape their lives? In Episode Two of our three-part Fascination miniseries on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth introduces us to archaeoastronomy—the study of how people in the past experienced and explained the phenomena of the cosmos.

Listen to the first episode of this series: “Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides”

E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

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Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth. Special thanks to Saara Alakorva and Camilla Brattland for their assistance with parts of this script. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 1406 Sex Testing’s Long History in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports Sex testing has a long history in sports. As participation in events like the Olympics opened to women, organizers and audiences alike began questioning the sex of the athletes. The tests devised to “prove” an athlete’s sex have been invasive and inaccurate. Rose Eveleth, host of the NPR and CBC podcast Tested, brings us the story of sex testing and where the science stands. Listen to Tested: https://link.chtbl.com/zQEKpQCE Read Olympic coverage from Scientific American: Is Technology in the Olympics a Form of Doping or a Reality of Modern Sport? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-technology-in-the-olympics-a-form-of-doping-or-a-reality-of-modern-sport/ For Olympic Athletes, First Come the Games—Then Come the Post-Olympics Blues https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-olympic-athletes-first-come-the-games-then-come-the-post-olympics-blues/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Rose Eveleth, host of Tested. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Sex Testing’s Long History in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports full Scientific American Rose Eveleth Talks to Us About 'Tested' Sex testing has a long history in sports. As participation in events like the Olympics opened to women, organizers and audiences alike began questioning the sex of the athletes. The tests devised to “prove” an athlete’s sex have been invasive and inaccurate. Rose Eveleth, host of the NPR and CBC podcast Tested, brings us the story of sex testing and where the science stands. Listen to Tested: https://link.chtbl.com/zQEKpQCE Read Olympic coverage from Scientific American: Is Technology in the Olympics a Form of Doping or a Reality of Modern Sport? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-technology-in-the-olympics-a-form-of-doping-or-a-reality-of-modern-sport/ For Olympic Athletes, First Come the Games—Then Come the Post-Olympics Blues https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-olympic-athletes-first-come-the-games-then-come-the-post-olympics-blues/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Rose Eveleth, host of Tested. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sex testing has a long history in sports. As participation in events like the Olympics opened to women, organizers and audiences alike began questioning the sex of the athletes. The tests devised to “prove” an athlete’s sex have been invasive and inaccurate. Rose Eveleth, host of the NPR and CBC podcast Tested, brings us the story of sex testing and where the science stands.


Listen to Tested: https://link.chtbl.com/zQEKpQCE


Read Olympic coverage from Scientific American:


Is Technology in the Olympics a Form of Doping or a Reality of Modern Sport? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-technology-in-the-olympics-a-form-of-doping-or-a-reality-of-modern-sport/


For Olympic Athletes, First Come the Games—Then Come the Post-Olympics Blues https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-olympic-athletes-first-come-the-games-then-come-the-post-olympics-blues/


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!


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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Rose Eveleth, host of Tested. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 1021 Cocaine Sharks and the Hottest Days on Record (So Far) It’s a scorching summer, with record-breaking temperatures last Monday. Rain really is harder to predict, and greenhouse gasses are probably to blame. Polio is circulating in Gaza’s wastewater and could spread as conflict leads to crowding, poor sanitation and missing routine vaccinations. Plus, we discuss a shocking price for a promising HIV vaccine, cocaine sharks and komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth.  Recommended reading: Sharks in Brazil Test Positive for a Surprising Contaminant: Cocaine  Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First  Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. This show was edited by Jeff DelViscio, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Cocaine Sharks and the Hottest Days on Record (So Far) full Scientific American Also, Dragons With Iron-Tipped Teeth And More It’s a scorching summer, with record-breaking temperatures last Monday. Rain really is harder to predict, and greenhouse gasses are probably to blame. Polio is circulating in Gaza’s wastewater and could spread as conflict leads to crowding, poor sanitation and missing routine vaccinations. Plus, we discuss a shocking price for a promising HIV vaccine, cocaine sharks and komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth.  Recommended reading: Sharks in Brazil Test Positive for a Surprising Contaminant: Cocaine  Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First  Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. This show was edited by Jeff DelViscio, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s a scorching summer, with record-breaking temperatures last Monday. Rain really is harder to predict, and greenhouse gasses are probably to blame. Polio is circulating in Gaza’s wastewater and could spread as conflict leads to crowding, poor sanitation and missing routine vaccinations. Plus, we discuss a shocking price for a promising HIV vaccine, cocaine sharks and komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth. 


Recommended reading:


Sharks in Brazil Test Positive for a Surprising Contaminant: Cocaine 

Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First 

Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly 


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]]> 689 Unusual Archaeology: Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides (Part 1) Fish trapping is an ancient practice, reaching across the globe from at least as far back as 11,000 years ago. It takes advantage of coastal tides and human-made chambers to catch and release fish. The simple but ingenious ancient fishing structures are built on two intertwining principles: the ocean can provide for us if we properly care for it. Archaeologists are mapping the possible locations of ancient traps. And on Penghu, a group of islands off of Taiwan, people are reviving the traditional tidal weirs, hoping to promote sustainable fishing and attract ecotourism.  Stay tuned for more from science journalist Kata Karáth in part two of our three-part Fascination series on unusual archaeology. Recommended reading: – Oldest Deep-Sea Shipwreck Is a ‘Time Capsule’ from the Bronze Age – The Oldest-Wine-in-the-World Title Goes to a 2,000-Year-Old White Found in Southwestern Spain E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and journalist Kata Karáth. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Unusual Archaeology: Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides (Part 1) full Scientific American A group on the islands of Penghu is restoring ancient fishing weirs, hoping to preserve the sustainable fishing practice and attract ecotourism. Fish trapping is an ancient practice, reaching across the globe from at least as far back as 11,000 years ago. It takes advantage of coastal tides and human-made chambers to catch and release fish. The simple but ingenious ancient fishing structures are built on two intertwining principles: the ocean can provide for us if we properly care for it. Archaeologists are mapping the possible locations of ancient traps. And on Penghu, a group of islands off of Taiwan, people are reviving the traditional tidal weirs, hoping to promote sustainable fishing and attract ecotourism.  Stay tuned for more from science journalist Kata Karáth in part two of our three-part Fascination series on unusual archaeology. Recommended reading: – Oldest Deep-Sea Shipwreck Is a ‘Time Capsule’ from the Bronze Age – The Oldest-Wine-in-the-World Title Goes to a 2,000-Year-Old White Found in Southwestern Spain E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman and journalist Kata Karáth. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fish trapping is an ancient practice, reaching across the globe from at least as far back as 11,000 years ago. It takes advantage of coastal tides and human-made chambers to catch and release fish. The simple but ingenious ancient fishing structures are built on two intertwining principles: the ocean can provide for us if we properly care for it.

Archaeologists are mapping the possible locations of ancient traps. And on Penghu, a group of islands off of Taiwan, people are reviving the traditional tidal weirs, hoping to promote sustainable fishing and attract ecotourism. 

Stay tuned for more from science journalist Kata Karáth in part two of our three-part Fascination series on unusual archaeology.

Recommended reading:

– Oldest Deep-Sea Shipwreck Is a ‘Time Capsule’ from the Bronze Age

– The Oldest-Wine-in-the-World Title Goes to a 2,000-Year-Old White Found in Southwestern Spain

E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. 

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]]> 1091 Advanced Meditation Can ‘Reset’ the Brain Meditation is mostly mainstream, with many people using mindfulness to manage stress. But dedicated practitioners of advanced meditation move beyond mindfulness into a state where consciousness “entirely falls away.” That’s according to today’s guest: Matthew Sacchet, an associate professor and director of the Meditation Research Program at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Sacchet tells host Rachel Feltman about his journey from youthful meditator to neuroscience researcher. Plus, they discuss what meditation and psychedelic experiences are unlocking for consciousness researchers. Recommended reading: Read a feature co-authored by Sacchet in the July issue of SciAm  And see our June issue feature on the neuroscience of near-death experiences E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Matthew Sacchet. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Advanced Meditation Can ‘Reset’ the Brain full Scientific American Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what happens to the brain during a deeper engagement with meditation. Meditation is mostly mainstream, with many people using mindfulness to manage stress. But dedicated practitioners of advanced meditation move beyond mindfulness into a state where consciousness “entirely falls away.” That’s according to today’s guest: Matthew Sacchet, an associate professor and director of the Meditation Research Program at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Sacchet tells host Rachel Feltman about his journey from youthful meditator to neuroscience researcher. Plus, they discuss what meditation and psychedelic experiences are unlocking for consciousness researchers. Recommended reading: Read a feature co-authored by Sacchet in the July issue of SciAm  And see our June issue feature on the neuroscience of near-death experiences E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Matthew Sacchet. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Meditation is mostly mainstream, with many people using mindfulness to manage stress. But dedicated practitioners of advanced meditation move beyond mindfulness into a state where consciousness “entirely falls away.” That’s according to today’s guest: Matthew Sacchet, an associate professor and director of the Meditation Research Program at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Sacchet tells host Rachel Feltman about his journey from youthful meditator to neuroscience researcher. Plus, they discuss what meditation and psychedelic experiences are unlocking for consciousness researchers.


Recommended reading:

Read a feature co-authored by Sacchet in the July issue of SciAm 

And see our June issue feature on the neuroscience of near-death experiences


E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!

Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. 


Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Matthew Sacchet. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 994 Windows Devices Go Down, COVID Rates Go Up, and Tornadoes Touchdown on the Ground and on the Big Screen President Biden is far from the only positive as COVID is experiencing a summer surge. Windows malfunction grounds planes and causes outages for banks, hospitals and emergency services. The Perseid meteor shower gives you plenty of shooting stars to see. Plus, we use the Twisters premiere as an excuse to talk about wild weather. Recommended reading COVID Rates Are Rising Again. Why Does It Spread So Well in the Summer?  Worldwide Tech Outage Started with Defective Crowdstrike Update to Microsoft Windows [WATCH] Tornado Science is Evolving Fast  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Windows Devices Go Down, COVID Rates Go Up, and Tornadoes Touchdown on the Ground and on the Big Screen full Scientific American See the Perseid Meteor Shower and Watch Tornado Hunters on the Big Screen President Biden is far from the only positive as COVID is experiencing a summer surge. Windows malfunction grounds planes and causes outages for banks, hospitals and emergency services. The Perseid meteor shower gives you plenty of shooting stars to see. Plus, we use the Twisters premiere as an excuse to talk about wild weather. Recommended reading COVID Rates Are Rising Again. Why Does It Spread So Well in the Summer?  Worldwide Tech Outage Started with Defective Crowdstrike Update to Microsoft Windows [WATCH] Tornado Science is Evolving Fast  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices President Biden is far from the only positive as COVID is experiencing a summer surge. Windows malfunction grounds planes and causes outages for banks, hospitals and emergency services. The Perseid meteor shower gives you plenty of shooting stars to see. Plus, we use the Twisters premiere as an excuse to talk about wild weather.


Recommended reading

COVID Rates Are Rising Again. Why Does It Spread So Well in the Summer? 

Worldwide Tech Outage Started with Defective Crowdstrike Update to Microsoft Windows

[WATCH] Tornado Science is Evolving Fast 


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]]> 623 Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts. What can the Parisian organizers learn from the revitalization of a U.S. river that was so polluted that it inspired the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency? Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall takes us to the banks of the reformed Cuyahoga River in Ohio.  Plus, she gives us a look at the growing urban river swimming movement in Europe. Recommended Reading Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimmer Speeds  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts. What can the Parisian organizers learn from the revitalization of a U.S. river that was so polluted that it inspired the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency? Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall takes us to the banks of the reformed Cuyahoga River in Ohio.  Plus, she gives us a look at the growing urban river swimming movement in Europe. Recommended Reading Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimmer Speeds https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/training-with-digital-twins-could-boost-olympic-swimmer-speeds/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/ And sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter: https://www.scientificamerican.com/account/email-preferences/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:30:00 -0000 Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics full Scientific American Will the Seine Be Ready for Olympic Swimmers? The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts. What can the Parisian organizers learn from the revitalization of a U.S. river that was so polluted that it inspired the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency? Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall takes us to the banks of the reformed Cuyahoga River in Ohio.  Plus, she gives us a look at the growing urban river swimming movement in Europe. Recommended Reading Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimmer Speeds  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts. What can the Parisian organizers learn from the revitalization of a U.S. river that was so polluted that it inspired the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency? Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall takes us to the banks of the reformed Cuyahoga River in Ohio.  Plus, she gives us a look at the growing urban river swimming movement in Europe. Recommended Reading Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimmer Speeds https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/training-with-digital-twins-could-boost-olympic-swimmer-speeds/  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/ And sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter: https://www.scientificamerican.com/account/email-preferences/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts.


What can the Parisian organizers learn from the revitalization of a U.S. river that was so polluted that it inspired the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency? Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall takes us to the banks of the reformed Cuyahoga River in Ohio. 


Plus, she gives us a look at the growing urban river swimming movement in Europe.


Recommended Reading

Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimmer Speeds 


Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.


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The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts.


What can the Parisian organizers learn from the revitalization of a U.S. river that was so polluted that it inspired the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency? Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall takes us to the banks of the reformed Cuyahoga River in Ohio. 


Plus, she gives us a look at the growing urban river swimming movement in Europe.


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Training with 'Digital Twins' Could Boost Olympic Swimmer Speeds https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/training-with-digital-twins-could-boost-olympic-swimmer-speeds/ 


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]]> 1493 Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab Host Latif Nasser Science journalist and Radiolab host Latif Nasser found himself at the center of a space mystery. A space poster in his child’s room showed Zoozve, a moon circling Venus. Only Nasser had never heard of Zoozve—and neither had anyone else. Nasser brings us the story of Zoozve the quasi-moon and brings listeners the opportunity to name a quasi-moon of their own. Recommended listening Zoozve  Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab Quasi-Moon Contest  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with special guest Latif Nasser, Radiolab host. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab Host Latif Nasser full Scientific American Radiolab host Latif Nasser found and named a mysterious quasi-moon of Venus. Now you can help name one of Earth’s quasi-moons. Science journalist and Radiolab host Latif Nasser found himself at the center of a space mystery. A space poster in his child’s room showed Zoozve, a moon circling Venus. Only Nasser had never heard of Zoozve—and neither had anyone else. Nasser brings us the story of Zoozve the quasi-moon and brings listeners the opportunity to name a quasi-moon of their own. Recommended listening Zoozve  Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab Quasi-Moon Contest  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with special guest Latif Nasser, Radiolab host. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science journalist and Radiolab host Latif Nasser found himself at the center of a space mystery. A space poster in his child’s room showed Zoozve, a moon circling Venus. Only Nasser had never heard of Zoozve—and neither had anyone else. Nasser brings us the story of Zoozve the quasi-moon and brings listeners the opportunity to name a quasi-moon of their own.


Recommended listening

Zoozve 

Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab

Quasi-Moon Contest 


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]]> 796 The Kavli Prize Presents: Building Materials From The Bottom Up [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/kavli-foundation/the-kavli-prize-presents-building-materials-from-the-bottom-up/ Chad Mirkin, recipient of the 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, has spent his career exploring the possibilities of creating and inventing materials at the nanoscale. This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Building Materials From The Bottom Up [Sponsored] full Scientific American Chad Mirkin, recipient of the 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, has spent his career exploring the possibilities of creating and inventing materials at the nanoscale. This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chad Mirkin, recipient of the 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, has spent his career exploring the possibilities of creating and inventing materials at the nanoscale.

This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.

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]]> 549 Astronauts Can Drink More Recycled Pee Than Ever, and You Can Still Catch the Plague We commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, dive into NASA’s groundbreaking Mars habitat simulation and discuss the innovative ​​“stillsuits” designed to recycle astronaut pee and how they could enhance spacewalks. Plus, we discuss the record-breaking Hurricane Beryl and its implications for climate change policies, and a surprising case of the plague in Colorado.  Recommended reading: – One Small Step Back in Time: Relive the Wonder of Apollo 11 – Why Hurricane Beryl Underwent Unprecedented Rapid Intensification Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Astronauts Can Drink More Recycled Pee Than Ever, and You Can Still Catch the Plague full Scientific American It’s been 55 years since the Apollo 11 mission, innovative ​​“stillsuits” designed to recycle astronaut pee could enhance spacewalks, and a surprising case of the plague has occurred in Colorado. We commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, dive into NASA’s groundbreaking Mars habitat simulation and discuss the innovative ​​“stillsuits” designed to recycle astronaut pee and how they could enhance spacewalks. Plus, we discuss the record-breaking Hurricane Beryl and its implications for climate change policies, and a surprising case of the plague in Colorado.  Recommended reading: – One Small Step Back in Time: Relive the Wonder of Apollo 11 – Why Hurricane Beryl Underwent Unprecedented Rapid Intensification Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, dive into NASA’s groundbreaking Mars habitat simulation and discuss the innovative ​​“stillsuits” designed to recycle astronaut pee and how they could enhance spacewalks. Plus, we discuss the record-breaking Hurricane Beryl and its implications for climate change policies, and a surprising case of the plague in Colorado. 

Recommended reading:

– One Small Step Back in Time: Relive the Wonder of Apollo 11

– Why Hurricane Beryl Underwent Unprecedented Rapid Intensification

Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 598 On Thin Ice: Contemplating Our Climate Future in Antarctica (Part 4) We’re at the end of the Nathaniel B. Palmer’s Antarctic expedition. The researchers onboard are returning sea ice and thousands of gallons of seawater. These samples will allow them to examine biogeochemical processes, some of which are linked to climate change. As the research vessel makes its way back to port, the scientists reflect on the future of our planet and the question of whether the ice in Antarctica will always be around for sampling. Listen to the first three episodes of this series:  – Glacial Melting Could Change the Chemistry of Antarctic Seawater  – Penguins and Ice Samples Make This Research Vessel Paradice – Life for Researchers on This Icebreaker Is Cold and Fulfilling E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 On Thin Ice: Contemplating Our Climate Future in Antarctica (Part 4) full Scientific American Researchers on a multimonth Antarctic expedition describe how the climate crisis intertwines with their work. We’re at the end of the Nathaniel B. Palmer’s Antarctic expedition. The researchers onboard are returning sea ice and thousands of gallons of seawater. These samples will allow them to examine biogeochemical processes, some of which are linked to climate change. As the research vessel makes its way back to port, the scientists reflect on the future of our planet and the question of whether the ice in Antarctica will always be around for sampling. Listen to the first three episodes of this series:  – Glacial Melting Could Change the Chemistry of Antarctic Seawater  – Penguins and Ice Samples Make This Research Vessel Paradice – Life for Researchers on This Icebreaker Is Cold and Fulfilling E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We’re at the end of the Nathaniel B. Palmer’s Antarctic expedition. The researchers onboard are returning sea ice and thousands of gallons of seawater. These samples will allow them to examine biogeochemical processes, some of which are linked to climate change. As the research vessel makes its way back to port, the scientists reflect on the future of our planet and the question of whether the ice in Antarctica will always be around for sampling.

Listen to the first three episodes of this series: 

– Glacial Melting Could Change the Chemistry of Antarctic Seawater 

– Penguins and Ice Samples Make This Research Vessel Paradice

– Life for Researchers on This Icebreaker Is Cold and Fulfilling

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]]> 1060 Saving the Last Truly Wild Horse Przewalski’s horses are truly wild horses, even the ones held in captivity. They traditionally roamed the Central Asian steppes, so you can imagine everyone’s surprise when two separate accounts on TikTok claimed to have found a Przewalski’s horse here in the U.S. But as guest and Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall will tell you, the real story is the remarkable conservation efforts that led to a resurgence for this horse, which was once considered extinct in the wild. The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat  How a Cloned Ferret Inspired a DNA Bank for Endangered Species  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and associate news editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Saving the Last Truly Wild Horse full Scientific American Claims that Przewalski’s horses were discovered in the U.S. are unverified. But the conservation story behind the last truly wild horse is worth your time. Przewalski’s horses are truly wild horses, even the ones held in captivity. They traditionally roamed the Central Asian steppes, so you can imagine everyone’s surprise when two separate accounts on TikTok claimed to have found a Przewalski’s horse here in the U.S. But as guest and Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall will tell you, the real story is the remarkable conservation efforts that led to a resurgence for this horse, which was once considered extinct in the wild. The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat  How a Cloned Ferret Inspired a DNA Bank for Endangered Species  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and associate news editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Przewalski’s horses are truly wild horses, even the ones held in captivity. They traditionally roamed the Central Asian steppes, so you can imagine everyone’s surprise when two separate accounts on TikTok claimed to have found a Przewalski’s horse here in the U.S. But as guest and Scientific American associate news editor Allison Parshall will tell you, the real story is the remarkable conservation efforts that led to a resurgence for this horse, which was once considered extinct in the wild.

The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat 

How a Cloned Ferret Inspired a DNA Bank for Endangered Species 

Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest and associate news editor Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 952 A Blast from Our Past and Plans for a Petrochemical-Free Future We’re looking at our reporting—from 100 years ago. In 1924 Scientific American’s pages were bemoaning traffic, waste management and pests. They were also praising the by-products of coal tar and those substances’ use in household items. While the record is clear on the toxicity of fossil fuels to our environment and our health, demand for fossil-fuel-based “petrochemical” products such as plastic is only increasing. Host Rachel Feltman advises on how to avoid petrochemicals in our everyday products. Plus, we take a lighthearted look at a telepathy study also featured in one of our 1924 issues.  Recommended reading: The Gas Industry Is Gaslighting the Public about Climate Change Renewable Power Set to Surpass Coal Globally by 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 A Blast from Our Past and Plans for a Petrochemical-Free Future full Scientific American It’s well known that petrochemicals are toxic to our health. Here’s how to steer clear of these by-products of the fossil fuel industry. We’re looking at our reporting—from 100 years ago. In 1924 Scientific American’s pages were bemoaning traffic, waste management and pests. They were also praising the by-products of coal tar and those substances’ use in household items. While the record is clear on the toxicity of fossil fuels to our environment and our health, demand for fossil-fuel-based “petrochemical” products such as plastic is only increasing. Host Rachel Feltman advises on how to avoid petrochemicals in our everyday products. Plus, we take a lighthearted look at a telepathy study also featured in one of our 1924 issues.  Recommended reading: The Gas Industry Is Gaslighting the Public about Climate Change Renewable Power Set to Surpass Coal Globally by 2025 E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We’re looking at our reporting—from 100 years ago. In 1924 Scientific American’s pages were bemoaning traffic, waste management and pests. They were also praising the by-products of coal tar and those substances’ use in household items. While the record is clear on the toxicity of fossil fuels to our environment and our health, demand for fossil-fuel-based “petrochemical” products such as plastic is only increasing. Host Rachel Feltman advises on how to avoid petrochemicals in our everyday products. Plus, we take a lighthearted look at a telepathy study also featured in one of our 1924 issues. 


Recommended reading:

The Gas Industry Is Gaslighting the Public about Climate Change

Renewable Power Set to Surpass Coal Globally by 2025


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Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. 

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]]> 513 The Supreme Court Plays Hot Potato with Idaho’s Abortion Restrictions, and NASA Plays It Safe with Starliner The Supreme Court dismissed a case about Idaho’s abortion ban, preserving a lower court ruling that allows for emergency access to abortion in the state. NASA pushed back a return flight for two Starliner astronauts so that Boeing and the agency can better understand the helium leaks and thruster failures that plagued the spacecraft’s launch.  Infectious disease experts are still tracking the transmission of bird flu in the U.S., while Finland is set to offer preemptive vaccines to farmworkers. Higher temperatures are contributing to a spike in dengue fever. A new strain of mpox is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’re taking the holiday week off, so there won’t be an episode on Wednesday or Friday. Enjoy your Fourth of July, stay safe around fireworks and listen to our back catalog of episodes when you need a break from backyard barbecues.  Recommended reading: Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho—For Now Mosquitoes Carry Nasty Diseases. Here’s How to Protect Yourself E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:50:00 -0000 The Supreme Court Plays Hot Potato with Idaho’s Abortion Restrictions, and NASA Plays It Safe with Starliner full Scientific American Emergency access to abortion is preserved—for now. Also, NASA postpones the return of Starliner astronauts, and we’re tracking the spread of bird flu, dengue and mpox. The Supreme Court dismissed a case about Idaho’s abortion ban, preserving a lower court ruling that allows for emergency access to abortion in the state. NASA pushed back a return flight for two Starliner astronauts so that Boeing and the agency can better understand the helium leaks and thruster failures that plagued the spacecraft’s launch.  Infectious disease experts are still tracking the transmission of bird flu in the U.S., while Finland is set to offer preemptive vaccines to farmworkers. Higher temperatures are contributing to a spike in dengue fever. A new strain of mpox is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’re taking the holiday week off, so there won’t be an episode on Wednesday or Friday. Enjoy your Fourth of July, stay safe around fireworks and listen to our back catalog of episodes when you need a break from backyard barbecues.  Recommended reading: Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho—For Now Mosquitoes Carry Nasty Diseases. Here’s How to Protect Yourself E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Supreme Court dismissed a case about Idaho’s abortion ban, preserving a lower court ruling that allows for emergency access to abortion in the state. NASA pushed back a return flight for two Starliner astronauts so that Boeing and the agency can better understand the helium leaks and thruster failures that plagued the spacecraft’s launch. 


Infectious disease experts are still tracking the transmission of bird flu in the U.S., while Finland is set to offer preemptive vaccines to farmworkers. Higher temperatures are contributing to a spike in dengue fever. A new strain of mpox is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


We’re taking the holiday week off, so there won’t be an episode on Wednesday or Friday. Enjoy your Fourth of July, stay safe around fireworks and listen to our back catalog of episodes when you need a break from backyard barbecues. 


Recommended reading:

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho—For Now

Mosquitoes Carry Nasty Diseases. Here’s How to Protect Yourself


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]]> 740 On Thin Ice: Life Onboard an Antarctic Icebreaker (Part 3) Life onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer can be cramped and cold. Chaotic work schedules and changing time zones can be disorienting, and the isolation of Antarctica is hard to handle. Research, routine and a mock trial with the god of the sea help these scientists stay grounded. Stay tuned for the fourth and final episode of this Friday Fascination: researchers reflect on the emotional toll of witnessing climate change’s impact on Antarctica. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 On Thin Ice: Life Onboard an Antarctic Icebreaker (Part 3) full Scientific American Get a behind-the-scenes look at how researchers live and work on a U.S. icebreaker making its way through the waters of West Antarctica. Life onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer can be cramped and cold. Chaotic work schedules and changing time zones can be disorienting, and the isolation of Antarctica is hard to handle. Research, routine and a mock trial with the god of the sea help these scientists stay grounded. Stay tuned for the fourth and final episode of this Friday Fascination: researchers reflect on the emotional toll of witnessing climate change’s impact on Antarctica. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Life onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer can be cramped and cold. Chaotic work schedules and changing time zones can be disorienting, and the isolation of Antarctica is hard to handle. Research, routine and a mock trial with the god of the sea help these scientists stay grounded.

Stay tuned for the fourth and final episode of this Friday Fascination: researchers reflect on the emotional toll of witnessing climate change’s impact on Antarctica.

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]]> 1319 How to Stay Cool during Record-Breaking Heat Waves Summers are getting hotter, with heat waves that last longer and occur more often. That makes it even more important to communicate the risks of heat to vulnerable groups and keep communities and individuals cool. Sustainability editor Andrea Thompson explains why it feels hotter than ever and how to keep yourself and your community safe in the summer heat.  Recommended reading: This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ Summer Heat How Some Common Medications Can Make People More Vulnerable to Heat E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with special guest Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 How to Stay Cool during Record-Breaking Heat Waves full Scientific American Heat waves are getting hotter, more frequent and longer. But there are ways to keep yourself and your community cool. Summers are getting hotter, with heat waves that last longer and occur more often. That makes it even more important to communicate the risks of heat to vulnerable groups and keep communities and individuals cool. Sustainability editor Andrea Thompson explains why it feels hotter than ever and how to keep yourself and your community safe in the summer heat.  Recommended reading: This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ Summer Heat How Some Common Medications Can Make People More Vulnerable to Heat E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with special guest Andrea Thompson. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Summers are getting hotter, with heat waves that last longer and occur more often. That makes it even more important to communicate the risks of heat to vulnerable groups and keep communities and individuals cool. Sustainability editor Andrea Thompson explains why it feels hotter than ever and how to keep yourself and your community safe in the summer heat. 


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How Some Common Medications Can Make People More Vulnerable to Heat


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]]> 1071 Your Penis Might Be Full of Microplastics, and The Seine is Definitely Full of Bacteria Microplastics are everywhere—and we mean everywhere. These pesky plastic pollutants have been found in penis tissue, testicles, breast milk and blood. They’ve turned up in Antarctic snow, in the clouds above Mount Fuji, inside deep-sea creatures and near the top of Mount Everest. In Paris Olympic ambitions for the Seine’s are being complicated by bacteria. Far above Earth, the Starliner spacecraft faced a rocky road to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner’s return to Earth is being delayed as Boeing and NASA officials take a look at the leaks and thruster failures that occurred during its journey to the ISS. Recommended reading: Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Your Penis Might Be Full of Microplastics, and The Seine is Definitely Full of Bacteria full Scientific American Microplastics are everywhere, the Seine’s Olympic ambitions are complicated by poop, and the Starliner spacecraft delays its return to Earth. Microplastics are everywhere—and we mean everywhere. These pesky plastic pollutants have been found in penis tissue, testicles, breast milk and blood. They’ve turned up in Antarctic snow, in the clouds above Mount Fuji, inside deep-sea creatures and near the top of Mount Everest. In Paris Olympic ambitions for the Seine’s are being complicated by bacteria. Far above Earth, the Starliner spacecraft faced a rocky road to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner’s return to Earth is being delayed as Boeing and NASA officials take a look at the leaks and thruster failures that occurred during its journey to the ISS. Recommended reading: Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Microplastics are everywhere—and we mean everywhere. These pesky plastic pollutants have been found in penis tissue, testicles, breast milk and blood. They’ve turned up in Antarctic snow, in the clouds above Mount Fuji, inside deep-sea creatures and near the top of Mount Everest. In Paris Olympic ambitions for the Seine’s are being complicated by bacteria. Far above Earth, the Starliner spacecraft faced a rocky road to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner’s return to Earth is being delayed as Boeing and NASA officials take a look at the leaks and thruster failures that occurred during its journey to the ISS.

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The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport 


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]]> 574 On Thin Ice: Penguins in Paradise (Part 2) It’s important that researchers get samples of Antarctic sea ice before melting takes the opportunity away. But fieldwork is never straightforward, and in part two of our Friday Fascination series about Antarctica, journalist Sofia Moutinho and the scientists on the Nathaniel B. Palmer take a break to enjoy some adorable Adélie penguins, the smallest penguin species in the Antarctic. Stay tuned for next Friday’s episode, when we’ll learn what it’s like to live and work onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 On Thin Ice: Penguins in Paradise (Part 2) full Scientific American To unravel the effects of melting sea ice, researchers drill the frozen waters around Antarctica and receive a surprise visit from a group of penguins. It’s important that researchers get samples of Antarctic sea ice before melting takes the opportunity away. But fieldwork is never straightforward, and in part two of our Friday Fascination series about Antarctica, journalist Sofia Moutinho and the scientists on the Nathaniel B. Palmer take a break to enjoy some adorable Adélie penguins, the smallest penguin species in the Antarctic. Stay tuned for next Friday’s episode, when we’ll learn what it’s like to live and work onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s important that researchers get samples of Antarctic sea ice before melting takes the opportunity away. But fieldwork is never straightforward, and in part two of our Friday Fascination series about Antarctica, journalist Sofia Moutinho and the scientists on the Nathaniel B. Palmer take a break to enjoy some adorable Adélie penguins, the smallest penguin species in the Antarctic.

Stay tuned for next Friday’s episode, when we’ll learn what it’s like to live and work onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica.

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]]> 1226 What Happens if a Nuclear Weapon Goes Off in Space? The U.S. Department of Defense has sounded the alarm on a worrying hypothetical program from Russia aimed at putting a nuclear weapon into orbit. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explains what we know about nukes in space from a satellite accident and a series of ill-advised low-orbit tests during the cold war. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 What Happens if a Nuclear Weapon Goes Off in Space? full Scientific American A nuclear explosion in space would cause stunning auroras—and wreak havoc on satellites and space stations. The U.S. Department of Defense has sounded the alarm on a worrying hypothetical program from Russia aimed at putting a nuclear weapon into orbit. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explains what we know about nukes in space from a satellite accident and a series of ill-advised low-orbit tests during the cold war. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The U.S. Department of Defense has sounded the alarm on a worrying hypothetical program from Russia aimed at putting a nuclear weapon into orbit. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explains what we know about nukes in space from a satellite accident and a series of ill-advised low-orbit tests during the cold war.

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]]> 877 ‘Flying’ Joro Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites Are Not So Great for The Ozone Layer This week’s news roundup features spiders, space and the Supreme Court. “Flying” Joro spiders are making headlines, but are they really taking over the East Coast? Extreme heat leads Greece to close the Acropolis and worry about what the rest of the summer will bring. Levels of ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons are on the decline. Plus, satellite reentry releases ozone-damaging aluminum oxide, and access to medication abortion is preserved.  Recommended viewing: The Ozone Hole Showed Humans Could Damage Earth and That We Could Heal It E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily Today in Science newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 ‘Flying’ Joro Spiders Are No Big Deal, and Starlink Satellites Are Not So Great for The Ozone Layer full Scientific American Sweltering heat in Greece, ozone-damaging chemicals on the decline and an investigation of what space does to our body are all in this week’s news roundup. This week’s news roundup features spiders, space and the Supreme Court. “Flying” Joro spiders are making headlines, but are they really taking over the East Coast? Extreme heat leads Greece to close the Acropolis and worry about what the rest of the summer will bring. Levels of ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons are on the decline. Plus, satellite reentry releases ozone-damaging aluminum oxide, and access to medication abortion is preserved.  Recommended viewing: The Ozone Hole Showed Humans Could Damage Earth and That We Could Heal It E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily Today in Science newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week’s news roundup features spiders, space and the Supreme Court. “Flying” Joro spiders are making headlines, but are they really taking over the East Coast? Extreme heat leads Greece to close the Acropolis and worry about what the rest of the summer will bring. Levels of ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons are on the decline. Plus, satellite reentry releases ozone-damaging aluminum oxide, and access to medication abortion is preserved. 

Recommended viewing: The Ozone Hole Showed Humans Could Damage Earth and That We Could Heal It

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]]> 691 On Thin Ice: Supercharged Phytoplankton (Part 1) All aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a research vessel making its way through the waters of West Antarctica. Journalist Sofia Moutinho is joining a team of chemists trying to find out how glacial melting is changing ocean chemistry—and what those changes might mean for the global climate. The researchers want to know whether a negative feedback loop could take shape in Antarctica’s seas. Carbon dioxide contributes to the rise in warming that is melting the glaciers. As glacial melting releases iron, phytoplankton feast. Phytoplankton in turn remove carbon from the air, potentially causing a cooling effect. Stay tuned for next Friday’s episode, where Moutinho will embark on a hunt for sea ice and hear about the researchers’ special encounter with Adélie penguins. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Could Iron from Melting Glaciers Affect Global Climate? full Scientific American Researchers are investigating how an iron infusion from glacial meltwater might change Antarctica’s seas and the climate. All aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a research vessel making its way through the waters of West Antarctica. Journalist Sofia Moutinho is joining a team of chemists trying to find out how glacial melting is changing ocean chemistry—and what those changes might mean for the global climate. The researchers want to know whether a negative feedback loop could take shape in Antarctica’s seas. Carbon dioxide contributes to the rise in warming that is melting the glaciers. As glacial melting releases iron, phytoplankton feast. Phytoplankton in turn remove carbon from the air, potentially causing a cooling effect. Stay tuned for next Friday’s episode, where Moutinho will embark on a hunt for sea ice and hear about the researchers’ special encounter with Adélie penguins. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by journalist Sofia Moutinho. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices All aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a research vessel making its way through the waters of West Antarctica. Journalist Sofia Moutinho is joining a team of chemists trying to find out how glacial melting is changing ocean chemistry—and what those changes might mean for the global climate.

The researchers want to know whether a negative feedback loop could take shape in Antarctica’s seas. Carbon dioxide contributes to the rise in warming that is melting the glaciers. As glacial melting releases iron, phytoplankton feast. Phytoplankton in turn remove carbon from the air, potentially causing a cooling effect.

Stay tuned for next Friday’s episode, where Moutinho will embark on a hunt for sea ice and hear about the researchers’ special encounter with Adélie penguins.

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]]> 1260 What’s Actually In Your Tattoo Ink? No One Really Knows Nearly a third of U.S. adults have tattoos, but how many people know what's really in the ink? Despite new regulations, researchers have found many commercial inks contain unlisted and potentially harmful ingredients. John Swierk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University, and his team are trying to figure out exactly what goes into each vial of tattoo ink—and how tattoos actually work—to help make body art safer. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guest John Swierk, assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 What’s Actually In Your Tattoo Ink? No One Really Knows full Scientific American Chemists are hard at work figuring out how to make tattoos last—and ensure they’re safe. Nearly a third of U.S. adults have tattoos, but how many people know what's really in the ink? Despite new regulations, researchers have found many commercial inks contain unlisted and potentially harmful ingredients. John Swierk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University, and his team are trying to figure out exactly what goes into each vial of tattoo ink—and how tattoos actually work—to help make body art safer. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guest John Swierk, assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nearly a third of U.S. adults have tattoos, but how many people know what's really in the ink? Despite new regulations, researchers have found many commercial inks contain unlisted and potentially harmful ingredients. John Swierk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University, and his team are trying to figure out exactly what goes into each vial of tattoo ink—and how tattoos actually work—to help make body art safer.

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]]> 1085 Rock Samples Taken from Far Side of the Moon and a ‘Morning-After Pill’ for STIs In this week’s news roundup, we present the latest from the skies and the pillbox. The Hubble Space Telescope is limping along, operating with just one gyroscope to preserve its research capabilities. China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe is sending back the first ever samples from the far side of the moon. Plus, there are exciting advancements in the world of pharmaceuticals, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsing a “morning-after pill” for STIs and artificial intelligence discovering potential novel antibiotics. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily Today in Science newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Kelso Harper. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Rock Samples Taken from Far Side of the Moon and a ‘Morning-After Pill’ for STIs full Scientific American The Hubble Space Telescope’s woes, moon rocks and antibiotic candidates discovered with AI are all in this week’s news roundup. In this week’s news roundup, we present the latest from the skies and the pillbox. The Hubble Space Telescope is limping along, operating with just one gyroscope to preserve its research capabilities. China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe is sending back the first ever samples from the far side of the moon. Plus, there are exciting advancements in the world of pharmaceuticals, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsing a “morning-after pill” for STIs and artificial intelligence discovering potential novel antibiotics. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily Today in Science newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Kelso Harper. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this week’s news roundup, we present the latest from the skies and the pillbox. The Hubble Space Telescope is limping along, operating with just one gyroscope to preserve its research capabilities. China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe is sending back the first ever samples from the far side of the moon. Plus, there are exciting advancements in the world of pharmaceuticals, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsing a “morning-after pill” for STIs and artificial intelligence discovering potential novel antibiotics.

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]]> 572 Do Plants ‘Think’? We Might Not Know Enough about Consciousness to be Certain Can plants “think?" Do they “talk” to one another? These are questions that scientists are asking—and the answers might surprise you. Zoë Schlanger, climate reporter at The Atlantic, sits down with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman to discuss her new book The Light Eaters, which explores the surprising science of plant intelligence.  Related Reading: Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It How Plant Intelligence Can Soothe Climate Anxiety Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Zoë Schlanger from The Atlantic. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Do Plants ‘Think’? We Might Not Know Enough about Consciousness to be Certain full Scientific American Zoë Schlanger’s new book, The Light Eaters, explores the surprising science of plant intelligence. Can plants “think?" Do they “talk” to one another? These are questions that scientists are asking—and the answers might surprise you. Zoë Schlanger, climate reporter at The Atlantic, sits down with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman to discuss her new book The Light Eaters, which explores the surprising science of plant intelligence.  Related Reading: Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It How Plant Intelligence Can Soothe Climate Anxiety Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Zoë Schlanger from The Atlantic. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Can plants “think?" Do they “talk” to one another? These are questions that scientists are asking—and the answers might surprise you. Zoë Schlanger, climate reporter at The Atlantic, sits down with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman to discuss her new book The Light Eaters, which explores the surprising science of plant intelligence. 

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]]> 1417 Snacking on Cicadas Is Nutritious, Sustainable, and—Yes—Delicious A “double brood” of cicadas is taking over much of the eastern half of the U.S. They’re loud and abundant. Have you considered–eating them? Chef Joseph Yoon, founder of Brooklyn Bugs, explains how to harvest and feast upon this year’s “double brood” and the many benefits of adding insects to our diet.   Related Reading: – Periodical Cicadas Emerge Every 13 or 17 Years. How Do They Keep Track of Time? – Can You Eat Cicadas? Can Your Dog Do So?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guest Joseph Yoon of Brooklyn Bugs. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Snacking on Cicadas Is Nutritious, Sustainable, and—Yes—Delicious full Scientific American Make the best of the “double brood” of cicadas with insect kimchi and tempura-fried bugs. A “double brood” of cicadas is taking over much of the eastern half of the U.S. They’re loud and abundant. Have you considered–eating them? Chef Joseph Yoon, founder of Brooklyn Bugs, explains how to harvest and feast upon this year’s “double brood” and the many benefits of adding insects to our diet.   Related Reading: – Periodical Cicadas Emerge Every 13 or 17 Years. How Do They Keep Track of Time? – Can You Eat Cicadas? Can Your Dog Do So?  E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman, with guest Joseph Yoon of Brooklyn Bugs. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A “double brood” of cicadas is taking over much of the eastern half of the U.S. They’re loud and abundant. Have you considered–eating them? Chef Joseph Yoon, founder of Brooklyn Bugs, explains how to harvest and feast upon this year’s “double brood” and the many benefits of adding insects to our diet.  

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– Periodical Cicadas Emerge Every 13 or 17 Years. How Do They Keep Track of Time?

– Can You Eat Cicadas? Can Your Dog Do So? 

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]]> 1268 Auroras Are on the Horizon, and Bird Flu Is on the Menu In this week’s news roundup: Despite widespread concerns, a new study on adolescent smartphone use found that teens report improved moods when using their devices. Misleadingly framed but factually accurate stories shared on social media can drive vaccine hesitancy more effectively than outright false information. Updates on rising COVID-19 cases and the latest developments in the ongoing bird flu outbreak. Plus, the potential return of stunning auroral displays, thanks to upcoming solar activity.  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Kelso Harper. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Auroras Are on the Horizon, and Bird Flu Is on the Menu full Scientific American Vaccine misinformation on social media, smartphone addiction in teens and more are discussed in this week’s news roundup. In this week’s news roundup: Despite widespread concerns, a new study on adolescent smartphone use found that teens report improved moods when using their devices. Misleadingly framed but factually accurate stories shared on social media can drive vaccine hesitancy more effectively than outright false information. Updates on rising COVID-19 cases and the latest developments in the ongoing bird flu outbreak. Plus, the potential return of stunning auroral displays, thanks to upcoming solar activity.  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Kelso Harper. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this week’s news roundup: Despite widespread concerns, a new study on adolescent smartphone use found that teens report improved moods when using their devices. Misleadingly framed but factually accurate stories shared on social media can drive vaccine hesitancy more effectively than outright false information. Updates on rising COVID-19 cases and the latest developments in the ongoing bird flu outbreak. Plus, the potential return of stunning auroral displays, thanks to upcoming solar activity. 

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]]> 558 Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Liquid Gold (Part 3) Cape Cod communities are facing an expensive mandate to clean up their wastewater. Urine diversion or “pee-cycling” could be a cost-effective pollution solution. In the third and final installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental reporter Barbara Moran meets a Falmouth couple championing this unconventional approach.  You can check out more of Barbara Moran’s reporting on Cape Cod’s water pollution, including the “pee-cycling” pilot project in Falmouth. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 May 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Liquid Gold (Part 3) full Scientific American A cost-effective pollution solution on Cape Cod could start in the bathroom. Cape Cod communities are facing an expensive mandate to clean up their wastewater. Urine diversion or “pee-cycling” could be a cost-effective pollution solution. In the third and final installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental reporter Barbara Moran meets a Falmouth couple championing this unconventional approach.  You can check out more of Barbara Moran’s reporting on Cape Cod’s water pollution, including the “pee-cycling” pilot project in Falmouth. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cape Cod communities are facing an expensive mandate to clean up their wastewater. Urine diversion or “pee-cycling” could be a cost-effective pollution solution. In the third and final installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental reporter Barbara Moran meets a Falmouth couple championing this unconventional approach. 

You can check out more of Barbara Moran’s reporting on Cape Cod’s water pollution, including the “pee-cycling” pilot project in Falmouth. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub.

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This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center.

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]]> 559 The Science Behind Curly Hair [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/loreal/the-science-behind-curly-hair Research at the intersection of science and beauty is providing us with a better understanding of hair diversity. This podcast was produced for L’Oréal by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 May 2024 14:00:00 -0000 The Science Behind Curly Hair [Sponsored] full Scientific American Research at the intersection of science and beauty is providing us with a better understanding of hair diversity. This podcast was produced for L’Oréal by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Research at the intersection of science and beauty is providing us with a better understanding of hair diversity.

This podcast was produced for L’Oréal by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.

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]]> 896 How to Protect Wildlife without Leaving Home Whether you have a large yard or a tiny planter, there are ways to use your outdoor space to protect wildlife. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels takes us through what you can do, or stop doing, to make your yard and home friendlier to local critters.  Related Reading: – 8 Ways to Protect Wildlife Near Your Home – Pollinators Flock to Flower-Filled Solar Panel Fields Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Meghan Bartels. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 May 2024 10:00:00 -0000 How to Protect Wildlife without Leaving Home full Scientific American You don't have to venture far to make a difference for wildlife. Whether you have a large yard or a tiny planter, there are ways to use your outdoor space to protect wildlife. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels takes us through what you can do, or stop doing, to make your yard and home friendlier to local critters.  Related Reading: – 8 Ways to Protect Wildlife Near Your Home – Pollinators Flock to Flower-Filled Solar Panel Fields Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Meghan Bartels. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whether you have a large yard or a tiny planter, there are ways to use your outdoor space to protect wildlife. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels takes us through what you can do, or stop doing, to make your yard and home friendlier to local critters. 

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]]> 474 Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Sticker Shock (Part 2) Cape Cod’s famed ponds and bays are suffering from pollution with a curious origin: human urine. Household septic systems are flushing nitrogen into the water, resulting in toxic algal blooms. In the second installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental reporter Barbara Moran looks at the controversial and costly pollution solutions being considered. You can check out more of Barbara Moran’s reporting on the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution, including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 May 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Sticker Shock (Part 2) full Scientific American Toxic algal blooms are forcing Cape Cod communities to consider expensive sewer and septic system projects. Cape Cod’s famed ponds and bays are suffering from pollution with a curious origin: human urine. Household septic systems are flushing nitrogen into the water, resulting in toxic algal blooms. In the second installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental reporter Barbara Moran looks at the controversial and costly pollution solutions being considered. You can check out more of Barbara Moran’s reporting on the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution, including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cape Cod’s famed ponds and bays are suffering from pollution with a curious origin: human urine. Household septic systems are flushing nitrogen into the water, resulting in toxic algal blooms. In the second installment of our three-part Fascination series about Cape Cod’s “yellow tide,” environmental reporter Barbara Moran looks at the controversial and costly pollution solutions being considered.

You can check out more of Barbara Moran’s reporting on the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution, including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub.

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This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center.

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]]> 728 The Apocalypse Is Going to Be a Lot Friendlier Than You Think Psychologist and cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis shares advice from her new book, A Field Guide to the Apocalypse, on how to survive and thrive in doomsday scenarios from catastrophic natural disasters to zombie outbreaks.  Related Reading: – Could the Zombie Fungus in TV’s The Last of Us Really Infect People? – The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Athena Aktipis. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 May 2024 13:30:00 -0000 The Apocalypse Is Going to Be a Lot Friendlier Than You Think full Scientific American Cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis talks about zombies, go bags and more in her new book. Psychologist and cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis shares advice from her new book, A Field Guide to the Apocalypse, on how to survive and thrive in doomsday scenarios from catastrophic natural disasters to zombie outbreaks.  Related Reading: – Could the Zombie Fungus in TV’s The Last of Us Really Infect People? – The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Athena Aktipis. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Psychologist and cooperation theorist Athena Aktipis shares advice from her new book, A Field Guide to the Apocalypse, on how to survive and thrive in doomsday scenarios from catastrophic natural disasters to zombie outbreaks. 

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– Could the Zombie Fungus in TV’s The Last of Us Really Infect People?

– The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Athena Aktipis. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 1081 AI Is Getting Creepier and Risky Cheese Is Getting Trendier In this week's science roundup: drinking raw milk was always risky, but now there are added concerns over the spread of bird flu into dairy cows. An intense geomagnetic storm led to stunning auroras across the globe last week–and similar storms could mess with satellites and electricity infrastructure. Plus, hurricane forecasts are on the horizon. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! And discover something new everyday by subscribing to Scientific American or signing up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 May 2024 09:50:00 -0000 AI Is Getting Creepier and Risky Cheese Is Getting Trendier full Scientific American A rare geomagnetic storm lit up skies, eerie AI demonstrations and a cautionary word about raw milk. In this week's science roundup: drinking raw milk was always risky, but now there are added concerns over the spread of bird flu into dairy cows. An intense geomagnetic storm led to stunning auroras across the globe last week–and similar storms could mess with satellites and electricity infrastructure. Plus, hurricane forecasts are on the horizon. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! And discover something new everyday by subscribing to Scientific American or signing up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this week's science roundup: drinking raw milk was always risky, but now there are added concerns over the spread of bird flu into dairy cows. An intense geomagnetic storm led to stunning auroras across the globe last week–and similar storms could mess with satellites and electricity infrastructure. Plus, hurricane forecasts are on the horizon.

Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! And discover something new everyday by subscribing to Scientific American or signing up for our daily newsletter. 

Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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]]> 752 Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Loved to Death (Part 1) In the first episode of a three-part series, environmental reporter Barbara Moran is on Cape Cod to find out why the crystal clear water there is turning “pea-soup green”—and how communities are scrambling to clean it up. For more information, read WBUR’s coverage of the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution, including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 May 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Loved to Death (Part 1) full Scientific American Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why. In the first episode of a three-part series, environmental reporter Barbara Moran is on Cape Cod to find out why the crystal clear water there is turning “pea-soup green”—and how communities are scrambling to clean it up. For more information, read WBUR’s coverage of the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution, including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the first episode of a three-part series, environmental reporter Barbara Moran is on Cape Cod to find out why the crystal clear water there is turning “pea-soup green”—and how communities are scrambling to clean it up.

For more information, read WBUR’s coverage of the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution, including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub.

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]]> 852 A Citrus-Scented Cannabis Compound Reduces Anxiety for Weed Users Cannabis consumers may be familiar with the paranoia that can come from taking too many gummies or smoking too much weed. New research into cannabis reveals how a lemon-scented terpene d-limonene can ease anxiety without diminishing the high.  Join Scientific American, Springer Nature and Nature Portfolio in Washington, D.C. on May 17 for Science on the Hill. Register now! Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 May 2024 09:30:00 -0000 A Citrus-Scented Cannabis Compound Reduces Anxiety for Weed Users full Scientific American New research into weed reveals how a lemon-scented terpene can ease anxiety without reducing the high. Cannabis consumers may be familiar with the paranoia that can come from taking too many gummies or smoking too much weed. New research into cannabis reveals how a lemon-scented terpene d-limonene can ease anxiety without diminishing the high.  Join Scientific American, Springer Nature and Nature Portfolio in Washington, D.C. on May 17 for Science on the Hill. Register now! Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest Allison Parshall. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cannabis consumers may be familiar with the paranoia that can come from taking too many gummies or smoking too much weed. New research into cannabis reveals how a lemon-scented terpene d-limonene can ease anxiety without diminishing the high. 

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]]> 656 The Internet Is Full of Deepfakes, and the Sky Is Full of Trash AI-generated images of Katy Perry at Monday’s Met Gala looked so realistic they even duped her mom. And it just so happens that ChatGPT developer OpenAI released a new tool to detect fake images generated by DALL-E—the very next day.   Join Scientific American, Springer Nature and Nature Portfolio in Washington, D.C. on May 17 for Science on the Hill. Register now! Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 May 2024 09:50:00 -0000 The Internet Is Full of Deepfakes, and the Sky Is Full of Trash full Scientific American Deepfake images, a delayed spaceflight, the troubles with space junk and a blast from our past for your Monday review of science news. AI-generated images of Katy Perry at Monday’s Met Gala looked so realistic they even duped her mom. And it just so happens that ChatGPT developer OpenAI released a new tool to detect fake images generated by DALL-E—the very next day.   Join Scientific American, Springer Nature and Nature Portfolio in Washington, D.C. on May 17 for Science on the Hill. Register now! Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices AI-generated images of Katy Perry at Monday’s Met Gala looked so realistic they even duped her mom. And it just so happens that ChatGPT developer OpenAI released a new tool to detect fake images generated by DALL-E—the very next day.  

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]]> 550 Introducing Science Quickly’s New Host, Rachel Feltman Meet Rachel Feltman, the new host of Science Quickly! Bringing a fresh perspective and infectious enthusiasm, Rachel will take you on audio journeys to far-off places, inspire you to ponder deep questions, and introduce you to people changing the world with science.  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 May 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Introducing Science Quickly’s New Host, Rachel Feltman full Scientific American Stay tuned for a new era of Science Quickly. Meet Rachel Feltman, the new host of Science Quickly! Bringing a fresh perspective and infectious enthusiasm, Rachel will take you on audio journeys to far-off places, inspire you to ponder deep questions, and introduce you to people changing the world with science.  Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Elah Feder, Alexa Lim, Madison Goldberg and Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Meet Rachel Feltman, the new host of Science Quickly! Bringing a fresh perspective and infectious enthusiasm, Rachel will take you on audio journeys to far-off places, inspire you to ponder deep questions, and introduce you to people changing the world with science. 

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]]> 312 Can Food Work as Medicine? Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 May 2024 10:30:00 -0000 Can Food Work as Medicine? full Scientific American A Growing Movement Seeks Prescriptions for Produce Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease.

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]]> 700 Corals Are Once Again Bleaching En Masse, but Their Fate Isn’t Sealed Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Corals Are Once Again Bleaching En Masse, but Their Fate Isn’t Sealed full Scientific American This Global Bleaching Event Could Be the Worst Yet Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back.

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]]> 873 Episode 3: A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find? Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000 A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find? full Scientific American Researchers Ask whether the Forest Will Wilt or Thrive in the Coming Decades Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future.

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]]> 1050 Episode 2: A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000 A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon full Scientific American Gigantic Metal Spires Will Spray Amazonian Trees With Extra CO2 After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.

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]]> 1185 Episode 1: Will the Amazon Help Save the Planet? Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s largest carbon sinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0000 Will the Amazon Help Save the Planet? full Scientific American The Rain Forest Sucks Up Carbon—Or, at Least, It Did Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s largest carbon sinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.

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]]> 921 How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu? Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:50:00 -0000 How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu? full Scientific American Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans. Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.

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]]> 631 How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:50:00 -0000 How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes full Scientific American Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska. Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska.

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]]> 548 Do Sperm Whales Have Culture? These marine mammals are very hard to observe, but in the past two decades the roughly 20 or so people in the world who study sperm whales have found some compelling evidence of culture among them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:45:00 -0000 Do Sperm Whales Have Culture? full Scientific American They're Hard to Study, But What Has Been Found is Fascinating These marine mammals are very hard to observe, but in the past two decades the roughly 20 or so people in the world who study sperm whales have found some compelling evidence of culture among them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices These marine mammals are very hard to observe, but in the past two decades the roughly 20 or so people in the world who study sperm whales have found some compelling evidence of culture among them.

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]]> 622 Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary Today we’re going to look at how measles—a disease that was practically eliminated in the U.S.—has resurged in recent months, because people basically forgot how bad it was and got complacent about vaccines.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:45:00 -0000 Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary full Scientific American The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting more people. Today we’re going to look at how measles—a disease that was practically eliminated in the U.S.—has resurged in recent months, because people basically forgot how bad it was and got complacent about vaccines.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we’re going to look at how measles—a disease that was practically eliminated in the U.S.—has resurged in recent months, because people basically forgot how bad it was and got complacent about vaccines. 


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]]> 611 Did the Eclipse Give You the Amateur Astronomy Bug? Here’s How to Get Started Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a professional astronomer—with a passion for amateur astrophotography—and she's here to offer tips and tricks for want to get into capturing the night sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:45:00 -0000 Did the Eclipse Give You the Amateur Astronomy Bug? Here’s How to Get Started full Scientific American Learn How to Capture Your Own View of the Cosmos Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a professional astronomer—with a passion for amateur astrophotography—and she's here to offer tips and tricks for want to get into capturing the night sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a professional astronomer—with a passion for amateur astrophotography—and she's here to offer tips and tricks for want to get into capturing the night sky.

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]]> 989 A Veteran Eclipse Chaser Explains the Thrill of Totality The feeling of a total solar eclipse is intense, and the sights, sensations and emotions can overwhelm you even if you think you know what's coming. And we sat down with Kate Russo, a psychologist, author and Eclipse Chaser, who's seen 13 total solar eclipses over the last 25 years, to talk about what to expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:45:00 -0000 A Veteran Eclipse Chaser Explains the Thrill of Totality full Scientific American Kate Russo Has Seen 13 of Them. Even She Isn't Ready for This One The feeling of a total solar eclipse is intense, and the sights, sensations and emotions can overwhelm you even if you think you know what's coming. And we sat down with Kate Russo, a psychologist, author and Eclipse Chaser, who's seen 13 total solar eclipses over the last 25 years, to talk about what to expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The feeling of a total solar eclipse is intense, and the sights, sensations and emotions can overwhelm you even if you think you know what's coming. And we sat down with Kate Russo, a psychologist, author and Eclipse Chaser, who's seen 13 total solar eclipses over the last 25 years, to talk about what to expect.

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]]> 389 Three Times Eclipses Eclipsed Previous Science From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Apr 2024 09:45:00 -0000 Three Times Eclipses Eclipsed Previous Science full Scientific American Scientists have studied eclipses for centuries, discovering truths about the universe hiding in the shadows. From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries.

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]]> 1088 Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What About a Komodo Dragon? Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens during totality on April 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:30:00 -0000 Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What About a Komodo Dragon? full Scientific American Animals Don't Know About Science, After All Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens during totality on April 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens during totality on April 8.

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]]> 661 Inside the Race to Protect Artists from Artificial Intelligence AI-generated art is creating new ethical issues—and competition—for digital artists. Nightshade and Glaze are two tools helping creators fight back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Inside the Race to Protect Artists from Artificial Intelligence full Scientific American AI-generated art is creating new ethical issues—and competition—for digital artists. Nightshade and Glaze are two tools helping creators fight back. AI-generated art is creating new ethical issues—and competition—for digital artists. Nightshade and Glaze are two tools helping creators fight back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices AI-generated art is creating new ethical issues—and competition—for digital artists. Nightshade and Glaze are two tools helping creators fight back.

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]]> 750 The Tale of the Snail Slime Wrangler Mucus is a miracle of evolution, and some researchers are trying to re-create what nature makes naturally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:50:00 -0000 The Tale of the Snail Slime Wrangler full Scientific American Mucus is a miracle of evolution, and some researchers are trying to re-create what nature makes naturally. Mucus is a miracle of evolution, and some researchers are trying to re-create what nature makes naturally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mucus is a miracle of evolution, and some researchers are trying to re-create what nature makes naturally.

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]]> 671 Mucus Saves Your Life Every Day The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Mucus Saves Your Life Every Day full Scientific American The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers. The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers.

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]]> 693 Magical Mucus: On the Benefits of Getting Slimed by a Hagfish 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 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Miraculous Mucus: On the Benefits of Getting Slimed by a Hagfish full Scientific American 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. 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 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.

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]]> 552 How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:50:00 -0000 How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song full Scientific American Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments. Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments.

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]]> 938 Why Short Naps Are Good for You A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:50:00 -0000 Why Short Naps Are Good for You full Scientific American A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity.

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]]> 585 The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time? 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 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:50:00 -0000 The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time? full Scientific American Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question. 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 Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question.

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]]> 554 The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs 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 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:55:00 -0000 The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs full Scientific American Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies. 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 Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies.

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]]> 507 Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes 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 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:00:00 -0000 Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes full Scientific American Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking. 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 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.

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]]> 693 Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades 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 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:45:02 -0000 Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades full Scientific American Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations. 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 Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations.

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]]> 641 These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt 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 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:09:59 -0000 These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt full Scientific American On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey. 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 On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey.

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]]> 699 Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID? Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:00:42 -0000 Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID? full Scientific American Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too.

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]]> 650 Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism? 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 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:06:45 -0000 Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism? full Scientific American A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. 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 A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan.

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]]> 978 What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:04:57 -0000 What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught full Scientific American A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with. A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with.

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]]> 850 Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning? A grassroots online movement has helped shift the way scientists think about asexuality. But much is still unknown. This is part four of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:00:00 -0000 Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning? full Scientific American A grassroots online movement has helped shift the way scientists think about asexuality. But much is still unknown. A grassroots online movement has helped shift the way scientists think about asexuality. But much is still unknown. This is part four of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A grassroots online movement has helped shift the way scientists think about asexuality. But much is still unknown. This is part four of a four-part series on the science of pleasure.

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]]> 863 How to Close the Orgasm Gap for Heterosexual Couples Researchers once faced death threats for asking women what gives them pleasure. Now they’re helping individuals and couples figure it out themselves. Part three of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:00:00 -0000 How to Close the Orgasm Gap for Heterosexual Couples full Scientific American Researchers once faced death threats for asking women what gives them pleasure. Now they’re helping individuals and couples figure it out themselves. Researchers once faced death threats for asking women what gives them pleasure. Now they’re helping individuals and couples figure it out themselves. Part three of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers once faced death threats for asking women what gives them pleasure. Now they’re helping individuals and couples figure it out themselves. Part three of a four-part series on the science of pleasure.

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]]> 851 Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex Safely Research shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the general public catch up. Hosted by Meghan McDonough, this is part two of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Feb 2024 21:13:56 -0000 Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex Safely full Scientific American Research shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the general public catch up. Research shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the general public catch up. Hosted by Meghan McDonough, this is part two of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Research shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the general public catch up. Hosted by Meghan McDonough, this is part two of a four-part series on the science of pleasure.

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]]> 833 How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science Part one of a four-part series on the science of pleasure, hosted by Meghan McDonough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:12:48 -0000 How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science full Scientific American Some researchers say that the standard definition of sexual orientation is incomplete—and offer a tool for expanding it. Part one of a four-part series on the science of pleasure, hosted by Meghan McDonough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Part one of a four-part series on the science of pleasure, hosted by Meghan McDonough.

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]]> 829 You Can't Fix Burnout With Self-Care Individual interventions for burnout don’t work. Researchers explain why. Hosted by Shayla Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:47:00 -0000 You Can't Fix Burnout With Self-Care full Scientific American Individual interventions for burnout don’t work. Researchers explain why. Individual interventions for burnout don’t work. Researchers explain why. Hosted by Shayla Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Individual interventions for burnout don’t work. Researchers explain why. Hosted by Shayla Love.

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]]> 638 How April’s Eclipse Will Solve Solar Mysteries On April 8, we’re in for a treat. A total solar eclipse will be visible across a broad swath of North America, giving us a view of the edges of the sun as the moon passes in front of its face.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0000 How April’s Eclipse Will Solve Solar Mysteries full Scientific American Experiments planned for the 2024 total solar eclipse aim to figure out how the sun works. On April 8, we’re in for a treat. A total solar eclipse will be visible across a broad swath of North America, giving us a view of the edges of the sun as the moon passes in front of its face.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On April 8, we’re in for a treat. A total solar eclipse will be visible across a broad swath of North America, giving us a view of the edges of the sun as the moon passes in front of its face. 

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]]> 636 When Will We Finally Have Sex In Space? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:16:56 -0000 When Will We Finally Have Sex In Space? full Scientific American We're talking about the big bang—but not in the way you might think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 838 How Is This Ancient Cattle Breed Fighting Wildfires in Portugal? Portugal is one of the most vulnerable countries in Europe to climate change. Straddling the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic regions, it’s part of a climate change hot spot. Some of the biggest fuels are shrubs. One study found that shrubland covers 1.6 million hectares in Portugal—about 18 percent of the nation’s land area. And those shrubs are gaining ground. That’s because, for decades, people have been moving out of rural communities such as the one Tommy Ferreira lives in. Most leave to pursue better-paying jobs in the cities or in wealthier European Union countries. Portugal has lost 30 percent of its rural population since 1960. The same trend is occurring across the Mediterranean region. Abandoning these farmlands is increasing wildfire risk, according to an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report released last spring. When people who work the land leave it, grazing pastures and farm fields become thick with fuels. But these ancient Maronesa cattle can help solve both of these modern-day problems. It was a solution hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:05:41 -0000 How Is This Ancient Cattle Breed Fighting Wildfires in Portugal? full Scientific American These ancient Portuguese cattle have become unlikely firefighters Portugal is one of the most vulnerable countries in Europe to climate change. Straddling the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic regions, it’s part of a climate change hot spot. Some of the biggest fuels are shrubs. One study found that shrubland covers 1.6 million hectares in Portugal—about 18 percent of the nation’s land area. And those shrubs are gaining ground. That’s because, for decades, people have been moving out of rural communities such as the one Tommy Ferreira lives in. Most leave to pursue better-paying jobs in the cities or in wealthier European Union countries. Portugal has lost 30 percent of its rural population since 1960. The same trend is occurring across the Mediterranean region. Abandoning these farmlands is increasing wildfire risk, according to an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report released last spring. When people who work the land leave it, grazing pastures and farm fields become thick with fuels. But these ancient Maronesa cattle can help solve both of these modern-day problems. It was a solution hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Portugal is one of the most vulnerable countries in Europe to climate change. Straddling the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic regions, it’s part of a climate change hot spot. Some of the biggest fuels are shrubs. One study found that shrubland covers 1.6 million hectares in Portugal—about 18 percent of the nation’s land area. And those shrubs are gaining ground. That’s because, for decades, people have been moving out of rural communities such as the one Tommy Ferreira lives in. Most leave to pursue better-paying jobs in the cities or in wealthier European Union countries. Portugal has lost 30 percent of its rural population since 1960. The same trend is occurring across the Mediterranean region. Abandoning these farmlands is increasing wildfire risk, according to an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report released last spring. When people who work the land leave it, grazing pastures and farm fields become thick with fuels. But these ancient Maronesa cattle can help solve both of these modern-day problems. It was a solution hiding in plain sight.

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]]> 864 The Government's Former UFO Hunter Has a Lot to Say For the last decade, reports of UFO sightings have filled headlines and news broadcasts, and some of these have from a surprising place—the Pentagon. Former defense officials have made a number of claims about, and released videos of, strange sightings made by military pilots. These days, the objects are officially called “UAPs”—unidentified anomalous phenomena. But regardless of the new branding, Congress has demanded answers on them, especially after one former official this summer claimed that he believed that the U.S. possessed “nonhuman” spacecraft and possibly their “dead pilots.” We talk to the former intelligence official and physicist, Sean Kirkpatrick, who until December headed the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon office that Congress told to find some answers to all this. He recently published an op-ed in Scientific American called  "Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0000 The Government's Former UFO Hunter Has a Lot to Say full Scientific American Is the government hiding proof of aliens? Sean Kirkpatrick was asked to find out. For the last decade, reports of UFO sightings have filled headlines and news broadcasts, and some of these have from a surprising place—the Pentagon. Former defense officials have made a number of claims about, and released videos of, strange sightings made by military pilots. These days, the objects are officially called “UAPs”—unidentified anomalous phenomena. But regardless of the new branding, Congress has demanded answers on them, especially after one former official this summer claimed that he believed that the U.S. possessed “nonhuman” spacecraft and possibly their “dead pilots.” We talk to the former intelligence official and physicist, Sean Kirkpatrick, who until December headed the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon office that Congress told to find some answers to all this. He recently published an op-ed in Scientific American called  "Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For the last decade, reports of UFO sightings have filled headlines and news broadcasts, and some of these have from a surprising place—the Pentagon. Former defense officials have made a number of claims about, and released videos of, strange sightings made by military pilots.

These days, the objects are officially called “UAPs”—unidentified anomalous phenomena.

But regardless of the new branding, Congress has demanded answers on them, especially after one former official this summer claimed that he believed that the U.S. possessed “nonhuman” spacecraft and possibly their “dead pilots.”

We talk to the former intelligence official and physicist, Sean Kirkpatrick, who until December headed the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon office that Congress told to find some answers to all this. He recently published an op-ed in Scientific American called  "Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter".

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]]> 875 Quantum Computers Might Make All of Your Private Data Less Secure Experts are starting to plan for the moment when a quantum computer large enough to crack the backbone of the math that keeps things secret will be turned on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:45:00 -0000 Quantum Computers Might Make All of Your Private Data Less Secure full Scientific American But Hopefully Not, If Cryptographers Can Change How We Encrypt Things Now Experts are starting to plan for the moment when a quantum computer large enough to crack the backbone of the math that keeps things secret will be turned on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Experts are starting to plan for the moment when a quantum computer large enough to crack the backbone of the math that keeps things secret will be turned on.

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]]> 710 New IVF Test Could Increase Chances of Pregnancy Success Today’s episode covers a topic that many parents-to-be have struggled with: fertility. In vitro fertilization offers a path to pregnancy for people fortunate enough to be able to access it. But predicting the success of an implanted embryo is hard. Now researchers are developing a test that could make it easier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:00:00 -0000 New IVF Test Could Increase Chances of Pregnancy Success full Scientific American The Test is Noninvasive, and Could Predict Embryo Quality Today’s episode covers a topic that many parents-to-be have struggled with: fertility. In vitro fertilization offers a path to pregnancy for people fortunate enough to be able to access it. But predicting the success of an implanted embryo is hard. Now researchers are developing a test that could make it easier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today’s episode covers a topic that many parents-to-be have struggled with: fertility. In vitro fertilization offers a path to pregnancy for people fortunate enough to be able to access it. But predicting the success of an implanted embryo is hard. Now researchers are developing a test that could make it easier.

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]]> 601 How to Save Indigenous Languages From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under threat. An Indian linguist helped preserve one language family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 27 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0000 How to Save Indigenous Languages full Scientific American From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under threat. An Indian linguist helped preserve one language family. From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under threat. An Indian linguist helped preserve one language family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From Papua New Guinea to the Andaman Islands, Indigenous languages are under threat. An Indian linguist helped preserve one language family.

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]]> 720 Can AI Predict When You Die? A new study used machine learning on 6 million Danish people to "autocomplete" their life trajectories –— and when they might kick the bucket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:30:00 -0000 Can AI Predict When You Die? full Scientific American A new study used machine learning on 6 million Danish people to "autocomplete" their life trajectories –— and when they might kick the bucket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study used machine learning on 6 million Danish people to "autocomplete" their life trajectories –— and when they might kick the bucket.

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]]> 673 The Best Way to Use Home COVID Tests Right Now In today’s episode, we want to talk about some of the current challenges with using home COVID tests. When you first have symptoms, a change in how your body reacts to the virus could lead to a test result showing you’re negative when you’re actually infected.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:00:00 -0000 The Best Way to Use Home COVID Tests Right Now full Scientific American When symptoms start, COVID tests may say ... In today’s episode, we want to talk about some of the current challenges with using home COVID tests. When you first have symptoms, a change in how your body reacts to the virus could lead to a test result showing you’re negative when you’re actually infected.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In today’s episode, we want to talk about some of the current challenges with using home COVID tests. When you first have symptoms, a change in how your body reacts to the virus could lead to a test result showing you’re negative when you’re actually infected.  

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]]> 584 From Drunken Stupor to Sober with One (Hormone) Shot We all have our tricks for sobering up after a night of drunken revelry: maybe a pot of black coffee or an ice-cold shower. But for mice in a certain lab in Texas, all it takes is a shot. No, not more alcohol—it’s an injection of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 21, or FGF21.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:45:00 -0000 From Drunken Stupor to Sober with One (Hormone) Shot full Scientific American AKA the Science of Getting Mice 'Undrunk' We all have our tricks for sobering up after a night of drunken revelry: maybe a pot of black coffee or an ice-cold shower. But for mice in a certain lab in Texas, all it takes is a shot. No, not more alcohol—it’s an injection of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 21, or FGF21.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We all have our tricks for sobering up after a night of drunken revelry: maybe a pot of black coffee or an ice-cold shower. But for mice in a certain lab in Texas, all it takes is a shot. No, not more alcohol—it’s an injection of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 21, or FGF21. 

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]]> 659 How Does the World’s Largest Seabird Know Where to Fly? Imagine for a moment that you’re a very hungry bird soaring over 30-foot ocean swells in high winds, with no land for thousands of miles. How do you know where you’re going? If you’re a wandering albatross, you listen. But listen to what, exactly? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:45:00 -0000 How Does the World’s Largest Seabird Know Where to Fly? full Scientific American Here's a Hint: They Don't Just Use Their Eyes Imagine for a moment that you’re a very hungry bird soaring over 30-foot ocean swells in high winds, with no land for thousands of miles. How do you know where you’re going? If you’re a wandering albatross, you listen. But listen to what, exactly? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Imagine for a moment that you’re a very hungry bird soaring over 30-foot ocean swells in high winds, with no land for thousands of miles.

How do you know where you’re going?

If you’re a wandering albatross, you listen. But listen to what, exactly?

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]]> 585 Without the Moon, You Wouldn't Exist (Probably) The moon has guided our movements and cultures, and though we may think we know it well, it still guards some of its deepest secrets from us. A new book from Rebecca Boyle take us on a deep dive into our sister celestial orb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:00:00 -0000 Without the Moon, You Wouldn't Exist (Probably) full Scientific American You think you know the moon? Think again. The moon has guided our movements and cultures, and though we may think we know it well, it still guards some of its deepest secrets from us. A new book from Rebecca Boyle take us on a deep dive into our sister celestial orb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The moon has guided our movements and cultures, and though we may think we know it well, it still guards some of its deepest secrets from us. A new book from Rebecca Boyle take us on a deep dive into our sister celestial orb.

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]]> 908 The Strange and Beautiful Science Of Our Lives Nell Greenfieldboyce discusses her new book Transient and Strange, the intimacy of the essays and the science that inspired them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:00:58 -0000 The Strange and Beautiful Science Of Our Lives full Scientific American Nell Greenfieldboyce discusses her new book Transient and Strange, the intimacy of the essays and the science that inspired them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nell Greenfieldboyce discusses her new book Transient and Strange, the intimacy of the essays and the science that inspired them.

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]]> 969 The Surprising Health Benefits of Dog Ownership Dogs are good for you, science says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:00:00 -0000 The Surprising Health Benefits of Dog Ownership full Scientific American Dogs are good for you, science says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dogs are good for you, science says

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]]> 779 Podcasts of the Year: Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? 2023 editor's pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:48:04 -0000 Podcasts of the Year: Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace full Scientific American In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? 2023 editor's pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? 2023 editor's pick.

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]]> 842 Podcasts of the Year: Talking to Animals using Artificial Intelligence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/talking-to-animals-with-artificial-intelligence/ Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could have us at the brink of interspecies communication Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0000 Talking to Animals using Artificial Intelligence full Scientific American Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could have us at the brink of interspecies communication Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could have us at the brink of interspecies communication

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]]> 722 no How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-avoid-holiday-hangovers/ The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0000 How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers full Scientific American The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.

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]]> 582 Podcasts of the Year: What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-better-gift-for-the-holidays-than-a-monstrous-mystery/ We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:00:00 -0000 What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery? full Scientific American We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list.

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]]> 724 Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/are-orca-whales-friends-or-foes/ The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes? full Scientific American The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them

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]]> 965 no Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/turns-out-undersea-kelp-forests-are-crucial-to-salmon/ The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon full Scientific American The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.

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]]> 588 no Researchers Just Created the World's First Permafrost Atlas of the Entire Arctic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/researchers-just-created-the-worlds-first-permafrost-atlas-of-the-entire-arctic/ The Arctic Permafrost Atlas, which took years to create, is both beautiful and sobering, given the pace of climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Researchers Just Created the World's First Permafrost Atlas of the Entire Arctic full Scientific American The Arctic Permafrost Atlas, which took years to create, is both beautiful and sobering, given the pace of climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Arctic Permafrost Atlas, which took years to create, is both beautiful and sobering, given the pace of climate change.

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]]> 515 no A New Type of Heart Disease is on the Rise https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-new-type-of-heart-disease-is-on-the-rise1/ Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0000 A New Type of Heart Disease is on the Rise full Scientific American Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected

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]]> 544 no AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ai-can-now-read-your-cats-pain1/ Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:00:00 -0000 AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain full Scientific American Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help. 

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]]> 579 no These Researchers Put Sperm Through a Kind of 'Hunger Games' https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-researchers-put-sperm-through-a-kind-of-hunger-games1/ The research focused on figuring out what enables certain sperm to gain some competitive advantage over millions of others fighting for the same prize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000 These Researchers Put Sperm Through a Kind of 'Hunger Games' full Scientific American The research focused on figuring out what enables certain sperm to gain some competitive advantage over millions of others fighting for the same prize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The research focused on figuring out what enables certain sperm to gain some competitive advantage over millions of others fighting for the same prize.

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]]> 487 no Is Too Little Play Hurting Our Kids? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-too-little-play-hurting-our-kids/ A long-term decline in unsupervised activity may be contributing to mental health declines in children and adolescents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Is Too Little Play Hurting Our Kids? full Scientific American A long-term decline in unsupervised activity may be contributing to mental health declines in children and adolescents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A long-term decline in unsupervised activity may be contributing to mental health declines in children and adolescents.

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]]> 958 no How Misinformation Spreads through Conflict https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-misinformation-spreads-through-conflict/ Three experts break down how misinformation and propaganda spread through conflict and how to debunk it yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:30:00 -0000 How Misinformation Spreads through Conflict full Scientific American Three experts break down how misinformation and propaganda spread through conflict and how to debunk it yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Three experts break down how misinformation and propaganda spread through conflict and how to debunk it yourself.

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]]> 1573 no Why Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-childhood-vaccination-rates-are-falling/ Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0000 Why Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling full Scientific American Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame?

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]]> 598 no Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-adaptation-is-backfiring/ The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to bite us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0000 Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful full Scientific American The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to bite us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The choices we make in how we adapt to climate change can sometimes come back to bite us

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]]> 788 no The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-members-of-this-reservation-learned-they-live-with-nuclear-weapons-can-their-reality-ever-be-the-same/ The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000 The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same? full Scientific American The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.

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]]> 970 no What Would It Mean to 'Absorb' a Nuclear Attack? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-would-it-mean-to-absorb-a-nuclear-attack/ The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000 What Would It Mean to 'Absorb' a Nuclear Attack? full Scientific American The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground.

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]]> 1220 no If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know about It? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/if-you-had-a-nuclear-weapon-in-your-neighborhood-would-you-want-to-know-about-it/ The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000 If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know about It? full Scientific American The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that.

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]]> 1011 no Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/just-one-u-s-reservation-hosts-nuclear-weapons-this-is-the-story-of-how-that-came-to-be/ 15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be full Scientific American 15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there.

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]]> 1119 no How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-did-nuclear-weapons-get-on-my-reservation1/ A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:45:00 -0000 How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation? full Scientific American A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.

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]]> 1192 no Quick Naps Are Good for Your Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/quick-naps-are-good-for-your-brain/ Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Quick Naps Are Good for Your Brain full Scientific American Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity.

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]]> 557 no Funding for Research on Psychedelics Is on the Rise, Along with Scientists' Hopes for Using Them https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/funding-for-research-on-psychedelics-is-on-the-rise-along-with-scientists-hopes-for-using-them/ As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0000 Funding for Research on Psychedelics Is on the Rise, Along with Scientists' Hopes for Using Them full Scientific American As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future.

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]]> 706 no Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/do-you-need-to-trip-for-psychedelics-to-work-as-medicine/ Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0000 Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine? full Scientific American Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

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]]> 887 no The Search for New Psychedelics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-search-for-new-psychedelics/ As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0000 The Search for New Psychedelics full Scientific American As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection?

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]]> 686 no What Are Ultraprocessed Foods, and Are They Bad for You? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-are-ultra-processed-foods-and-are-they-bad-for-you/ More than half of our diet consists of foods that have been industrially processed in some way, and they may be harmful to our health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:30:00 -0000 What Are Ultraprocessed Foods, and Are They Bad for You? full Scientific American More than half of our diet consists of foods that have been industrially processed in some way, and they may be harmful to our health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More than half of our diet consists of foods that have been industrially processed in some way, and they may be harmful to our health

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]]> 742 no These Creatures Are Probably the Closest Thing Nature Has to Real Werewolves https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-creatures-are-probably-the-closest-thing-nature-has-to-real-werewolves/ Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 These Creatures Are Probably the Closest Thing Nature Has to Real Werewolves full Scientific American Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species.

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]]> 690 no The World's Most Frightening Animal Sounds like This https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-worlds-most-frightening-animal-sounds-like-this/ Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0000 The World's Most Frightening Animal Sounds like This full Scientific American Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills.

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]]> 597 no The Tale of the Rotifer That Came Back to Life after 25,000 Years in an Icy Tomb https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-tale-of-the-rotifer-that-came-back-to-life-after-25-000-years-in-an-icy-tomb/ Can something spring back to life if it last moved around when woolly mammoths roamed the earth? The answer appears to be yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 The Tale of the Rotifer That Came Back to Life after 25,000 Years in an Icy Tomb full Scientific American Can something spring back to life if it last moved around when woolly mammoths roamed the earth? The answer appears to be yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Can something spring back to life if it last moved around when woolly mammoths roamed the earth? The answer appears to be yes.

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]]> 418 no Generative AI Models Are Sucking Up Data from All Over the Internet, Yours Included https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/generative-ai-models-are-sucking-data-up-from-all-over-the-internet-yours-included/ In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Generative AI Models Are Sucking Up Data from All Over the Internet, Yours Included full Scientific American In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well.

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]]> 756 no Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care with a Corpse https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-parents-show-their-kids-they-care-with-a-corpse/ If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:00:00 -0000 Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care with a Corpse full Scientific American If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them.

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]]> 498 no How to Handle This New COVID Season https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-handle-this-new-covid-season/ The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 How to Handle This New COVID Season full Scientific American The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe.

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]]> 580 no As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/as-arctic-sea-ice-breaks-up-ai-is-starting-to-predict-where-the-ice-will-go/ Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go full Scientific American Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north?

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]]> 554 no Scientists Argue Conservation Is under Threat in Indonesia https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scientists-argue-conservation-is-under-threat-in-indonesia/ Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0000 Scientists Argue Conservation Is under Threat in Indonesia full Scientific American Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions.

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]]> 313 no A Soggy Mission to Sniff Out a Greenhouse Gas 'Bomb' in the High Arctic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-soggy-mission-to-sniff-out-a-greenhouse-gas-bomb-in-the-high-arctic/ A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 A Soggy Mission to Sniff Out a Greenhouse Gas 'Bomb' in the High Arctic full Scientific American A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below.

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]]> 547 no This Indigenous Community Records the Climate Change That Is Causing Its Town to Erode Away https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-indigenous-community-records-the-climate-change-that-is-causing-their-town-to-erode-away/ In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 This Indigenous Community Records the Climate Change That Is Causing Its Town to Erode Away full Scientific American In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands. 

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]]> 528 no Journey to the Thawing Edge of Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/journey-to-the-thawing-edge-of-climate-change1/ What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Journey to the Thawing Edge of Climate Change full Scientific American What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood.

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]]> 597 no A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work. What Does? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-popular-decongestant-doesnt-work-what-does1/ The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0000 A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work. What Does? full Scientific American The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead.

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]]> 574 no The State of Large Language Models https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-state-of-large-language-models1/ We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0000 The State of Large Language Models full Scientific American We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.

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]]> 753 no Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/song-of-the-stars-part-3-the-universe-in-all-senses1/ An astronomy festival in Italy opted to make all of its events and workshops multisensory. The organizers wanted to see whether sound, touch and smell can, like sight, transmit the wonders of the cosmos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0000 Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses full Scientific American An astronomy festival in Italy opted to make all of its events and workshops multisensory. The organizers wanted to see whether sound, touch and smell can, like sight, transmit the wonders of the cosmos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An astronomy festival in Italy opted to make all of its events and workshops multisensory. The organizers wanted to see whether sound, touch and smell can, like sight, transmit the wonders of the cosmos.

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]]> 690 no Song of the Stars, Part 2: Seeing in the Dark https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/song-of-the-stars-part-2-seeing-in-the-dark/ A blind astronomer “sonified” the universe’s most explosive events: gamma-ray bursts. By listening to, rather than looking at, the data, she made a critical discovery and changed the field of astronomy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Song of the Stars, Part 2: Seeing in the Dark full Scientific American A blind astronomer “sonified” the universe’s most explosive events: gamma-ray bursts. By listening to, rather than looking at, the data, she made a critical discovery and changed the field of astronomy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A blind astronomer “sonified” the universe’s most explosive events: gamma-ray bursts. By listening to, rather than looking at, the data, she made a critical discovery and changed the field of astronomy.

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]]> 700 no Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/song-of-the-stars-part-1-transforming-space-into-symphonies/ Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies full Scientific American Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired.

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]]> 707 no This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bombs--And Found Grim Clues That the Forest Is Dying https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-researcher-captured-air-from-the-amazon-in-dive-bombs-and-found-grim-clues-that-the-forest-is-dying1/ One researcher has been hiring planes to strafe the sky over the Amazon rain forest to collect the air coming off the trees, and what she is finding is cause for alarm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bombs--And Found Grim Clues That the Forest Is Dying full Scientific American One researcher has been hiring planes to strafe the sky over the Amazon rain forest to collect the air coming off the trees, and what she is finding is cause for alarm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices One researcher has been hiring planes to strafe the sky over the Amazon rain forest to collect the air coming off the trees, and what she is finding is cause for alarm.

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]]> 988 no Should You Get a Blood Test For Alzheimer's? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/should-you-get-a-blood-test-for-alzheimers/ Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really help patients that much—yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Should You Get a Blood Test For Alzheimer's? full Scientific American Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really help patients that much—yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really help patients that much—yet.

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]]> 631 no Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Galilean Moon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ada-limons-poem-for-europa-jupiters-smallest-moon1/ U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the inspiration behind her poem, which will travel onboard the spacecraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000 Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Galilean Moon full Scientific American U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the inspiration behind her poem, which will travel onboard the spacecraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the inspiration behind her poem, which will travel onboard the spacecraft.

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]]> 941 no How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Does Something Pretty Amazing to Survive the Winter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-the-woolly-bear-caterpillar-does-something-pretty-amazing-to-survive-the-winter/ Caterpillars can’t regulate their body temperatures, so they have to come up with a totally different strategy to make it through the coldest months of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0000 How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Does Something Pretty Amazing to Survive the Winter full Scientific American Caterpillars can’t regulate their body temperatures, so they have to come up with a totally different strategy to make it through the coldest months of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Caterpillars can’t regulate their body temperatures, so they have to come up with a totally different strategy to make it through the coldest months of the year.

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]]> 510 no Bees 'Buzz' in More Ways Than You Might Think https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-research-shows-bees-buzz-in-more-ways-than-you-might-think/ A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Bees 'Buzz' in More Ways Than You Might Think full Scientific American A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.

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]]> 444 no Scientists Are Beginning to Learn the Language of Bats and Bees Using AI https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scientists-are-beginning-to-learn-the-language-of-bats-and-bees-using-ai/ The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Scientists Are Beginning to Learn the Language of Bats and Bees Using AI full Scientific American The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops.

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]]> 744 no Trying to Train Your Brain Faster? Knowing This Might Help with That https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/trying-to-train-your-brain-faster-knowing-this-might-help-with-that/ Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:30:00 -0000 Trying to Train Your Brain Faster? Knowing This Might Help with That full Scientific American Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve.

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]]> 361 no This Tick Bite Makes You Allergic to Red Meat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-tick-bite-makes-you-allergic-to-red-meat/ The bite of the lone star tick makes people allergic to a sugar found in mammalian products, and many doctors don’t know about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 This Tick Bite Makes You Allergic to Red Meat full Scientific American The bite of the lone star tick makes people allergic to a sugar found in mammalian products, and many doctors don’t know about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The bite of the lone star tick makes people allergic to a sugar found in mammalian products, and many doctors don’t know about it.

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]]> 576 no This Lesbian Monkey Love Triangle Tells Us Something Really Interesting about Darwin's 'Paradox' https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-lesbian-monkey-love-triangle-tells-us-something-really-interesting-about-darwins-paradox1/ A “Darwinian paradox” is that homosexual activity occurs even though it does not lead to or aid in reproduction. But if you visit three capuchin monkeys in Los Angeles, they’ll show you how beneficial their liaisons are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 This Lesbian Monkey Love Triangle Tells Us Something Really Interesting about Darwin's 'Paradox' full Scientific American A “Darwinian paradox” is that homosexual activity occurs even though it does not lead to or aid in reproduction. But if you visit three capuchin monkeys in Los Angeles, they’ll show you how beneficial their liaisons are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A “Darwinian paradox” is that homosexual activity occurs even though it does not lead to or aid in reproduction. But if you visit three capuchin monkeys in Los Angeles, they’ll show you how beneficial their liaisons are.

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]]> 893 no What the Luddites Can Teach Us about AI https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-the-luddites-can-teach-us-about-ai/ The Luddites did not hate technology—but they did fight the way it was used to exploit humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0000 What the Luddites Can Teach Us about AI full Scientific American The Luddites did not hate technology—but they did fight the way it was used to exploit humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Luddites did not hate technology—but they did fight the way it was used to exploit humans.

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]]> 681 no A Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Human Body, and It Is Still Working https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-pig-kidney-was-just-transplanted-into-a-human-body-and-it-is-still-working/ Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000 A Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Human Body, and It Is Still Working full Scientific American Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right.

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]]> 809 no Migratory Birds Are in Peril, but Knowing Where They Are at Night Could Help Save Them https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/migratory-birds-are-in-peril-but-knowing-where-they-are-at-night-could-help-save-them/ Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Migratory Birds Are in Peril, but Knowing Where They Are at Night Could Help Save Them full Scientific American Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction.

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]]> 925 no Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Us 'See' Some of the Billions of Birds Migrating at Night https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/artificial-intelligence-is-helping-us-see-some-of-the-billions-of-birds-migrating-at-night/ Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Us 'See' Some of the Billions of Birds Migrating at Night full Scientific American Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration.

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]]> 796 no Here's How You Go Birding in the Middle of the Night https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heres-how-you-go-birding-in-the-middle-of-the-night1/ If you really want to challenging your bird identification skills, try using them at night, when bird calls are less than 100 milliseconds long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Here's How You Go Birding in the Middle of the Night full Scientific American If you really want to challenging your bird identification skills, try using them at night, when bird calls are less than 100 milliseconds long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If you really want to challenging your bird identification skills, try using them at night, when bird calls are less than 100 milliseconds long.

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]]> 769 no Using Human-Sized Microphones and Hay Bales, They Unlocked the Mysteries of Bird Migration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/using-human-sized-microphones-and-hay-bales-they-unlocked-the-mysteries-of-bird-migration/ For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty field with hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear and waited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Using Human-Sized Microphones and Hay Bales, They Unlocked the Mysteries of Bird Migration full Scientific American For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty field with hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear and waited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty field with hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear and waited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured.

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]]> 999 no They Tap Into the Magical, Hidden Pulse of the Planet, but What is the Nighttime Bird Surveillance Network? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/they-tap-into-the-magical-hidden-pulse-of-the-planet-but-what-is-the-nighttime-bird-surveillance-network/ On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0000 They Tap Into the Magical, Hidden Pulse of the Planet, but What is the Nighttime Bird Surveillance Network? full Scientific American On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness.

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]]> 617 no Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hearing-aids-stave-off-cognitive-decline/ Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:00:00 -0000 Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline full Scientific American Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall.

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]]> 813 no In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/in-this-ancient-garden-plants-can-cure-or-kill-you/ Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:45:00 -0000 In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You full Scientific American Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure. 

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]]> 573 no The Fungi Economy, Part 3: Can Climate Modeling from Space Save Our Forests? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-fungi-economy-part-3-can-climate-modeling-from-space-save-our-forests/ Here’s how scientists are planning on getting underground fungi data from space using satellites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000 The Fungi Economy, Part 3: Can Climate Modeling from Space Save Our Forests? full Scientific American Here’s how scientists are planning on getting underground fungi data from space using satellites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here’s how scientists are planning on getting underground fungi data from space using satellites.

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]]> 843 no The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here's How Plants and Fungi Trade beneath Our Feet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-fungi-economy-part-2-heres-how-plants-and-fungi-trade-beneath-our-feet/ Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:30:00 -0000 The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here's How Plants and Fungi Trade beneath Our Feet full Scientific American Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt.

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]]> 1021 no The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-fungi-economy-part-1-just-like-us-trees-are-experiencing-inflation/ Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0000 The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation full Scientific American Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency.

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]]> 872 no Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/could-weight-loss-drugs-curb-addiction-your-health-quickly-episode-12/ Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well as shed pounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12 full Scientific American Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well as shed pounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well as shed pounds.

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]]> 627 no How to Roll a Joint Perfectly, according to Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-roll-a-joint-perfectly-according-to-science/ Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:00:00 -0000 How to Roll a Joint Perfectly, according to Science full Scientific American Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff. 

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]]> 588 no Here's How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heres-how-ai-can-predict-hit-songs-with-frightening-accuracy/ New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Jul 2023 18:00:00 -0000 Here's How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy full Scientific American New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body. 

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]]> 701 no Here's Why Actors Are So Worried about AI https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heres-why-actors-are-so-worried-about-ai/ Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:03:00 -0000 Here's Why Actors Are So Worried about AI full Scientific American Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.”

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]]> 629 no Are You a Lucid Dreamer? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/are-you-a-lucid-dreamer/ A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:30:00 -0000 Are You a Lucid Dreamer? full Scientific American A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head.

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]]> 687 no Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--And Wrong--About Nuclear History https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heres-what-oppenheimer-gets-right-and-wrong-about-nuclear-history/ Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--And Wrong--About Nuclear History full Scientific American Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb.

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]]> 927 no How Stress Messes With Your Gut https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-stress-messes-with-your-gut/ Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0000 How Stress Messes With Your Gut full Scientific American Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress

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]]> 614 no Should We Care About AI's Emergent Abilities? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/should-we-care-about-ais-emergent-abilities/ Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Should We Care About AI's Emergent Abilities? full Scientific American Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work. 

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]]> 841 no What That Jazz Beat Tells Us about Hearing and The Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-that-jazz-beat-tells-us-about-hearing-and-the-brain/ Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:15:00 -0000 What That Jazz Beat Tells Us about Hearing and The Brain full Scientific American Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species.

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]]> 835 no Just like People, Orangutans Get Smoker's Voice https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/just-like-people-orangutans-get-smokers-voice/ New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0000 Just like People, Orangutans Get Smoker's Voice full Scientific American New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health.

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]]> 800 no Doctor AI Will See You Now https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/doctor-ai-will-see-you-now/ ChatGPT and other AI programs can offer medical advice. But how good are they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Doctor AI Will See You Now full Scientific American ChatGPT and other AI programs can offer medical advice. But how good are they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ChatGPT and other AI programs can offer medical advice. But how good are they?

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]]> 562 no El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For You? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/el-nino-is-back-what-does-that-mean-for-you/ The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0000 El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For You? full Scientific American The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather.

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]]> 463 no The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-how-your-brain-maps-the-world-sponsored/ John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation. This podcast was produced for the Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored] full Scientific American John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation. This podcast was produced for the Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation.

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]]> 595 no The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, and Scientists Just Heard Them (Maybe) https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-universe-is-abuzz-with-giant-gravitational-waves-and-scientists-just-heard-them-maybe/ Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jun 2023 21:00:00 -0000 The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, and Scientists Just Heard Them (Maybe) full Scientific American Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time.

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]]> 999 no Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/poisons-and-perils-on-the-salton-sea/ Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea full Scientific American Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake.

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]]> 673 no These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-ants-are-probably-better-at-navigating-than-you-are/ Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0000 These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are full Scientific American Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.

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]]> 274 no How to Cool Down Fast in Summer Heat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-cool-down-fast-in-summer-heat/ Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:00:00 -0000 How to Cool Down Fast in Summer Heat full Scientific American Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it.

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]]> 698 no Follow a Hurricane Expert into the Heart Of the Beast https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/follow-a-hurricane-expert-into-the-heart-of-the-beast1/ Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:05:00 -0000 Follow a Hurricane Expert into the Heart Of the Beast full Scientific American Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. 

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]]> 745 no Have Astronomers Seen the Universe's First Stars? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/have-astronomers-seen-the-universes-first-stars/ The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us our first glimpse of stars in the early universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Have Astronomers Seen the Universe's First Stars? full Scientific American The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us our first glimpse of stars in the early universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us our first glimpse of stars in the early universe.

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]]> 379 no Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cleo-the-mysterious-math-menace1/ In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace full Scientific American In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she?

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]]> 781 no MDMA Moves from Party Drug Back to Therapy Tool https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mdma-moves-from-club-drug-to-real-therapy/ The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 MDMA Moves from Party Drug Back to Therapy Tool full Scientific American The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD.

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]]> 661 no Five Things You Need to Know about Wildfire Smoke Right Now https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-wildfire-smoke-right-now/ Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0000 Five Things You Need to Know about Wildfire Smoke Right Now full Scientific American Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air?

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]]> 690 no These Predators Had a Face like an Axe and Will Haunt Your Nightmares https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-predators-had-a-face-like-an-axe-and-will-haunt-your-nightmares/ Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 These Predators Had a Face like an Axe and Will Haunt Your Nightmares full Scientific American Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating.

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]]> 531 no This Thunderous Goose Relative Was Built like a Tank with the Wings of a Songbird https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-thunderous-goose-relative-was-built-like-a-tank-with-the-wings-of-a-songbird1/ Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds—and for good reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 This Thunderous Goose Relative Was Built like a Tank with the Wings of a Songbird full Scientific American Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds—and for good reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds—and for good reason.

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]]> 603 no This Gargantuan Bird Weighed as Much as a Sports Car https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-gargantuan-bird-weighed-as-much-as-a-sports-car1/ The elephant bird was the heaviest bird to ever walk the earth. Also, its eggs were 150 times the size of a chicken egg and thick as a dinner plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000 This Gargantuan Bird Weighed as Much as a Sports Car full Scientific American The elephant bird was the heaviest bird to ever walk the earth. Also, its eggs were 150 times the size of a chicken egg and thick as a dinner plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The elephant bird was the heaviest bird to ever walk the earth. Also, its eggs were 150 times the size of a chicken egg and thick as a dinner plate.

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]]> 607 no This Massive Scientific Discovery Sat Hidden in a Museum Drawer for Decades https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-massive-scientific-discovery-sat-hidden-in-a-museum-drawer-for-decades1/ The fossil was a prehistoric bird called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 This Massive Scientific Discovery Sat Hidden in a Museum Drawer for Decades full Scientific American The fossil was a prehistoric bird called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The fossil was a prehistoric bird called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross. 

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]]> 678 no The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Machinery of the Cell [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-understanding-the-machinery-of-the-cell-sponsored/ James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 May 2023 15:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Machinery of the Cell [Sponsored] full Scientific American James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience?

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]]> 640 no What the End of the COVID Emergency Means for You https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-end-of-the-covid-emergency-and-what-it-means-for-you/ What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000 What the End of the COVID Emergency Means for You full Scientific American What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change

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]]> 664 no Heat Waves Are Breaking Records. Here's What You Need to Know https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heat-waves-are-breaking-records-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Heat Waves Are Breaking Records. Here's What You Need to Know full Scientific American From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.

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]]> 414 no Why We're Worried about Generative AI https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-were-worried-about-generative-ai/ From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 May 2023 15:00:00 -0000 Why We're Worried about Generative AI full Scientific American From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

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]]> 1082 no Dismantling the PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Legacy [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dismantling-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-legacy-sponsored/ More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 May 2023 15:00:00 -0000 Dismantling the PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Legacy [Sponsored] full Scientific American More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.

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]]> 545 no Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder through the 'Community' of Ella https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/understanding-dissociative-identity-disorder-through-the-community-of-ella1/ We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder through the 'Community' of Ella full Scientific American We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.

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]]> 973 no Is Time Travel Even Possible? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-time-travel-even-possible/ Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 May 2023 11:45:00 -0000 Is Time Travel Even Possible? full Scientific American Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

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]]> 521 no Parrot Babies Babble Just like Us https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/parrot-babies-babble-just-like-us/ Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Parrot Babies Babble Just like Us full Scientific American Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations
 

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]]> 453 no A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-19th-century-obscenity-law-is-being-used-again-to-limit-abortion/ Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 A 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Being Used Again to Limit Abortion full Scientific American Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books

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]]> 600 no These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-mini-ecosystems-existed-underfoot-of-dinosaurs-but-our-parking-lots-might-pave-them-to-extinction/ Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 May 2023 15:00:00 -0000 These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction full Scientific American Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Vernal pools are safe havens for creatures such as fairy shrimp, and they have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangaea and multiple ice ages. But humans are paving them over.

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]]> 590 no This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-600-million-room-contains-the-worlds-largest-collection-of-these-tiny-endangered-animals/ Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals full Scientific American Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp.

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]]> 571 no Surviving in the Ephemeral Pools of Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/surviving-in-the-ephemeral-pools-of-life/ Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Surviving in the Ephemeral Pools of Life full Scientific American Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist.

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]]> 631 no This Fleeting Ecosystem Is Magical, and You Have Probably Never Heard of It or Even Noticed It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-fleeting-ecosystem-is-magical-and-you-have-probably-never-heard-of-it-or-even-noticed-it/ Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 May 2023 06:00:00 -0000 This Fleeting Ecosystem Is Magical, and You Have Probably Never Heard of It or Even Noticed It full Scientific American Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat.

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]]> 530 no Do We Need To Save the Whales Again? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/do-we-need-to-save-the-whales-again/ A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:30:00 -0000 Do We Need To Save the Whales Again? full Scientific American A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A scientist who does whale necropsies — or in layman's terms, whale autopsies — tells us why so many dead whales are washing up on beaches. 

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]]> 505 no The Bad Side of 'Good' Cholesterol https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-bad-side-of-good-cholesterol/ Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000 The Bad Side of 'Good' Cholesterol full Scientific American Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems.

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]]> 554 no AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ai-chatbots-and-the-humans-who-love-them/ Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0000 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them full Scientific American Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be?

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]]> 818 no A Mission to Jupiter's Strange Moons Is Finally on Its Way https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-mission-to-jupiters-strange-moons-is-finally-on-its-way/ The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0000 A Mission to Jupiter's Strange Moons Is Finally on Its Way full Scientific American The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) and Europa Clipper missions will search for signs of habitability on three of Jupiter’s potentially ocean-bearing moons.

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]]> 523 no The Surprising Backstory behind Witch Hunts and Reproductive Labor https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-surprising-backstory-behind-witch-hunts-and-reproductive-labor/ Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000 The Surprising Backstory behind Witch Hunts and Reproductive Labor full Scientific American Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two of the foremost experts on witch hunts talk about the link between the formation of domestic labor and the rise of witch hunting.

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]]> 511 no What You Need to Know about GPT-4 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-you-need-to-know-about-gpt-4/ The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000 What You Need to Know about GPT-4 full Scientific American The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary. 

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]]> 642 no Good News for Coffee Lovers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/we-have-good-news-for-coffee-lovers/ A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Good News for Coffee Lovers full Scientific American A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A careful new study reveals coffee is generally safe for your heart and may boost your daily step count.

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]]> 666 no Meet the Magnificent Microbes of the Deep Unknown https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/meet-the-magnificent-microbes-of-the-deep-unknown/ These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals that would kill us pretty quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Meet the Magnificent Microbes of the Deep Unknown full Scientific American These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals that would kill us pretty quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices These two researchers journey toward the center of Earth—via windows to the crust—to find bacteria that can breathe iron, arsenic and other metals that would kill us pretty quickly.

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]]> 812 no How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-zombifying-fungi-became-master-manipulators/ The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000 How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators full Scientific American The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more.

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]]> 787 no Science Has New Ideas about 'Oumuamua's Weirdness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-has-new-ideas-about-oumuamuas-weirdness/ Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Science Has New Ideas about 'Oumuamua's Weirdness full Scientific American Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood.

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]]> 370 no Open Offices Aren't Working, so How Do We Design an Office That Does? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/open-offices-arent-working-so-how-do-we-design-an-office-that-does/ Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Open Offices Aren't Working, so How Do We Design an Office That Does? full Scientific American Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone. 

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]]> 764 no Cosmos, Quickly: Remembering the Genius of Vera Rubin https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cosmos-quickly-remembering-the-genius-of-vera-rubin/ Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Cosmos, Quickly: Remembering the Genius of Vera Rubin full Scientific American Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.

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]]> 717 no Long COVID's Roots in the Brain: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 3 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/long-covids-roots-in-the-brain-your-health-quickly-episode-3/ Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Long COVID's Roots in the Brain: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 3 full Scientific American Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system.

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]]> 736 no If AI Starts Making Music on Its Own, What Happens to Musicians? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/if-ai-starts-making-music-on-its-own-what-happens-to-musicians/ Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 If AI Starts Making Music on Its Own, What Happens to Musicians? full Scientific American Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.

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]]> 976 no Music-Making Artificial Intelligence Is Getting Scary Good https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/music-making-artificial-intelligence-is-getting-scary-good/ Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Music-Making Artificial Intelligence Is Getting Scary Good full Scientific American Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.

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]]> 1006 no Artificial Intelligence Helped Make the Coolest Song You've Heard This Week https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/artificial-intelligence-helped-make-the-coolest-song-youve-heard-this-week/ Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Artificial Intelligence Helped Make the Coolest Song You've Heard This Week full Scientific American Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease. Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease.

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]]> 879 no Space Force Humor, Laser Dazzlers, and the Havoc a War in Space Would Actually Wreak https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/space-force-humor-laser-dazzlers-and-the-havoc-a-war-in-space-would-actually-wreak/ In the inaugural episode of Cosmos, Quickly, we blast off with Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno of the Space Force, who is charged with protecting our space in space, particularly from Russia and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Space Force Humor, Laser Dazzlers, and the Havoc a War in Space Would Actually Wreak full Scientific American In the inaugural episode of Cosmos, Quickly, we blast off with Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno of the Space Force, who is charged with protecting our space in space, particularly from Russia and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the inaugural episode of Cosmos, Quickly, we blast off with Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno of the Space Force, who is charged with protecting our space in space, particularly from Russia and China.

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]]> 906 no Squeak Squeak, Buzz Buzz: How Researchers Are Using AI to Talk to Animals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/squeak-squeak-buzz-buzz-how-researchers-are-using-a-i-to-talk-to-animals/ The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Squeak Squeak, Buzz Buzz: How Researchers Are Using AI to Talk to Animals full Scientific American The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before.

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]]> 680 no RSV Vaccines Are Coming At Last: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 2 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rsv-vaccines-are-coming-at-last-your-health-quickly-episode-2/ A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 RSV Vaccines Are Coming At Last: Your Health, Quickly, Episode 2 full Scientific American A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval.

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]]> 622 no If the Mathematical Constant Pi Was a Song, What Would It Sound Like? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/if-the-mathematical-constant-pi-was-a-song-what-would-it-sound-like/ Every year on Pi Day, we have a reason to celebrate one of math’s most famous symbols. But this year we speak to someone who has captured it in song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 If the Mathematical Constant Pi Was a Song, What Would It Sound Like? full Scientific American Every year on Pi Day, we have a reason to celebrate one of math’s most famous symbols. But this year we speak to someone who has captured it in song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Every year on Pi Day, we have a reason to celebrate one of math’s most famous symbols. But this year we speak to someone who has captured it in song.

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]]> 657 no How To Stop a (Potentially Killer) Asteroid https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-stop-a-potentially-killer-asteroid/ We slammed a $330-million spaceship the size of a dairy cow into an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Here’s what we’re learning about how our first step in planetary defense could save us in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 How To Stop a (Potentially Killer) Asteroid full Scientific American We slammed a $330-million spaceship the size of a dairy cow into an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Here’s what we’re learning about how our first step in planetary defense could save us in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We slammed a $330-million spaceship the size of a dairy cow into an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Here’s what we’re learning about how our first step in planetary defense could save us in the future.

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]]> 548 no The Scientific Secret to Soothing Fussy Babies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-scientific-secret-to-soothing-fussy-babies/ Some animals’ babies physically relax when their parents whisk them away from danger. The same thing works for tiny, wailing humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 The Scientific Secret to Soothing Fussy Babies full Scientific American Some animals’ babies physically relax when their parents whisk them away from danger. The same thing works for tiny, wailing humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some animals’ babies physically relax when their parents whisk them away from danger. The same thing works for tiny, wailing humans.

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]]> 361 no How Helper Sharks Discovered the World's Largest Seagrass Ecosystem https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-helper-sharks-discovered-the-worlds-largest-seagrass-ecosystem/ Scientists partnered with tiger sharks to map seagrass—the unsung hero of ocean conservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 How Helper Sharks Discovered the World's Largest Seagrass Ecosystem full Scientific American Scientists partnered with tiger sharks to map seagrass—the unsung hero of ocean conservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists partnered with tiger sharks to map seagrass—the unsung hero of ocean conservation.

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]]> 415 no How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Turns into a Popsicle to Survive the Winter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-the-wooly-caterpillar-turns-into-a-popsicle-to-survive-the-winter/ Some caterpillars have evolved with antifreeze in their body cavity, allowing them to become cater-Popsicles to survive cold winters. But climate change could threaten that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Turns into a Popsicle to Survive the Winter full Scientific American Some caterpillars have evolved with antifreeze in their body cavity, allowing them to become cater-Popsicles to survive cold winters. But climate change could threaten that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some caterpillars have evolved with antifreeze in their body cavity, allowing them to become cater-Popsicles to survive cold winters. But climate change could threaten that.

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]]> 444 no The Pandemic's Mental Toll, and Does Telehealth Work? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 1 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-pandemics-mental-toll-and-does-telehealth-work-your-health-quickly-episode-1/ Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000 The Pandemic's Mental Toll, and Does Telehealth Work? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 1 full Scientific American Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic.

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]]> 696 no Does Not Being Able to Picture Something in Your Mind Affect Your Creativity? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/does-not-being-able-to-picture-something-in-your-mind-affect-your-creativity/ Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:30:00 -0000 Does Not Being Able to Picture Something in Your Mind Affect Your Creativity? full Scientific American Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it.

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]]> 429 no Sorry, UFO Hunters--You Might Just Be Looking at a Spy Balloon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sorry-ufo-hunters-you-might-just-be-looking-at-a-spy-balloon/ From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Sorry, UFO Hunters--You Might Just Be Looking at a Spy Balloon full Scientific American From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha.

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]]> 529 no Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/building-resilience-in-the-face-of-climate-change-sponsored/ Successfully mitigating the impacts of climate change will rely heavily on innovation in science and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:00:00 -0000 Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change [Sponsored] full Scientific American Successfully mitigating the impacts of climate change will rely heavily on innovation in science and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Successfully mitigating the impacts of climate change will rely heavily on innovation in science and technology.

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]]> 423 no How Do We Find Aliens? Maybe Unlearn What We Know About 'Life' First https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-do-we-find-aliens-maybe-unlearn-what-we-know-about-life-first/ Science might be redefining what “life out there” really means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0000 How Do We Find Aliens? Maybe Unlearn What We Know About 'Life' First full Scientific American Science might be redefining what “life out there” really means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science might be redefining what “life out there” really means.

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]]> 586 no Love and the Brain: Do Partnerships Really Make Us Happy? Here's What the Science Says https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/love-and-the-brain-do-partnerships-really-make-us-happy-heres-what-the-science-says/ How romance affects our well-being is a lot more complicated than “they lived happily ever after.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0000 Love and the Brain: Do Partnerships Really Make Us Happy? Here's What the Science Says full Scientific American How romance affects our well-being is a lot more complicated than “they lived happily ever after.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How romance affects our well-being is a lot more complicated than “they lived happily ever after.”

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]]> 968 no Love and the Brain: The Animal Matchmaker and the Panda Romeo and Juliet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/love-and-the-brain-the-animal-matchmaker-and-the-panda-romeo-and-juliet/ In fair zoo-ona, a pair of star-cross’d pandas take their life. And we learn about whether or not animals can fall in love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Love and the Brain: The Animal Matchmaker and the Panda Romeo and Juliet full Scientific American In fair zoo-ona, a pair of star-cross’d pandas take their life. And we learn about whether or not animals can fall in love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In fair zoo-ona, a pair of star-cross’d pandas take their life. And we learn about whether or not animals can fall in love.

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]]> 757 no Love and the Brain: How Attached Are We to Attachment Styles? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/love-and-the-brain-part-2-how-attached-are-we-to-attachment-styles/ Are you “anxious,” “avoidant” or “disorganized?” So-called attachment styles have taken the Internet by storm. But it turns out there’s a lot more to unpack than people think.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0000 Love and the Brain: How Attached Are We to Attachment Styles? full Scientific American Are you “anxious,” “avoidant” or “disorganized?” So-called attachment styles have taken the Internet by storm. But it turns out there’s a lot more to unpack than people think.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Are you “anxious,” “avoidant” or “disorganized?” So-called attachment styles have taken the Internet by storm. But it turns out there’s a lot more to unpack than people think. 

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]]> 777 no Love and the Brain, Part 1: The 36 Questions, Revisited https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/love-and-the-brain-part-1-the-36-questions-revisited/ Host Shayla Love dives into the true story behind the now infamous 36 questions that lead to love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0000 Love and the Brain, Part 1: The 36 Questions, Revisited full Scientific American Host Shayla Love dives into the true story behind the now infamous 36 questions that lead to love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Shayla Love dives into the true story behind the now infamous 36 questions that lead to love.

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]]> 822 no Coming Soon to Your Podcast Feed: Science, Quickly https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coming-soon-to-your-podcast-feed-science-quickly/ A new era in Scientific American audio history is about to drop starting next week. Get ready for a science variety show guaranteed to quench your curiosity in under 10 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000 Coming Soon to Your Podcast Feed: Science, Quickly full Scientific American A new era in Scientific American audio history is about to drop starting next week. Get ready for a science variety show guaranteed to quench your curiosity in under 10 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new era in Scientific American audio history is about to drop starting next week. Get ready for a science variety show guaranteed to quench your curiosity in under 10 minutes.

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]]> 325 no The 60-Second Podcast Takes a Short Break--But Wait, There's More https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-60-second-podcast-takes-a-short-break-8212-but-wait-theres-more/ Scientific American’s short-form podcast has been going for 16 years, three months and seven days, counting today. But it’s time for us to evolve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0000 The 60-Second Podcast Takes a Short Break--But Wait, There's More full Scientific American Scientific American’s short-form podcast has been going for 16 years, three months and seven days, counting today. But it’s time for us to evolve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American’s short-form podcast has been going for 16 years, three months and seven days, counting today. But it’s time for us to evolve.

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]]> 273 no Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-your-phone-actually-draining-your-brain/ A new study puts the “brain drain hypothesis”—the idea that just having a phone next to you impacts your cognition—to the test to see if the science passes muster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:30:00 -0000 Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain? full Scientific American A new study puts the “brain drain hypothesis”—the idea that just having a phone next to you impacts your cognition—to the test to see if the science passes muster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study puts the “brain drain hypothesis”—the idea that just having a phone next to you impacts your cognition—to the test to see if the science passes muster.

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]]> 494 no Why Your Dog Might Think You're a Bonehead https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-your-dog-might-think-you-rsquo-re-a-bonehead/ The verdict is in: female dogs actively evaluate human competence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Why Your Dog Might Think You're a Bonehead full Scientific American The verdict is in: female dogs actively evaluate human competence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The verdict is in: female dogs actively evaluate human competence.

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]]> 299 no Alaska's Protective Sea Ice Wall Is Crumbling because of the Climate Crisis https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alaskas-protective-sea-ice-wall-is-crumbling-due-to-the-climate-crisis/ A massive storm slammed into Alaska’s western coast, and there was no ice to stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Alaska's Protective Sea Ice Wall Is Crumbling because of the Climate Crisis full Scientific American A massive storm slammed into Alaska’s western coast, and there was no ice to stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A massive storm slammed into Alaska’s western coast, and there was no ice to stop it.


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]]> 480 no It's the Bass That Makes Us Boogie https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/its-the-bass-that-makes-us-boogie/ Concertgoers danced more when music was supplemented with low-frequency bass tones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0000 It's the Bass That Makes Us Boogie full Scientific American Concertgoers danced more when music was supplemented with low-frequency bass tones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Concertgoers danced more when music was supplemented with low-frequency bass tones.

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]]> 378 no How Vaccines Saved Money and Lives and China's Zero-COVID Protests: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 44 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-vaccines-saved-money-and-lives-and-chinas-zero-covid-protests-covid-quickly-podcast-episode-44/ Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:45:00 -0000 How Vaccines Saved Money and Lives and China's Zero-COVID Protests: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 44 full Scientific American Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies.

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]]> 531 no 'Chatty Turtles' Flip the Script on the Evolutionary Origins of Vocalization in Animals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chatty-turtles-flip-the-script-on-the-evolutionary-origins-of-vocalization-in-animals/ Recordings of more than 50 species of turtles and other animals help scientists reassess the origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0000 'Chatty Turtles' Flip the Script on the Evolutionary Origins of Vocalization in Animals full Scientific American Recordings of more than 50 species of turtles and other animals help scientists reassess the origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recordings of more than 50 species of turtles and other animals help scientists reassess the origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates.

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]]> 474 no Tardigrades, an Unlikely Sleeping Beauty https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tardrigrades-an-unlikely-sleeping-beauty/ Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0000 Tardigrades, an Unlikely Sleeping Beauty full Scientific American Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme.

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]]> 423 no A Burned Redwood Forest Tells a Story of Climate Change, Past, Present and Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-burned-redwood-forest-tells-a-story-of-climate-change-past-present-and-future/ From the ashes of the giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park arise a history of fire suppression and real questions about what happens to the forests in a drought-stricken West Coast going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Nov 2022 05:30:00 -0000 A Burned Redwood Forest Tells a Story of Climate Change, Past, Present and Future full Scientific American From the ashes of the giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park arise a history of fire suppression and real questions about what happens to the forests in a drought-stricken West Coast going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From the ashes of the giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park arise a history of fire suppression and real questions about what happens to the forests in a drought-stricken West Coast going forward.

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]]> 481 no Antivirals Could Reduce Long COVID Risk and How Well the New Boosters Work: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 43 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antivirals-could-reduce-long-covid-risk-and-how-well-the-new-boosters-work-covid-quickly-podcast-episode-43/ In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:30:00 -0000 Antivirals Could Reduce Long COVID Risk and How Well the New Boosters Work: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 43 full Scientific American In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity.

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]]> 361 no A Honeybee Swarm Has as Much Electric Charge as a Thundercloud https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-honeybee-swarm-has-as-much-electric-charge-as-a-thundercloud/ New research shows that bees “buzz” in more than the way you might think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0000 A Honeybee Swarm Has as Much Electric Charge as a Thundercloud full Scientific American New research shows that bees “buzz” in more than the way you might think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that bees “buzz” in more than the way you might think.

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]]> 383 no These Punk Rock Penguins Have a Bizarre Breeding Strategy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-punk-rock-penguins-have-a-bizarre-breeding-strategy/ New Zealand’s erect-crested penguin lays two eggs but rejects the first one—the opposite of how most birds prioritize their offspring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:30:00 -0000 These Punk Rock Penguins Have a Bizarre Breeding Strategy full Scientific American New Zealand’s erect-crested penguin lays two eggs but rejects the first one—the opposite of how most birds prioritize their offspring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New Zealand’s erect-crested penguin lays two eggs but rejects the first one—the opposite of how most birds prioritize their offspring.

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]]> 232 no The Viral Triple Threat and Why You Need a Booster: COVID, Quickly, Episode 42 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-viral-triple-threat-and-why-you-need-a-booster-covid-quickly-episode-42/ COVID, flu and RSV are surging. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:30:00 -0000 The Viral Triple Threat and Why You Need a Booster: COVID, Quickly, Episode 42 full Scientific American COVID, flu and RSV are surging. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices COVID, flu and RSV are surging. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.

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]]> 478 no What You Need to Know about Iran's Surveillance Tech https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-you-need-to-know-about-irans-surveillance-tech/ Scientific American technology editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:00:00 -0000 What You Need to Know about Iran's Surveillance Tech full Scientific American Scientific American technology editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American technology editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens.

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]]> 416 no Delivering Equitable Lung Cancer Care [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/delivering-equitable-lung-cancer-care-sponsored/ As recent advances improve the prospects of detecting and catching lung cancer early, a new challenge arises: how to ensure people worldwide, regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances, benefit from new clinical tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Delivering Equitable Lung Cancer Care [Sponsored] full Scientific American As recent advances improve the prospects of detecting and catching lung cancer early, a new challenge arises: how to ensure people worldwide, regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances, benefit from new clinical tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As recent advances improve the prospects of detecting and catching lung cancer early, a new challenge arises: how to ensure people worldwide, regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances, benefit from new clinical tools.

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]]> 421 no New Halloween 'Scariant' Variants and Boosting Your Immunity: COVID, Quickly, Episode 41 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-halloween-scariant-variants-and-boosting-your-immunity-covid-quickly-episode-41/ In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you’ve already had the disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:30:00 -0000 New Halloween 'Scariant' Variants and Boosting Your Immunity: COVID, Quickly, Episode 41 full Scientific American In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you’ve already had the disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you’ve already had the disease.

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]]> 526 no These Hawks Have Figured Out How to See the Bat in the Swarm https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-hawks-have-figured-out-how-to-see-the-bat-in-the-swarm/ New research shows that birds of prey attempting to grab a bat from a roiling mass of the flying mammals have developed a way to cope with the confusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0000 These Hawks Have Figured Out How to See the Bat in the Swarm full Scientific American New research shows that birds of prey attempting to grab a bat from a roiling mass of the flying mammals have developed a way to cope with the confusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that birds of prey attempting to grab a bat from a roiling mass of the flying mammals have developed a way to cope with the confusion.

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]]> 327 no Naps Not Needed to Make New Memories https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/naps-not-needed-to-make-new-memories/ Rats kept awake after exploring novel objects remembered the original items but not where they’d seen those objects, raising interesting questions about human sleep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:00:00 -0000 Naps Not Needed to Make New Memories full Scientific American Rats kept awake after exploring novel objects remembered the original items but not where they’d seen those objects, raising interesting questions about human sleep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rats kept awake after exploring novel objects remembered the original items but not where they’d seen those objects, raising interesting questions about human sleep.

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]]> 401 no How the Pandemic Shortened Life Expectancy and New Drugs on the Horizon: COVID, Quickly, Episode 40 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-the-pandemic-shortened-life-expectancy-and-new-drugs-on-the-horizon-covid-quickly-episode-40/ In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000 How the Pandemic Shortened Life Expectancy and New Drugs on the Horizon: COVID, Quickly, Episode 40 full Scientific American In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are.

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]]> 538 no Engineering the Treatment of Early-Stage Lung Cancer [SPONSORED] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/engineering-the-treatment-of-early-stage-lung-cancer-sponsored/ Early-stage lung cancers are not only difficult to diagnose—they’ve also proved difficult to curatively treat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Engineering the Treatment of Early-Stage Lung Cancer [SPONSORED] full Scientific American Early-stage lung cancers are not only difficult to diagnose—they’ve also proved difficult to curatively treat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Early-stage lung cancers are not only difficult to diagnose—they’ve also proved difficult to curatively treat.

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]]> 438 no Rediscovered Red Wolf Genes May Help Conserve the Species https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rediscovered-red-wolf-genes-may-help-conserve-the-species/ A surprising new gene discovery in coyotes may help conserve the critically endangered wolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:00:00 -0000 Rediscovered Red Wolf Genes May Help Conserve the Species full Scientific American A surprising new gene discovery in coyotes may help conserve the critically endangered wolf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A surprising new gene discovery in coyotes may help conserve the critically endangered wolf.

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]]> 329 no What the Disease Feels Like, and Presidents Can't End Pandemics: COVID, Quickly, Episode 39 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-the-disease-feels-like-and-presidents-cant-end-pandemics-covid-quickly-episode-39/ On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:30:00 -0000 What the Disease Feels Like, and Presidents Can't End Pandemics: COVID, Quickly, Episode 39 full Scientific American On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over.

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]]> 526 no These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-spiders-use-their-webs-like-huge-silky-ears/ A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds—and that they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000 These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears full Scientific American A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds—and that they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds—and that they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them.

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]]> 427 no Chewing Consumes a Surprising Amount of Energy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chewing-consumes-a-surprising-amount-of-energy/ Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Chewing Consumes a Surprising Amount of Energy full Scientific American Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws.

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]]> 283 no These Bats Buzz like Bees to Save Their Own Lives https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-bats-buzz-like-bees-to-save-their-own-lives/ New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect—an acquired skill that could just save certain bats’ skin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0000 These Bats Buzz like Bees to Save Their Own Lives full Scientific American New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect—an acquired skill that could just save certain bats’ skin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect—an acquired skill that could just save certain bats’ skin.

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]]> 344 no Unvaxxed Kids and 8 Days a Week (of Isolation): COVID, Quickly, Episode 38 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/unvaxxed-kids-and-8-days-a-week-of-isolation-covid-quickly-episode-38/ This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0000 Unvaxxed Kids and 8 Days a Week (of Isolation): COVID, Quickly, Episode 38 full Scientific American This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually).

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]]> 502 no Listen to Images from the James Webb Space Telescope https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/listen-to-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ It turns out that making new views of the universe accessible to those with vision impairment has required some deep thought—and carefully chosen words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Listen to Images from the James Webb Space Telescope full Scientific American It turns out that making new views of the universe accessible to those with vision impairment has required some deep thought—and carefully chosen words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It turns out that making new views of the universe accessible to those with vision impairment has required some deep thought—and carefully chosen words.

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]]> 534 no These Tiny Pollinators Can Travel Surprisingly Huge Distances https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-tiny-pollinators-can-travel-surprisingly-huge-distances/ It turns out that hoverflies may fly hundreds or even thousands of miles—all to help pollinate our flowers and vegetables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:00:00 -0000 These Tiny Pollinators Can Travel Surprisingly Huge Distances full Scientific American It turns out that hoverflies may fly hundreds or even thousands of miles—all to help pollinate our flowers and vegetables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It turns out that hoverflies may fly hundreds or even thousands of miles—all to help pollinate our flowers and vegetables.

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]]> 201 no During a Heat Wave, You Can Blast the AC, but What Does a Squirrel Do? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/during-a-heat-wave-you-can-blast-the-ac-but-what-does-a-squirrel-do/ Although recent spikes in temperature affect all of us, our urban critters have had to find their own ways to beat the heat. Sometimes they “sploot.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0000 During a Heat Wave, You Can Blast the AC, but What Does a Squirrel Do? full Scientific American Although recent spikes in temperature affect all of us, our urban critters have had to find their own ways to beat the heat. Sometimes they “sploot.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Although recent spikes in temperature affect all of us, our urban critters have had to find their own ways to beat the heat. Sometimes they “sploot.”

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]]> 474 no Back-to-School Special: Kids, Tests and Long COVID Reassurance: COVID, Quickly, Episode 37 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/back-to-school-special-kids-tests-and-long-covid-reassurance-covid-quickly-episode-37/ This is our back-to-school special episode of COVID, Quickly. We’ll talk about why COVID testing is about to become a school problem—and about whether or not kids are at risk for long COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:45:00 -0000 Back-to-School Special: Kids, Tests and Long COVID Reassurance: COVID, Quickly, Episode 37 full Scientific American This is our back-to-school special episode of COVID, Quickly. We’ll talk about why COVID testing is about to become a school problem—and about whether or not kids are at risk for long COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is our back-to-school special episode of COVID, Quickly. We’ll talk about why COVID testing is about to become a school problem—and about whether or not kids are at risk for long COVID.

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]]> 545 no This Artificial Intelligence Learns like a Baby https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-artificial-intelligence-learns-like-a-widdle-baby/ Engineers at the company DeepMind built a machine-learning system based on research on how babies’ brain works, and it did better on certain tasks than its conventional counterparts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0000 This Artificial Intelligence Learns like a Baby full Scientific American Engineers at the company DeepMind built a machine-learning system based on research on how babies’ brain works, and it did better on certain tasks than its conventional counterparts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Engineers at the company DeepMind built a machine-learning system based on research on how babies’ brain works, and it did better on certain tasks than its conventional counterparts.

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]]> 231 no Understanding the Inner Workings of Stars [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/understanding-the-inner-workings-of-stars-sponsored/ Conny Aerts is an astrophysicist and a pioneer of asteroseismology. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for her research and leadership that has laid the foundations of solar and stellar structure theory, and revolutionized our understanding of the interiors of stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Understanding the Inner Workings of Stars [Sponsored] full Scientific American Conny Aerts is an astrophysicist and a pioneer of asteroseismology. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for her research and leadership that has laid the foundations of solar and stellar structure theory, and revolutionized our understanding of the interiors of stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Conny Aerts is an astrophysicist and a pioneer of asteroseismology. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for her research and leadership that has laid the foundations of solar and stellar structure theory, and revolutionized our understanding of the interiors of stars.

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]]> 661 no Dogs Actually Tear Up When Their Owners Come Home https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dogs-actually-tear-up-when-their-owners-come-home/ Our puppies’ eyes well up, a reaction caused by oxytocin, which makes us want to take care of them even more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0000 Dogs Actually Tear Up When Their Owners Come Home full Scientific American Our puppies’ eyes well up, a reaction caused by oxytocin, which makes us want to take care of them even more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Our puppies’ eyes well up, a reaction caused by oxytocin, which makes us want to take care of them even more.

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]]> 266 no A Lifelong Quest to Improve Mental Health among Cancer Patients [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-lifelong-quest-to-improve-mental-health-among-cancer-patients-sponsored/ Recognizing those who are making a meaningful impact in the lives of cancer patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the President’s Award. We reconnected with Margaret Stauffer, the 2021 winner, to hear more about what’s happened since she received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0000 A Lifelong Quest to Improve Mental Health among Cancer Patients [Sponsored] full Scientific American Recognizing those who are making a meaningful impact in the lives of cancer patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the President’s Award. We reconnected with Margaret Stauffer, the 2021 winner, to hear more about what’s happened since she received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recognizing those who are making a meaningful impact in the lives of cancer patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the President’s Award. We reconnected with Margaret Stauffer, the 2021 winner, to hear more about what’s happened since she received the award.

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]]> 666 no How Next-Generation Sequencing Can Enable Precision Oncology [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-next-generation-sequencing-can-enable-precision-oncology-sponsored/ Celebrating those who enhance the ability to provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the Catalyst for Precision Medicine Award. We prepared for this year’s awards by reconnecting with the 2021 winner, Dr. Colin Pritchard, to hear more about what’s happened since he received the award.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0000 How Next-Generation Sequencing Can Enable Precision Oncology [Sponsored] full Scientific American Celebrating those who enhance the ability to provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the Catalyst for Precision Medicine Award. We prepared for this year’s awards by reconnecting with the 2021 winner, Dr. Colin Pritchard, to hear more about what’s happened since he received the award.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Celebrating those who enhance the ability to provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the Catalyst for Precision Medicine Award. We prepared for this year’s awards by reconnecting with the 2021 winner, Dr. Colin Pritchard, to hear more about what’s happened since he received the award. 

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]]> 667 no Hawking, a Paradox and a Black Hole Mystery, Solved? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hawking-a-paradox-and-a-black-hole-mystery-solved/ We do not have a theory to tell us everything about how a black hole works, but new research is shedding a least some light on one of their many mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Hawking, a Paradox and a Black Hole Mystery, Solved? full Scientific American We do not have a theory to tell us everything about how a black hole works, but new research is shedding a least some light on one of their many mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We do not have a theory to tell us everything about how a black hole works, but new research is shedding a least some light on one of their many mysteries.

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]]> 541 no Monkeypox Update and Homing in on Long COVID: COVID, Quickly, Episode 36 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/monkeypox-update-and-homing-in-on-long-covid-covid-quickly-episode-36/ On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we take a few minutes to talk about the other virus making headlines—and then return to long COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0000 Monkeypox Update and Homing in on Long COVID: COVID, Quickly, Episode 36 full Scientific American On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we take a few minutes to talk about the other virus making headlines—and then return to long COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we take a few minutes to talk about the other virus making headlines—and then return to long COVID.

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]]> 699 no Fueling Patients' Drive to Treatment [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fueling-patients-drive-to-treatment-sponsored/ Celebrating those who significantly improve access to cancer care for underserved populations, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Change Award. We spoke with the 2021 award winner, Tomma Hargraves, to learn more about what’s happened since she received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Fueling Patients' Drive to Treatment [Sponsored] full Scientific American Celebrating those who significantly improve access to cancer care for underserved populations, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Change Award. We spoke with the 2021 award winner, Tomma Hargraves, to learn more about what’s happened since she received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Celebrating those who significantly improve access to cancer care for underserved populations, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Change Award. We spoke with the 2021 award winner, Tomma Hargraves, to learn more about what’s happened since she received the award.

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]]> 749 no Researchers Created a Potion That Turns Loud Lions into Placid Pussycats https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/researchers-created-a-potion-that-turns-loud-lions-into-placid-pussycats/ A single whiff of oxytocin, a chemical that some call the “love hormone,” promotes tolerance among lions at a wildlife sanctuary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Researchers Created a Potion That Turns Loud Lions into Placid Pussycats full Scientific American A single whiff of oxytocin, a chemical that some call the “love hormone,” promotes tolerance among lions at a wildlife sanctuary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A single whiff of oxytocin, a chemical that some call the “love hormone,” promotes tolerance among lions at a wildlife sanctuary.

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]]> 480 no Reaching the Root of Disparities in Cancer Care [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/reaching-the-root-of-disparities-in-cancer-care-sponsored/ Celebrating those who strive to overcome disparities in cancer care to bring quality services to their patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, created the Catalyst for Equity Award. We spoke with Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, executive director of Equal Hope and winner of the award in 2021, to learn more about what’s happened since her organization received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Reaching the Root of Disparities in Cancer Care [Sponsored] full Scientific American Celebrating those who strive to overcome disparities in cancer care to bring quality services to their patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, created the Catalyst for Equity Award. We spoke with Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, executive director of Equal Hope and winner of the award in 2021, to learn more about what’s happened since her organization received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Celebrating those who strive to overcome disparities in cancer care to bring quality services to their patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, created the Catalyst for Equity Award. We spoke with Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, executive director of Equal Hope and winner of the award in 2021, to learn more about what’s happened since her organization received the award.

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]]> 540 no For Some Dolphins, the Key to Mating is Rolling with a Tight, Noisy Crew https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-some-dolphins-the-key-to-mating-is-rolling-with-a-tight-noisy-crew/ A pair of studies show that male bottlenose dolphins rely on wingmen when wooing mates—and that they cultivate these friendships by being vocal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:00:00 -0000 For Some Dolphins, the Key to Mating is Rolling with a Tight, Noisy Crew full Scientific American A pair of studies show that male bottlenose dolphins rely on wingmen when wooing mates—and that they cultivate these friendships by being vocal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A pair of studies show that male bottlenose dolphins rely on wingmen when wooing mates—and that they cultivate these friendships by being vocal.

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]]> 410 no A Source of Integrative Support for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-source-of-integrative-support-for-breast-and-ovarian-cancer-patients-sponsored/ Celebrating those who are making a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Care Award. We spoke with the 2021 winner, Unite for HER’s founder and CEO Sue Weldon, to hear more about what’s happened since her organization received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0000 A Source of Integrative Support for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients [Sponsored] full Scientific American Celebrating those who are making a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Care Award. We spoke with the 2021 winner, Unite for HER’s founder and CEO Sue Weldon, to hear more about what’s happened since her organization received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Celebrating those who are making a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Care Award. We spoke with the 2021 winner, Unite for HER’s founder and CEO Sue Weldon, to hear more about what’s happened since her organization received the award.

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]]> 728 no How Common Are Reinfections? And How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-common-are-reinfections-and-how-trust-can-beat-the-virus-covid-quickly-episode-35/ On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0000 How Common Are Reinfections? And How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35 full Scientific American On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic.

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]]> 555 no The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Molecules [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-understanding-molecules-sponsored/ Jacob Sagiv is a chemist who studies properties of self-assembled monolayers. This year, he shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Molecules [Sponsored] full Scientific American Jacob Sagiv is a chemist who studies properties of self-assembled monolayers. This year, he shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jacob Sagiv is a chemist who studies properties of self-assembled monolayers. This year, he shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his research.

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]]> 695 no Transforming the Trajectory of Lung Cancer [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/transforming-the-trajectory-of-lung-cancer-sponsored/ Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer deaths in the world. But how many lives would be saved if doctors could diagnose and treat it before it progresses? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Transforming the Trajectory of Lung Cancer [Sponsored] full Scientific American Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer deaths in the world. But how many lives would be saved if doctors could diagnose and treat it before it progresses? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer deaths in the world. But how many lives would be saved if doctors could diagnose and treat it before it progresses?

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]]> 616 no Polar Bears That Persist https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/polar-bears-that-persist/ A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0000 Polar Bears That Persist full Scientific American A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears.

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]]> 280 no Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/omicrons-nasty-new-variants-and-better-boosters-to-battle-them-covid-quickly-episode-34/ On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Jul 2022 06:30:00 -0000 Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34 full Scientific American On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead?

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]]> 499 no A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-remote-controlled-carnivorous-plant/ Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:30:00 -0000 A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant? full Scientific American Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.

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]]> 245 no Kids' Vaccines at Last and Challenges in Making New Drugs: COVID, Quickly, Episode 33 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kids-vaccines-at-last-and-challenges-in-making-new-drugs-covid-quickly-episode-33/ On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we discuss some parents breathing a collective sigh of relief and the paradox of how effective vaccines can make it harder to create new drugs to treat patients who get the coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Kids' Vaccines at Last and Challenges in Making New Drugs: COVID, Quickly, Episode 33 full Scientific American On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we discuss some parents breathing a collective sigh of relief and the paradox of how effective vaccines can make it harder to create new drugs to treat patients who get the coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we discuss some parents breathing a collective sigh of relief and the paradox of how effective vaccines can make it harder to create new drugs to treat patients who get the coronavirus.

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]]> 579 no How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-ai-facial-recognition-is-helping-conserve-pumas/ Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:15:00 -0000 How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas full Scientific American Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species.


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]]> 337 no The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-understanding-neurodevelopment-and-neurodegeneration-sponsored/ Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration [Sponsored] full Scientific American Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders.

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]]> 614 no Female CEOs Change How Firms Talk about Women https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/female-ceos-change-how-firms-talk-about-women/ Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0000 Female CEOs Change How Firms Talk about Women full Scientific American Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold.

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]]> 337 no COVID Death Rates Explained, Dismal Booster Stats and New Vaccines https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-death-rates-explained-dismal-booster-stats-and-new-vaccines/ On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we clear up some data misconceptions, get to the bottom of the booster uptake issue and talk Novavax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:00:00 -0000 COVID Death Rates Explained, Dismal Booster Stats and New Vaccines full Scientific American On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we clear up some data misconceptions, get to the bottom of the booster uptake issue and talk Novavax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we clear up some data misconceptions, get to the bottom of the booster uptake issue and talk Novavax.

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]]> 545 no Hedgehogs Host the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hedgehogs-host-the-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance/ Bacteria resistant to methicillin emerged in hedgehogs long before the drug was prescribed to treat infections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:00:00 -0000 Hedgehogs Host the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance full Scientific American Bacteria resistant to methicillin emerged in hedgehogs long before the drug was prescribed to treat infections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bacteria resistant to methicillin emerged in hedgehogs long before the drug was prescribed to treat infections.

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]]> 336 no Meerkats Are Getting Climate Sick https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/meerkats-are-getting-climate-sick/ For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Meerkats Are Getting Climate Sick full Scientific American For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis.

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]]> 278 no 'Where Are Vaccines for Little Kids?' and the Latest on Long COVID https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/where-are-vaccines-for-little-kids-and-the-latest-on-long-covid/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 May 2022 18:00:00 -0000 'Where Are Vaccines for Little Kids?' and the Latest on Long COVID full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 559 no Your Phone Could Be Used to Prosecute for Getting an Abortion: Here's How https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/your-phone-could-be-used-to-prosecute-for-getting-an-abortion-heres-how/ Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 May 2022 21:00:00 -0000 Your Phone Could Be Used to Prosecute for Getting an Abortion: Here's How full Scientific American Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data.

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]]> 443 no If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/if-sea-ice-melts-in-the-arctic-do-trees-burn-in-california/ A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 May 2022 12:00:00 -0000 If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California? full Scientific American A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S.

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]]> 399 no How to Care for COVID at Home, and Is That Sniffle Allergies or the Virus? COVID Quickly, Episode 30 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-care-for-covid-at-home-and-is-that-sniffle-allergies-or-the-virus-covid-quickly-episode-30/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 May 2022 10:30:00 -0000 How to Care for COVID at Home, and Is That Sniffle Allergies or the Virus? COVID Quickly, Episode 30 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 575 no How Astronomers Finally Captured a Photo of our Own Galaxy's Black Hole https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-astronomers-finally-captured-a-photo-of-our-own-galaxys-black-hole/ It took hundreds of researchers and many telescopes to capture an image of the black hole at the middle of our Milky Way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 May 2022 10:40:00 -0000 How Astronomers Finally Captured a Photo of our Own Galaxy's Black Hole full Scientific American It took hundreds of researchers and many telescopes to capture an image of the black hole at the middle of our Milky Way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It took hundreds of researchers and many telescopes to capture an image of the black hole at the middle of our Milky Way.

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]]> 307 no Two-Headed Worms Tell Us Something Fascinating about Evolution https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/two-headed-worms-tell-us-something-fascinating-about-evolution/ Researchers looked back at more than 100 years of research and found that a fascination with annelids with mixed up appendages was strong—and that research still has relevance today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Two-Headed Worms Tell Us Something Fascinating about Evolution full Scientific American Researchers looked back at more than 100 years of research and found that a fascination with annelids with mixed up appendages was strong—and that research still has relevance today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers looked back at more than 100 years of research and found that a fascination with annelids with mixed up appendages was strong—and that research still has relevance today.

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]]> 443 no The Harmful Effects of Overturning Roe v. Wade https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-harmful-effects-of-overturning-roe-v-wade/ A landmark study of women who were turned away from getting the procedure found that being forced to have a child worsened their health and economic status. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 May 2022 16:45:00 -0000 The Harmful Effects of Overturning Roe v. Wade full Scientific American A landmark study of women who were turned away from getting the procedure found that being forced to have a child worsened their health and economic status. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A landmark study of women who were turned away from getting the procedure found that being forced to have a child worsened their health and economic status.

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]]> 441 no Safer Indoor Air, and People Want Masks on Planes and Trains: COVID Quickly, Episode 29 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/safer-indoor-air-and-people-want-masks-on-planes-and-trains-covid-quickly-episode-29/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 May 2022 18:00:00 -0000 Safer Indoor Air, and People Want Masks on Planes and Trains: COVID Quickly, Episode 29 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 430 no Climate Change Is Shrinking Animals, Especially Bird-Brained Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-change-is-shrinking-animals-especially-bird-brained-birds/ As the world warms, many animals are getting smaller. For birds, new research shows what they have upstairs may just make a different in how much smaller they get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Climate Change Is Shrinking Animals, Especially Bird-Brained Birds full Scientific American As the world warms, many animals are getting smaller. For birds, new research shows what they have upstairs may just make a different in how much smaller they get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As the world warms, many animals are getting smaller. For birds, new research shows what they have upstairs may just make a different in how much smaller they get.

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]]> 315 no Cosmic Simulation Shows How Dark-Matter-Deficient Galaxies Confront Goliath and Survive https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cosmic-simulation-shows-how-dark-matter-deficient-galaxies-confront-goliath-and-survive/ A research team finds seven tiny dwarf galaxies stripped of their dark matter that nonetheless persisted despite the theft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Cosmic Simulation Shows How Dark-Matter-Deficient Galaxies Confront Goliath and Survive full Scientific American A research team finds seven tiny dwarf galaxies stripped of their dark matter that nonetheless persisted despite the theft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A research team finds seven tiny dwarf galaxies stripped of their dark matter that nonetheless persisted despite the theft.

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]]> 423 no Venturing Back to the Office and the Benefits of Hybrid Immunity: COVID Quickly, Episode 28 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-benefits-of-hybrid-immunity-and-venturing-back-to-the-office-covid-quickly-episode-28/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:30:00 -0000 Venturing Back to the Office and the Benefits of Hybrid Immunity: COVID Quickly, Episode 28 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 487 no Science Finally Has a Good Idea about Why We Stutter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-finally-has-a-good-idea-about-why-we-stutter/ A glitch in speech initiation gives rise to the repetition that characterizes stuttering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Science Finally Has a Good Idea about Why We Stutter full Scientific American A glitch in speech initiation gives rise to the repetition that characterizes stuttering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A glitch in speech initiation gives rise to the repetition that characterizes stuttering.

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]]> 326 no Love Computers? Love History? Listen to This Podcast https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/love-computers-love-history-listen-to-this-podcast/ In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:00:00 -0000 Love Computers? Love History? Listen to This Podcast full Scientific American In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it.

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]]> 348 no Probiotics Could Help Save Overheated Corals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/probiotics-could-help-save-overheated-coral/ Think of the process as a kind of marine fecal transplant—except the restorative bacteria do not come from stool; they come from other corals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Probiotics Could Help Save Overheated Corals full Scientific American Think of the process as a kind of marine fecal transplant—except the restorative bacteria do not come from stool; they come from other corals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Think of the process as a kind of marine fecal transplant—except the restorative bacteria do not come from stool; they come from other corals.

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]]> 463 no The History of the Milky Way Comes into Focus https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-history-of-the-milky-way-comes-into-focus/ By dating nearly a quarter-million stars, astronomers were able to reconstruct the history of our galaxy—and they say it has lived an “enormously sheltered life.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 The History of the Milky Way Comes into Focus full Scientific American By dating nearly a quarter-million stars, astronomers were able to reconstruct the history of our galaxy—and they say it has lived an “enormously sheltered life.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By dating nearly a quarter-million stars, astronomers were able to reconstruct the history of our galaxy—and they say it has lived an “enormously sheltered life.”

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]]> 216 no Second Boosters, Masks in the Next Wave and Smart Risk Decisions: COVID Quickly, Episode 27 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/second-boosters-masks-in-the-next-wave-and-smart-risk-decisions-covid-quickly-episode-27/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:45:00 -0000 Second Boosters, Masks in the Next Wave and Smart Risk Decisions: COVID Quickly, Episode 27 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 625 no New Research Decodes the Sea Cow's Hidden Language https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-research-decodes-the-sea-cows-hidden-language/ Florida manatees are “talking” up a storm, and a team that has been recording those sounds for seven years is starting to understand the chatter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0000 New Research Decodes the Sea Cow's Hidden Language full Scientific American Florida manatees are “talking” up a storm, and a team that has been recording those sounds for seven years is starting to understand the chatter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Florida manatees are “talking” up a storm, and a team that has been recording those sounds for seven years is starting to understand the chatter.

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]]> 389 no Does This Look like a Face to You? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/does-this-look-like-a-face-to-you/ Science—and experience—show that we most definitely see faces in inanimate objects. But new research finds that, more often than not, we perceive those illusory faces as male. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0000 Does This Look like a Face to You? full Scientific American Science—and experience—show that we most definitely see faces in inanimate objects. But new research finds that, more often than not, we perceive those illusory faces as male. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science—and experience—show that we most definitely see faces in inanimate objects. But new research finds that, more often than not, we perceive those illusory faces as male.

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]]> 308 no Some Good News about Corals and Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-good-news-about-corals-and-climate-change/ A nearly two-year-long study of Hawaiian corals suggests some species may be better equipped to handle warmer, more acidic waters than previously believed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0000 Some Good News about Corals and Climate Change full Scientific American A nearly two-year-long study of Hawaiian corals suggests some species may be better equipped to handle warmer, more acidic waters than previously believed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A nearly two-year-long study of Hawaiian corals suggests some species may be better equipped to handle warmer, more acidic waters than previously believed.

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]]> 191 no Florida Gets Kids and Vaccines Wrong and Ukraine's Health Crisis: COVID Quickly, Episode 26 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/florida-gets-kids-and-vaccines-wrong-and-ukraines-health-crisis-covid-quickly-episode-26/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0000 Florida Gets Kids and Vaccines Wrong and Ukraine's Health Crisis: COVID Quickly, Episode 26 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 612 no Are You Better Than a Machine at Spotting a Deepfake? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/are-you-better-than-a-machine-at-spotting-a-deepfake/ New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0000 Are You Better Than a Machine at Spotting a Deepfake? full Scientific American New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop. 

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]]> 784 no A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-treasure-trove-of-dinosaur-bones-in-italy-rewrites-the-local-prehistoric-record/ New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record full Scientific American New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago.

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]]> 425 no Chimps Apply Insects to Their Wounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chimps-apply-insects-to-their-wounds/ It is not clear whether the act has medicinal benefit or is merely a cultural practice among the animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Chimps Apply Insects to Their Wounds full Scientific American It is not clear whether the act has medicinal benefit or is merely a cultural practice among the animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It is not clear whether the act has medicinal benefit or is merely a cultural practice among the animals.

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]]> 215 no The Push to Move Past the Pandemic: COVID Quickly, Episode 25 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-push-to-move-past-the-pandemic-covid-quickly-episode-25/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:30:00 -0000 The Push to Move Past the Pandemic: COVID Quickly, Episode 25 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 520 no Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was DNA: They Found Parallels between Life and Art https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/researchers-analyzed-folk-music-like-it-was-mutating-dna-they-found-amazing-parallels-between-life-and-art/ Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was DNA: They Found Parallels between Life and Art full Scientific American Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved

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]]> 666 no How Hong Kong 'Sees' Invisible Tailpipe Emissions and Pulls Polluters Off the Road https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-hong-kong-sees-invisible-tailpipe-emissions-and-pulls-polluters-off-the-road/ The city has deployed a system of sensors to flag highly polluting vehicles. Nearly all of them have been repaired, helping to clean Hong Kong’s air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 How Hong Kong 'Sees' Invisible Tailpipe Emissions and Pulls Polluters Off the Road full Scientific American The city has deployed a system of sensors to flag highly polluting vehicles. Nearly all of them have been repaired, helping to clean Hong Kong’s air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The city has deployed a system of sensors to flag highly polluting vehicles. Nearly all of them have been repaired, helping to clean Hong Kong’s air.

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]]> 221 no This Maine Farm Is Harvesting the Sun's Power while it Picks the Blueberries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-maine-farm-is-harvesting-the-suns-power-while-it-picks-the-blueberries/ In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0000 This Maine Farm Is Harvesting the Sun's Power while it Picks the Blueberries full Scientific American In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush.

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]]> 522 no Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again: COVID Quickly, Episode 24 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tracking-outbreaks-through-sewers-and-kids-vaccines-on-hold-again-covid-quickly-episode-24/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:00:00 -0000 Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again: COVID Quickly, Episode 24 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 438 no The Romantic Temptation of the Monogamous Prairie Vole https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-romantic-temptation-of-the-monogamous-prairie-vole/ The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0000 The Romantic Temptation of the Monogamous Prairie Vole full Scientific American The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab.

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]]> 394 no Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/answering-an-age-old-mystery-how-do-birds-actually-fly/ Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly? full Scientific American Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne.

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]]> 449 no More Kids Get COVID, Long Haulers and a Vaccine Milestone: COVID Quickly, Episode 23 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/more-kids-get-covid-long-haulers-and-a-vaccine-milestone-covid-quickly-episode-23/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 More Kids Get COVID, Long Haulers and a Vaccine Milestone: COVID Quickly, Episode 23 full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 463 no What Is the Shape of This Word? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-is-the-shape-of-this-word/ What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0000 What Is the Shape of This Word? full Scientific American What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language.

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]]> 446 no Tiger Sharks, Tracked over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts with Ocean Warming https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tiger-sharks-tracked-over-decades-are-shifting-their-haunts-with-ocean-warming/ Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over the past 40 years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Tiger Sharks, Tracked over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts with Ocean Warming full Scientific American Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over the past 40 years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over the past 40 years. 

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]]> 217 no How Marine Wildlife Can Coexist with Offshore Wind [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-marine-wildlife-can-coexist-with-offshore-wind-sponsored/ Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to coexist with whales and other ocean-dwelling species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 How Marine Wildlife Can Coexist with Offshore Wind [Sponsored] full Scientific American Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to coexist with whales and other ocean-dwelling species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to coexist with whales and other ocean-dwelling species.

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]]> 453 no COVID Quickly, Episode 22: Colds Build COVID Immunity and the Omicron Vaccine Delay https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-22-colds-build-covid-immunity-and-the-omicron-vaccine-delay/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 22: Colds Build COVID Immunity and the Omicron Vaccine Delay full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 509 no The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-surprising-physics-of-finger-snapping/ You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping full Scientific American You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can.

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]]> 386 no Salvador Dali's Creative Secret Is Backed by Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/salvador-dalis-creative-secret-is-backed-by-science/ The painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:00:00 -0000 Salvador Dali's Creative Secret Is Backed by Science full Scientific American The painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity.

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]]> 297 no A Growing Force of Fiery Zombies Threatens Cold Northern Forests https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-growing-force-of-fiery-zombies-threatens-cold-northern-forests/ Wildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering and then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 A Growing Force of Fiery Zombies Threatens Cold Northern Forests full Scientific American Wildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering and then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering and then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North.

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]]> 695 no Listen to This New Podcast: Lost Women of Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/listen-to-this-new-podcast-lost-women-of-science/ A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Listen to This New Podcast: Lost Women of Science full Scientific American A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion.

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]]> 363 no Canary Islands Eruption Resets Volcano Forecasts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/canary-islands-eruption-resets-volcano-forecasts/ A volcanologist says the eruption on the island of La Palma is a unique window into the “personality” of basaltic volcanoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0000 Canary Islands Eruption Resets Volcano Forecasts full Scientific American A volcanologist says the eruption on the island of La Palma is a unique window into the “personality” of basaltic volcanoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A volcanologist says the eruption on the island of La Palma is a unique window into the “personality” of basaltic volcanoes.

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]]> 237 no COVID Quickly, Episode 21: Vaccines against Omicron and Pandemic Progress https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-21-vaccines-against-omicron-and-pandemic-progress/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:30:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 21: Vaccines against Omicron and Pandemic Progress full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 397 no As Forests Burn, a Climate Puzzle Materializes in the Far North https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/as-forests-burn-a-climate-puzzle-materializes-in-the-far-north/ A 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:00:00 -0000 As Forests Burn, a Climate Puzzle Materializes in the Far North full Scientific American A 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding.

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]]> 602 no Astronomers Spot Two Dust Bunnies Hiding in the Early Universe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/astronomers-spot-two-dust-bunnies-hiding-in-the-early-universe/ The scientists found several previously hidden galaxies that date back to 13 billion years ago—and many more might be missing from our current census of the early universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Astronomers Spot Two Dust Bunnies Hiding in the Early Universe full Scientific American The scientists found several previously hidden galaxies that date back to 13 billion years ago—and many more might be missing from our current census of the early universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The scientists found several previously hidden galaxies that date back to 13 billion years ago—and many more might be missing from our current census of the early universe.

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]]> 215 no COVID Quickly, Episode 20: The Omicron Scare, and Anti-COVID Pills Are Coming https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-20-the-omicron-scare-and-anti-covid-pills-are-coming/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 20: The Omicron Scare, and Anti-COVID Pills Are Coming full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 482 no To Better Persuade a Human, a Robot Should Use This Trick https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/to-better-persuade-a-human-a-robot-should-use-this-trick/ A new study finds that, for robots, overlords are less persuasive than peers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0000 To Better Persuade a Human, a Robot Should Use This Trick full Scientific American A new study finds that, for robots, overlords are less persuasive than peers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study finds that, for robots, overlords are less persuasive than peers.

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]]> 795 no Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/redo-of-a-famous-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life-reveals-critical-detail-missed-for-decades/ The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the conditions of early Earth could be simulated in a glass flask. New research finds the flask itself played an underappreciated, though outsize, role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades full Scientific American The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the conditions of early Earth could be simulated in a glass flask. New research finds the flask itself played an underappreciated, though outsize, role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the conditions of early Earth could be simulated in a glass flask. New research finds the flask itself played an underappreciated, though outsize, role.

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]]> 410 no COVID Quickly, Episode 19: Mandate Roadblocks, Boosters for All and Sickness in the Zoo https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-19-mandate-roadblocks-boosters-for-all-and-sickness-in-the-zoo/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 19: Mandate Roadblocks, Boosters for All and Sickness in the Zoo full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 625 no Flocking Together May Have Helped Dinosaurs Dominate the Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flocking-together-may-have-helped-dinosaurs-dominate-the-earth/ A fossil bed in Patagonia provides evidence of complex social structure in dinosaurs as early as 193 million years ago. And scientists say that herding behavior could have been key to the beasts’ success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Flocking Together May Have Helped Dinosaurs Dominate the Earth full Scientific American A fossil bed in Patagonia provides evidence of complex social structure in dinosaurs as early as 193 million years ago. And scientists say that herding behavior could have been key to the beasts’ success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A fossil bed in Patagonia provides evidence of complex social structure in dinosaurs as early as 193 million years ago. And scientists say that herding behavior could have been key to the beasts’ success.

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]]> 226 no Engineered Bacteria Use Air Bubbles as Acoustically Detonated Tumor TNT https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/engineered-bacteria-use-air-bubbles-as-acoustically-detonated-tumor-tnt/ Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0000 Engineered Bacteria Use Air Bubbles as Acoustically Detonated Tumor TNT full Scientific American Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside.

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]]> 557 no COVID Quickly, Episode 18: Vaccines for Kids and the Limits of Natural Immunity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-18-vaccines-for-kids-and-the-limits-of-natural-immunity/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 18: Vaccines for Kids and the Limits of Natural Immunity full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 468 no These Bugs Produce Smelly Defenses That Need to Be Heard to Be Believed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-bugs-produce-smelly-defenses-that-need-to-be-heard-to-be-believed/ You read that right. Researchers have taken the chemical defenses of some insects and turned them into sounds, which, it turns out, repel people just as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0000 These Bugs Produce Smelly Defenses That Need to Be Heard to Be Believed full Scientific American You read that right. Researchers have taken the chemical defenses of some insects and turned them into sounds, which, it turns out, repel people just as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices You read that right. Researchers have taken the chemical defenses of some insects and turned them into sounds, which, it turns out, repel people just as well.

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]]> 516 no For Some Parents, Hiding a Dead Body Shows How Much You Care https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-some-parents-hiding-a-dead-body-shows-how-much-you-care/ Over millions of years of evolution, some beetles have learned to dampen the stench of decay to help their young thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0000 For Some Parents, Hiding a Dead Body Shows How Much You Care full Scientific American Over millions of years of evolution, some beetles have learned to dampen the stench of decay to help their young thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Over millions of years of evolution, some beetles have learned to dampen the stench of decay to help their young thrive.

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]]> 479 no Date of the Vikings' First Atlantic Crossing Revealed by Rays from Space https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/date-of-the-vikings-first-atlantic-crossing-revealed-by-rays-from-space/ By dating the remnants of trees felled in Newfoundland, scientists have determined that the Norse people likely first set foot in the Americas in the year A.D. 1021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Date of the Vikings' First Atlantic Crossing Revealed by Rays from Space full Scientific American By dating the remnants of trees felled in Newfoundland, scientists have determined that the Norse people likely first set foot in the Americas in the year A.D. 1021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By dating the remnants of trees felled in Newfoundland, scientists have determined that the Norse people likely first set foot in the Americas in the year A.D. 1021.

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]]> 244 no COVID Quickly, Episode 17: Vaccine Lies and Protecting Immunocompromised People https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-17-vaccine-lies-and-protecting-immunocompromised-people/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:30:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 17: Vaccine Lies and Protecting Immunocompromised People full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 476 no How Can an Elephant Squeak Like a Mouse? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-can-an-elephant-squeak-like-a-mouse/ New research using a camera that can “see" sound” shows some elephants can produce high-pitched buzzing with their lips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 How Can an Elephant Squeak Like a Mouse? full Scientific American New research using a camera that can “see" sound” shows some elephants can produce high-pitched buzzing with their lips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research using a camera that can “see" sound” shows some elephants can produce high-pitched buzzing with their lips.

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]]> 377 no Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beethovens-unfinished-10th-symphony-brought-to-life-by-artificial-intelligence/ Nearly 200 years after his death, the German composer’s musical scratch was pieced together by machine—with a lot of human help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence full Scientific American Nearly 200 years after his death, the German composer’s musical scratch was pieced together by machine—with a lot of human help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nearly 200 years after his death, the German composer’s musical scratch was pieced together by machine—with a lot of human help.

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]]> 510 no The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Universe [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-understanding-the-universe-sponsored/ Ewine van Dishoeck received the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2018 for elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. What other mysteries of space are left to be uncovered? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Universe [Sponsored] full Scientific American Ewine van Dishoeck received the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2018 for elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. What other mysteries of space are left to be uncovered? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ewine van Dishoeck received the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2018 for elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. What other mysteries of space are left to be uncovered?

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]]> 453 no A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-canary-in-an-ice-rich-slumping-rock-glacier-in-alaska/ Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0000 A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska full Scientific American Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road.

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]]> 549 no COVID Quickly, Episode 16: Vaccines Protect Pregnancies and a New Antiviral Pill https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-16-vaccines-protect-pregnancies-and-a-new-antiviral-pill/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0000 COVID Quickly, Episode 16: Vaccines Protect Pregnancies and a New Antiviral Pill full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 375 no The Mystery of Water Drops That Skate Across Oil at Impossible Speeds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-mystery-of-water-drops-that-skate-across-oil-at-impossible-speeds/ The speed of these self-propelling droplets on a hot-oil surface seemed to defy physics until researchers broke out the super-slow-motion camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Mystery of Water Drops That Skate Across Oil at Impossible Speeds full Scientific American The speed of these self-propelling droplets on a hot-oil surface seemed to defy physics until researchers broke out the super-slow-motion camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The speed of these self-propelling droplets on a hot-oil surface seemed to defy physics until researchers broke out the super-slow-motion camera.

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]]> 455 no Night Flights Are No Sweat for Tropical Bees https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/night-flights-are-no-sweat-for-tropical-bees/ New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Night Flights Are No Sweat for Tropical Bees full Scientific American New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark.

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]]> 313 no These Bacteria Steal from Iron and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-bacteria-steal-from-iron-and-could-be-secretly-helping-to-curb-climate-change/ Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsize roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 These Bacteria Steal from Iron and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change full Scientific American Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsize roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsize roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide.

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]]> 251 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 15: Booster Shot Approvals--plus Vaccines for Kids? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-15-booster-shot-approvals-plus-possible-vaccines-for-kids/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 15: Booster Shot Approvals--plus Vaccines for Kids? full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 537 no Dinosaurs Lived--and Made Little Dinos--in the Arctic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dinosaurs-lived-and-made-little-dinos-in-the-arctic/ New research shows that the prehistoric giants were even cooler than we thought Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Dinosaurs Lived--and Made Little Dinos--in the Arctic full Scientific American New research shows that the prehistoric giants were even cooler than we thought Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that the prehistoric giants were even cooler than we thought

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]]> 343 no During a Rodent Quadrathlon, Researchers Learn That Ground Squirrels Have Personalities https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/during-a-rodent-quadrathlon-researchers-learn-that-ground-squirrels-have-personalities/ The rodents’ personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0000 During a Rodent Quadrathlon, Researchers Learn That Ground Squirrels Have Personalities full Scientific American The rodents’ personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The rodents’ personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey.

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]]> 374 no A Car Crash Snaps the Daydreaming Mind into Focus https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-car-crash-snaps-the-daydreaming-mind-into-focus/ One researcher’s poorly timed attention lapse flipped a car—and pushed science forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 A Car Crash Snaps the Daydreaming Mind into Focus full Scientific American One researcher’s poorly timed attention lapse flipped a car—and pushed science forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices One researcher’s poorly timed attention lapse flipped a car—and pushed science forward.

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]]> 311 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 14: Best Masks, Explaining Mask Anger, Biden's New Plan https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-14-best-masks-explaining-mask-anger-bidens-new-plan/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 14: Best Masks, Explaining Mask Anger, Biden's New Plan full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 553 no The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Atoms [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-understanding-atoms-sponsored/ Gerd Binnig shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope. What transformative impact has this invention had on nanoscience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Atoms [Sponsored] full Scientific American Gerd Binnig shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope. What transformative impact has this invention had on nanoscience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Gerd Binnig shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope. What transformative impact has this invention had on nanoscience?

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]]> 595 no In Missouri, a Human 'Bee' Works to Better Understand Climate Change's Effects https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/in-missouri-a-human-bee-works-to-better-understand-climate-changes-effects/ Researcher Matthew Austin has become a wildflower pollinator, sans the wings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:45:00 -0000 In Missouri, a Human 'Bee' Works to Better Understand Climate Change's Effects full Scientific American Researcher Matthew Austin has become a wildflower pollinator, sans the wings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researcher Matthew Austin has become a wildflower pollinator, sans the wings.

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]]> 261 no These Baby Bats, like Us, Were Born to Babble https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-baby-bats-like-us-were-born-to-babble/ The greater sac-winged bat develops its own language in much the way we do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:00:00 -0000 These Baby Bats, like Us, Were Born to Babble full Scientific American The greater sac-winged bat develops its own language in much the way we do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The greater sac-winged bat develops its own language in much the way we do.

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]]> 391 no Their Lives Have Been Upended by Hurricane Ida https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/their-lives-have-been-upended-by-hurricane-ida/ Theresa and Donald Dardar lived their whole lives in coastal Louisiana. They knew the “big one” might come someday. It did, and now everything is uncertain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:30:00 -0000 Their Lives Have Been Upended by Hurricane Ida full Scientific American Theresa and Donald Dardar lived their whole lives in coastal Louisiana. They knew the “big one” might come someday. It did, and now everything is uncertain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Theresa and Donald Dardar lived their whole lives in coastal Louisiana. They knew the “big one” might come someday. It did, and now everything is uncertain.

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]]> 416 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 13: Vaccine Approval, Breakthrough Infections, Boosters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-13-vaccine-approval-breakthrough-infections-boosters/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 13: Vaccine Approval, Breakthrough Infections, Boosters full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 461 no Flexible Microprocessor Could Enable an 'Internet of Everything' https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flexible-microprocessor-could-enable-an-internet-of-everything/ Researchers have developed a microprocessor built on high-performance plastic rather than silicon—and they say it could enable smarter food labels and supply chain management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Flexible Microprocessor Could Enable an 'Internet of Everything' full Scientific American Researchers have developed a microprocessor built on high-performance plastic rather than silicon—and they say it could enable smarter food labels and supply chain management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have developed a microprocessor built on high-performance plastic rather than silicon—and they say it could enable smarter food labels and supply chain management.

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]]> 330 no Years Before COVID-19, Zombies Helped Prepare One Hospital System for the Real Pandemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/years-before-covid-zombies-helped-prepare-one-hospital-system-for-the-real-pandemic/ An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0000 Years Before COVID-19, Zombies Helped Prepare One Hospital System for the Real Pandemic full Scientific American An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real

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]]> 421 no The Incredible, Reanimated 24,000-Year-Old Rotifer https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-incredible-reanimated-24-000-year-old-rotifer/ The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, woolly mammoths roamed the earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0000 The Incredible, Reanimated 24,000-Year-Old Rotifer full Scientific American The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, woolly mammoths roamed the earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, woolly mammoths roamed the earth.

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]]> 412 no Astronomers Find an Unexpected Bumper Crop of Black Holes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/astronomers-find-an-unexpected-bumper-crop-of-black-holes/ In trying to explain the spectacular star trails of the star cluster Palomar 5, astronomers stumbled on a very large trove of black holes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Astronomers Find an Unexpected Bumper Crop of Black Holes full Scientific American In trying to explain the spectacular star trails of the star cluster Palomar 5, astronomers stumbled on a very large trove of black holes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In trying to explain the spectacular star trails of the star cluster Palomar 5, astronomers stumbled on a very large trove of black holes.

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]]> 278 no Inside Millions of Invisible Droplets, Potential Superbug Killers Grow https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/inside-millions-of-invisible-droplets-potential-superbug-killers-grow/ New research has created microscopic antibiotic factories in droplets that measure a trillionth of liter in volume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Inside Millions of Invisible Droplets, Potential Superbug Killers Grow full Scientific American New research has created microscopic antibiotic factories in droplets that measure a trillionth of liter in volume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research has created microscopic antibiotic factories in droplets that measure a trillionth of liter in volume.

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]]> 469 no The Secret behind Songbirds' Magnetic Migratory Sense https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-secret-behind-songbirds-magnetic-migratory-sense/ A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The Secret behind Songbirds' Magnetic Migratory Sense full Scientific American A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light.

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]]> 249 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 12: Masking Up Again and Why People Refuse Shots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-12-masking-up-again-and-why-people-refuse-shots/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 12: Masking Up Again and Why People Refuse Shots full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 453 no The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Touch [Sponsored] https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-kavli-prize-presents-understanding-touch-sponsored/ Ardem Patapoutian shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0000 The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Touch [Sponsored] full Scientific American Ardem Patapoutian shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ardem Patapoutian shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work?

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]]> 420 no Moths Have an Acoustic Invisibility Cloak to Stay under Bats' Radar https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/moths-have-an-acoustic-invisibility-cloak-to-stay-under-bats-radar/ New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Moths Have an Acoustic Invisibility Cloak to Stay under Bats' Radar full Scientific American New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings

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]]> 240 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 11: Vaccine Booster Shots, and Reopening Offices Safely https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-11-vaccine-booster-shots-and-reopening-offices-safely/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 11: Vaccine Booster Shots, and Reopening Offices Safely full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 407 no Your Brain Does Something Amazing between Bouts of Intense Learning https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/your-brain-does-something-amazing-between-bouts-of-intense-learning/ New research shows that lightning-quick neural rehearsal can supercharge learning and memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Your Brain Does Something Amazing between Bouts of Intense Learning full Scientific American New research shows that lightning-quick neural rehearsal can supercharge learning and memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that lightning-quick neural rehearsal can supercharge learning and memory.

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]]> 316 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 10: Long Haulers, Delta Woes and Barbershop Shots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-10-long-haulers-delta-woes-and-barbershop-shots/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 10: Long Haulers, Delta Woes and Barbershop Shots full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 495 no This Newly Discovered Species of Tree Hyrax Goes Bark in the Night https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-newly-discovered-species-of-tree-hyrax-goes-bark-in-the-night/ A study makes the case for the new species based on its looks, genes and sounds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0000 This Newly Discovered Species of Tree Hyrax Goes Bark in the Night full Scientific American A study makes the case for the new species based on its looks, genes and sounds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study makes the case for the new species based on its looks, genes and sounds

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]]> 378 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 9: Delta Variant, Global Vaccine Shortfalls, Beers for Shots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-9-delta-variant-global-vaccine-shortfalls-beers-for-shots/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 9: Delta Variant, Global Vaccine Shortfalls, Beers for Shots full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 416 no Animal Kids Listen to Their Parents Even before Birth https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/animal-kids-listen-to-their-parents-even-before-birth/ Human children: please take note of the behavior of prebirth zebra finches Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Animal Kids Listen to Their Parents Even before Birth full Scientific American Human children: please take note of the behavior of prebirth zebra finches Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Human children: please take note of the behavior of prebirth zebra finches

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]]> 375 no For African Elephants, Pee Could Be a Potent Trail Marker https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-african-elephants-pee-could-be-a-potent-trail-marker/ Scientists found that elephants often sniff pathways—and seem especially attuned to urine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0000 For African Elephants, Pee Could Be a Potent Trail Marker full Scientific American Scientists found that elephants often sniff pathways—and seem especially attuned to urine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists found that elephants often sniff pathways—and seem especially attuned to urine.

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]]> 212 no A 'Universal' Coronavirus Vaccine to Prevent the Next Pandemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-universal-coronavirus-vaccine-to-prevent-the-next-pandemic1/ A pan-coronavirus vaccine could be “one vaccine to rule them all,” and so far it has shown strong results in mice, hamsters, monkeys, horses and even sharks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0000 A 'Universal' Coronavirus Vaccine to Prevent the Next Pandemic full Scientific American A pan-coronavirus vaccine could be “one vaccine to rule them all,” and so far it has shown strong results in mice, hamsters, monkeys, horses and even sharks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A pan-coronavirus vaccine could be “one vaccine to rule them all,” and so far it has shown strong results in mice, hamsters, monkeys, horses and even sharks.

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]]> 381 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 8: The Pandemic's True Death Toll and the Big Lab-Leak Debate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-8-the-pandemics-true-death-toll-and-the-big-lab-leak-debate/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:30:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 8: The Pandemic's True Death Toll and the Big Lab-Leak Debate full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 402 no Puppies Understand You Even at a Young Age, Most Adorable Study of the Year Confirms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/puppies-understand-you-even-at-a-young-age-most-adorable-study-of-the-year-confirms/ Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Puppies Understand You Even at a Young Age, Most Adorable Study of the Year Confirms full Scientific American Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks

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]]> 340 no New 3-D-Printed Material Is Tough, Flexible--and Alive https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-3-d-printed-material-is-tough-flexible-and-alive/ Made from microalgae and bacteria, the new substance can survive for three days without feeding. It could one day be used to build living garments, self-powered kitchen appliances or even window coverings that sequester carbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 New 3-D-Printed Material Is Tough, Flexible--and Alive full Scientific American Made from microalgae and bacteria, the new substance can survive for three days without feeding. It could one day be used to build living garments, self-powered kitchen appliances or even window coverings that sequester carbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Made from microalgae and bacteria, the new substance can survive for three days without feeding. It could one day be used to build living garments, self-powered kitchen appliances or even window coverings that sequester carbon.

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]]> 398 no Bats on Helium Reveal an Innate Sense of the Speed of Sound https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bats-on-helium-reveal-an-innate-sense-of-the-speed-of-sound/ A new experiment shows that bats are born with a fixed reference for the speed of sound—and living in lighter air can throw it off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 May 2021 07:00:00 -0000 Bats on Helium Reveal an Innate Sense of the Speed of Sound full Scientific American A new experiment shows that bats are born with a fixed reference for the speed of sound—and living in lighter air can throw it off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new experiment shows that bats are born with a fixed reference for the speed of sound—and living in lighter air can throw it off.

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]]> 333 no The Dirty Secret behind Some of the World's Earliest Microscopes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-dirty-secret-behind-some-of-the-worlds-earliest-microscopes/ Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made extraordinary observations of blood cells, sperm cells and bacteria with his microscopes. But it turns out the lens technology he used was quite ordinary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 May 2021 08:00:00 -0000 The Dirty Secret behind Some of the World's Earliest Microscopes full Scientific American Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made extraordinary observations of blood cells, sperm cells and bacteria with his microscopes. But it turns out the lens technology he used was quite ordinary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made extraordinary observations of blood cells, sperm cells and bacteria with his microscopes. But it turns out the lens technology he used was quite ordinary.

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]]> 258 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 7: The Coming Pandemic Grief Wave, and Mask Whiplash https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-7-the-coming-postpandemic-grief-epidemic-and-mask-whiplash/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 May 2021 07:30:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 7: The Coming Pandemic Grief Wave, and Mask Whiplash full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 498 no Math and Sleuthing Help to Explain Epidemics of the Past https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/math-and-sleuthing-help-to-explain-epidemics-of-the-past/ One mathematician has spend decades uncovering the deadly calculations of pestilence and plague, sometimes finding data that were hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 May 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Math and Sleuthing Help to Explain Epidemics of the Past full Scientific American One mathematician has spend decades uncovering the deadly calculations of pestilence and plague, sometimes finding data that were hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices One mathematician has spend decades uncovering the deadly calculations of pestilence and plague, sometimes finding data that were hiding in plain sight.

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]]> 525 no Who Laps Whom on the Walking Track--Tyrannosaurus rex or You? Science Has a New Answer https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/who-laps-whom-on-the-walking-track-tyrannosaurus-rex-or-you-science-has-a-new-answer/ An analysis of the animal’s walking speed suggests that T. rex’s walking pace was close to that of a human. It’s too bad the king of the dinosaurs didn’t just walk when hungry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 May 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Who Laps Whom on the Walking Track--Tyrannosaurus rex or You? Science Has a New Answer full Scientific American An analysis of the animal’s walking speed suggests that T. rex’s walking pace was close to that of a human. It’s too bad the king of the dinosaurs didn’t just walk when hungry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of the animal’s walking speed suggests that T. rex’s walking pace was close to that of a human. It’s too bad the king of the dinosaurs didn’t just walk when hungry.

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]]> 210 no Artificial Light Keeps Mosquitoes Biting Late into the Night https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/artificial-light-keeps-mosquitoes-biting-late-into-the-night/ It is like when your cell phone keeps you awake in bed—except mosquitoes do not doom scroll when they stay up, they feast on your blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 May 2021 09:00:00 -0000 Artificial Light Keeps Mosquitoes Biting Late into the Night full Scientific American It is like when your cell phone keeps you awake in bed—except mosquitoes do not doom scroll when they stay up, they feast on your blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It is like when your cell phone keeps you awake in bed—except mosquitoes do not doom scroll when they stay up, they feast on your blood.

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]]> 343 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India's Surge and Mask Liftoff https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-6-the-real-reason-for-indias-surge-and-mask-liftoff/ Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 May 2021 13:45:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India's Surge and Mask Liftoff full Scientific American Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 426 no Male Lyrebirds Lie to Get Sex https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/male-lyrebirds-lie-to-get-sex/ It seems like the males will do anything, even fake nearby danger, to get females to stick around to mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Male Lyrebirds Lie to Get Sex full Scientific American It seems like the males will do anything, even fake nearby danger, to get females to stick around to mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It seems like the males will do anything, even fake nearby danger, to get females to stick around to mate.

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]]> 378 no Lovebirds Adore Our Inefficient Air-Conditioning https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lovebirds-adore-our-inefficient-air-conditioning/ The rosy-faced lovebirds that live in Phoenix appear to be free riding on our urban climate control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Lovebirds Adore Our Inefficient Air-Conditioning full Scientific American The rosy-faced lovebirds that live in Phoenix appear to be free riding on our urban climate control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The rosy-faced lovebirds that live in Phoenix appear to be free riding on our urban climate control.

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]]> 326 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 5: Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy, Blood Clots and Long-Haul Realities https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-5-vaccine-safety-in-pregnancy-blood-clots-and-long-haul-realities/ Today we bring you the fifth episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:30:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 5: Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy, Blood Clots and Long-Haul Realities full Scientific American Today we bring you the fifth episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you the fifth episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 427 no Beehives Are Held Together by Their Mutual Gut Microbes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beehives-are-held-together-by-their-mutual-gut-microbes/ New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell—and thus their ability to separate family from foe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Beehives Are Held Together by Their Mutual Gut Microbes full Scientific American New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell—and thus their ability to separate family from foe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell—and thus their ability to separate family from foe.

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]]> 235 no These Endangered Birds Are Forgetting Their Songs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-endangered-birds-are-forgetting-their-songs/ Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture—and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:00:00 -0000 These Endangered Birds Are Forgetting Their Songs full Scientific American Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture—and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture—and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate.

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]]> 201 no To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/to-fight-climate-change-grow-a-floating-forest-then-sink-it/ A fast-growing front in the battle against climate change is focused on developing green technologies aimed at reducing humankind’s carbon footprint, but many scientists say simply reducing emissions is no longer enough. We have to find new ways to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. A Maine start-up is looking to raise a sinkable carbon-capturing forest in the open ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0000 To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It full Scientific American A fast-growing front in the battle against climate change is focused on developing green technologies aimed at reducing humankind’s carbon footprint, but many scientists say simply reducing emissions is no longer enough. We have to find new ways to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. A Maine start-up is looking to raise a sinkable carbon-capturing forest in the open ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A fast-growing front in the battle against climate change is focused on developing green technologies aimed at reducing humankind’s carbon footprint, but many scientists say simply reducing emissions is no longer enough. We have to find new ways to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. A Maine start-up is looking to raise a sinkable carbon-capturing forest in the open ocean.

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]]> 398 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-4-the-virtual-vaccine-line-and-shots-for-kids/ Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids full Scientific American Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 399 no Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-physics-news-the-muon-g-2-experiment-explained/ Particles called muons are behaving weirdly, and that could mean a huge discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000 Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained full Scientific American Particles called muons are behaving weirdly, and that could mean a huge discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Particles called muons are behaving weirdly, and that could mean a huge discovery.

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]]> 529 no Boston's Pigeons Coo, 'Wicked'; New York's Birds Coo, 'Fuhgeddaboudit' https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bostons-pigeons-coo-wicked-new-yorks-birds-coo-fuhgeddaboudit/ The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Boston's Pigeons Coo, 'Wicked'; New York's Birds Coo, 'Fuhgeddaboudit' full Scientific American The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows.

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]]> 311 no Imperiled Freshwater Turtles Are Eating Plastics--Science Is Just Revealing the Threat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/imperiled-freshwater-turtles-are-eating-plastics-science-is-just-revealing-the-threat/ We know a lot about how sea turtles are threatened by our trash, but new research has just uncovered an underreported threat hiding inside lakes and rivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Imperiled Freshwater Turtles Are Eating Plastics--Science Is Just Revealing the Threat full Scientific American We know a lot about how sea turtles are threatened by our trash, but new research has just uncovered an underreported threat hiding inside lakes and rivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We know a lot about how sea turtles are threatened by our trash, but new research has just uncovered an underreported threat hiding inside lakes and rivers.

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]]> 391 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 3: Vaccine Inequality--plus Your Body the Variant Fighter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-3-vaccine-inequality-plus-your-body-the-variant-fighter/ Today we bring you the third episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:30:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 3: Vaccine Inequality--plus Your Body the Variant Fighter full Scientific American Today we bring you the third episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you the third episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 400 no Using Dragonflies as Contamination Detectors https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/using-dragonflies-as-contamination-detectors/ By collecting the larvae of the fast flyers, researchers have turned the insects into “biosentinels” that can track mercury pollution across the country. Berly McCoy reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Using Dragonflies as Contamination Detectors full Scientific American By collecting the larvae of the fast flyers, researchers have turned the insects into “biosentinels” that can track mercury pollution across the country. Berly McCoy reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By collecting the larvae of the fast flyers, researchers have turned the insects into “biosentinels” that can track mercury pollution across the country. Berly McCoy reports. 

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]]> 254 no Smartphones Can Hear the Shape of Your Door Keys https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smartphones-can-hear-the-shape-of-your-door-keys/ Can you pick a lock with just a smartphone? New research shows that doing so is possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Smartphones Can Hear the Shape of Your Door Keys full Scientific American Can you pick a lock with just a smartphone? New research shows that doing so is possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Can you pick a lock with just a smartphone? New research shows that doing so is possible.

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]]> 297 no Chimpanzees Show Altruism while Gathering around the Juice Fountain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chimpanzees-show-altruism-while-gathering-around-the-juice-fountain/ New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:30:00 -0000 Chimpanzees Show Altruism while Gathering around the Juice Fountain full Scientific American New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless

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]]> 371 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 2: Lessons from a Pandemic Year https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-2-lessons-from-a-pandemic-year/ Today we bring you the second episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 2: Lessons from a Pandemic Year full Scientific American Today we bring you the second episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we bring you the second episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 427 no That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/that-mouse-in-your-house-its-smarter-thanks-to-you/ Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0000 That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You full Scientific American Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kangaroos-with-puppy-dog-eyes/ New research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes full Scientific American New research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help.

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]]> 333 no COVID, Quickly, Episode 1: Vaccines, Variants and Diabetes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-quickly-episode-1-vaccines-variants-and-diabetes/ Today we begin a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0000 COVID, Quickly, Episode 1: Vaccines, Variants and Diabetes full Scientific American Today we begin a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today we begin a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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]]> 328 no Machine Learning Pwns Old-School Atari Games https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gamer-machine-learning-vanquishes-old-school-atari-games/ You can call it the “revenge of the computer scientist.” An algorithm that made headlines for mastering the notoriously difficult Atari 2600 game Montezuma’s Revenge can now beat more games, achieving near perfect scores, and help robots explore real-world environments. Pakinam Amer reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:00:00 -0000 Machine Learning Pwns Old-School Atari Games full Scientific American You can call it the “revenge of the computer scientist.” An algorithm that made headlines for mastering the notoriously difficult Atari 2600 game Montezuma’s Revenge can now beat more games, achieving near perfect scores, and help robots explore real-world environments. Pakinam Amer reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices You can call it the “revenge of the computer scientist.” An algorithm that made headlines for mastering the notoriously difficult Atari 2600 game Montezuma’s Revenge can now beat more games, achieving near perfect scores, and help robots explore real-world environments. Pakinam Amer reports.

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]]> 540 no E-Eggs Track Turtle Traffickers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/e-eggs-track-turtle-traffickers/ Decoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:00:00 -0000 E-Eggs Track Turtle Traffickers full Scientific American Decoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Decoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers.


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]]> 322 no Bromances Could Lead to More Romances for Male Hyenas https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bromances-could-lead-to-more-romances-for-male-hyenas/ Spotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Bromances Could Lead to More Romances for Male Hyenas full Scientific American Spotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Spotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game?

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]]> 278 no A Heroic Effort to Measure Helium https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-heroic-effort-to-measure-helium/ After an intense game of cat and mouse with different particles, atomic physicists have measured the radius of the helium nucleus five times more precisely than before. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0000 A Heroic Effort to Measure Helium full Scientific American After an intense game of cat and mouse with different particles, atomic physicists have measured the radius of the helium nucleus five times more precisely than before. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices After an intense game of cat and mouse with different particles, atomic physicists have measured the radius of the helium nucleus five times more precisely than before. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 340 no Science News Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-world5/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Costa Rica about decoy sea turtle eggs with the potential to catch poachers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:51:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the World full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Costa Rica about decoy sea turtle eggs with the potential to catch poachers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Costa Rica about decoy sea turtle eggs with the potential to catch poachers.

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]]> 199 no Scientists Take a Cattle Head Count in India https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scientists-take-a-cattle-head-count-in-india/ The research team determined that the city of Raipur in central India has at least one street cow for every 54 human residents. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Scientists Take a Cattle Head Count in India full Scientific American The research team determined that the city of Raipur in central India has at least one street cow for every 54 human residents. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The research team determined that the city of Raipur in central India has at least one street cow for every 54 human residents. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 201 no Ancient Dogs Had Complex Genetic Histories https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-dogs-had-complex-genetic-histories/ Some dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:03:00 -0000 Ancient Dogs Had Complex Genetic Histories full Scientific American Some dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ. 

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]]> 264 no Bees Use 'Bullshit' Defense to Keep Giant Hornets at Bay https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bees-use-bullshit-defense-to-keep-giant-hornets-at-bay/ The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000 Bees Use 'Bullshit' Defense to Keep Giant Hornets at Bay full Scientific American The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system

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]]> 400 no Humans May Have Befriended Wolves with Meat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-may-have-befriended-wolves-with-meat/ Unlike humans, wolves can subsist on protein alone for months—so scientists say we may have lobbed leaner leftovers their way. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:30:00 -0000 Humans May Have Befriended Wolves with Meat full Scientific American Unlike humans, wolves can subsist on protein alone for months—so scientists say we may have lobbed leaner leftovers their way. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Unlike humans, wolves can subsist on protein alone for months—so scientists say we may have lobbed leaner leftovers their way. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 191 no How to Avoid Becoming a Meal for a Cheetah https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-avoid-becoming-a-meal-for-a-cheetah/ Researchers help farmers in Namibia avoid costly cattle losses by tracking big cat hangouts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000 How to Avoid Becoming a Meal for a Cheetah full Scientific American Researchers help farmers in Namibia avoid costly cattle losses by tracking big cat hangouts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers help farmers in Namibia avoid costly cattle losses by tracking big cat hangouts

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]]> 347 no How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shaped Our Language in 2020 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-shaped-our-language-2020/ Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:00:00 -0000 How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shaped Our Language in 2020 full Scientific American Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Science News Briefs from around the Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-planet2/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:29:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Planet full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees.

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]]> 192 no Ravens Measure Up to Great Apes on Intelligence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ravens-measure-up-to-great-apes-on-intelligence/ Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans in a battery of intelligence tests—except for assays of spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Ravens Measure Up to Great Apes on Intelligence full Scientific American Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans in a battery of intelligence tests—except for assays of spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans in a battery of intelligence tests—except for assays of spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 246 no Baby Bees Deprive Caregivers of Sleep https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/baby-bees-deprive-caregivers-of-sleep/ Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:50:00 -0000 Baby Bees Deprive Caregivers of Sleep full Scientific American Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses.


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]]> 264 no How the Wolves Change the Forest https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-the-wolves-change-the-forest/ New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems. Audio of wolves inside Voyageurs National Park, courtesy of Jacob Job.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0000 How the Wolves Change the Forest full Scientific American New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems. Audio of wolves inside Voyageurs National Park, courtesy of Jacob Job.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems.

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]]> 376 no Brain Sides Are Both Busy in New Language Learning https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brain-sides-are-both-busy-in-new-language-learning/ A study of adults learning a new language found that speaking primarily activated regions in the left side of the brain, but reading and listening comprehension were much more variable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:23:00 -0000 Brain Sides Are Both Busy in New Language Learning full Scientific American A study of adults learning a new language found that speaking primarily activated regions in the left side of the brain, but reading and listening comprehension were much more variable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of adults learning a new language found that speaking primarily activated regions in the left side of the brain, but reading and listening comprehension were much more variable


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]]> 264 no A Nurse's Message about the COVID-19 Vaccine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-nurses-message-about-the-covid-19-vaccine/ Nurse Kristen Choi says health care providers need to better educate patients about possible side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:30:00 -0000 A Nurse's Message about the COVID-19 Vaccine full Scientific American Nurse Kristen Choi says health care providers need to better educate patients about possible side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nurse Kristen Choi says health care providers need to better educate patients about possible side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 225 no Eye Treatment Stretches Mouse Sight Beyond Visible Spectrum https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/eye-treatment-stretches-mouse-sight-beyond-visible-spectrum/ Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:53:00 -0000 Eye Treatment Stretches Mouse Sight Beyond Visible Spectrum full Scientific American Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months.


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]]> 303 no This Bat Wears a Face Mask https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-bat-wears-a-face-mask/ The wrinkle-faced bat covers its face with a flap of skin, seemingly as part of its courtship rituals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:20:00 -0000 This Bat Wears a Face Mask full Scientific American The wrinkle-faced bat covers its face with a flap of skin, seemingly as part of its courtship rituals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The wrinkle-faced bat covers its face with a flap of skin, seemingly as part of its courtship rituals.

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]]> 301 no The Denisovans Expand Their Range into China https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-denisovans-expand-their-range-into-china/ Evidence of the ancient humans was limited to a cave in Siberia. But now scientists have found genetic remains of the Denisovans in China. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Dec 2020 23:00:00 -0000 The Denisovans Expand Their Range into China full Scientific American Evidence of the ancient humans was limited to a cave in Siberia. But now scientists have found genetic remains of the Denisovans in China. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Evidence of the ancient humans was limited to a cave in Siberia. But now scientists have found genetic remains of the Denisovans in China. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 212 no Undersea Earthquakes Reveal Sound Warming Info https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/undersea-earthquakes-reveal-sound-warming-info/ Travel time differences for sound waves produced by undersea earthquakes in the same place at different times can provide details about ocean warming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:57:00 -0000 Undersea Earthquakes Reveal Sound Warming Info full Scientific American Travel time differences for sound waves produced by undersea earthquakes in the same place at different times can provide details about ocean warming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Travel time differences for sound waves produced by undersea earthquakes in the same place at different times can provide details about ocean warming.


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]]> 271 no Duckbill Dino Odyssey Ended in Africa https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/duckbill-dino-odyssey-ended-in-africa/ A duckbill dinosaur jawbone found in Morocco means that dinosaurs crossed a large body of water to reach Africa.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:17:00 -0000 Duckbill Dino Odyssey Ended in Africa full Scientific American A duckbill dinosaur jawbone found in Morocco means that dinosaurs crossed a large body of water to reach Africa.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A duckbill dinosaur jawbone found in Morocco means that dinosaurs crossed a large body of water to reach Africa.  


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]]> 265 no Early Mammals Had Social Lives, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/early-mammals-had-social-lives-too/ Chipmunklike animals that lived among the dinosaurs appear to have been social creatures, which suggests that sociality arose in mammals earlier than scientists thought. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:10:00 -0000 Early Mammals Had Social Lives, Too full Scientific American Chipmunklike animals that lived among the dinosaurs appear to have been social creatures, which suggests that sociality arose in mammals earlier than scientists thought. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chipmunklike animals that lived among the dinosaurs appear to have been social creatures, which suggests that sociality arose in mammals earlier than scientists thought. Christopher Intagliata reports.


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]]> 221 no Science News Briefs from All Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over6/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one, from the dormant volcano Llullaillaco in Chile, about a mouse that is the highest-dwelling mammal ever documented. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:16:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All Over full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one, from the dormant volcano Llullaillaco in Chile, about a mouse that is the highest-dwelling mammal ever documented. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one, from the dormant volcano Llullaillaco in Chile, about a mouse that is the highest-dwelling mammal ever documented.

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]]> 206 no Divide and Conquer Could Be Good COVID Strategy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/divide-and-conquer-could-be-good-covid-strategy/ COVID might be fought efficiently with fewer shutdowns by restricting activities only in a particular area with a population up to 200,000 when its case rate rises above a chosen threshold.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:11:00 -0000 Divide and Conquer Could Be Good COVID Strategy full Scientific American COVID might be fought efficiently with fewer shutdowns by restricting activities only in a particular area with a population up to 200,000 when its case rate rises above a chosen threshold.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices COVID might be fought efficiently with fewer shutdowns by restricting activities only in a particular area with a population up to 200,000 when its case rate rises above a chosen threshold.  


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]]> 244 no Zebra Coloration Messes With Fly Eyes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/zebra-coloration-messes-with-fly-eyes/ Horseflies misjudge landings on zebra patterns, compared with solid gray or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black-and-white pattern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:24:00 -0000 Zebra Coloration Messes With Fly Eyes full Scientific American Horseflies misjudge landings on zebra patterns, compared with solid gray or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black-and-white pattern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Horseflies misjudge landings on zebra patterns, compared with solid gray or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black-and-white pattern.

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]]> 291 no Science Sound(E)scapes: Head Banging and Howling in the Amazon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-sound-e-scapes-head-banging-and-howling-in-the-amazon/ Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part three of our three-part audio sound escape, we ascend into the trees where howler monkeys and crimson-crested woodpeckers rule the airwaves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0000 Science Sound(E)scapes: Head Banging and Howling in the Amazon full Scientific American Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part three of our three-part audio sound escape, we ascend into the trees where howler monkeys and crimson-crested woodpeckers rule the airwaves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part three of our three-part audio sound escape, we ascend into the trees where howler monkeys and crimson-crested woodpeckers rule the airwaves.

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]]> 673 no Science Sound(E)scapes: Amazon Frog Choruses at Night https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-sound-e-scapes-amazon-frog-choruses-at-night/ Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part two of our three-part audio sound escape, we descend into a nighttime flood of frog music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0000 Science Sound(E)scapes: Amazon Frog Choruses at Night full Scientific American Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part two of our three-part audio sound escape, we descend into a nighttime flood of frog music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part two of our three-part audio sound escape, we descend into a nighttime flood of frog music.

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]]> 483 no Science Sound(E)scapes: Amazon Pink River Dolphins https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-sound-e-scapes-amazon-pink-river-dolphins/ Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part one of our three-part audio sound escape, we listen to dolphins hunting among the trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0000 Science Sound(E)scapes: Amazon Pink River Dolphins full Scientific American Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part one of our three-part audio sound escape, we listen to dolphins hunting among the trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part one of our three-part audio sound escape, we listen to dolphins hunting among the trees.

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]]> 656 no Frog Vocals Lead to Small Preference https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/frog-vocals-lead-to-small-preference/ The concave-eared torrent frog's unusual ear anatomy lets it hear high-frequency calls, which gives a mating advantage to the littler males that sing soprano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:54:00 -0000 Frog Vocals Lead to Small Preference full Scientific American The concave-eared torrent frog's unusual ear anatomy lets it hear high-frequency calls, which gives a mating advantage to the littler males that sing soprano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The concave-eared torrent frog's unusual ear anatomy lets it hear high-frequency calls, which gives a mating advantage to the littler males that sing soprano.


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]]> 288 no Science News Briefs from around the Globe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-globe4/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from the United Arab Emirates about the the first interplanetary mission by an Arab country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:55:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Globe full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from the United Arab Emirates about the the first interplanetary mission by an Arab country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from the United Arab Emirates about the the first interplanetary mission by an Arab country.

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]]> 204 no Election Science Stakes: Technology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/election-science-stakes-technology/ We wrap up our preelection series with Scientific American senior editor Jen Schwartz, who talks about the possible effects of the election results on technology development and use.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:34:00 -0000 Election Science Stakes: Technology full Scientific American We wrap up our preelection series with Scientific American senior editor Jen Schwartz, who talks about the possible effects of the election results on technology development and use.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We wrap up our preelection series with Scientific American senior editor Jen Schwartz, who talks about the possible effects of the election results on technology development and use. 

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]]> 311 no Election Science Stakes: Energy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/election-science-stakes-energy/ Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti and associate editor Andrea Thompson talk about this election and the future of U.S. energy research and policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:53:00 -0000 Election Science Stakes: Energy full Scientific American Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti and associate editor Andrea Thompson talk about this election and the future of U.S. energy research and policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti and associate editor Andrea Thompson talk about this election and the future of U.S. energy research and policy.


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]]> 298 no Election Science Stakes: Environment https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/election-science-stakes-environment/ Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti talks about how this election will affect environmental science and policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:43:00 -0000 Election Science Stakes: Environment full Scientific American Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti talks about how this election will affect environmental science and policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti talks about how this election will affect environmental science and policy.

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]]> 247 no Election Science Stakes: Climate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/election-science-stakes-climate/ Scientific American’s associate editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson talks about how climate science and policy will be affected by this election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:45:00 -0000 Election Science Stakes: Climate full Scientific American Scientific American’s associate editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson talks about how climate science and policy will be affected by this election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American’s associate editor for sustainability Andrea Thompson talks about how climate science and policy will be affected by this election.

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]]> 342 no Election Science Stakes: Medicine and Public Health https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/election-science-stakes-medicine-and-public-health/ Scientific American’s senior medicine editor Josh Fischman talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:24:00 -0000 Election Science Stakes: Medicine and Public Health full Scientific American Scientific American’s senior medicine editor Josh Fischman talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American’s senior medicine editor Josh Fischman talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election.

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]]> 307 no Election 2020: The Stakes for Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/election-2020-the-stakes-for-science/ Scientific American’s editor in chief sets up this week’s series of podcasts about how this election could affect science, technology and medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:37:00 -0000 Election 2020: The Stakes for Science full Scientific American Scientific American’s editor in chief sets up this week’s series of podcasts about how this election could affect science, technology and medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American’s editor in chief sets up this week’s series of podcasts about how this election could affect science, technology and medicine.


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]]> 215 no Why Some Easter Island Statues Are Where They Are https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-some-easter-island-statues-are-where-they-are/ Many of the statues not along the coast are in places that featured a resource vital to the communities that lived and worked there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:47:00 -0000 Why Some Easter Island Statues Are Where They Are full Scientific American Many of the statues not along the coast are in places that featured a resource vital to the communities that lived and worked there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many of the statues not along the coast are in places that featured a resource vital to the communities that lived and worked there.


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]]> 252 no Acorn Woodpeckers Fight Long, Bloody Territorial Wars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/acorn-woodpeckers-fight-long-bloody-territorial-wars/ More than 40 of the birds, in coalitions of three or four, may fight for days over oak trees in which to store their acorns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:10:00 -0000 Acorn Woodpeckers Fight Long, Bloody Territorial Wars full Scientific American More than 40 of the birds, in coalitions of three or four, may fight for days over oak trees in which to store their acorns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More than 40 of the birds, in coalitions of three or four, may fight for days over oak trees in which to store their acorns.


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]]> 290 no Funky Cheese Rinds Release an Influential Stench https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/funky-cheese-rinds-release-an-influential-stench/ The volatile compounds released by microbial communities on cheese rinds shape and shift a cheese’s microbiome. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:21:00 -0000 Funky Cheese Rinds Release an Influential Stench full Scientific American The volatile compounds released by microbial communities on cheese rinds shape and shift a cheese’s microbiome. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The volatile compounds released by microbial communities on cheese rinds shape and shift a cheese’s microbiome. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 213 no Dinosaur Asteroid Hit Worst-Case Place https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dinosaur-asteroid-hit-worst-case-place/ The mass-extinction asteroid happened to strike an area where the rock contained a lot of organic matter and sent soot into the stratosphere, where it could block sunlight for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Oct 2020 21:10:00 -0000 Dinosaur Asteroid Hit Worst-Case Place full Scientific American The mass-extinction asteroid happened to strike an area where the rock contained a lot of organic matter and sent soot into the stratosphere, where it could block sunlight for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The mass-extinction asteroid happened to strike an area where the rock contained a lot of organic matter and sent soot into the stratosphere, where it could block sunlight for years.


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]]> 278 no River Ecosystem Restoration Can Mean Just Add Water https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/river-ecosystem-restoration-can-mean-just-add-water/ Planners returned water to the dry bed of Arizona’s Santa Cruz River in 2019, and various species began showing up on the same day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:42:00 -0000 River Ecosystem Restoration Can Mean Just Add Water full Scientific American Planners returned water to the dry bed of Arizona’s Santa Cruz River in 2019, and various species began showing up on the same day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Planners returned water to the dry bed of Arizona’s Santa Cruz River in 2019, and various species began showing up on the same day.

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]]> 270 no 3,000-Year-Old Orbs Provide a Glimpse of Ancient Sport https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/3000-year-old-orbs-provide-a-glimpse-of-ancient-sport/ Researchers say three ancient leather balls, dug up from the tombs of horsemen in northwestern China, are the oldest such specimens from Europe or Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:00:00 -0000 3,000-Year-Old Orbs Provide a Glimpse of Ancient Sport full Scientific American Researchers say three ancient leather balls, dug up from the tombs of horsemen in northwestern China, are the oldest such specimens from Europe or Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers say three ancient leather balls, dug up from the tombs of horsemen in northwestern China, are the oldest such specimens from Europe or Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 180 no Humans Make Wild Animals Less Wary https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-make-wild-animals-less-wary/ From mammals to mollusks, animals living among humans lose their antipredator behaviors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:45:00 -0000 Humans Make Wild Animals Less Wary full Scientific American From mammals to mollusks, animals living among humans lose their antipredator behaviors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From mammals to mollusks, animals living among humans lose their antipredator behaviors.


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]]> 266 no Play Helped Dogs Be Our Best Friends https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/play-helped-dogs-be-our-best-friends/ The ancestors of today’s dogs already exhibited some playfulness, which became a key trait during domestication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:15:00 -0000 Play Helped Dogs Be Our Best Friends full Scientific American The ancestors of today’s dogs already exhibited some playfulness, which became a key trait during domestication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The ancestors of today’s dogs already exhibited some playfulness, which became a key trait during domestication.

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]]> 271 no Neandertal DNA May Be COVID Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/neandertal-dna-may-be-covid-risk/ A stretch of Neandertal DNA has been associated with some cases of severe COVID-19, but it’s unclear how much of a risk it poses. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:50:00 -0000 Neandertal DNA May Be COVID Risk full Scientific American A stretch of Neandertal DNA has been associated with some cases of severe COVID-19, but it’s unclear how much of a risk it poses. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A stretch of Neandertal DNA has been associated with some cases of severe COVID-19, but it’s unclear how much of a risk it poses. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 215 no Nobelist Talks CRISPR Uses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobelist-talks-crispr-uses/ New Nobel laureate in chemistry Jennifer Doudna talks about various applications of the gene-editing tool CRISPR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:52:00 -0000 Nobelist Talks CRISPR Uses full Scientific American New Nobel laureate in chemistry Jennifer Doudna talks about various applications of the gene-editing tool CRISPR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New Nobel laureate in chemistry Jennifer Doudna talks about various applications of the gene-editing tool CRISPR.


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]]> 272 no Blue Whale Song Timing Reveals Time to Go https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/blue-whale-song-timing-reveals-time-to-go/ Blue whales off California’s coast sing at night—until it’s time to start migrating, and they switch to daytime song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:28:00 -0000 Blue Whale Song Timing Reveals Time to Go full Scientific American Blue whales off California’s coast sing at night—until it’s time to start migrating, and they switch to daytime song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Blue whales off California’s coast sing at night—until it’s time to start migrating, and they switch to daytime song.


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]]> 278 no New Nobel Laureate Talks Today's Virology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-nobel-laureate-talks-todays-virology/ Charles Rice, who today shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, talked about how rapidly research now occurs, compared with his early work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:00:00 -0000 New Nobel Laureate Talks Today's Virology full Scientific American Charles Rice, who today shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, talked about how rapidly research now occurs, compared with his early work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Charles Rice, who today shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, talked about how rapidly research now occurs, compared with his early work.


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]]> 267 no Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Any Time in Past 12,000 Years https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/greenland-is-melting-faster-than-any-time-in-past-12-000-years/ Researchers determined that Greenland is on track to lose more ice this century than during any of the previous 120 centuries. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 03 Oct 2020 23:45:00 -0000 Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Any Time in Past 12,000 Years full Scientific American Researchers determined that Greenland is on track to lose more ice this century than during any of the previous 120 centuries. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers determined that Greenland is on track to lose more ice this century than during any of the previous 120 centuries. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Sloths Slowly Cavort by Day Now https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sloths-slowly-cavort-by-day-now/ The disappearance of their predators in a disturbed ecosystem has turned Atlantic forest sloths from night creatures to day adventurers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:32:00 -0000 Sloths Slowly Cavort by Day Now full Scientific American The disappearance of their predators in a disturbed ecosystem has turned Atlantic forest sloths from night creatures to day adventurers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The disappearance of their predators in a disturbed ecosystem has turned Atlantic forest sloths from night creatures to day adventurers.


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]]> 314 no Dinosaurs Got Cancer, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dinosaurs-got-cancer-too/ Researchers seeking evidence for cancer in dinosaurs found it in a collection of bones at a paleontology museum in Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:13:00 -0000 Dinosaurs Got Cancer, Too full Scientific American Researchers seeking evidence for cancer in dinosaurs found it in a collection of bones at a paleontology museum in Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers seeking evidence for cancer in dinosaurs found it in a collection of bones at a paleontology museum in Alberta.


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]]> 276 no Fluttering Feathers Could Spawn New Species https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fluttering-feathers-could-spawn-new-species/ Fork-tailed flycatchers make a fluttering sound with their wings—but separate subspecies have different “dialects” of fluttering. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:50:00 -0000 Fluttering Feathers Could Spawn New Species full Scientific American Fork-tailed flycatchers make a fluttering sound with their wings—but separate subspecies have different “dialects” of fluttering. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fork-tailed flycatchers make a fluttering sound with their wings—but separate subspecies have different “dialects” of fluttering. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 218 no Science News from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-from-around-the-world/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Israel about what DNA reveals about the Dead Sea Scrolls’ parchment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:55:00 -0000 Science News from around the World full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Israel about what DNA reveals about the Dead Sea Scrolls’ parchment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Israel about what DNA reveals about the Dead Sea Scrolls’ parchment. 

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]]> 207 no These Small Mammals Snort to a Different Tune https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/these-small-mammals-snort-to-a-different-tune/ Hyraxes, which live in Africa and the Middle East, punctuate their songs with snorts. And the snorts appear to reflect the animals’ emotional state. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:45:00 -0000 These Small Mammals Snort to a Different Tune full Scientific American Hyraxes, which live in Africa and the Middle East, punctuate their songs with snorts. And the snorts appear to reflect the animals’ emotional state. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hyraxes, which live in Africa and the Middle East, punctuate their songs with snorts. And the snorts appear to reflect the animals’ emotional state. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 288 no Ice Age Temperatures Help Predict Future Warming https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ice-age-temperatures-help-predict-future-warming/ Scientists determined that temperatures were 11 degrees cooler during the last ice age—and that finding has implications for modern-day warming. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:20:00 -0000 Ice Age Temperatures Help Predict Future Warming full Scientific American Scientists determined that temperatures were 11 degrees cooler during the last ice age—and that finding has implications for modern-day warming. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists determined that temperatures were 11 degrees cooler during the last ice age—and that finding has implications for modern-day warming. Julia Rosen reports. 

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]]> 243 no High-Elevation Hummingbirds Evolved a Temperature Trick https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/high-elevation-hummingbirds-evolved-a-temperature-trick/ Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperature to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000 High-Elevation Hummingbirds Evolved a Temperature Trick full Scientific American Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperature to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperature to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 203 no Why Pet Pigs Are More like Wolves Than Dogs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-pet-pigs-are-more-like-wolves-than-dogs/ Given an impossible task, a dog will ask a human for help, but a wolf will not seek help—and neither will a pet pig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:45:00 -0000 Why Pet Pigs Are More like Wolves Than Dogs full Scientific American Given an impossible task, a dog will ask a human for help, but a wolf will not seek help—and neither will a pet pig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Given an impossible task, a dog will ask a human for help, but a wolf will not seek help—and neither will a pet pig.


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]]> 309 no Bricks Can Be Turned into Batteries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bricks-can-be-turned-into-batteries/ Pumping cheap iron-oxide-rich red bricks with specific vapors that form polymers enables the bricks to become electrical-charge-storage devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:54:00 -0000 Bricks Can Be Turned into Batteries full Scientific American Pumping cheap iron-oxide-rich red bricks with specific vapors that form polymers enables the bricks to become electrical-charge-storage devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pumping cheap iron-oxide-rich red bricks with specific vapors that form polymers enables the bricks to become electrical-charge-storage devices.


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]]> 197 no Leftovers Are a Food-Waste Problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/leftovers-are-a-food-waste-problem/ Researchers found that leftovers are likely to end up in the trash, so they advise cooking smaller meals in the first place to avoid food waste. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Sep 2020 23:30:00 -0000 Leftovers Are a Food-Waste Problem full Scientific American Researchers found that leftovers are likely to end up in the trash, so they advise cooking smaller meals in the first place to avoid food waste. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found that leftovers are likely to end up in the trash, so they advise cooking smaller meals in the first place to avoid food waste. Christopher Intagliata reports.


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]]> 208 no Some Dinosaurs Probably Nested in Arctic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-dinosaurs-probably-nested-in-arctic/ The finding of a baby dinosaur fossil in the Arctic implies that some dinos nested in the region, which was milder than today but not toasty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Sep 2020 22:14:00 -0000 Some Dinosaurs Probably Nested in Arctic full Scientific American The finding of a baby dinosaur fossil in the Arctic implies that some dinos nested in the region, which was milder than today but not toasty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The finding of a baby dinosaur fossil in the Arctic implies that some dinos nested in the region, which was milder than today but not toasty.

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]]> 278 no Star Systems Can Be Born Topsy-Turvy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/star-systems-can-be-born-topsy-turvy/ Astronomers observed an odd triple-star system that offers clues about misaligned planetary orbits. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:35:00 -0000 Star Systems Can Be Born Topsy-Turvy full Scientific American Astronomers observed an odd triple-star system that offers clues about misaligned planetary orbits. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronomers observed an odd triple-star system that offers clues about misaligned planetary orbits. Christopher Intagliata reports.


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]]> 220 no Death by Lightning Is Common for Tropical Trees https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/death-by-lightning-is-common-for-tropical-trees/ A study estimates that 200 million trees in the tropics are mowed down by lightning annually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:57:00 -0000 Death by Lightning Is Common for Tropical Trees full Scientific American A study estimates that 200 million trees in the tropics are mowed down by lightning annually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study estimates that 200 million trees in the tropics are mowed down by lightning annually.

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]]> 216 no Science Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-briefs-from-around-the-world1/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Antarctica about how there’s something funny about penguin poop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Aug 2020 23:14:00 -0000 Science Briefs from around the World full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Antarctica about how there’s something funny about penguin poop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Antarctica about how there’s something funny about penguin poop.

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]]> 197 no Alaska's Salmon Are Shrinking https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alaskas-salmon-are-shrinking/ Every year, Alaska’s big salmon runs feature smaller salmon. Climate change and competition with hatchery-raised salmon may be to blame. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:45:00 -0000 Alaska's Salmon Are Shrinking full Scientific American Every year, Alaska’s big salmon runs feature smaller salmon. Climate change and competition with hatchery-raised salmon may be to blame. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Every year, Alaska’s big salmon runs feature smaller salmon. Climate change and competition with hatchery-raised salmon may be to blame. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 262 no End of 'Green Sahara' May Have Spurred a Megadrought in Southeast Asia https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/end-of-green-sahara-may-have-spurred-a-megadrought-in-southeast-asia/ That drought may have brought about societal shifts in the region 5,000 years ago. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Aug 2020 23:00:00 -0000 End of 'Green Sahara' May Have Spurred a Megadrought in Southeast Asia full Scientific American That drought may have brought about societal shifts in the region 5,000 years ago. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices That drought may have brought about societal shifts in the region 5,000 years ago. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 230 no White Rhinos Eavesdrop to Know Who's Who https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/white-rhinos-eavesdrop-to-know-whos-who/ The finding could potentially help wildlife managers keep better tabs on their herds. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0000 White Rhinos Eavesdrop to Know Who's Who full Scientific American The finding could potentially help wildlife managers keep better tabs on their herds. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The finding could potentially help wildlife managers keep better tabs on their herds. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 263 no Prehistoric Marine Reptile Died after a Giant Meal https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/prehistoric-marine-reptile-died-after-a-giant-meal/ Researchers found extra bones within a 240-million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil—which they determined to be the ichthyosaur’s last, possibly fatal meal. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:59:00 -0000 Prehistoric Marine Reptile Died after a Giant Meal full Scientific American Researchers found extra bones within a 240-million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil—which they determined to be the ichthyosaur’s last, possibly fatal meal. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found extra bones within a 240-million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil—which they determined to be the ichthyosaur’s last, possibly fatal meal. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Cows with Eye Images Keep Predators in Arrears https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cows-with-eye-images-keep-predators-in-arrears/ Butterflies, fish and frogs sport rear-end eyespots that reduce predation. Painting eye markings on cows similarly seems to ward off predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:59:00 -0000 Cows with Eye Images Keep Predators in Arrears full Scientific American Butterflies, fish and frogs sport rear-end eyespots that reduce predation. Painting eye markings on cows similarly seems to ward off predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Butterflies, fish and frogs sport rear-end eyespots that reduce predation. Painting eye markings on cows similarly seems to ward off predators.

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]]> 260 no Warbler Species Fires Up Song Diversity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/warbler-species-fires-up-song-diversity/ Hermit warblers in California have developed 35 different song dialects, apparently as a result of wildfires temporarily driving them out of certain areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:07:00 -0000 Warbler Species Fires Up Song Diversity full Scientific American Hermit warblers in California have developed 35 different song dialects, apparently as a result of wildfires temporarily driving them out of certain areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hermit warblers in California have developed 35 different song dialects, apparently as a result of wildfires temporarily driving them out of certain areas.


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]]> 280 no Why Lava Worlds Shine Brightly (It's Not the Lava) https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-lava-worlds-shine-brightly-its-not-the-lava/ Scientists determined that “lava world” exoplanets do not derive their brightness from molten rock but possibly get it from reflective metallic clouds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Aug 2020 23:00:00 -0000 Why Lava Worlds Shine Brightly (It's Not the Lava) full Scientific American Scientists determined that “lava world” exoplanets do not derive their brightness from molten rock but possibly get it from reflective metallic clouds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists determined that “lava world” exoplanets do not derive their brightness from molten rock but possibly get it from reflective metallic clouds. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 216 no Aardvarks Are Ailing amid Heat and Drought https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/aardvarks-are-ailing-amid-heat-and-drought/ Climate change is expected to bring more frequent droughts and heat waves to Africa’s Kalahari Desert. And aardvarks might not be able to cope. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:50:00 -0000 Aardvarks Are Ailing amid Heat and Drought full Scientific American Climate change is expected to bring more frequent droughts and heat waves to Africa’s Kalahari Desert. And aardvarks might not be able to cope. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Climate change is expected to bring more frequent droughts and heat waves to Africa’s Kalahari Desert. And aardvarks might not be able to cope. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 275 no The World's Highest-Dwelling Mammal Lives atop a Volcano https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-worlds-highest-dwelling-mammal-lives-atop-a-volcano/ Scientists spotted a mouse at the summit of Llullaillaco, a 22,000-foot-tall volcano on the border of Chile and Argentina. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0000 The World's Highest-Dwelling Mammal Lives atop a Volcano full Scientific American Scientists spotted a mouse at the summit of Llullaillaco, a 22,000-foot-tall volcano on the border of Chile and Argentina. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists spotted a mouse at the summit of Llullaillaco, a 22,000-foot-tall volcano on the border of Chile and Argentina. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 247 no Dampening of the Senses Is Linked to Dementia Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dampening-of-the-senses-is-linked-to-dementia-risk/ A decline in smell was the sense loss most strongly associated with such risk in a recent study. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0000 Dampening of the Senses Is Linked to Dementia Risk full Scientific American A decline in smell was the sense loss most strongly associated with such risk in a recent study. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A decline in smell was the sense loss most strongly associated with such risk in a recent study. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 161 no Translucent Frog Optics Create Camo Color https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/translucent-frog-optics-create-camo-color/ Rather than undergoing active chameleonlike color changes, glass frogs’ translucency allows light to bounce from their background and go through them—making their apparent color close to their setting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:29:00 -0000 Translucent Frog Optics Create Camo Color full Scientific American Rather than undergoing active chameleonlike color changes, glass frogs’ translucency allows light to bounce from their background and go through them—making their apparent color close to their setting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rather than undergoing active chameleonlike color changes, glass frogs’ translucency allows light to bounce from their background and go through them—making their apparent color close to their setting. 

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]]> 263 no Paired Comparisons Could Mean Better Witness Identifications https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/paired-comparisons-could-mean-better-witness-identifications/ Compared with traditional lineup techniques, a series of two-faces-at-a-time choices led to more accurate identification by study witnesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0000 Paired Comparisons Could Mean Better Witness Identifications full Scientific American Compared with traditional lineup techniques, a series of two-faces-at-a-time choices led to more accurate identification by study witnesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Compared with traditional lineup techniques, a series of two-faces-at-a-time choices led to more accurate identification by study witnesses.

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]]> 253 no Foxes Have Dined on Our Leftovers for 30,000 Years https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/foxes-have-dined-on-our-leftovers-for-30-000-years/ An analysis of fox fossils found evidence that they scavenged from wolf and bear kills until Homo sapiens supplied plenty of horse and reindeer remains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 02 Aug 2020 18:00:00 -0000 Foxes Have Dined on Our Leftovers for 30,000 Years full Scientific American An analysis of fox fossils found evidence that they scavenged from wolf and bear kills until Homo sapiens supplied plenty of horse and reindeer remains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of fox fossils found evidence that they scavenged from wolf and bear kills until Homo sapiens supplied plenty of horse and reindeer remains.

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]]> 252 no Mexico Caves Reveal Ancient Ocher Mining https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mexico-caves-reveal-ancient-ocher-mining/ Now submerged caves in the Yucatán Peninsula contain remains of ocher-mining operations that date back at least 10,000 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:25:00 -0000 Mexico Caves Reveal Ancient Ocher Mining full Scientific American Now submerged caves in the Yucatán Peninsula contain remains of ocher-mining operations that date back at least 10,000 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Now submerged caves in the Yucatán Peninsula contain remains of ocher-mining operations that date back at least 10,000 years.


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]]> 271 no In Bee Shortage, Bubbles Could Help Pollinate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/in-bee-shortage-bubbles-could-help-pollinate/ Soap bubbles are sticky enough to carry a pollen payload and delicate enough to land on flowers without harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:41:00 -0000 In Bee Shortage, Bubbles Could Help Pollinate full Scientific American Soap bubbles are sticky enough to carry a pollen payload and delicate enough to land on flowers without harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Soap bubbles are sticky enough to carry a pollen payload and delicate enough to land on flowers without harm.


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]]> 217 no Science News Briefs from around the Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-planet1/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 26 Jul 2020 19:42:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Planet full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average.

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]]> 200 no Seismologists Find the World Quieted Down during Pandemic Lockdowns https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seismologists-find-the-world-quieted-down-during-pandemic-lockdowns/ COVID-19-related lockdowns dampened human activity around the globe—giving seismologists a rare glimpse of the earth’s quietest rumblings. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 25 Jul 2020 23:11:00 -0000 Seismologists Find the World Quieted Down during Pandemic Lockdowns full Scientific American COVID-19-related lockdowns dampened human activity around the globe—giving seismologists a rare glimpse of the earth’s quietest rumblings. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices COVID-19-related lockdowns dampened human activity around the globe—giving seismologists a rare glimpse of the earth’s quietest rumblings. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 195 no Old Art Offers Agriculture Info https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/old-art-offers-agriculture-info/ Art museums are filled with centuries-old paintings with details of plants that today give us clues about evolution and breeding practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:15:00 -0000 Old Art Offers Agriculture Info full Scientific American Art museums are filled with centuries-old paintings with details of plants that today give us clues about evolution and breeding practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Art museums are filled with centuries-old paintings with details of plants that today give us clues about evolution and breeding practices.

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]]> 253 no How COVID-19 Decreases Weather Forecast Accuracy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-covid-19-decreases-weather-forecast-accuracy/ Meteorologists take advantage of weather data collected by commercial jetliners at different altitudes and locations. Fewer flights mean less data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:43:00 -0000 How COVID-19 Decreases Weather Forecast Accuracy full Scientific American Meteorologists take advantage of weather data collected by commercial jetliners at different altitudes and locations. Fewer flights mean less data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Meteorologists take advantage of weather data collected by commercial jetliners at different altitudes and locations. Fewer flights mean less data.


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]]> 228 no Cricket Avoids Being Bat Food by Doing Nothing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cricket-avoids-being-bat-food-by-doing-nothing/ The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:20:00 -0000 Cricket Avoids Being Bat Food by Doing Nothing full Scientific American The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach.


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]]> 284 no Speaker System Blocks City Noise https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/speaker-system-blocks-city-noise/ The system works like noise-cancelling headphones but fits over an open window. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:10:00 -0000 Speaker System Blocks City Noise full Scientific American The system works like noise-cancelling headphones but fits over an open window. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The system works like noise-cancelling headphones but fits over an open window. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 204 no Civil War Vaccine May Have Lessons for COVID-19 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/civil-war-vaccine-may-have-lessons-for-covid-19/ Vaccination used against smallpox during the Civil War reveals the identity of the distantly related virus used to keep troops disease-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:01:00 -0000 Civil War Vaccine May Have Lessons for COVID-19 full Scientific American Vaccination used against smallpox during the Civil War reveals the identity of the distantly related virus used to keep troops disease-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Vaccination used against smallpox during the Civil War reveals the identity of the distantly related virus used to keep troops disease-free.

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]]> 265 no Can People ID Infectious Disease by Cough and Sneeze Sounds? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/can-people-id-infectious-disease-by-cough-and-sneeze-sounds/ Individuals aren’t very good at judging whether someone coughing or sneezing has an infectious condition or is simply reacting to something benign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Jul 2020 21:45:00 -0000 Can People ID Infectious Disease by Cough and Sneeze Sounds? full Scientific American Individuals aren’t very good at judging whether someone coughing or sneezing has an infectious condition or is simply reacting to something benign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Individuals aren’t very good at judging whether someone coughing or sneezing has an infectious condition or is simply reacting to something benign.


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]]> 251 no Why Some Birds Are Likely To Hit Buildings https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-some-birds-are-likely-to-hit-buildings/ Those that eat insects, migrate or usually live in the woods are most likely to fly into buildings that feature a lot of glass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:25:00 -0000 Why Some Birds Are Likely To Hit Buildings full Scientific American Those that eat insects, migrate or usually live in the woods are most likely to fly into buildings that feature a lot of glass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Those that eat insects, migrate or usually live in the woods are most likely to fly into buildings that feature a lot of glass.

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]]> 222 no Sparrow Song Undergoes Key Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sparrow-song-undergoes-key-change/ White-throated sparrows made a change to their familiar call that quickly spread across Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 11 Jul 2020 13:17:00 -0000 Sparrow Song Undergoes Key Change full Scientific American White-throated sparrows made a change to their familiar call that quickly spread across Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices White-throated sparrows made a change to their familiar call that quickly spread across Canada.

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]]> 258 no Polynesians and Native South Americans Made 12th-Century Contact https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/polynesians-and-native-south-americans-made-12th-century-contact/ Scientists have found snippets of Native South American DNA in the genomes of present-day Polynesians, and they trace the contact to the year 1150. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Jul 2020 23:00:00 -0000 Polynesians and Native South Americans Made 12th-Century Contact full Scientific American Scientists have found snippets of Native South American DNA in the genomes of present-day Polynesians, and they trace the contact to the year 1150. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists have found snippets of Native South American DNA in the genomes of present-day Polynesians, and they trace the contact to the year 1150. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 289 no Animals Appreciate Recent Traffic Lull https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/animals-appreciate-recent-traffic-lull/ Researchers saw a third fewer vehicle collisions with deer, elk, moose and other large mammals in the four weeks following COVID-19 shutdowns in three states they tracked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:30:00 -0000 Animals Appreciate Recent Traffic Lull full Scientific American Researchers saw a third fewer vehicle collisions with deer, elk, moose and other large mammals in the four weeks following COVID-19 shutdowns in three states they tracked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers saw a third fewer vehicle collisions with deer, elk, moose and other large mammals in the four weeks following COVID-19 shutdowns in three states they tracked.

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]]> 241 no Bat Says Hi as It Hunts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bat-says-hi-as-it-hunts/ Velvety free-tailed bats produce sounds that help them locate insect prey but simultaneously identify them to their companions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:39:00 -0000 Bat Says Hi as It Hunts full Scientific American Velvety free-tailed bats produce sounds that help them locate insect prey but simultaneously identify them to their companions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Velvety free-tailed bats produce sounds that help them locate insect prey but simultaneously identify them to their companions.


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]]> 246 no Forests Getting Younger and Shorter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/forests-getting-younger-and-shorter/ Old, big trees are dying faster than in the past, leaving younger, less biodiverse forests that store less carbon worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:11:00 -0000 Forests Getting Younger and Shorter full Scientific American Old, big trees are dying faster than in the past, leaving younger, less biodiverse forests that store less carbon worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Old, big trees are dying faster than in the past, leaving younger, less biodiverse forests that store less carbon worldwide.


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]]> 217 no Young Great White Sharks Eat off the Floor https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/young-great-white-sharks-eat-off-the-floor/ The stomach contents of young great white sharks show that they spend a lot of time patrolling the seafloor for meals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Jul 2020 21:33:00 -0000 Young Great White Sharks Eat off the Floor full Scientific American The stomach contents of young great white sharks show that they spend a lot of time patrolling the seafloor for meals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The stomach contents of young great white sharks show that they spend a lot of time patrolling the seafloor for meals.


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]]> 218 no Tweets Reveal Politics of COVID-19  https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tweets-reveal-politics-of-covid-19/ Political scientists analyzed congressional tweets and observed how Republicans and Democrats responded differently to the virus. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:30:00 -0000 Tweets Reveal Politics of COVID-19  full Scientific American Political scientists analyzed congressional tweets and observed how Republicans and Democrats responded differently to the virus. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Political scientists analyzed congressional tweets and observed how Republicans and Democrats responded differently to the virus. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 207 no Nature's Goods and Services Get Priced https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/natures-goods-and-services-get-priced/ The gross ecosystem product, or GEP, tries to take into account the contribution of nature to the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:00:00 -0000 Nature's Goods and Services Get Priced full Scientific American The gross ecosystem product, or GEP, tries to take into account the contribution of nature to the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The gross ecosystem product, or GEP, tries to take into account the contribution of nature to the economy.

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]]> 268 no Animal Migrations Track Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/animal-migrations-track-climate-change/ Many species are known to have changed their migration routes in response to the changing climate. They now include mule deer and Bewick’s swans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:41:00 -0000 Animal Migrations Track Climate Change full Scientific American Many species are known to have changed their migration routes in response to the changing climate. They now include mule deer and Bewick’s swans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many species are known to have changed their migration routes in response to the changing climate. They now include mule deer and Bewick’s swans.


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]]> 246 no Science Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-briefs-from-around-the-world/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about a 70-million-year-old mollusk fossil that reveals years back then had a few more days than we have now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:47:00 -0000 Science Briefs from around the World full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about a 70-million-year-old mollusk fossil that reveals years back then had a few more days than we have now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about a 70-million-year-old mollusk fossil that reveals years back then had a few more days than we have now.

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]]> 185 no Stiffer Roads Could Drive Down Carbon Emissions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stiffer-roads-could-drive-down-carbon-emissions/ By hardening the nation’s streets and highways, trucks would use less fuel and spare the planet carbon emissions. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:20:00 -0000 Stiffer Roads Could Drive Down Carbon Emissions full Scientific American By hardening the nation’s streets and highways, trucks would use less fuel and spare the planet carbon emissions. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By hardening the nation’s streets and highways, trucks would use less fuel and spare the planet carbon emissions. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 211 no Unicorns of the Sea Reveal Sound Activities https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/unicorns-of-the-sea-reveal-sound-activities/ Narwhals, recognizable by their large single tusk, make distinct sounds that are now being analyzed in depth by researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:49:00 -0000 Unicorns of the Sea Reveal Sound Activities full Scientific American Narwhals, recognizable by their large single tusk, make distinct sounds that are now being analyzed in depth by researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Narwhals, recognizable by their large single tusk, make distinct sounds that are now being analyzed in depth by researchers.


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]]> 271 no Human Speech Evolution Gets Lip-Smacking Evidence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/human-speech-evolution-gets-lip-smacking-evidence/ A study of our closest evolutionary relatives finds that the chimp behavior known as lip smacking occurs in the same timing range as human mouths during speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:39:00 -0000 Human Speech Evolution Gets Lip-Smacking Evidence full Scientific American A study of our closest evolutionary relatives finds that the chimp behavior known as lip smacking occurs in the same timing range as human mouths during speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of our closest evolutionary relatives finds that the chimp behavior known as lip smacking occurs in the same timing range as human mouths during speech.

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]]> 266 no Printed Coral Could Provide Reef Relief https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/printed-coral-could-provide-reef-relief/ Three-dimensional printed coral-like structures were able to support the algae that live in real corals, which could help restore reefs and grow algae for bioenergy production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Jun 2020 23:17:00 -0000 Printed Coral Could Provide Reef Relief full Scientific American Three-dimensional printed coral-like structures were able to support the algae that live in real corals, which could help restore reefs and grow algae for bioenergy production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Three-dimensional printed coral-like structures were able to support the algae that live in real corals, which could help restore reefs and grow algae for bioenergy production.


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]]> 246 no 'Snot Palaces' Reveal Undersea Creature Secrets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/snot-palaces-reveal-undersea-creature-secrets/ Scientists are studying the delicate mucus houses built by creatures called larvaceans to better understand how they live. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Jun 2020 23:30:00 -0000 'Snot Palaces' Reveal Undersea Creature Secrets full Scientific American Scientists are studying the delicate mucus houses built by creatures called larvaceans to better understand how they live. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists are studying the delicate mucus houses built by creatures called larvaceans to better understand how they live. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 207 no Helping Kids Cope with COVID-19 Worries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/helping-kids-cope-with-covid-19-worries/ The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID-19 impacts and isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:15:00 -0000 Helping Kids Cope with COVID-19 Worries full Scientific American The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID-19 impacts and isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID-19 impacts and isolation.


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]]> 248 no Ancient DNA Rewrites Dead Sea Scroll History https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-dna-rewrites-dead-sea-scroll-history/ By sequencing DNA from the dust of dead sea scrolls, scientists were able to glean new clues about the ancient manuscripts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Jun 2020 23:45:00 -0000 Ancient DNA Rewrites Dead Sea Scroll History full Scientific American By sequencing DNA from the dust of dead sea scrolls, scientists were able to glean new clues about the ancient manuscripts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By sequencing DNA from the dust of dead sea scrolls, scientists were able to glean new clues about the ancient manuscripts. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 235 no Whale Protections Need Not Cause Lobstering Losses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whale-protections-need-not-cause-lobstering-losses/ Right whales, other whales and turtles get caught in lobster trap lines, but fewer lines can maintain the same lobster catch levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 07 Jun 2020 19:55:00 -0000 Whale Protections Need Not Cause Lobstering Losses full Scientific American Right whales, other whales and turtles get caught in lobster trap lines, but fewer lines can maintain the same lobster catch levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Right whales, other whales and turtles get caught in lobster trap lines, but fewer lines can maintain the same lobster catch levels.


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]]> 250 no How to Keep COVID-19 Conspiracies Contained https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-keep-covid-19-conspiracies-contained/ An expert on climate denial offers tips for inoculating people against coronavirus conspiracy notions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:53:00 -0000 How to Keep COVID-19 Conspiracies Contained full Scientific American An expert on climate denial offers tips for inoculating people against coronavirus conspiracy notions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An expert on climate denial offers tips for inoculating people against coronavirus conspiracy notions.


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]]> 234 no Bioluminescence Helps Prey Avoid Hungry Seals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bioluminescence-helps-prey-avoid-hungry-seals/ Prey animals flash biochemically produced light to confuse elephant seals hunting in the dark. But at least one seal turned the tables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:49:00 -0000 Bioluminescence Helps Prey Avoid Hungry Seals full Scientific American Prey animals flash biochemically produced light to confuse elephant seals hunting in the dark. But at least one seal turned the tables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Prey animals flash biochemically produced light to confuse elephant seals hunting in the dark. But at least one seal turned the tables.


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]]> 232 no 3 Words Mislead Online Regional Mood Analysis https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/3-words-mislead-online-regional-mood-analysis/ Analyzing keywords on Twitter can offer a loose measure of the subjective well-being of a community, as long as you don’t count three words: good, love and LOL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:18:00 -0000 3 Words Mislead Online Regional Mood Analysis full Scientific American Analyzing keywords on Twitter can offer a loose measure of the subjective well-being of a community, as long as you don’t count three words: good, love and LOL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Analyzing keywords on Twitter can offer a loose measure of the subjective well-being of a community, as long as you don’t count three words: good, love and LOL.


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]]> 281 no COVID Has Changed Soundscapes Worldwide https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/covid-has-changed-soundscapes-worldwide/ The Silent Cities project is collecting sound from cities around the planet during the coronavirus pandemic to give researchers a database of natural sound in areas usually filled with human-generated noise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 31 May 2020 22:00:00 -0000 COVID Has Changed Soundscapes Worldwide full Scientific American The Silent Cities project is collecting sound from cities around the planet during the coronavirus pandemic to give researchers a database of natural sound in areas usually filled with human-generated noise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Silent Cities project is collecting sound from cities around the planet during the coronavirus pandemic to give researchers a database of natural sound in areas usually filled with human-generated noise.

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]]> 237 no Science News Briefs from All Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over5/ Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about an incredibly well-preserved horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), like the one pictured, that lived 46,000 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 May 2020 15:52:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All Over full Scientific American Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about an incredibly well-preserved horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), like the one pictured, that lived 46,000 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about an incredibly well-preserved horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), like the one pictured, that lived 46,000 years ago.

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]]> 190 no Colorful Corals Beat Bleaching https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/colorful-corals-beat-bleaching/ Exposed to mildly warmer waters, some corals turn neon instead of bleaching white. The dramatic colors may help coax symbiotic algae back. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 May 2020 20:30:00 -0000 Colorful Corals Beat Bleaching full Scientific American Exposed to mildly warmer waters, some corals turn neon instead of bleaching white. The dramatic colors may help coax symbiotic algae back. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Exposed to mildly warmer waters, some corals turn neon instead of bleaching white. The dramatic colors may help coax symbiotic algae back. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 210 no Skinny Genes Tell Fat to Burn https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/skinny-genes-tell-fat-to-burn/ A gene whose mutated form is associated with cancer in humans turns out to have a role in burning calories over a long evolutionary history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 May 2020 21:30:00 -0000 Skinny Genes Tell Fat to Burn full Scientific American A gene whose mutated form is associated with cancer in humans turns out to have a role in burning calories over a long evolutionary history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A gene whose mutated form is associated with cancer in humans turns out to have a role in burning calories over a long evolutionary history.


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]]> 233 no Malaria Mosquitoes Are Biting before Bed-Net Time https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/malaria-mosquitoes-are-biting-before-bed-net-time/ Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bed nets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets are not up yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 May 2020 19:12:00 -0000 Malaria Mosquitoes Are Biting before Bed-Net Time full Scientific American Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bed nets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets are not up yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bed nets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets are not up yet.

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]]> 274 no We're Being Tested https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/were-being-tested/ President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 May 2020 11:22:00 -0000 We're Being Tested full Scientific American President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general.

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]]> 204 no Barn Owl Babies Can Be Helpful Hatch Mates https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/barn-owl-babies-can-be-helpful-hatch-mates/ Food sharing is mainly found in adult animals as a part of social bonding. But in a rarely observed behavior in birds, older barn owl chicks will share food with younger ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 May 2020 19:13:00 -0000 Barn Owl Babies Can Be Helpful Hatch Mates full Scientific American Food sharing is mainly found in adult animals as a part of social bonding. But in a rarely observed behavior in birds, older barn owl chicks will share food with younger ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Food sharing is mainly found in adult animals as a part of social bonding. But in a rarely observed behavior in birds, older barn owl chicks will share food with younger ones.


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]]> 257 no Donut Sugar Could Help Stored Blood Last https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/donut-sugar-could-help-stored-blood-last/ Dehydrated blood that could be kept at room temperature for years may be possible thanks to a sugar used to preserve donuts—and made by tardigrades and brine shrimp so they can dry out and spring back with water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 May 2020 20:14:00 -0000 Donut Sugar Could Help Stored Blood Last full Scientific American Dehydrated blood that could be kept at room temperature for years may be possible thanks to a sugar used to preserve donuts—and made by tardigrades and brine shrimp so they can dry out and spring back with water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dehydrated blood that could be kept at room temperature for years may be possible thanks to a sugar used to preserve donuts—and made by tardigrades and brine shrimp so they can dry out and spring back with water.

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]]> 251 no Lemur Flirting Uses Common Scents https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lemur-flirting-uses-common-scents/ To entice female ring-tailed lemurs, males rub wrist secretions, which include compounds we use in perfumes, onto their tail and then wave it near the gals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 May 2020 18:46:00 -0000 Lemur Flirting Uses Common Scents full Scientific American To entice female ring-tailed lemurs, males rub wrist secretions, which include compounds we use in perfumes, onto their tail and then wave it near the gals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices To entice female ring-tailed lemurs, males rub wrist secretions, which include compounds we use in perfumes, onto their tail and then wave it near the gals.

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]]> 246 no Flamingos Can Be Picky about Company https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flamingos-can-be-picky-about-company/ They don’t stand on one leg around just anybody but often prefer certain members of the flock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 May 2020 20:58:00 -0000 Flamingos Can Be Picky about Company full Scientific American They don’t stand on one leg around just anybody but often prefer certain members of the flock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices They don’t stand on one leg around just anybody but often prefer certain members of the flock.

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]]> 255 no Horses Recognize Pics of Their Keepers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/horses-recognize-pics-of-their-keepers/ Horses picked out photographs of their current keepers, and even of former keepers whom they had not seen in months, at a rate much better than chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 May 2020 21:28:00 -0000 Horses Recognize Pics of Their Keepers full Scientific American Horses picked out photographs of their current keepers, and even of former keepers whom they had not seen in months, at a rate much better than chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Horses picked out photographs of their current keepers, and even of former keepers whom they had not seen in months, at a rate much better than chance.


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]]> 256 no Tapirs Help Reforestation via Defecation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tapirs-help-reforestation-via-defecation/ The large herbivores appear to prefer disturbed areas over more intact ones and spread many more seeds in those places through their droppings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 May 2020 21:03:00 -0000 Tapirs Help Reforestation via Defecation full Scientific American The large herbivores appear to prefer disturbed areas over more intact ones and spread many more seeds in those places through their droppings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The large herbivores appear to prefer disturbed areas over more intact ones and spread many more seeds in those places through their droppings.

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]]> 256 no Virus-Infected Bees Practice Social Distancing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/virus-infected-bees-practice-social-distancing/ Bees infected with a virus cut back on interactions within their hive but find it easier to get past sentries at neighboring hives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:56:00 -0000 Virus-Infected Bees Practice Social Distancing full Scientific American Bees infected with a virus cut back on interactions within their hive but find it easier to get past sentries at neighboring hives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bees infected with a virus cut back on interactions within their hive but find it easier to get past sentries at neighboring hives.

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]]> 279 no New Data on Killer House Cats https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-data-on-killer-house-cats/ Wild cats kill more animals than domestic ones do. But pet cats kill many more of them in a small area than similarly sized wild predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:20:00 -0000 New Data on Killer House Cats full Scientific American Wild cats kill more animals than domestic ones do. But pet cats kill many more of them in a small area than similarly sized wild predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wild cats kill more animals than domestic ones do. But pet cats kill many more of them in a small area than similarly sized wild predators.

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]]> 278 no Science News Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-world4/ Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about what the eruption of Mount Vesuvius might have done to one ill-fated resident of Herculaneum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:46:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the World full Scientific American Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about what the eruption of Mount Vesuvius might have done to one ill-fated resident of Herculaneum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about what the eruption of Mount Vesuvius might have done to one ill-fated resident of Herculaneum.

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]]> 183 no Birds on Rhinos' Back Help Them Avoid Poachers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/birds-on-rhinos-back-help-them-avoid-poachers/ Oxpeckers riding on rhinoceroses feast on ticks, and their calls warn the nearsighted herbivores about approaching humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:22:00 -0000 Birds on Rhinos' Back Help Them Avoid Poachers full Scientific American Oxpeckers riding on rhinoceroses feast on ticks, and their calls warn the nearsighted herbivores about approaching humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Oxpeckers riding on rhinoceroses feast on ticks, and their calls warn the nearsighted herbivores about approaching humans.

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]]> 249 no Jane Goodall: We Can Learn from This Pandemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jane-goodall-we-can-learn-from-this-pandemic/ In a teleconference promoting her participation in Earth Day events on the National Geographic Channel, Goodall talked about what gives her hope during the pandemic and what she hopes we all learn from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:28:00 -0000 Jane Goodall: We Can Learn from This Pandemic full Scientific American In a teleconference promoting her participation in Earth Day events on the National Geographic Channel, Goodall talked about what gives her hope during the pandemic and what she hopes we all learn from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a teleconference promoting her participation in Earth Day events on the National Geographic Channel, Goodall talked about what gives her hope during the pandemic and what she hopes we all learn from it.

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]]> 243 no Our 3,000th Episode https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/our-3000th-episode/ Here are some “highlights” from the past 13.5 years of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:19:00 -0000 Our 3,000th Episode full Scientific American Here are some “highlights” from the past 13.5 years of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are some “highlights” from the past 13.5 years of this podcast.

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]]> 221 no How Herbivore Herds Might Help Permafrost https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-herbivore-herds-might-help-permafrost/ Introducing herds of large herbivores in the Arctic would disturb surface snow, allowing cold air to reach the ground and keep the permafrost frosty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:22:00 -0000 How Herbivore Herds Might Help Permafrost full Scientific American Introducing herds of large herbivores in the Arctic would disturb surface snow, allowing cold air to reach the ground and keep the permafrost frosty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Introducing herds of large herbivores in the Arctic would disturb surface snow, allowing cold air to reach the ground and keep the permafrost frosty.


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]]> 258 no Lung Cancer Screen Could Be Easy Pee-sy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lung-cancer-screen-could-be-easy-pee-sy/ In mice, a test for lung cancer involves nanoprobes that recognize tumors and send reporter molecules into the urine for simple analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:18:00 -0000 Lung Cancer Screen Could Be Easy Pee-sy full Scientific American In mice, a test for lung cancer involves nanoprobes that recognize tumors and send reporter molecules into the urine for simple analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In mice, a test for lung cancer involves nanoprobes that recognize tumors and send reporter molecules into the urine for simple analysis.

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]]> 279 no Obama Talks Some Science Policy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/obama-talks-some-science-policy/ As he endorsed Joe Biden today, former president Barack Obama touched on some environmental, economic and science matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:10:00 -0000 Obama Talks Some Science Policy full Scientific American As he endorsed Joe Biden today, former president Barack Obama touched on some environmental, economic and science matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As he endorsed Joe Biden today, former president Barack Obama touched on some environmental, economic and science matters.

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]]> 173 no Red-Winged Blackbirds Understand Yellow Warbler Alarms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/red-winged-blackbirds-understand-yellow-warbler-alarms/ Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping on the calls and reacting to them, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:37:00 -0000 Red-Winged Blackbirds Understand Yellow Warbler Alarms full Scientific American Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping on the calls and reacting to them, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping on the calls and reacting to them, too.

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]]> 271 no Waiter, What's This Worm Doing in My Sushi? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/waiter-whats-this-worm-doing-in-my-sushi/ Well, it’s probably there because the odds on its presence have gone way up in the past 40 years. But such parasites are still much more of a health problem for whales and dolphins than they are for us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:48:00 -0000 Waiter, What's This Worm Doing in My Sushi? full Scientific American Well, it’s probably there because the odds on its presence have gone way up in the past 40 years. But such parasites are still much more of a health problem for whales and dolphins than they are for us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Well, it’s probably there because the odds on its presence have gone way up in the past 40 years. But such parasites are still much more of a health problem for whales and dolphins than they are for us.

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]]> 230 no What's a Narwhal's Tusk For? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whats-a-narwhals-tusk-for/ Although the tusk can be a weapon, the variation in tusk length among animals of similar body size points to it being primarily a mating status signal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0000 What's a Narwhal's Tusk For? full Scientific American Although the tusk can be a weapon, the variation in tusk length among animals of similar body size points to it being primarily a mating status signal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Although the tusk can be a weapon, the variation in tusk length among animals of similar body size points to it being primarily a mating status signal.

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]]> 252 no Coronavirus Misinformation Is Its Own Deadly Condition https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coronavirus-misinformation-is-its-own-deadly-condition/ Pulitzer-winning Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, talks about the dangers of politicians offering coronavirus misinformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:40:00 -0000 Coronavirus Misinformation Is Its Own Deadly Condition full Scientific American Pulitzer-winning Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, talks about the dangers of politicians offering coronavirus misinformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pulitzer-winning Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, talks about the dangers of politicians offering coronavirus misinformation.


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]]> 219 no Coronavirus Can Infect Cats https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coronavirus-can-infect-cats/ Tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for the virus, and studies show that house cats—but apparently not dogs—can become infected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:47:00 -0000 Coronavirus Can Infect Cats full Scientific American Tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for the virus, and studies show that house cats—but apparently not dogs—can become infected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for the virus, and studies show that house cats—but apparently not dogs—can become infected.


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]]> 279 no Squid's Glowing Skin Patterns May Be Code https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/squids-glowing-skin-patterns-may-be-code/ Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:40:00 -0000 Squid's Glowing Skin Patterns May Be Code full Scientific American Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate.

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]]> 247 no Bird Fossil Shared Earth with T. rex https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bird-fossil-shared-earth-with-t-rex/ Dating back 67 million years, this representative of the group of modern birds has been dubbed the Wonderchicken (which is not an April Fools’ Day joke). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:36:00 -0000 Bird Fossil Shared Earth with T. rex full Scientific American Dating back 67 million years, this representative of the group of modern birds has been dubbed the Wonderchicken (which is not an April Fools’ Day joke). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dating back 67 million years, this representative of the group of modern birds has been dubbed the Wonderchicken (which is not an April Fools’ Day joke).


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]]> 236 no City Birds: Big-Brained with Few Offspring or Small-Brained with a Lot https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/city-birds-big-brained-with-few-offspring-or-small-brained-with-a-lot/ To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained and able to produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:46:00 -0000 City Birds: Big-Brained with Few Offspring or Small-Brained with a Lot full Scientific American To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained and able to produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained and able to produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size.

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]]> 248 no Coyotes Eat Everything from Fruits to Cats https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coyotes-eat-everything-from-fruits-to-cats/ The diets of coyotes vary widely, depending on whether they live in rural, suburban or urban environments—but pretty much anything is fair game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:23:00 -0000 Coyotes Eat Everything from Fruits to Cats full Scientific American The diets of coyotes vary widely, depending on whether they live in rural, suburban or urban environments—but pretty much anything is fair game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The diets of coyotes vary widely, depending on whether they live in rural, suburban or urban environments—but pretty much anything is fair game.


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]]> 271 no Tiny Wormlike Creature May Be Our Oldest Known Ancestor https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tiny-wormlike-creature-may-be-our-oldest-known-ancestor/ The bilateral organism crawled on the seafloor, taking in organic matter at one end and dumping the remains out the other some 555 million years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:10:00 -0000 Tiny Wormlike Creature May Be Our Oldest Known Ancestor full Scientific American The bilateral organism crawled on the seafloor, taking in organic matter at one end and dumping the remains out the other some 555 million years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The bilateral organism crawled on the seafloor, taking in organic matter at one end and dumping the remains out the other some 555 million years ago.


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]]> 244 no Science News Briefs from around the Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-planet/ Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about the discovery of an intact chicken egg dating to Roman Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:23:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Planet full Scientific American Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about the discovery of an intact chicken egg dating to Roman Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about the discovery of an intact chicken egg dating to Roman Britain.

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]]> 213 no Help Researchers Track COVID-19 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/help-researchers-track-covid-19/ By entering your health status, even if you’re feeling fine, at the Web site COVID Near You, you can help researchers develop a nationwide look at where hotspots of coronavirus are occurring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:04:00 -0000 Help Researchers Track COVID-19 full Scientific American By entering your health status, even if you’re feeling fine, at the Web site COVID Near You, you can help researchers develop a nationwide look at where hotspots of coronavirus are occurring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By entering your health status, even if you’re feeling fine, at the Web site COVID Near You, you can help researchers develop a nationwide look at where hotspots of coronavirus are occurring.


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]]> 232 no Sick Vampire Bats Restrict Grooming to Close Family https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sick-vampire-bats-restrict-grooming-to-close-family/ When vampire bats feel sick, they still engage in prosocial acts such as sharing food with nonrelatives. But they cut back on grooming anyone other than their closest kin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:15:00 -0000 Sick Vampire Bats Restrict Grooming to Close Family full Scientific American When vampire bats feel sick, they still engage in prosocial acts such as sharing food with nonrelatives. But they cut back on grooming anyone other than their closest kin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When vampire bats feel sick, they still engage in prosocial acts such as sharing food with nonrelatives. But they cut back on grooming anyone other than their closest kin.


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]]> 250 no Exponential Infection Increases Are Deadly Serious https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/exponential-infection-increases-are-deadly-serious/ Listen in as I use two calculators to track the difference in numbers of infections over a short period of time, depending on how many people each infected individual infects on average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:15:00 -0000 Exponential Infection Increases Are Deadly Serious full Scientific American Listen in as I use two calculators to track the difference in numbers of infections over a short period of time, depending on how many people each infected individual infects on average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Listen in as I use two calculators to track the difference in numbers of infections over a short period of time, depending on how many people each infected individual infects on average.

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]]> 341 no Swamp Wallaby Reproduction Give Tribbles a Run https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/swamp-wallaby-reproduction-give-tribbles-a-run/ They’re not born pregnant like tribbles, but swamp wallabies routinely get pregnant while pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:55:00 -0000 Swamp Wallaby Reproduction Give Tribbles a Run full Scientific American They’re not born pregnant like tribbles, but swamp wallabies routinely get pregnant while pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices They’re not born pregnant like tribbles, but swamp wallabies routinely get pregnant while pregnant.

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]]> 257 no Ocean Plastic Smells Great to Sea Turtles https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ocean-plastic-smells-great-to-sea-turtles/ Ocean plastic gets covered with algae and other marine organisms, making it smell delicious to sea turtles—with potentially deadly results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:25:00 -0000 Ocean Plastic Smells Great to Sea Turtles full Scientific American Ocean plastic gets covered with algae and other marine organisms, making it smell delicious to sea turtles—with potentially deadly results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ocean plastic gets covered with algae and other marine organisms, making it smell delicious to sea turtles—with potentially deadly results.

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]]> 228 no Ancient Clam Shell Reveals Shorter Day Length https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-clam-shell-reveals-shorter-day-length/ The growth layers in a 70-million-year-old clam shell indicate that a year back then had more than 370 days, with each day being only about 23.5 hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:24:00 -0000 Ancient Clam Shell Reveals Shorter Day Length full Scientific American The growth layers in a 70-million-year-old clam shell indicate that a year back then had more than 370 days, with each day being only about 23.5 hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The growth layers in a 70-million-year-old clam shell indicate that a year back then had more than 370 days, with each day being only about 23.5 hours.

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]]> 223 no Snapping Shrimp Make More Noise in Warmer Oceans https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/snapping-shrimp-make-more-noise-in-warmer-oceans/ As oceans heat up, the ubiquitous noise of snapping shrimp should increase, posing issues for other species and human seagoing ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:13:00 -0000 Snapping Shrimp Make More Noise in Warmer Oceans full Scientific American As oceans heat up, the ubiquitous noise of snapping shrimp should increase, posing issues for other species and human seagoing ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As oceans heat up, the ubiquitous noise of snapping shrimp should increase, posing issues for other species and human seagoing ventures.


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]]> 218 no Stress from Undersea Noise Interferes with Crab Camouflage https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stress-from-undersea-noise-interferes-with-crab-camouflage/ In an example of how sea noise can harm species, exposed shore crabs changed camouflaging color sluggishly and were slower to flee from simulated predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:30:00 -0000 Stress from Undersea Noise Interferes with Crab Camouflage full Scientific American In an example of how sea noise can harm species, exposed shore crabs changed camouflaging color sluggishly and were slower to flee from simulated predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In an example of how sea noise can harm species, exposed shore crabs changed camouflaging color sluggishly and were slower to flee from simulated predators.


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]]> 254 no Indigenous Amazonians Managed Valuable Plant Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/indigenous-amazonians-managed-valuable-plant-life/ Studies on very old vegetation in the Amazon basin show active management hundreds of years ago on species such as Brazil nut and cocoa trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0000 Indigenous Amazonians Managed Valuable Plant Life full Scientific American Studies on very old vegetation in the Amazon basin show active management hundreds of years ago on species such as Brazil nut and cocoa trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Studies on very old vegetation in the Amazon basin show active management hundreds of years ago on species such as Brazil nut and cocoa trees.

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]]> 237 no Computers Confirm Beethoven's Influence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computers-confirm-beethovens-influence/ By breaking 900 classical piano compositions into musical chunks, researchers could track Ludwig van Beethoven’s influence on the composers who followed him. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0000 Computers Confirm Beethoven's Influence full Scientific American By breaking 900 classical piano compositions into musical chunks, researchers could track Ludwig van Beethoven’s influence on the composers who followed him. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By breaking 900 classical piano compositions into musical chunks, researchers could track Ludwig van Beethoven’s influence on the composers who followed him. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 254 no Science News Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-world3/ Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from off the California coast about the first heart rate measurement done on a blue whale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Mar 2020 18:35:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the World full Scientific American Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from off the California coast about the first heart rate measurement done on a blue whale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from off the California coast about the first heart rate measurement done on a blue whale.

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]]> 228 no Jet Altitude Changes Cut Climate-Changing Contrails https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jet-altitude-changes-cut-climate-changing-contrails/ Increasing or decreasing the altitude of aircraft by a few thousand feet to avoid thin layers of humidity could make a major reduction to contrails’ contribution to climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:52:00 -0000 Jet Altitude Changes Cut Climate-Changing Contrails full Scientific American Increasing or decreasing the altitude of aircraft by a few thousand feet to avoid thin layers of humidity could make a major reduction to contrails’ contribution to climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Increasing or decreasing the altitude of aircraft by a few thousand feet to avoid thin layers of humidity could make a major reduction to contrails’ contribution to climate change.

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]]> 235 no Thoroughbred Horses Are Increasingly Inbred https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/thoroughbred-horses-are-increasingly-inbred/ Inbreeding in Thoroughbreds has increased significantly in the past 45 years, with the greatest rise occurring in the past 15 or so of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:08:00 -0000 Thoroughbred Horses Are Increasingly Inbred full Scientific American Inbreeding in Thoroughbreds has increased significantly in the past 45 years, with the greatest rise occurring in the past 15 or so of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Inbreeding in Thoroughbreds has increased significantly in the past 45 years, with the greatest rise occurring in the past 15 or so of them.

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]]> 239 no Pablo Escobar's Hippos Could Endanger Colombian Ecology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pablo-escobars-hippos-could-endanger-colombian-ecology/ Hippos that escaped from drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s private zoo are reproducing in the wild. And with increasing numbers, they could threaten ecosystems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:13:00 -0000 Pablo Escobar's Hippos Could Endanger Colombian Ecology full Scientific American Hippos that escaped from drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s private zoo are reproducing in the wild. And with increasing numbers, they could threaten ecosystems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hippos that escaped from drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s private zoo are reproducing in the wild. And with increasing numbers, they could threaten ecosystems.

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]]> 246 no Wasp Nests Help Date Aboriginal Art https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wasp-nests-help-date-aboriginal-art/ Art created by Australian Aboriginal people used organic carbon-free pigments, but wasp nests above or below the art can be used for radiocarbon dating that supplies boundaries for the age of artworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:37:00 -0000 Wasp Nests Help Date Aboriginal Art full Scientific American Art created by Australian Aboriginal people used organic carbon-free pigments, but wasp nests above or below the art can be used for radiocarbon dating that supplies boundaries for the age of artworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Art created by Australian Aboriginal people used organic carbon-free pigments, but wasp nests above or below the art can be used for radiocarbon dating that supplies boundaries for the age of artworks.

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]]> 256 no Industrial Revolution Pollution Found in Himalayan Glacier https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/industrial-revolution-pollution-found-in-himalayan-glacier/ Ice cores from a Tibetan glacier reveal the first deposits of industrial revolution pollution, starting in layers dated to about 1780. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:40:00 -0000 Industrial Revolution Pollution Found in Himalayan Glacier full Scientific American Ice cores from a Tibetan glacier reveal the first deposits of industrial revolution pollution, starting in layers dated to about 1780. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ice cores from a Tibetan glacier reveal the first deposits of industrial revolution pollution, starting in layers dated to about 1780.

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]]> 256 no Fight-or-Flight Nerves Make Mice Go Gray https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fight-or-flight-nerves-make-mice-go-gray/ A new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 15 Feb 2020 10:45:00 -0000 Fight-or-Flight Nerves Make Mice Go Gray full Scientific American A new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 226 no Espresso May Be Better when Ground Coarser https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/espresso-may-be-better-when-ground-coarser/ A very fine grind can actually hamper espresso brewing, because particles may clump more than larger particles will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:00:00 -0000 Espresso May Be Better when Ground Coarser full Scientific American A very fine grind can actually hamper espresso brewing, because particles may clump more than larger particles will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A very fine grind can actually hamper espresso brewing, because particles may clump more than larger particles will.

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]]> 285 no Feral Dogs Respond to Human Hand Cues https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/feral-dogs-respond-to-human-hand-cues/ Most feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:26:00 -0000 Feral Dogs Respond to Human Hand Cues full Scientific American Most feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Most feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training.

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]]> 257 no Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/neandertals-tooled-around-with-clams/ Neandertals ate clams and then modified the hard shells into tools for cutting and scraping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:44:00 -0000 Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams full Scientific American Neandertals ate clams and then modified the hard shells into tools for cutting and scraping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Neandertals ate clams and then modified the hard shells into tools for cutting and scraping.

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]]> 231 no Fingering Fake Whiskeys with Isotopes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fingering-fake-whiskeys-with-isotopes/ Whiskeys claimed to be from the 19th century are revealed to be made with much more recently grown barley, thanks to the unique isotopic fingerprint of the nuclear-testing era.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:38:00 -0000 Fingering Fake Whiskeys with Isotopes full Scientific American Whiskeys claimed to be from the 19th century are revealed to be made with much more recently grown barley, thanks to the unique isotopic fingerprint of the nuclear-testing era.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whiskeys claimed to be from the 19th century are revealed to be made with much more recently grown barley, thanks to the unique isotopic fingerprint of the nuclear-testing era. 

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]]> 223 no Having an Albatross around Your Boat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/having-an-albatross-around-your-boat/ By outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:45:00 -0000 Having an Albatross around Your Boat full Scientific American By outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 209 no Science News Briefs from All Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over4/ Here are a few brief reports about international science and technology from around the world, including one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a toad that has evolved coloring that makes it look like a deadly snake’s head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:32:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All Over full Scientific American Here are a few brief reports about international science and technology from around the world, including one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a toad that has evolved coloring that makes it look like a deadly snake’s head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here are a few brief reports about international science and technology from around the world, including one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a toad that has evolved coloring that makes it look like a deadly snake’s head.

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]]> 203 no Facts about Groundhogs Other Than Their Poor Meteorology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/facts-about-groundhogs-other-than-their-poor-meteorology/ Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nonetheless pretty interesting critters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 02 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0000 Facts about Groundhogs Other Than Their Poor Meteorology full Scientific American Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nonetheless pretty interesting critters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nonetheless pretty interesting critters.


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]]> 261 no Did Animal Calls Start in the Dark? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/did-animal-calls-start-in-the-dark/ One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:22:00 -0000 Did Animal Calls Start in the Dark? full Scientific American One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 199 no Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sign-languages-display-distinct-ancestries/ Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:33:00 -0000 Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries full Scientific American Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages.

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]]> 255 no Docs Given Updated Opioid Prescribing Habit https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/docs-given-updated-opioid-prescribing-habit/ Researchers dialed down the default number of opioids in two hospitals’ prescription systems—and doctors ended up prescribing fewer pills. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:30:00 -0000 Docs Given Updated Opioid Prescribing Habit full Scientific American Researchers dialed down the default number of opioids in two hospitals’ prescription systems—and doctors ended up prescribing fewer pills. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers dialed down the default number of opioids in two hospitals’ prescription systems—and doctors ended up prescribing fewer pills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 209 no Some Wolf Pups Show Innate Fetching Talent https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-wolf-pups-show-innate-fetching-talent/ Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 25 Jan 2020 21:27:00 -0000 Some Wolf Pups Show Innate Fetching Talent full Scientific American Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication.

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]]> 187 no Barred Owls Invade the Sierra Nevada https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/barred-owls-invade-the-sierra-nevada/ By listening to the sounds of the forest, biologists were able to identify an invasion of barred owls in spotted owl habitat. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:30:00 -0000 Barred Owls Invade the Sierra Nevada full Scientific American By listening to the sounds of the forest, biologists were able to identify an invasion of barred owls in spotted owl habitat. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By listening to the sounds of the forest, biologists were able to identify an invasion of barred owls in spotted owl habitat. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 243 no Curiosity Killed the ... Mouse? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/curiosity-killed-the-mouse/ The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes them more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:50:00 -0000 Curiosity Killed the ... Mouse? full Scientific American The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes them more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes them more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 295 no This Fish Knows How to Stick Around https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-fish-knows-how-to-stick-around/ The remora clings to other fish—and appears to use an unusual sense of touch to do so. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:20:00 -0000 This Fish Knows How to Stick Around full Scientific American The remora clings to other fish—and appears to use an unusual sense of touch to do so. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The remora clings to other fish—and appears to use an unusual sense of touch to do so. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 209 no Antarctic Is Ripe for Invasive Species https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antarctic-is-ripe-for-invasive-species/ Mussels and crabs are two of the creatures most likely to invade Antarctica in the next 10 years, a panel of scientists say. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:00:00 -0000 Antarctic Is Ripe for Invasive Species full Scientific American Mussels and crabs are two of the creatures most likely to invade Antarctica in the next 10 years, a panel of scientists say. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mussels and crabs are two of the creatures most likely to invade Antarctica in the next 10 years, a panel of scientists say. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 206 no Bacteria Helped Plants Evolve to Live on Land https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bacteria-helped-plants-evolve-to-live-on-land/ Soil bacteria may have taken residence in early algal species, gifting the algae with the ability to withstand drier conditions on land. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:00:00 -0000 Bacteria Helped Plants Evolve to Live on Land full Scientific American Soil bacteria may have taken residence in early algal species, gifting the algae with the ability to withstand drier conditions on land. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Soil bacteria may have taken residence in early algal species, gifting the algae with the ability to withstand drier conditions on land. Annie Sneed reports.

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]]> 229 no Meteorite Contains Material Older Than Earth https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/meteorite-contains-material-older-than-earth/ The Murchison meteorite, which screamed to Earth 50 years ago, carried with it stardust that's seven billion years old. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:01:00 -0000 Meteorite Contains Material Older Than Earth full Scientific American The Murchison meteorite, which screamed to Earth 50 years ago, carried with it stardust that's seven billion years old. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Murchison meteorite, which screamed to Earth 50 years ago, carried with it stardust that's seven billion years old. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 220 no Loss of Large Mammals Stamps Out Invertebrates, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/loss-of-large-mammals-stamps-out-invertebrates-too/ Hunted areas of Gabon have fewer large mammals and a thicker forest understory—but they also have fewer termites. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:28:00 -0000 Loss of Large Mammals Stamps Out Invertebrates, Too full Scientific American Hunted areas of Gabon have fewer large mammals and a thicker forest understory—but they also have fewer termites. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hunted areas of Gabon have fewer large mammals and a thicker forest understory—but they also have fewer termites. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 303 no Brittle Stars Can "See" without Eyes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brittle-stars-can-see-without-eyes/ The starfish relatives can recognize patterns using photoreceptors on their arms—and their color-changing abilities could have something to do with it. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:32:00 -0000 Brittle Stars Can "See" without Eyes full Scientific American The starfish relatives can recognize patterns using photoreceptors on their arms—and their color-changing abilities could have something to do with it. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The starfish relatives can recognize patterns using photoreceptors on their arms—and their color-changing abilities could have something to do with it. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 238 no Atlantic Puffins Spotted Using Tools https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/atlantic-puffins-spotted-using-tools/ Scientists observed two Atlantic puffins using sticks to scratch themselves—the first known instance of seabirds using tools. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:45:00 -0000 Atlantic Puffins Spotted Using Tools full Scientific American Scientists observed two Atlantic puffins using sticks to scratch themselves—the first known instance of seabirds using tools. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists observed two Atlantic puffins using sticks to scratch themselves—the first known instance of seabirds using tools. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 184 no Traffic Cameras Show Why the Yankees Should Suffer Fewer Injuries in 2020 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/traffic-cameras-show-why-the-yankees-should-suffer-fewer-injuries-in-2020/ The 2019 New York Yankees’ record number of injuries led to a change in training staff that will almost certainly correlate with, but not necessarily cause, a lower injury rate this coming season.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:31:00 -0000 Traffic Cameras Show Why the Yankees Should Suffer Fewer Injuries in 2020 full Scientific American The 2019 New York Yankees’ record number of injuries led to a change in training staff that will almost certainly correlate with, but not necessarily cause, a lower injury rate this coming season.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2019 New York Yankees’ record number of injuries led to a change in training staff that will almost certainly correlate with, but not necessarily cause, a lower injury rate this coming season.  


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]]> 251 no Science News Briefs from around the Globe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-globe3/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Indonesia to Spain, including one from Brazil about the highest-voltage electric eel ever discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:41:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Globe full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Indonesia to Spain, including one from Brazil about the highest-voltage electric eel ever discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Indonesia to Spain, including one from Brazil about the highest-voltage electric eel ever discovered.

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]]> 187 no Part of Real Paleo Diet: It's a Tuber https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/part-of-real-paleo-diet-its-a-tuber/ In South Africa archaeologists found the charred remains of a roasted root vegetable. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Jan 2020 23:45:00 -0000 Part of Real Paleo Diet: It's a Tuber full Scientific American In South Africa archaeologists found the charred remains of a roasted root vegetable. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In South Africa archaeologists found the charred remains of a roasted root vegetable. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 185 no You Traveled Far in 2019 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/you-traveled-far-in-2019/ Getting around the sun last year was some trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Jan 2020 23:08:00 -0000 You Traveled Far in 2019 full Scientific American Getting around the sun last year was some trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Getting around the sun last year was some trip.

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]]> 163 no Fido's Human Age Gets New Estimates https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fidos-human-age-gets-new-estimates/ By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years with human years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:51:00 -0000 Fido's Human Age Gets New Estimates full Scientific American By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years with human years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years with human years.

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]]> 211 no Gift Wrapping Is Effective Future Trash https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gift-wrapping-is-effective-future-trash/ Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them. But how do we avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Dec 2019 20:40:00 -0000 Gift Wrapping Is Effective Future Trash full Scientific American Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them. But how do we avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them. But how do we avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 163 no Superstrong Fibers Could Be Hairy Situation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/superstrong-fibers-could-be-hairy-situation/ Human hair tested stronger than thicker fibers from elephants, boars and giraffes, providing clues to materials scientists hoping to make superstrong synthetic fibers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Dec 2019 21:30:00 -0000 Superstrong Fibers Could Be Hairy Situation full Scientific American Human hair tested stronger than thicker fibers from elephants, boars and giraffes, providing clues to materials scientists hoping to make superstrong synthetic fibers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Human hair tested stronger than thicker fibers from elephants, boars and giraffes, providing clues to materials scientists hoping to make superstrong synthetic fibers.


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]]> 249 no Flaky Scalps Have a Unique Fungal Microbiome https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flaky-scalps-have-a-unique-fungal-microbiome/ Certain species of bacteria and fungi seem to proliferate on dandruff-ridden scalps. The reason is a little more mysterious. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:40:00 -0000 Flaky Scalps Have a Unique Fungal Microbiome full Scientific American Certain species of bacteria and fungi seem to proliferate on dandruff-ridden scalps. The reason is a little more mysterious. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Certain species of bacteria and fungi seem to proliferate on dandruff-ridden scalps. The reason is a little more mysterious. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 204 no Moths Flee or Face Bats, Depending on Toxicity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/moths-flee-or-face-bats-depending-on-toxicity/ Tiger moth species that contain bad-tasting and toxic compounds are nonchalant in the presence of bats, while edible moth species evade their predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:36:00 -0000 Moths Flee or Face Bats, Depending on Toxicity full Scientific American Tiger moth species that contain bad-tasting and toxic compounds are nonchalant in the presence of bats, while edible moth species evade their predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tiger moth species that contain bad-tasting and toxic compounds are nonchalant in the presence of bats, while edible moth species evade their predators.

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]]> 241 no Ancient Seawall Found Submerged https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-seawall-found-submerged/ In shallow waters off the coast of Israel, archaeologists have found entire villages—including one with a sunken seawall. Christopher Intagliata reports.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:00:00 -0000 Ancient Seawall Found Submerged full Scientific American In shallow waters off the coast of Israel, archaeologists have found entire villages—including one with a sunken seawall. Christopher Intagliata reports.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In shallow waters off the coast of Israel, archaeologists have found entire villages—including one with a sunken seawall. Christopher Intagliata reports.  

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]]> 189 no Citizen Scientists Deserve Journal Status Upgrade https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/citizen-scientists-deserve-journal-status-upgrade/ Here’s an argument that citizen scientists deserve co-authorship on scientific journal papers to which they contributed research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:24:00 -0000 Citizen Scientists Deserve Journal Status Upgrade full Scientific American Here’s an argument that citizen scientists deserve co-authorship on scientific journal papers to which they contributed research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Here’s an argument that citizen scientists deserve co-authorship on scientific journal papers to which they contributed research.


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]]> 272 no Not All Hydropower Is Climate-Considerate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/not-all-hydropower-is-climate-considerate/ While some hydropower facilities release almost no greenhouse gases, others can actually be worse than burning fossil fuels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:17:00 -0000 Not All Hydropower Is Climate-Considerate full Scientific American While some hydropower facilities release almost no greenhouse gases, others can actually be worse than burning fossil fuels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices While some hydropower facilities release almost no greenhouse gases, others can actually be worse than burning fossil fuels.

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]]> 228 no Certain Zip Codes Pick Losers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/certain-zip-codes-pick-losers/ People in certain zip codes are more likely to purchase products that flop, buy homes that are poor investments and pick political candidates who lose. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:10:00 -0000 Certain Zip Codes Pick Losers full Scientific American People in certain zip codes are more likely to purchase products that flop, buy homes that are poor investments and pick political candidates who lose. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People in certain zip codes are more likely to purchase products that flop, buy homes that are poor investments and pick political candidates who lose. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 219 no Linguists Hear an Accent Begin https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/linguists-hear-an-accent-begin/ Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:33:00 -0000 Linguists Hear an Accent Begin full Scientific American Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent.


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]]> 259 no Romans Would Roam for Wood https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/romans-would-roam-for-wood/ Archaeologists unearthed wood from a Roman villa when digging Rome’s subway—and scientists determined the planks came all the way from France. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:40:00 -0000 Romans Would Roam for Wood full Scientific American Archaeologists unearthed wood from a Roman villa when digging Rome’s subway—and scientists determined the planks came all the way from France. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Archaeologists unearthed wood from a Roman villa when digging Rome’s subway—and scientists determined the planks came all the way from France. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 187 no When the Bellbird Calls, You Know It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/when-the-bellbird-calls-you-know-it/ The white bellbird of the Amazon may be the loudest bird in the world.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:33:00 -0000 When the Bellbird Calls, You Know It full Scientific American The white bellbird of the Amazon may be the loudest bird in the world.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The white bellbird of the Amazon may be the loudest bird in the world.  


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]]> 227 no Fishy Trick Lures Life Back to Coral Reefs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fishy-trick-lures-life-back-to-coral-reefs/ Playing the sounds of a healthy reef near damaged corals may help bring the fish community back. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:45:00 -0000 Fishy Trick Lures Life Back to Coral Reefs full Scientific American Playing the sounds of a healthy reef near damaged corals may help bring the fish community back. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Playing the sounds of a healthy reef near damaged corals may help bring the fish community back. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 187 no Rain Forest Dwellers and Urbanites Have Consistently Different Microbiomes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rain-forest-dwellers-and-urbanites-have-consistently-different-microbiomes/ A study done in South America found that with increasing population density, humans had more diversity of fungi on the skin but less microbial diversity in the gut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:56:00 -0000 Rain Forest Dwellers and Urbanites Have Consistently Different Microbiomes full Scientific American A study done in South America found that with increasing population density, humans had more diversity of fungi on the skin but less microbial diversity in the gut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study done in South America found that with increasing population density, humans had more diversity of fungi on the skin but less microbial diversity in the gut.


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]]> 229 no Internet Cables Could Also Measure Quakes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/internet-cables-could-also-measure-quakes/ The fiber-optic cables that connect the global Internet could potentially be used as seismic sensors. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:15:00 -0000 Internet Cables Could Also Measure Quakes full Scientific American The fiber-optic cables that connect the global Internet could potentially be used as seismic sensors. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The fiber-optic cables that connect the global Internet could potentially be used as seismic sensors. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 184 no Science News Briefs from All Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over3/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Mexico to Tanzania, including one about the need to quarantine bananas in Colombia that are potentially infected by a fungus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:49:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All Over full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Mexico to Tanzania, including one about the need to quarantine bananas in Colombia that are potentially infected by a fungus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Mexico to Tanzania, including one about the need to quarantine bananas in Colombia that are potentially infected by a fungus.

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]]> 189 no Subtle Ancient Footprints Come to Light https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/subtle-ancient-footprints-come-to-light/ Ground-penetrating radar can detect tiny density differences that lead to images of ancient footprints impossible to discern by eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:55:00 -0000 Subtle Ancient Footprints Come to Light full Scientific American Ground-penetrating radar can detect tiny density differences that lead to images of ancient footprints impossible to discern by eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ground-penetrating radar can detect tiny density differences that lead to images of ancient footprints impossible to discern by eye.


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]]> 194 no Ancient Rock Art Got a Boost From Bacteria https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-rock-art-got-a-boost-from-bacteria/ Indigenous artists in what’s now British Columbia created pigments by cooking aquatic bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0000 Ancient Rock Art Got a Boost From Bacteria full Scientific American Indigenous artists in what’s now British Columbia created pigments by cooking aquatic bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Indigenous artists in what’s now British Columbia created pigments by cooking aquatic bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 217 no Ick Factor Is High Hurdle for Recycled Drinking Water https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ick-factor-is-high-hurdle-for-recycled-drinking-water/ Recycled wastewater can be cleaner than bottled water, but people still avoid drinking it because of their disgust over its past condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 24 Nov 2019 20:13:00 -0000 Ick Factor Is High Hurdle for Recycled Drinking Water full Scientific American Recycled wastewater can be cleaner than bottled water, but people still avoid drinking it because of their disgust over its past condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recycled wastewater can be cleaner than bottled water, but people still avoid drinking it because of their disgust over its past condition.

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]]> 253 no Bots Outperform Humans if They Impersonate Us https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bots-outperform-humans-if-they-impersonate-us/ Bots masquerading as humans in a game outperformed their human opponents—but the their superiority vanished when their machine identity was revealed. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:31:00 -0000 Bots Outperform Humans if They Impersonate Us full Scientific American Bots masquerading as humans in a game outperformed their human opponents—but the their superiority vanished when their machine identity was revealed. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bots masquerading as humans in a game outperformed their human opponents—but the their superiority vanished when their machine identity was revealed. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 231 no Implanting Memories in Birds Reveals How Learning Happens https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/implanting-memories-in-birds-reveals-how-learning-happens/ Researchers activated specific brain cells in zebra finches to teach them songs they’d ordinarily have to hear to learn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:41:00 -0000 Implanting Memories in Birds Reveals How Learning Happens full Scientific American Researchers activated specific brain cells in zebra finches to teach them songs they’d ordinarily have to hear to learn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers activated specific brain cells in zebra finches to teach them songs they’d ordinarily have to hear to learn.

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]]> 266 no Dogs Like Motion That Matches Sound https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dogs-like-motion-that-matches-sound/ Pet dogs appeared more interested in videos of a bouncing ball when the motion of the ball matched a rising and falling tone. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Nov 2019 22:30:00 -0000 Dogs Like Motion That Matches Sound full Scientific American Pet dogs appeared more interested in videos of a bouncing ball when the motion of the ball matched a rising and falling tone. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pet dogs appeared more interested in videos of a bouncing ball when the motion of the ball matched a rising and falling tone. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 188 no Egyptian Vats 5,600 Years Old Were For Beer Brewing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/egyptian-vats-5-600-years-old-were-for-beer-brewing/ Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis discovered five ceramic vats containing residues consistent with brewing beer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:00:00 -0000 Egyptian Vats 5,600 Years Old Were For Beer Brewing full Scientific American Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis discovered five ceramic vats containing residues consistent with brewing beer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis discovered five ceramic vats containing residues consistent with brewing beer.

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]]> 250 no Famously Fickle Felines Are, in Fact, Clingy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/famously-fickle-felines-are-in-fact-clingy/ Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:45:00 -0000 Famously Fickle Felines Are, in Fact, Clingy full Scientific American Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 246 no Aversion to Broccoli May Have Genetic Roots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/aversion-to-broccoli-may-have-genetic-roots/ Study subjects with a gene variant that heightened their sensitivity to bitterness tended to eat fewer vegetables than people who didn’t mind bitter flavors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:30:00 -0000 Aversion to Broccoli May Have Genetic Roots full Scientific American Study subjects with a gene variant that heightened their sensitivity to bitterness tended to eat fewer vegetables than people who didn’t mind bitter flavors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Study subjects with a gene variant that heightened their sensitivity to bitterness tended to eat fewer vegetables than people who didn’t mind bitter flavors. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 193 no Marine Mammal Epidemic Linked to Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/marine-mammal-epidemic-linked-to-climate-change/ A measleslike virus is ricocheting through marine mammal populations in the Arctic—and melting sea ice might be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:00:00 -0000 Marine Mammal Epidemic Linked to Climate Change full Scientific American A measleslike virus is ricocheting through marine mammal populations in the Arctic—and melting sea ice might be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A measleslike virus is ricocheting through marine mammal populations in the Arctic—and melting sea ice might be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 239 no Ant Colonies Avoid Traffic Jams https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ant-colonies-avoid-traffic-jams/ Researchers tracked thousands of individual ants to determine how they move in vast numbers without stumbling into gridlock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:34:00 -0000 Ant Colonies Avoid Traffic Jams full Scientific American Researchers tracked thousands of individual ants to determine how they move in vast numbers without stumbling into gridlock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers tracked thousands of individual ants to determine how they move in vast numbers without stumbling into gridlock.


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]]> 232 no Ranking Rise May Intimidate Opponents https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ranking-rise-may-intimidate-opponents/ In an analysis of chess and tennis matches, players rising in the rankings did better than expected against higher-ranked opponents and better than similarly ranked players who were not rising.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:34:00 -0000 Ranking Rise May Intimidate Opponents full Scientific American In an analysis of chess and tennis matches, players rising in the rankings did better than expected against higher-ranked opponents and better than similarly ranked players who were not rising.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In an analysis of chess and tennis matches, players rising in the rankings did better than expected against higher-ranked opponents and better than similarly ranked players who were not rising.  


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]]> 249 no Familiar Tunes Rapidly Jog the Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/familiar-tunes-rapidly-jog-the-brain/ Within just a third of a second of hearing a snippet of a familiar refrain, our pupils dilate, and the brain shows signs of recognition. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Nov 2019 21:00:00 -0000 Familiar Tunes Rapidly Jog the Brain full Scientific American Within just a third of a second of hearing a snippet of a familiar refrain, our pupils dilate, and the brain shows signs of recognition. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Within just a third of a second of hearing a snippet of a familiar refrain, our pupils dilate, and the brain shows signs of recognition. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 261 no Science News Briefs from around the Globe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-globe2/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Brazil to Hong Kong, including one about male elephants in India exhibiting unusual social behaviors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:23:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Globe full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Brazil to Hong Kong, including one about male elephants in India exhibiting unusual social behaviors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Brazil to Hong Kong, including one about male elephants in India exhibiting unusual social behaviors.

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]]> 210 no We Owe Our Pumpkins to Pooping Megafauna https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/we-owe-our-pumpkins-to-pooping-megafauna/ The pumpkin’s ancestor was an incredibly bitter, tennis-ball-sized squash—but it was apparently a common snack for mastodons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:10:00 -0000 We Owe Our Pumpkins to Pooping Megafauna full Scientific American The pumpkin’s ancestor was an incredibly bitter, tennis-ball-sized squash—but it was apparently a common snack for mastodons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The pumpkin’s ancestor was an incredibly bitter, tennis-ball-sized squash—but it was apparently a common snack for mastodons. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 231 no Bird Egg Colors Are Influenced by Local Climate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bird-egg-colors-are-influenced-by-local-climate/ In cold, northern climates, eggs tend to be darker and browner—heat-trapping colors that allow parents to spend a bit more time away from the nest. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:10:00 -0000 Bird Egg Colors Are Influenced by Local Climate full Scientific American In cold, northern climates, eggs tend to be darker and browner—heat-trapping colors that allow parents to spend a bit more time away from the nest. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In cold, northern climates, eggs tend to be darker and browner—heat-trapping colors that allow parents to spend a bit more time away from the nest. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 184 no Crabs Do a Maze https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crabs-do-a-maze/ Green crabs learned to navigate a maze without making a single wrong turn—and remembered the skill weeks later. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:00:00 -0000 Crabs Do a Maze full Scientific American Green crabs learned to navigate a maze without making a single wrong turn—and remembered the skill weeks later. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Green crabs learned to navigate a maze without making a single wrong turn—and remembered the skill weeks later. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 189 no Odd Bird Migrates Twice to Breed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/odd-bird-migrates-twice-to-breed/ The phainopepla migrates from southern California to the desert Southwest to breed in the spring before flying to California coastal woodlands to do so again in summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:44:00 -0000 Odd Bird Migrates Twice to Breed full Scientific American The phainopepla migrates from southern California to the desert Southwest to breed in the spring before flying to California coastal woodlands to do so again in summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The phainopepla migrates from southern California to the desert Southwest to breed in the spring before flying to California coastal woodlands to do so again in summer.


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]]> 250 no Piranha-Proof Fish Gives Inspiration for Body Armor https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/piranha-proof-fish-gives-inspiration-for-body-armor/ A gigantic fish from the Amazon has incredibly tough scales—and materials scientists are looking to them for bulletproof inspiration. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:53:00 -0000 Piranha-Proof Fish Gives Inspiration for Body Armor full Scientific American A gigantic fish from the Amazon has incredibly tough scales—and materials scientists are looking to them for bulletproof inspiration. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A gigantic fish from the Amazon has incredibly tough scales—and materials scientists are looking to them for bulletproof inspiration. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 226 no Galloping Ant Beats Saharan Heat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/galloping-ant-beats-saharan-heat/ The Saharan silver ant feeds on other insects that have died on the hot sands, which it traverses at breakneck (for an ant) speeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:15:00 -0000 Galloping Ant Beats Saharan Heat full Scientific American The Saharan silver ant feeds on other insects that have died on the hot sands, which it traverses at breakneck (for an ant) speeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Saharan silver ant feeds on other insects that have died on the hot sands, which it traverses at breakneck (for an ant) speeds.


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]]> 229 no Some Mosquito Repellents Act like Invisibility Cloaks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-mosquito-repellents-act-like-invisibility-cloaks/ Synthetic repellents such as DEET seem to mask the scent of our “human perfume”—making us less obvious targets for mosquitoes. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:45:00 -0000 Some Mosquito Repellents Act like Invisibility Cloaks full Scientific American Synthetic repellents such as DEET seem to mask the scent of our “human perfume”—making us less obvious targets for mosquitoes. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Synthetic repellents such as DEET seem to mask the scent of our “human perfume”—making us less obvious targets for mosquitoes. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 196 no Your Skull Shapes Your Hearing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/your-skull-shapes-your-hearing/ The resonant properties of your skull can amplify some frequencies and dampen others—and, in some cases, affect your hearing. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:15:00 -0000 Your Skull Shapes Your Hearing full Scientific American The resonant properties of your skull can amplify some frequencies and dampen others—and, in some cases, affect your hearing. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The resonant properties of your skull can amplify some frequencies and dampen others—and, in some cases, affect your hearing. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 228 no Tardigrade Protein Protects DNA from Chemical Attack https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tardigrade-protein-protects-dna-from-chemical-attack/ The Dsup protein protects DNA under conditions that create caustic free radical chemicals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:39:00 -0000 Tardigrade Protein Protects DNA from Chemical Attack full Scientific American The Dsup protein protects DNA under conditions that create caustic free radical chemicals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Dsup protein protects DNA under conditions that create caustic free radical chemicals.

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]]> 232 no "Mars-quakes" Could Reveal How Mars Was Built https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mars-quakes-could-reveal-how-mars-was-built/ Rumblings on the Red Planet act like x-rays, allowing scientists to probe the hidden interior of Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:15:00 -0000 "Mars-quakes" Could Reveal How Mars Was Built full Scientific American Rumblings on the Red Planet act like x-rays, allowing scientists to probe the hidden interior of Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rumblings on the Red Planet act like x-rays, allowing scientists to probe the hidden interior of Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 233 no Artificial Intelligence Learns to Talk Back to Bigots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/artificial-intelligence-learns-to-talk-back-to-bigots/ Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught an AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:50:00 -0000 Artificial Intelligence Learns to Talk Back to Bigots full Scientific American Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught an AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught an AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 214 no Nobel in Chemistry for Lightweight Rechargeable Batteries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-chemistry-for-lightweight-rechargeable-batteries/ The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:45:00 -0000 Nobel in Chemistry for Lightweight Rechargeable Batteries full Scientific American The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”

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]]> 236 no Nobel in Physics for Exoplanets and Cosmology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physics-for-exoplanets-and-cosmology/ The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:31:00 -0000 Nobel in Physics for Exoplanets and Cosmology full Scientific American The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”

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]]> 266 no Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for How Cells Sense Oxygen Levels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physiology-or-medicine-for-how-cells-sense-oxygen-levels/ The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William G. Kaelin, Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates gene activity in response to changing levels of oxygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:54:00 -0000 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for How Cells Sense Oxygen Levels full Scientific American The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William G. Kaelin, Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates gene activity in response to changing levels of oxygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William G. Kaelin, Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates gene activity in response to changing levels of oxygen.


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]]> 249 no Teeth Tell Black Death Genetic Tale https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teeth-tell-black-death-genetic-tale/ DNA from the teeth of medieval plague victims indicates the pathogen likely first arrived in eastern Europe before spreading across the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:45:00 -0000 Teeth Tell Black Death Genetic Tale full Scientific American DNA from the teeth of medieval plague victims indicates the pathogen likely first arrived in eastern Europe before spreading across the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices DNA from the teeth of medieval plague victims indicates the pathogen likely first arrived in eastern Europe before spreading across the continent.


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]]> 265 no Tiny Worms Are Equipped to Battle Extreme Environments https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tiny-worms-are-equipped-to-battle-extreme-environments/ Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California’s harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 05 Oct 2019 15:20:00 -0000 Tiny Worms Are Equipped to Battle Extreme Environments full Scientific American Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California’s harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California’s harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 209 no Heat Changes Insect Call, but It Still Works https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heat-changes-insect-call-but-it-still-works/ Tiny insects called treehoppers produce very different mating songs at higher versus lower temperatures, but the intended recipient still finds the changed songs attractive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:35:00 -0000 Heat Changes Insect Call, but It Still Works full Scientific American Tiny insects called treehoppers produce very different mating songs at higher versus lower temperatures, but the intended recipient still finds the changed songs attractive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tiny insects called treehoppers produce very different mating songs at higher versus lower temperatures, but the intended recipient still finds the changed songs attractive.

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]]> 205 no Corals Can Inherit Symbiotic Adaptations to Warming https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/corals-can-inherit-symbiotic-adaptations-to-warming/ Adult corals can reshuffle their symbiotic algae species to adapt to warming waters—and, it appears they can pass those adaptations on. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:00:00 -0000 Corals Can Inherit Symbiotic Adaptations to Warming full Scientific American Adult corals can reshuffle their symbiotic algae species to adapt to warming waters—and, it appears they can pass those adaptations on. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Adult corals can reshuffle their symbiotic algae species to adapt to warming waters—and, it appears they can pass those adaptations on. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 190 no Brains of Blind People Adapt in Similar Fashion https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brains-of-blind-people-adapt-in-similar-fashion/ The brains of those who are blind repurpose the vision regions for adaptive hearing, and they appear to do so in a consistent way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:53:00 -0000 Brains of Blind People Adapt in Similar Fashion full Scientific American The brains of those who are blind repurpose the vision regions for adaptive hearing, and they appear to do so in a consistent way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The brains of those who are blind repurpose the vision regions for adaptive hearing, and they appear to do so in a consistent way.


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]]> 222 no Science News Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-world2/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Hungary to Japan, including one about a wine grape in France that DNA testing shows has been cultivated for almost a millennium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:44:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the World full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Hungary to Japan, including one about a wine grape in France that DNA testing shows has been cultivated for almost a millennium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Hungary to Japan, including one about a wine grape in France that DNA testing shows has been cultivated for almost a millennium.

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]]> 208 no Musical Note Perception Can Depend on Culture https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/musical-note-perception-can-depend-on-culture/ Western ears consider a pitch at double the frequency of a lower pitch to be the same note, an octave higher. The Tsimane’, an indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon basin, do not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:57:00 -0000 Musical Note Perception Can Depend on Culture full Scientific American Western ears consider a pitch at double the frequency of a lower pitch to be the same note, an octave higher. The Tsimane’, an indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon basin, do not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Western ears consider a pitch at double the frequency of a lower pitch to be the same note, an octave higher. The Tsimane’, an indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon basin, do not.


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]]> 246 no Nature Docs Avoid Habitat Destruction https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nature-docs-avoid-habitat-destruction/ BBC and Netflix nature documentaries consistently shy away from showing viewers the true extent to which we’ve damaged the planet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:15:00 -0000 Nature Docs Avoid Habitat Destruction full Scientific American BBC and Netflix nature documentaries consistently shy away from showing viewers the true extent to which we’ve damaged the planet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices BBC and Netflix nature documentaries consistently shy away from showing viewers the true extent to which we’ve damaged the planet. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Heat Loss to Night Sky Powers Off-Grid Lights https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heat-loss-to-night-sky-powers-off-grid-lights/ A slight temperature difference at night between a surface losing heat and the surrounding air can be harnessed to generate electricity to power lights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:18:00 -0000 Heat Loss to Night Sky Powers Off-Grid Lights full Scientific American A slight temperature difference at night between a surface losing heat and the surrounding air can be harnessed to generate electricity to power lights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A slight temperature difference at night between a surface losing heat and the surrounding air can be harnessed to generate electricity to power lights.

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]]> 251 no Early Butchers Used Small Stone Scalpels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/early-butchers-used-small-stone-scalpels/ Homo erectus used hand axes to butcher elephants and other game. But a new study suggests they also used finer, more sophisticated blades. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:00:00 -0000 Early Butchers Used Small Stone Scalpels full Scientific American Homo erectus used hand axes to butcher elephants and other game. But a new study suggests they also used finer, more sophisticated blades. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Homo erectus used hand axes to butcher elephants and other game. But a new study suggests they also used finer, more sophisticated blades. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Microplastics in Fresh Water Are Mostly Laundry Lint https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microplastics-in-fresh-water-are-mostly-laundry-lint/ Microplastic particles are everywhere, but in freshwater systems, 60 percent of particles are clothing lint from laundry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:43:00 -0000 Microplastics in Fresh Water Are Mostly Laundry Lint full Scientific American Microplastic particles are everywhere, but in freshwater systems, 60 percent of particles are clothing lint from laundry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Microplastic particles are everywhere, but in freshwater systems, 60 percent of particles are clothing lint from laundry.


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]]> 200 no Kids Are Not Hurt by Screen Time https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kids-are-not-hurt-by-screen-time/ A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:32:00 -0000 Kids Are Not Hurt by Screen Time full Scientific American A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities.

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]]> 257 no Lab-Grown Human Mini Brains Show Brainy Activity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lab-grown-human-mini-brains-show-brainy-activity/ As the little structures grow, their constituents specialize into different types of brain cells, begin to form connections and emit brain waves. They could be useful models for development and neurological conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:50:00 -0000 Lab-Grown Human Mini Brains Show Brainy Activity full Scientific American As the little structures grow, their constituents specialize into different types of brain cells, begin to form connections and emit brain waves. They could be useful models for development and neurological conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As the little structures grow, their constituents specialize into different types of brain cells, begin to form connections and emit brain waves. They could be useful models for development and neurological conditions.


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]]> 249 no Eavesdropping Puts Anxious Squirrels at Ease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/eavesdropping-puts-anxious-squirrels-at-ease/ Squirrels constantly scan their surroundings for hawks, owls and other predators. But they also surveil for threats by eavesdropping on bird chatter. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:00:00 -0000 Eavesdropping Puts Anxious Squirrels at Ease full Scientific American Squirrels constantly scan their surroundings for hawks, owls and other predators. But they also surveil for threats by eavesdropping on bird chatter. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Squirrels constantly scan their surroundings for hawks, owls and other predators. But they also surveil for threats by eavesdropping on bird chatter. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 216 no Earth's Magnetic Field Initiated a Pole Flip Many Millennia before the Switch https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/earths-magnetic-field-initiated-a-pole-flip-many-millennia-before-the-switch/ Lava flow records and sedimentary and Antarctic ice core data show evidence of planetary magnetic field activity 20,000 years before the beginning of the last pole reversal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:55:00 -0000 Earth's Magnetic Field Initiated a Pole Flip Many Millennia before the Switch full Scientific American Lava flow records and sedimentary and Antarctic ice core data show evidence of planetary magnetic field activity 20,000 years before the beginning of the last pole reversal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Lava flow records and sedimentary and Antarctic ice core data show evidence of planetary magnetic field activity 20,000 years before the beginning of the last pole reversal.


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]]> 242 no Humpback Whales Swap Songs at Island Hub https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humpback-whales-swap-songs-at-island-hub/ At the Kermadec Islands, humpbacks from all over the South Pacific converge and swap songs. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:40:00 -0000 Humpback Whales Swap Songs at Island Hub full Scientific American At the Kermadec Islands, humpbacks from all over the South Pacific converge and swap songs. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At the Kermadec Islands, humpbacks from all over the South Pacific converge and swap songs. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 226 no Food Expiration Dates May Mislead Consumers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/food-expiration-dates-may-mislead-consumers/ Better food labeling could prevent people from throwing away a lot of “expired” food that’s still perfectly edible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:47:00 -0000 Food Expiration Dates May Mislead Consumers full Scientific American Better food labeling could prevent people from throwing away a lot of “expired” food that’s still perfectly edible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Better food labeling could prevent people from throwing away a lot of “expired” food that’s still perfectly edible.

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]]> 257 no Farmland Is Also Optimal for Solar Power https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/farmland-is-also-optimal-for-solar-power/ The conditions of sunlight, temperature, humidity and wind that make cropland good for agriculture also maximize solar panel efficiency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:13:00 -0000 Farmland Is Also Optimal for Solar Power full Scientific American The conditions of sunlight, temperature, humidity and wind that make cropland good for agriculture also maximize solar panel efficiency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The conditions of sunlight, temperature, humidity and wind that make cropland good for agriculture also maximize solar panel efficiency.

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]]> 224 no Chemical Tweak Recycles Polyurethane into Glue https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chemical-tweak-recycles-polyurethane-into-glue/ It’s not easy to recycle polyurethane, so it’s usually tossed out or burned. But a chemical tweak can turn polyurethane into glue. Christine Herman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:00:00 -0000 Chemical Tweak Recycles Polyurethane into Glue full Scientific American It’s not easy to recycle polyurethane, so it’s usually tossed out or burned. But a chemical tweak can turn polyurethane into glue. Christine Herman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It’s not easy to recycle polyurethane, so it’s usually tossed out or burned. But a chemical tweak can turn polyurethane into glue. Christine Herman reports. 

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]]> 177 no Cholesterol Climbs after Crows Chomp Cheeseburgers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cholesterol-climbs-after-crows-chomp-cheeseburgers/ Wild animals that live near humans have higher cholesterol than their rural counterparts—and our food could be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:00:00 -0000 Cholesterol Climbs after Crows Chomp Cheeseburgers full Scientific American Wild animals that live near humans have higher cholesterol than their rural counterparts—and our food could be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wild animals that live near humans have higher cholesterol than their rural counterparts—and our food could be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 247 no How Hurricanes Influence Spider Aggressiveness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-hurricanes-influence-spider-aggressiveness/ As Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida, consider that feeding style means that aggressive tangle-web spider colonies produce more offspring after severe weather, while docile colonies do better in calm conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:55:00 -0000 How Hurricanes Influence Spider Aggressiveness full Scientific American As Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida, consider that feeding style means that aggressive tangle-web spider colonies produce more offspring after severe weather, while docile colonies do better in calm conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida, consider that feeding style means that aggressive tangle-web spider colonies produce more offspring after severe weather, while docile colonies do better in calm conditions.


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]]> 235 no Graphene Garment Blocks Blood-Sucking Skeeters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/graphene-garment-blocks-blood-sucking-skeeters/ A small patch of graphene on human skin seemed to block the mosquitoes’ ability to sense certain molecules that trigger a bite. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:45:00 -0000 Graphene Garment Blocks Blood-Sucking Skeeters full Scientific American A small patch of graphene on human skin seemed to block the mosquitoes’ ability to sense certain molecules that trigger a bite. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A small patch of graphene on human skin seemed to block the mosquitoes’ ability to sense certain molecules that trigger a bite. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 220 no Martian Winds Could Spread Microbe Hitchhikers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/martian-winds-could-spread-microbe-hitchhikers/ Microbes fly tens of miles over Chile’s dry, UV-blasted Atacama Desert—and scientists say the same could happen on Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:28:00 -0000 Martian Winds Could Spread Microbe Hitchhikers full Scientific American Microbes fly tens of miles over Chile’s dry, UV-blasted Atacama Desert—and scientists say the same could happen on Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Microbes fly tens of miles over Chile’s dry, UV-blasted Atacama Desert—and scientists say the same could happen on Mars. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 193 no Including Indigenous Voices in Genomics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/including-indigenous-voices-in-genomics/ A program at the University of Illinois trains indigenous scientists in genomics—in hopes that future work will be aimed at benefiting those communities. Christine Herman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:45:00 -0000 Including Indigenous Voices in Genomics full Scientific American A program at the University of Illinois trains indigenous scientists in genomics—in hopes that future work will be aimed at benefiting those communities. Christine Herman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A program at the University of Illinois trains indigenous scientists in genomics—in hopes that future work will be aimed at benefiting those communities. Christine Herman reports. 

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]]> 253 no West Point Uniforms Signify Explosive Chemistry https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/west-point-uniforms-signify-explosive-chemistry/ U.S. Military Academy cadets wear the colors black, gray and gold for reasons found in gunpowder’s chemistry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Aug 2019 19:40:00 -0000 West Point Uniforms Signify Explosive Chemistry full Scientific American U.S. Military Academy cadets wear the colors black, gray and gold for reasons found in gunpowder’s chemistry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices U.S. Military Academy cadets wear the colors black, gray and gold for reasons found in gunpowder’s chemistry.


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]]> 260 no Secrets of the Universe Trapped in Antarctic Snow https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/secrets-of-the-universe-trapped-in-antarctic-snow/ Scientists found an interstellar iron isotope in Antarctic snow samples—which hints that our region of the universe may be the remnant of an ancient exploding star. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:10:00 -0000 Secrets of the Universe Trapped in Antarctic Snow full Scientific American Scientists found an interstellar iron isotope in Antarctic snow samples—which hints that our region of the universe may be the remnant of an ancient exploding star. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists found an interstellar iron isotope in Antarctic snow samples—which hints that our region of the universe may be the remnant of an ancient exploding star. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 198 no Certain Personality Types Are Likely to Make a "Foodie Call" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/certain-personality-types-are-likely-to-make-a-foodie-call/ Some people go on dates just to score a free meal—a phenomenon known as a “foodie call.” But it takes a certain personality type. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:00:00 -0000 Certain Personality Types Are Likely to Make a "Foodie Call" full Scientific American Some people go on dates just to score a free meal—a phenomenon known as a “foodie call.” But it takes a certain personality type. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some people go on dates just to score a free meal—a phenomenon known as a “foodie call.” But it takes a certain personality type. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 215 no Artificial Intelligence Sniffs Out Unsafe Foods https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/artificial-intelligence-sniffs-out-unsafe-foods/ Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to read Amazon reviews for hints that a food product would be recalled by the FDA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0000 Artificial Intelligence Sniffs Out Unsafe Foods full Scientific American Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to read Amazon reviews for hints that a food product would be recalled by the FDA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to read Amazon reviews for hints that a food product would be recalled by the FDA. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 193 no A Computer Tells Real Smiles from Phonies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-computer-tells-real-smiles-from-phonies/ Slight changes around the eyes are indeed a giveaway as to whether a smile is sincere or faked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0000 A Computer Tells Real Smiles from Phonies full Scientific American Slight changes around the eyes are indeed a giveaway as to whether a smile is sincere or faked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Slight changes around the eyes are indeed a giveaway as to whether a smile is sincere or faked.

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]]> 186 no Stare Down Gulls to Avoid Lunch Loss https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stare-down-gulls-to-avoid-lunch-loss/ Researchers slowed the approach of greedy gulls by an average of 21 seconds by staring at the birds versus looking elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Aug 2019 15:07:00 -0000 Stare Down Gulls to Avoid Lunch Loss full Scientific American Researchers slowed the approach of greedy gulls by an average of 21 seconds by staring at the birds versus looking elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers slowed the approach of greedy gulls by an average of 21 seconds by staring at the birds versus looking elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Real Laughs Motivate More Guffaws https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/real-laughs-motivate-more-guffaws/ Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:05:00 -0000 Real Laughs Motivate More Guffaws full Scientific American Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter.


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]]> 237 no Extinction Wipes Out Evolution's Hard Work https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/extinction-wipes-out-evolutions-hard-work/ By killing off many of New Zealand’s endemic birds, humans destroyed 50 million years’ worth of evolutionary history. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:20:00 -0000 Extinction Wipes Out Evolution's Hard Work full Scientific American By killing off many of New Zealand’s endemic birds, humans destroyed 50 million years’ worth of evolutionary history. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By killing off many of New Zealand’s endemic birds, humans destroyed 50 million years’ worth of evolutionary history. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 198 no London Is Crawling with Drug-Resistant Microbes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/london-is-crawling-with-drug-resistant-microbes/ Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, such as penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 03 Aug 2019 17:45:00 -0000 London Is Crawling with Drug-Resistant Microbes full Scientific American Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, such as penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, such as penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 169 no Male Black Widows Poach Rivals' Approaches https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/male-black-widows-poach-rivals-approaches/ Mating is risky business for black widow males—so they hitchhike on the silk threads left by competitors to more quickly find a mate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:30:00 -0000 Male Black Widows Poach Rivals' Approaches full Scientific American Mating is risky business for black widow males—so they hitchhike on the silk threads left by competitors to more quickly find a mate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mating is risky business for black widow males—so they hitchhike on the silk threads left by competitors to more quickly find a mate. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Babies Want Fair Leaders https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/babies-want-fair-leaders/ Babies as young as a year and a half want leaders to fix situations in which they see someone else being treated unfairly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:25:00 -0000 Babies Want Fair Leaders full Scientific American Babies as young as a year and a half want leaders to fix situations in which they see someone else being treated unfairly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Babies as young as a year and a half want leaders to fix situations in which they see someone else being treated unfairly.


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]]> 251 no Parrots Are Making the U.S. Home https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/parrots-are-making-the-u-s-home/ Released or escaped parrots are now living in most states and are breeding in at least 21. For some, it’s a second chance at survival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:25:00 -0000 Parrots Are Making the U.S. Home full Scientific American Released or escaped parrots are now living in most states and are breeding in at least 21. For some, it’s a second chance at survival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Released or escaped parrots are now living in most states and are breeding in at least 21. For some, it’s a second chance at survival.

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]]> 227 no Science News Briefs from All Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over2/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Guatemala to Australia, including one about the first recorded tornado in Nepal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:15:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All Over full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Guatemala to Australia, including one about the first recorded tornado in Nepal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Guatemala to Australia, including one about the first recorded tornado in Nepal.

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]]> 209 no Tourist Photographs Help African Wildlife Census https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tourist-photographs-help-african-wildlife-census/ Photographs snapped by safari tourists are a surprisingly accurate way to assess populations of African carnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:30:00 -0000 Tourist Photographs Help African Wildlife Census full Scientific American Photographs snapped by safari tourists are a surprisingly accurate way to assess populations of African carnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Photographs snapped by safari tourists are a surprisingly accurate way to assess populations of African carnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 209 no For Ants, the Sky's the Compass https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-ants-the-skys-the-compass/ Computer modeling revealed that insects with a celestial compass can likely determine direction down to just a couple degrees of error. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:05:00 -0000 For Ants, the Sky's the Compass full Scientific American Computer modeling revealed that insects with a celestial compass can likely determine direction down to just a couple degrees of error. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Computer modeling revealed that insects with a celestial compass can likely determine direction down to just a couple degrees of error. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 197 no Why Two Moonships Were Better Than One https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-two-moonships-were-better-than-one/ Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:40:00 -0000 Why Two Moonships Were Better Than One full Scientific American Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon.


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]]> 230 no One Small Scoop, One Giant Impact for Mankind https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/one-small-scoop-one-giant-impact-for-mankind/ Just before Neil Armstrong climbed back into the lunar module, he scooped up a few last-minute soil samples--which upturned our understanding of planetary formation. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:16:00 -0000 One Small Scoop, One Giant Impact for Mankind full Scientific American Just before Neil Armstrong climbed back into the lunar module, he scooped up a few last-minute soil samples--which upturned our understanding of planetary formation. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Just before Neil Armstrong climbed back into the lunar module, he scooped up a few last-minute soil samples--which upturned our understanding of planetary formation. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 300 no Investigating the Zombie Ant's "Death Grip" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/investigating-the-zombie-ants-death-grip/ Researchers dissected the jaws of ants infected with the Ophiocordyceps fungus to determine how the fungus hijacks the ants' behavior. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:00:00 -0000 Investigating the Zombie Ant's "Death Grip" full Scientific American Researchers dissected the jaws of ants infected with the Ophiocordyceps fungus to determine how the fungus hijacks the ants' behavior. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers dissected the jaws of ants infected with the Ophiocordyceps fungus to determine how the fungus hijacks the ants' behavior. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 179 no Attractive Young Females May Have Justice Edge https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/attractive-young-females-may-have-justice-edge/ Youths rated as attractive were less likely to have negative encounters with the criminal justice system—but only if they were women. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:00:00 -0000 Attractive Young Females May Have Justice Edge full Scientific American Youths rated as attractive were less likely to have negative encounters with the criminal justice system—but only if they were women. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Youths rated as attractive were less likely to have negative encounters with the criminal justice system—but only if they were women. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 233 no Tobacco Plants Made to Produce Useful Compounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tobacco-plants-made-to-produce-useful-compounds/ A proof-of-concept study got transgenic tobacco plants to make a useful enzyme in their chloroplasts, not nuclei, minimizing chances for transfer to other organisms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:09:00 -0000 Tobacco Plants Made to Produce Useful Compounds full Scientific American A proof-of-concept study got transgenic tobacco plants to make a useful enzyme in their chloroplasts, not nuclei, minimizing chances for transfer to other organisms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A proof-of-concept study got transgenic tobacco plants to make a useful enzyme in their chloroplasts, not nuclei, minimizing chances for transfer to other organisms.


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]]> 240 no Rhinos and Their Gamekeepers Benefit from AI https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rhinos-and-their-gamekeepers-benefit-from-a-i/ Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:12:00 -0000 Rhinos and Their Gamekeepers Benefit from AI full Scientific American Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers.  


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]]> 291 no Backpack Harvests Energy as You Walk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/backpack-harvests-energy-as-you-walk/ The pack produces a steady trickle of electricity from the swinging motion of your stuff. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:15:00 -0000 Backpack Harvests Energy as You Walk full Scientific American The pack produces a steady trickle of electricity from the swinging motion of your stuff. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The pack produces a steady trickle of electricity from the swinging motion of your stuff. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 176 no Why Baseballs Are Flying in 2019 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-baseballs-are-flying-in-2019/ An analysis of the 2019 edition of the Major League baseball points to reasons why it's leaving ballparks at a record rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:12:00 -0000 Why Baseballs Are Flying in 2019 full Scientific American An analysis of the 2019 edition of the Major League baseball points to reasons why it's leaving ballparks at a record rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of the 2019 edition of the Major League baseball points to reasons why it's leaving ballparks at a record rate.


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]]> 246 no Some Hot Dog Histology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-hot-dog-histology/ A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jul 2019 23:55:00 -0000 Some Hot Dog Histology full Scientific American A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 192 no Mind and Body Benefit from Two Hours in Nature Each Week https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mind-and-body-benefit-from-two-hours-in-nature-each-week/ People who spent at least two hours outside—either all at once or totaled over several shorter visits—were more likely to report good health and psychological well-being. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:18:00 -0000 Mind and Body Benefit from Two Hours in Nature Each Week full Scientific American People who spent at least two hours outside—either all at once or totaled over several shorter visits—were more likely to report good health and psychological well-being. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People who spent at least two hours outside—either all at once or totaled over several shorter visits—were more likely to report good health and psychological well-being. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 233 no Scientist Encourages Other Women Scientists to Make Themselves Heard https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scientist-encourages-other-women-scientists-to-make-themselves-heard/ Geneticist Natalie Telis noticed few women asking questions at scientific conferences. So she publicized the problem and set about to make a change. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:15:00 -0000 Scientist Encourages Other Women Scientists to Make Themselves Heard full Scientific American Geneticist Natalie Telis noticed few women asking questions at scientific conferences. So she publicized the problem and set about to make a change. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Geneticist Natalie Telis noticed few women asking questions at scientific conferences. So she publicized the problem and set about to make a change. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 231 no Male Bats Up Mating Odds with Mouth Morsels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/male-bats-up-mating-odds-with-mouth-morsels/ Males that allow females to take food right out of their mouths are more likely to sire offspring with their dining companions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:24:00 -0000 Male Bats Up Mating Odds with Mouth Morsels full Scientific American Males that allow females to take food right out of their mouths are more likely to sire offspring with their dining companions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Males that allow females to take food right out of their mouths are more likely to sire offspring with their dining companions.


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]]> 209 no Scientists Fool Flies with "Virtual Tastes" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scientists-fool-flies-with-virtual-tastes/ By switching fruit flies' sensory neurons on and off with light, scientists were able to create the sensation of sweet or bitter tastes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:40:00 -0000 Scientists Fool Flies with "Virtual Tastes" full Scientific American By switching fruit flies' sensory neurons on and off with light, scientists were able to create the sensation of sweet or bitter tastes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By switching fruit flies' sensory neurons on and off with light, scientists were able to create the sensation of sweet or bitter tastes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 213 no Wheat Plants "Sneeze" and Spread Disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wheat-plants-sneeze-and-spread-disease/ Wheat plants' leaves repel water, which creates the perfect conditions for dew droplets to catapult off the leaves—taking pathogenic spores for the ride. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Jun 2019 23:40:00 -0000 Wheat Plants "Sneeze" and Spread Disease full Scientific American Wheat plants' leaves repel water, which creates the perfect conditions for dew droplets to catapult off the leaves—taking pathogenic spores for the ride. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wheat plants' leaves repel water, which creates the perfect conditions for dew droplets to catapult off the leaves—taking pathogenic spores for the ride. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 193 no Elite Runners' Microbes Make Mice Mightier https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/elite-runners-microbes-make-mice-mightier/ Mice that were fed bacteria isolated from elite athletes logged more treadmill time than other mice that got bacteria found in yogurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:25:00 -0000 Elite Runners' Microbes Make Mice Mightier full Scientific American Mice that were fed bacteria isolated from elite athletes logged more treadmill time than other mice that got bacteria found in yogurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice that were fed bacteria isolated from elite athletes logged more treadmill time than other mice that got bacteria found in yogurt.

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]]> 280 no Science News Briefs from around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-world1/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Canada to Kenya, including one about how humans thousands of years ago in what is now Argentina butchered and presumably ate giant ground sloths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:40:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the World full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Canada to Kenya, including one about how humans thousands of years ago in what is now Argentina butchered and presumably ate giant ground sloths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Canada to Kenya, including one about how humans thousands of years ago in what is now Argentina butchered and presumably ate giant ground sloths.


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]]> 212 no Antiperspirant Boosts Armpit and Toe-Web Microbial Diversity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antiperspirant-boosts-armpit-and-toe-web-microbial-diversity/ Rather than wiping microbes out, antiperspirants and foot powders increased the diversity of microbial flora in armpits and between toes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Jun 2019 20:00:00 -0000 Antiperspirant Boosts Armpit and Toe-Web Microbial Diversity full Scientific American Rather than wiping microbes out, antiperspirants and foot powders increased the diversity of microbial flora in armpits and between toes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rather than wiping microbes out, antiperspirants and foot powders increased the diversity of microbial flora in armpits and between toes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 192 no Monkey Cousins Use Similar Calls https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/monkey-cousins-use-similar-calls/ Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:36:00 -0000 Monkey Cousins Use Similar Calls full Scientific American Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls.


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]]> 205 no How Millipedes Avoid Interspecies Sexual Slips https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-millipedes-avoid-interspecies-sexual-slips/ Millipedes, often blind, have come up with clever physical signals to ward off sexual advances from members of wrong species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:10:00 -0000 How Millipedes Avoid Interspecies Sexual Slips full Scientific American Millipedes, often blind, have come up with clever physical signals to ward off sexual advances from members of wrong species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Millipedes, often blind, have come up with clever physical signals to ward off sexual advances from members of wrong species.


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]]> 264 no You Contain Multitudes of Microplastics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/you-contain-multitudes-of-microplastics/ People appear to consume between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles annually, and that's probably a gross underestimate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:57:00 -0000 You Contain Multitudes of Microplastics full Scientific American People appear to consume between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles annually, and that's probably a gross underestimate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People appear to consume between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles annually, and that's probably a gross underestimate.


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]]> 232 no A Biodegradable Label Doesn't Make It So https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-biodegradable-label-doesnt-make-it-so/ At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:00:00 -0000 A Biodegradable Label Doesn't Make It So full Scientific American At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability.   


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]]> 260 no High School Cheaters Nabbed by Neural Network https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/high-school-cheaters-nabbed-by-neural-network/ Researchers trained a neural network to scrutinize high school essays and sniff out ghostwritten papers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:00:00 -0000 High School Cheaters Nabbed by Neural Network full Scientific American Researchers trained a neural network to scrutinize high school essays and sniff out ghostwritten papers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers trained a neural network to scrutinize high school essays and sniff out ghostwritten papers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Preserved Poop Is an Archaeological Treasure https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/preserved-poop-is-an-archaeological-treasure/ Anthropologists found parasite eggs in ancient poop samples, providing a glimpse of human health as hunter-gatherers transitioned to settlements. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:00:00 -0000 Preserved Poop Is an Archaeological Treasure full Scientific American Anthropologists found parasite eggs in ancient poop samples, providing a glimpse of human health as hunter-gatherers transitioned to settlements. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Anthropologists found parasite eggs in ancient poop samples, providing a glimpse of human health as hunter-gatherers transitioned to settlements. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 181 no Remembering Murray Gell-Mann https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/remembering-murray-gell-mann/ Murray Gell-Mann, 1969 Nobel Laureate in Physics who identified the quark, died May 24th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:53:00 -0000 Remembering Murray Gell-Mann full Scientific American Murray Gell-Mann, 1969 Nobel Laureate in Physics who identified the quark, died May 24th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Murray Gell-Mann, 1969 Nobel Laureate in Physics who identified the quark, died May 24th.

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]]> 206 no Bonobo Mothers Supervise Their Sons' Monkey Business https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bonobo-mothers-supervise-their-sons-monkey-business/ Some wild female bonobos introduce their sons to desirable females—then make sure their relations won’t be interrupted by competing males. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 May 2019 19:45:00 -0000 Bonobo Mothers Supervise Their Sons' Monkey Business full Scientific American Some wild female bonobos introduce their sons to desirable females—then make sure their relations won’t be interrupted by competing males. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some wild female bonobos introduce their sons to desirable females—then make sure their relations won’t be interrupted by competing males. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 212 no Music May Orchestrate Better Brain Connectivity in Preterm Infants https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/music-may-orchestrate-better-brain-connectivity-in-preterm-infants/ Preterm babies who listened to music in the neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more closely resembled that of full-term babies. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 May 2019 23:10:00 -0000 Music May Orchestrate Better Brain Connectivity in Preterm Infants full Scientific American Preterm babies who listened to music in the neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more closely resembled that of full-term babies. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Preterm babies who listened to music in the neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more closely resembled that of full-term babies. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 233 no Icy Room Temperatures May Chill Productivity
 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/icy-room-temperatures-may-chill-productivity/ A new study suggests women's performance on math and verbal tasks increases as room temperature rises, up to about the mid 70s F. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 May 2019 20:45:00 -0000 Icy Room Temperatures May Chill Productivity
 full Scientific American A new study suggests women's performance on math and verbal tasks increases as room temperature rises, up to about the mid 70s F. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study suggests women's performance on math and verbal tasks increases as room temperature rises, up to about the mid 70s F. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 201 no Bird Beak Shapes Depend on More Than Diet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bird-beak-shapes-depend-on-more-than-diet/ A study found that only a small percentage of bird beak shape variation is dependent on diet, with other factors like display and nest construction probably playing parts too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 May 2019 17:41:00 -0000 Bird Beak Shapes Depend on More Than Diet full Scientific American A study found that only a small percentage of bird beak shape variation is dependent on diet, with other factors like display and nest construction probably playing parts too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study found that only a small percentage of bird beak shape variation is dependent on diet, with other factors like display and nest construction probably playing parts too.


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]]> 192 no Ancient Gum Gives Archaeologists Something to Chew On https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-gum-gives-archaeologists-something-to-chew-on/ Chewing gums discovered in western Sweden contain the oldest human DNA found in Scandinavia. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 May 2019 19:45:00 -0000 Ancient Gum Gives Archaeologists Something to Chew On full Scientific American Chewing gums discovered in western Sweden contain the oldest human DNA found in Scandinavia. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chewing gums discovered in western Sweden contain the oldest human DNA found in Scandinavia. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 221 no Nobelist: Harness Evolution as a Problem-Solving Algorithm https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobelist-harness-evolution-as-a-problem-solving-algorithm/ Frances Arnold, the Caltech scientist who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, says evolution can show us how to solve problems of sustainability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 May 2019 16:14:00 -0000 Nobelist: Harness Evolution as a Problem-Solving Algorithm full Scientific American Frances Arnold, the Caltech scientist who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, says evolution can show us how to solve problems of sustainability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Frances Arnold, the Caltech scientist who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, says evolution can show us how to solve problems of sustainability.


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]]> 232 no Unread Books at Home Still Spark Literacy Habits https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/unread-books-at-home-still-spark-literacy-habits/ Growing up in a home filled with books enhances enhances intellectual capacity in later life, even if you don't read them all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 May 2019 12:10:00 -0000 Unread Books at Home Still Spark Literacy Habits full Scientific American Growing up in a home filled with books enhances enhances intellectual capacity in later life, even if you don't read them all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Growing up in a home filled with books enhances enhances intellectual capacity in later life, even if you don't read them all.

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]]> 240 no Kid Climate Educators Open Adult Eyes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kid-climate-educators-open-adult-eyes/ A study finds that kids, especially daughters, are effective at teaching their parents about climate issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 May 2019 11:06:00 -0000 Kid Climate Educators Open Adult Eyes full Scientific American A study finds that kids, especially daughters, are effective at teaching their parents about climate issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study finds that kids, especially daughters, are effective at teaching their parents about climate issues.

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]]> 253 no Penguin Poop Helps Biodiversity Bloom in Antarctica https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/penguin-poop-helps-biodiversity-bloom-in-antarctica/ Ammonia from penguin poop gets carried on Antarctic winds, fertilizing mosses and lichens as far as a mile away. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 May 2019 19:05:00 -0000 Penguin Poop Helps Biodiversity Bloom in Antarctica full Scientific American Ammonia from penguin poop gets carried on Antarctic winds, fertilizing mosses and lichens as far as a mile away. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ammonia from penguin poop gets carried on Antarctic winds, fertilizing mosses and lichens as far as a mile away. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 180 no Ancient Whiz Opens Archaeology Window https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-whiz-opens-archaeology-window/ The residue of ancient urine can reveal the presence of early stationary herder-farmer communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 May 2019 14:10:00 -0000 Ancient Whiz Opens Archaeology Window full Scientific American The residue of ancient urine can reveal the presence of early stationary herder-farmer communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The residue of ancient urine can reveal the presence of early stationary herder-farmer communities.

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]]> 253 no U.S. Coral Reefs Do $1.8 Billion of Work Per Year https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/u-s-coral-reefs-do-1-8-billion-of-work-per-year/ By dampening the energy of waves, coral reefs protect coastal cities from flooding damage and other economic losses. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 May 2019 20:08:00 -0000 U.S. Coral Reefs Do $1.8 Billion of Work Per Year full Scientific American By dampening the energy of waves, coral reefs protect coastal cities from flooding damage and other economic losses. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By dampening the energy of waves, coral reefs protect coastal cities from flooding damage and other economic losses. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 196 no Could Air-Conditioners Help Cool the Planet? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/could-air-conditioners-help-cool-the-planet/ Researchers want to outfit air conditioners with carbon-capture technology. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 May 2019 18:50:00 -0000 Could Air-Conditioners Help Cool the Planet? full Scientific American Researchers want to outfit air conditioners with carbon-capture technology. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers want to outfit air conditioners with carbon-capture technology. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 173 no Chemists Investigate Casanova's Clap https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chemists-investigate-casanovas-clap/ In his memoirs, the womanizing writer Giacomo Casanova described suffering several bouts of gonorrhea—but researchers found no trace of the microbe on his handwritten journals. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 May 2019 20:00:00 -0000 Chemists Investigate Casanova's Clap full Scientific American In his memoirs, the womanizing writer Giacomo Casanova described suffering several bouts of gonorrhea—but researchers found no trace of the microbe on his handwritten journals. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In his memoirs, the womanizing writer Giacomo Casanova described suffering several bouts of gonorrhea—but researchers found no trace of the microbe on his handwritten journals. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 243 no Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/software-sniffs-out-rat-squeaks/ Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 May 2019 21:50:00 -0000 Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks full Scientific American Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports. 

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]]> 226 no New Model Aims to Solve Mystery of the Moon's Formation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-model-aims-to-solve-mystery-of-the-moons-formation/ Scientists propose that the moon could have formed when a Mars-sized object slammed into an Earth covered in magma seas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:19:00 -0000 New Model Aims to Solve Mystery of the Moon's Formation full Scientific American Scientists propose that the moon could have formed when a Mars-sized object slammed into an Earth covered in magma seas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists propose that the moon could have formed when a Mars-sized object slammed into an Earth covered in magma seas. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Cats Recognize Their Names—but May Not Respond https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cats-recognize-their-names-but-may-not-respond/ Felines move their ears, heads and tails more when they hear their names compared to when they hear similar words. Jim Daley reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:45:00 -0000 Cats Recognize Their Names—but May Not Respond full Scientific American Felines move their ears, heads and tails more when they hear their names compared to when they hear similar words. Jim Daley reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Felines move their ears, heads and tails more when they hear their names compared to when they hear similar words. Jim Daley reports.

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]]> 210 no Science News Briefs from All Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over1/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Liberia to Hawaii, including one on the discovery in Northern Ireland of soil bacteria that stop the growth of MRSA and other superbugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 27 Apr 2019 15:11:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All Over full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Liberia to Hawaii, including one on the discovery in Northern Ireland of soil bacteria that stop the growth of MRSA and other superbugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Liberia to Hawaii, including one on the discovery in Northern Ireland of soil bacteria that stop the growth of MRSA and other superbugs.

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]]> 213 no Hurricane Maria Rain Amount Chances Are Boosted by Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hurricane-maria-rain-amount-chances-are-boosted-by-climate-change/ The likelihood of an event like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and of its massive precipitation, is fivefold higher in the climate of today than it would have been some 60 years ago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:52:00 -0000 Hurricane Maria Rain Amount Chances Are Boosted by Climate Change full Scientific American The likelihood of an event like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and of its massive precipitation, is fivefold higher in the climate of today than it would have been some 60 years ago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The likelihood of an event like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and of its massive precipitation, is fivefold higher in the climate of today than it would have been some 60 years ago


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]]> 266 no Harder-Working Snakes Pack Stronger Venom https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/harder-working-snakes-pack-stronger-venom/ Snake venom toxicity depends on snake size, energy requirements and environmental dimensionality more than on prey size. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:32:00 -0000 Harder-Working Snakes Pack Stronger Venom full Scientific American Snake venom toxicity depends on snake size, energy requirements and environmental dimensionality more than on prey size. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Snake venom toxicity depends on snake size, energy requirements and environmental dimensionality more than on prey size.


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]]> 241 no River Dolphins Have a Wide Vocal Repertoire https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/river-dolphins-have-a-wide-vocal-repertoire/ Freshwater dolphins are evolutionary relics, and their calls give clues to the origins of cetacean communication in general. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:10:00 -0000 River Dolphins Have a Wide Vocal Repertoire full Scientific American Freshwater dolphins are evolutionary relics, and their calls give clues to the origins of cetacean communication in general. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Freshwater dolphins are evolutionary relics, and their calls give clues to the origins of cetacean communication in general. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 189 no Honeybees Can Put Two and Two Together https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/honeybees-can-put-two-and-two-together/ The tiny brain of a honeybee is apparently able to calculate small numbers' addition and subtraction. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:29:00 -0000 Honeybees Can Put Two and Two Together full Scientific American The tiny brain of a honeybee is apparently able to calculate small numbers' addition and subtraction. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The tiny brain of a honeybee is apparently able to calculate small numbers' addition and subtraction. Annie Sneed reports.

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]]> 198 no 4/20 Traffic Accidents Claim Curbed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/4-20-traffic-accidents-claim-curbed/ A deeper data dive calls into question a 2018 study that found a spike in fatal traffic accidents apparently related to marijuana consumption on this date.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:37:00 -0000 4/20 Traffic Accidents Claim Curbed full Scientific American A deeper data dive calls into question a 2018 study that found a spike in fatal traffic accidents apparently related to marijuana consumption on this date.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A deeper data dive calls into question a 2018 study that found a spike in fatal traffic accidents apparently related to marijuana consumption on this date.  


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]]> 278 no Hyena Society Stability Has Last Laugh https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hyena-society-stability-has-last-laugh/ Female hyenas keep their clans in line by virtue of their complex social networks. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Apr 2019 19:10:00 -0000 Hyena Society Stability Has Last Laugh full Scientific American Female hyenas keep their clans in line by virtue of their complex social networks. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Female hyenas keep their clans in line by virtue of their complex social networks. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 222 no Gluten-Free Restaurant Foods Are Often Mislabeled https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gluten-free-restaurant-foods-are-often-mislabeled/ One in three gluten-free dishes tested at restaurants contained gluten—especially GF pizzas and pastas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:20:00 -0000 Gluten-Free Restaurant Foods Are Often Mislabeled full Scientific American One in three gluten-free dishes tested at restaurants contained gluten—especially GF pizzas and pastas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices One in three gluten-free dishes tested at restaurants contained gluten—especially GF pizzas and pastas. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 173 no What Chickens Can Teach Hearing Researchers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-chickens-can-teach-hearing-researchers/ At an April 9th event sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American that honored Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, neuroscientists James Hudspeth and Robert Fettiplace talked about the physiology of hearing and the possibility of restoring hearing loss.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:09:00 -0000 What Chickens Can Teach Hearing Researchers full Scientific American At an April 9th event sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American that honored Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, neuroscientists James Hudspeth and Robert Fettiplace talked about the physiology of hearing and the possibility of restoring hearing loss.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At an April 9th event sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American that honored Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, neuroscientists James Hudspeth and Robert Fettiplace talked about the physiology of hearing and the possibility of restoring hearing loss.  


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]]> 272 no Nobelist Says System of Science Offers Life Lessons https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobelist-says-system-of-science-offers-life-lessons/ At an April 9th event sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American that honored Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, economist Paul Romer talked about how the social system of science offers hope for humanity and for how we can live with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:40:00 -0000 Nobelist Says System of Science Offers Life Lessons full Scientific American At an April 9th event sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American that honored Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, economist Paul Romer talked about how the social system of science offers hope for humanity and for how we can live with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At an April 9th event sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American that honored Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, economist Paul Romer talked about how the social system of science offers hope for humanity and for how we can live with each other.

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]]> 268 no Squeezed Potassium Atoms Straddle Liquid and Solid https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/squeezed-potassium-atoms-straddle-liquid-and-solid/ At extreme pressures, potassium atoms can be both liquid and solid at the same time, a phase of matter known as "chain melt." Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Apr 2019 19:00:00 -0000 Squeezed Potassium Atoms Straddle Liquid and Solid full Scientific American At extreme pressures, potassium atoms can be both liquid and solid at the same time, a phase of matter known as "chain melt." Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At extreme pressures, potassium atoms can be both liquid and solid at the same time, a phase of matter known as "chain melt." Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 164 no Urban Coyote Evolution Favors the Bold https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/urban-coyote-evolution-favors-the-bold/ Coyotes become fearless around people in just a few generations—which isn’t good for their longterm co-existence with humans in cities. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:15:00 -0000 Urban Coyote Evolution Favors the Bold full Scientific American Coyotes become fearless around people in just a few generations—which isn’t good for their longterm co-existence with humans in cities. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Coyotes become fearless around people in just a few generations—which isn’t good for their longterm co-existence with humans in cities. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 259 no Computers Turn an Ear on New York City https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computers-turn-an-ear-on-new-york-city/ NYU’s “Sounds of New York City” project listens to the city—and then, with the help of citizen scientists, teaches machines to decode the soundscape. Jim Daley reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:05:00 -0000 Computers Turn an Ear on New York City full Scientific American NYU’s “Sounds of New York City” project listens to the city—and then, with the help of citizen scientists, teaches machines to decode the soundscape. Jim Daley reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices NYU’s “Sounds of New York City” project listens to the city—and then, with the help of citizen scientists, teaches machines to decode the soundscape. Jim Daley reports. 

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]]> 204 no Whitening Strips Alter Proteins in Teeth https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whitening-strips-alter-proteins-in-teeth/ Hydrogen peroxide in whitening treatments penetrates enamel and dentin, and alters tooth proteins. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:10:00 -0000 Whitening Strips Alter Proteins in Teeth full Scientific American Hydrogen peroxide in whitening treatments penetrates enamel and dentin, and alters tooth proteins. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hydrogen peroxide in whitening treatments penetrates enamel and dentin, and alters tooth proteins. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 182 no Infrared Light Offers a Cooler Way to Defrost https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/infrared-light-offers-a-cooler-way-to-defrost/ Light tuned to a specific frequency warms ice more than water—which could come in handy for defrosting delicate biological samples. Adam Levy reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:00:00 -0000 Infrared Light Offers a Cooler Way to Defrost full Scientific American Light tuned to a specific frequency warms ice more than water—which could come in handy for defrosting delicate biological samples. Adam Levy reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Light tuned to a specific frequency warms ice more than water—which could come in handy for defrosting delicate biological samples. Adam Levy reports.

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]]> 220 no Spider Monkeys Optimize Jungle Acoustics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/spider-monkeys-optimize-jungle-acoustics/ The monkeys lower the pitch of their "whinnies" when they're far from the rest of their group, which might help the calls travel further through jungle foliage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:00:00 -0000 Spider Monkeys Optimize Jungle Acoustics full Scientific American The monkeys lower the pitch of their "whinnies" when they're far from the rest of their group, which might help the calls travel further through jungle foliage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The monkeys lower the pitch of their "whinnies" when they're far from the rest of their group, which might help the calls travel further through jungle foliage. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 167 no Tennessee Whiskey Relies on Missing Ingredients https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tennessee-whiskey-relies-on-missing-ingredients/ Food chemists precisely measured how charcoal filtration contributes to Tennessee whiskey's smoother flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:40:00 -0000 Tennessee Whiskey Relies on Missing Ingredients full Scientific American Food chemists precisely measured how charcoal filtration contributes to Tennessee whiskey's smoother flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Food chemists precisely measured how charcoal filtration contributes to Tennessee whiskey's smoother flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 219 no There's a Word for Today https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/theres-a-word-for-today/ English lacks some words that other languages pack with meaning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:28:00 -0000 There's a Word for Today full Scientific American English lacks some words that other languages pack with meaning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices English lacks some words that other languages pack with meaning.

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]]> 187 no Bumblebee Queens Prefer Layovers to Nonstop Flights https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bumblebee-queens-prefer-layovers-to-nonstop-flights/ Scientists tracked bumblebee queens with radar when they emerged from hibernation and found the bees take only brief flights en route to a new nest. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:10:00 -0000 Bumblebee Queens Prefer Layovers to Nonstop Flights full Scientific American Scientists tracked bumblebee queens with radar when they emerged from hibernation and found the bees take only brief flights en route to a new nest. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists tracked bumblebee queens with radar when they emerged from hibernation and found the bees take only brief flights en route to a new nest. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 198 no Scenic City Sights Linked to Higher Happiness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scenic-city-sights-linked-to-higher-happiness/ Tracking the location and mood of 15,000 people, researchers found that scenic beauty was linked to happiness—including near urban sights like bridges and buildings. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:52:00 -0000 Scenic City Sights Linked to Higher Happiness full Scientific American Tracking the location and mood of 15,000 people, researchers found that scenic beauty was linked to happiness—including near urban sights like bridges and buildings. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tracking the location and mood of 15,000 people, researchers found that scenic beauty was linked to happiness—including near urban sights like bridges and buildings. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Tech's Brain Effect: It's Complicated https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/techs-brain-effect-its-complicated/ We don't yet know what the immersion in technology does to our brains, but one neuroscientist says the answer is likely to be that there's good, there's bad, and it's complex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:50:00 -0000 Tech's Brain Effect: It's Complicated full Scientific American We don't yet know what the immersion in technology does to our brains, but one neuroscientist says the answer is likely to be that there's good, there's bad, and it's complex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We don't yet know what the immersion in technology does to our brains, but one neuroscientist says the answer is likely to be that there's good, there's bad, and it's complex.

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]]> 217 no Daylight Brings Toxic Beetles Together for Safety https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/daylight-brings-toxic-beetles-together-for-safety/ During daylight hours, hundreds of bombardier beetles of multiple species will congregate together to more effectively ward off any predators not afraid of a lone beetle's toxic spray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:18:00 -0000 Daylight Brings Toxic Beetles Together for Safety full Scientific American During daylight hours, hundreds of bombardier beetles of multiple species will congregate together to more effectively ward off any predators not afraid of a lone beetle's toxic spray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices During daylight hours, hundreds of bombardier beetles of multiple species will congregate together to more effectively ward off any predators not afraid of a lone beetle's toxic spray.


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]]> 229 no Solar Jets Cause Standing Waves in Earth's Magnetic Field https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/solar-jets-cause-standing-waves-in-earths-magnetic-field/ When jets of charged particles from the sun hit our magnetosphere, some of the ensuing ripples travel toward the northern and southern poles and get reflected back. The resulting interference allows standing waves to form, like on a drumhead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:28:00 -0000 Solar Jets Cause Standing Waves in Earth's Magnetic Field full Scientific American When jets of charged particles from the sun hit our magnetosphere, some of the ensuing ripples travel toward the northern and southern poles and get reflected back. The resulting interference allows standing waves to form, like on a drumhead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When jets of charged particles from the sun hit our magnetosphere, some of the ensuing ripples travel toward the northern and southern poles and get reflected back. The resulting interference allows standing waves to form, like on a drumhead.


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]]> 253 no Sing Solo for Higher Fidelity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sing-solo-for-higher-fidelity/ By tracking duetting choir singers, researchers found that when an individual singer's pitch drifts off tune their partner’s tend to too. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:30:00 -0000 Sing Solo for Higher Fidelity full Scientific American By tracking duetting choir singers, researchers found that when an individual singer's pitch drifts off tune their partner’s tend to too. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By tracking duetting choir singers, researchers found that when an individual singer's pitch drifts off tune their partner’s tend to too. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 227 no Edible Insect Breeding Led to Larger but Not Necessarily Better Larvae https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/edible-insect-breeding-led-to-larger-but-not-necessarily-better-larvae/ Researchers aiming to lower the cost of mealworms were able to double the worms' size, but the larger larvae had fewer eggs and weaker offspring. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:10:00 -0000 Edible Insect Breeding Led to Larger but Not Necessarily Better Larvae full Scientific American Researchers aiming to lower the cost of mealworms were able to double the worms' size, but the larger larvae had fewer eggs and weaker offspring. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers aiming to lower the cost of mealworms were able to double the worms' size, but the larger larvae had fewer eggs and weaker offspring. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 204 no Busting Earth-Bound Asteroids a Bigger Job Than We Thought https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/busting-earth-bound-asteroids-bigger-job-than-we-thought/ A new model suggests smashing killer space rocks with insufficient force could let gravity pull the pieces back together. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:30:00 -0000 Busting Earth-Bound Asteroids a Bigger Job Than We Thought full Scientific American A new model suggests smashing killer space rocks with insufficient force could let gravity pull the pieces back together. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new model suggests smashing killer space rocks with insufficient force could let gravity pull the pieces back together. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 216 no Weekday–Weekend Sleep Imbalance Bad for Blood Sugar Regulation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/weekday-weekend-sleep-imbalance-bad-for-blood-sugar-regulation/ Weekday sleep deprivation with weekend make-up sleeping seems to be worse for blood sugar control than even chronic sleep deprivation alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:15:00 -0000 Weekday–Weekend Sleep Imbalance Bad for Blood Sugar Regulation full Scientific American Weekday sleep deprivation with weekend make-up sleeping seems to be worse for blood sugar control than even chronic sleep deprivation alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Weekday sleep deprivation with weekend make-up sleeping seems to be worse for blood sugar control than even chronic sleep deprivation alone.

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]]> 243 no Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/warm-blooded-animals-lost-ability-to-heal-the-heart/ Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Mar 2019 22:30:00 -0000 Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart full Scientific American Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 240 no Animal Migrations Track with Wikipedia Searches https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/animal-migrations-track-with-wikipedia-searches/ By analyzing nearly 2.5 billion Wikipedia page views, researchers found species searches reflect seasonal animal migrations and plant blooming. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:10:00 -0000 Animal Migrations Track with Wikipedia Searches full Scientific American By analyzing nearly 2.5 billion Wikipedia page views, researchers found species searches reflect seasonal animal migrations and plant blooming. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By analyzing nearly 2.5 billion Wikipedia page views, researchers found species searches reflect seasonal animal migrations and plant blooming. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Baseball Commish Talks Big Data https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/baseball-commish-talks-big-data/ At a sports technology conference, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed issues including an automated strike zone and advanced analytics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Mar 2019 08:00:00 -0000 Baseball Commish Talks Big Data full Scientific American At a sports technology conference, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed issues including an automated strike zone and advanced analytics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At a sports technology conference, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed issues including an automated strike zone and advanced analytics.


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]]> 218 no Background Music Might Stifle Creativity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/background-music-might-stifle-creativity/ Volunteers who listened to music solved fewer word puzzles than others who worked in silence. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:13:00 -0000 Background Music Might Stifle Creativity full Scientific American Volunteers who listened to music solved fewer word puzzles than others who worked in silence. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Volunteers who listened to music solved fewer word puzzles than others who worked in silence. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 244 no Science News Briefs from around the Globe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-globe1/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Greenland to Palau, including one on the discovery of a trove of mummified cats in Egypt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:45:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from around the Globe full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Greenland to Palau, including one on the discovery of a trove of mummified cats in Egypt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Greenland to Palau, including one on the discovery of a trove of mummified cats in Egypt.

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]]> 203 no Budding Yeast Produce Cannabis Compounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/budding-yeast-produce-cannabis-compounds/ Biologists have taken the genes that produce cannabinoids in weed and plugged them into yeast, making rare and novel compounds more accessible. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:30:00 -0000 Budding Yeast Produce Cannabis Compounds full Scientific American Biologists have taken the genes that produce cannabinoids in weed and plugged them into yeast, making rare and novel compounds more accessible. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Biologists have taken the genes that produce cannabinoids in weed and plugged them into yeast, making rare and novel compounds more accessible. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 221 no Who Has "the Right Stuff" for Mars? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/who-has-the-right-stuff-for-mars/ Humans traveling to Mars will be required to operate with a degree of autonomy human astronauts have never had, due to communication delays. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:45:00 -0000 Who Has "the Right Stuff" for Mars? full Scientific American Humans traveling to Mars will be required to operate with a degree of autonomy human astronauts have never had, due to communication delays. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humans traveling to Mars will be required to operate with a degree of autonomy human astronauts have never had, due to communication delays. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 239 no Grandma's Influence Is Good for Grandkids https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/grandmas-influence-is-good-for-grandkids/ Grandmothers can enhance the survival of grandchildren. That is, unless grandma’s too old or lives too far away. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:10:00 -0000 Grandma's Influence Is Good for Grandkids full Scientific American Grandmothers can enhance the survival of grandchildren. That is, unless grandma’s too old or lives too far away. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Grandmothers can enhance the survival of grandchildren. That is, unless grandma’s too old or lives too far away. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 225 no Should Robots Have a License to Kill? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/should-robots-have-a-license-to-kill/ Artificial intelligence experts, ethicists and diplomats debate autonomous weapons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:30:00 -0000 Should Robots Have a License to Kill? full Scientific American Artificial intelligence experts, ethicists and diplomats debate autonomous weapons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Artificial intelligence experts, ethicists and diplomats debate autonomous weapons. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 239 no Warming Climate Implies More Flies—and Disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/warming-climate-implies-more-flies-mdash-and-disease/ The incidence of foodborne illness could jump in a warming world, due to an increase in housefly activity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:39:00 -0000 Warming Climate Implies More Flies—and Disease full Scientific American The incidence of foodborne illness could jump in a warming world, due to an increase in housefly activity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The incidence of foodborne illness could jump in a warming world, due to an increase in housefly activity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 213 no Light-Skin Variant Arose in Asia Independent of Europe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/light-skin-variant-arose-in-asia-independent-of-europe/ A new genetic study of Latin Americans provides evidence that gene variants for lighter skin color came about in Asia as well as in Europe. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:00:00 -0000 Light-Skin Variant Arose in Asia Independent of Europe full Scientific American A new genetic study of Latin Americans provides evidence that gene variants for lighter skin color came about in Asia as well as in Europe. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new genetic study of Latin Americans provides evidence that gene variants for lighter skin color came about in Asia as well as in Europe. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 250 no Teach Science Process over Findings https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teach-science-process-over-findings/ Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:03:00 -0000 Teach Science Process over Findings full Scientific American Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out.

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]]> 216 no Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/human-diet-drugs-kill-mosquitoes-appetite-too/ When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 16 Feb 2019 15:30:00 -0000 Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite, Too full Scientific American When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 225 no Grazing Deer Alter Forest Acoustics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/grazing-deer-alter-forest-acoustics/ Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:00:00 -0000 Grazing Deer Alter Forest Acoustics full Scientific American Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 212 no Elephant Weight Cycles with New Teeth https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/elephant-weight-cycles-with-new-teeth/ Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:24:00 -0000 Elephant Weight Cycles with New Teeth full Scientific American Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight.

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]]> 274 no Finally Over for Mars Rover https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/finally-over-for-mars-rover/ The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:55:00 -0000 Finally Over for Mars Rover full Scientific American The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.


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]]> 186 no Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/our-brains-really-remember-some-pop-music/ Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:30:00 -0000 Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music full Scientific American Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 276 no Biologists Track Tweets to Monitor Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/biologists-track-tweets-to-monitor-birds/ Conservation biologists can track the whereabouts of endangered species by the sounds they make, avoiding cumbersome trackers and tags. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:10:00 -0000 Biologists Track Tweets to Monitor Birds full Scientific American Conservation biologists can track the whereabouts of endangered species by the sounds they make, avoiding cumbersome trackers and tags. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Conservation biologists can track the whereabouts of endangered species by the sounds they make, avoiding cumbersome trackers and tags. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 200 no Desalination Could Cause Ecological Sea Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/desalination-could-cause-ecological-sea-change/ An environmental assessment of the nation's largest desalination plant finds mixed results. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0000 Desalination Could Cause Ecological Sea Change full Scientific American An environmental assessment of the nation's largest desalination plant finds mixed results. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An environmental assessment of the nation's largest desalination plant finds mixed results. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 228 no Different Humpback Whale Groups Meet to Jam https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/different-humpback-whale-groups-meet-to-jam/ Humpback populations from the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet up south of Africa and trade song stylings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Feb 2019 22:10:00 -0000 Different Humpback Whale Groups Meet to Jam full Scientific American Humpback populations from the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet up south of Africa and trade song stylings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humpback populations from the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet up south of Africa and trade song stylings.


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]]> 285 no Rocking Helps Adults Sleep Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rocking-helps-adults-sleep-too/ Adult humans, as well as mice, slept better when gently rocked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:35:00 -0000 Rocking Helps Adults Sleep Too full Scientific American Adult humans, as well as mice, slept better when gently rocked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Adult humans, as well as mice, slept better when gently rocked.


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]]> 235 no Targeting Certain Brain Cells Can Switch Off Pain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/targeting-certain-brain-cells-can-switch-off-pain/ By turning off certain brain cells, researchers were able to make mice sense painful stimuli—but not the associated discomfort. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:45:00 -0000 Targeting Certain Brain Cells Can Switch Off Pain full Scientific American By turning off certain brain cells, researchers were able to make mice sense painful stimuli—but not the associated discomfort. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By turning off certain brain cells, researchers were able to make mice sense painful stimuli—but not the associated discomfort. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 219 no Neandertal Spears Were Surprisingly Deadly https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/neandertal-spears-were-surprisingly-deadly/ Javelin throwers chucking replicas of Neandertal spears were able to hit targets farther away, and with greater force than previously thought to be possible. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:30:00 -0000 Neandertal Spears Were Surprisingly Deadly full Scientific American Javelin throwers chucking replicas of Neandertal spears were able to hit targets farther away, and with greater force than previously thought to be possible. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Javelin throwers chucking replicas of Neandertal spears were able to hit targets farther away, and with greater force than previously thought to be possible. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 245 no "Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rectenna-converts-wi-fi-to-electricity/ Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0000 "Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity full Scientific American Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 189 no Science News Briefs from the World Over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-the-world-over/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:50:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from the World Over full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy.

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]]> 208 no Cod Could Cope with Constrained Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cod-could-cope-with-constrained-climate-change/ Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees Celsius in their current spawning grounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:40:00 -0000 Cod Could Cope with Constrained Climate Change full Scientific American Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees Celsius in their current spawning grounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees Celsius in their current spawning grounds.

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]]> 277 no Intimate Hermit Crab Keeps Shell On https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/intimate-hermit-crab-keeps-shell-on/ A species of hermit crab appears to have evolved a large penis to enable intercourse without leaving, and thus possibly losing, its adopted shell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:22:00 -0000 Intimate Hermit Crab Keeps Shell On full Scientific American A species of hermit crab appears to have evolved a large penis to enable intercourse without leaving, and thus possibly losing, its adopted shell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A species of hermit crab appears to have evolved a large penis to enable intercourse without leaving, and thus possibly losing, its adopted shell.


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]]> 224 no Ecologists Eavesdrop with Bioacoustics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ecologists-eavesdrop-with-bioacoustics/ By coupling audio recordings with satellite data and camera traps, ecologists can keep their eyes—and ears—on protected tropical forests. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:05:00 -0000 Ecologists Eavesdrop with Bioacoustics full Scientific American By coupling audio recordings with satellite data and camera traps, ecologists can keep their eyes—and ears—on protected tropical forests. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By coupling audio recordings with satellite data and camera traps, ecologists can keep their eyes—and ears—on protected tropical forests. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 223 no Saturn's Blingy Rings Are a Recent Upgrade https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/saturns-blingy-rings-are-a-recent-upgrade/ Though Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago, its rings were added relatively recently—only 100 million to 10 million years ago. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0000 Saturn's Blingy Rings Are a Recent Upgrade full Scientific American Though Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago, its rings were added relatively recently—only 100 million to 10 million years ago. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Though Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago, its rings were added relatively recently—only 100 million to 10 million years ago. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 207 no Do-Gooders Should Survey Communities First https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/do-gooders-should-survey-communities-first/ Detroit residents declined an offer of free street trees—but were more willing to accept them if they had a say in the type of tree. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:30:00 -0000 Do-Gooders Should Survey Communities First full Scientific American Detroit residents declined an offer of free street trees—but were more willing to accept them if they had a say in the type of tree. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Detroit residents declined an offer of free street trees—but were more willing to accept them if they had a say in the type of tree. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 285 no Viewing This Weekend's Lunar Eclipse https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/viewing-this-weekends-lunar-eclipse/ A total lunar eclipse will grace the skies this Sunday, January 20—and it may or may not be red. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:05:00 -0000 Viewing This Weekend's Lunar Eclipse full Scientific American A total lunar eclipse will grace the skies this Sunday, January 20—and it may or may not be red. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A total lunar eclipse will grace the skies this Sunday, January 20—and it may or may not be red. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 245 no "<i>Mona Lisa</i> Effect" Not True for <i>Mona Lisa</i> https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mona-lisa-effect-not-true-for-mona-lisa/ The Mona Lisa effect is the illusion that the subject of a painting follows you with her gaze, despite where you stand. But da Vinci's famous painting doesn't have that quality. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:00:00 -0000 "<i>Mona Lisa</i> Effect" Not True for <i>Mona Lisa</i> full Scientific American The Mona Lisa effect is the illusion that the subject of a painting follows you with her gaze, despite where you stand. But da Vinci's famous painting doesn't have that quality. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Mona Lisa effect is the illusion that the subject of a painting follows you with her gaze, despite where you stand. But da Vinci's famous painting doesn't have that quality. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 196 no Ants Stick to Cliques to Dodge Disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ants-stick-to-cliques-to-dodge-disease/ Ants infected with fungal pathogens steer clear of other cliques within the colony—avoiding wider infection, and allowing for a sort of immunity. Lucy Huang reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:30:00 -0000 Ants Stick to Cliques to Dodge Disease full Scientific American Ants infected with fungal pathogens steer clear of other cliques within the colony—avoiding wider infection, and allowing for a sort of immunity. Lucy Huang reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ants infected with fungal pathogens steer clear of other cliques within the colony—avoiding wider infection, and allowing for a sort of immunity. Lucy Huang reports. 

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]]> 226 no Mistimed Migration Means Bird Death Battles https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mistimed-migration-means-bird-death-battles/ Climate change is shifting population numbers and nest building by resident and migratory birds in Europe—sometimes leading to deadly conflict. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 13 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0000 Mistimed Migration Means Bird Death Battles full Scientific American Climate change is shifting population numbers and nest building by resident and migratory birds in Europe—sometimes leading to deadly conflict. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Climate change is shifting population numbers and nest building by resident and migratory birds in Europe—sometimes leading to deadly conflict. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 193 no Monogamy May Be Written in Our Genes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/monogamy-may-be-written-in-our-genes/ In animal studies, a set of 24 genes involved in neural development, learning and memory, and cognition, seem to be associated with monogamy. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:00:00 -0000 Monogamy May Be Written in Our Genes full Scientific American In animal studies, a set of 24 genes involved in neural development, learning and memory, and cognition, seem to be associated with monogamy. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In animal studies, a set of 24 genes involved in neural development, learning and memory, and cognition, seem to be associated with monogamy. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 273 no Seeing Superman Increases Altruism https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seeing-superman-increases-altruism/ Subject who saw a Superman poster were more likely to offer help than were people who saw another image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:49:00 -0000 Seeing Superman Increases Altruism full Scientific American Subject who saw a Superman poster were more likely to offer help than were people who saw another image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subject who saw a Superman poster were more likely to offer help than were people who saw another image.

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]]> 253 no Inhaled RNA Might Help Heal Cystic Fibrosis https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/inhaled-rna-might-help-heal-cystic-fibrosis/ Scientists are working to correct a genetic defect in cystic fibrosis patients by having them inhale RNA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:55:00 -0000 Inhaled RNA Might Help Heal Cystic Fibrosis full Scientific American Scientists are working to correct a genetic defect in cystic fibrosis patients by having them inhale RNA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists are working to correct a genetic defect in cystic fibrosis patients by having them inhale RNA. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 198 no Invisible Killers Hitchhike on Native Plant Seedlings https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/invisible-killers-hitchhike-on-native-plant-seedlings/ More than a quarter of the seedlings sampled at native plant nurseries were infected with pathogens—which could hamper restoration work. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0000 Invisible Killers Hitchhike on Native Plant Seedlings full Scientific American More than a quarter of the seedlings sampled at native plant nurseries were infected with pathogens—which could hamper restoration work. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More than a quarter of the seedlings sampled at native plant nurseries were infected with pathogens—which could hamper restoration work. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 212 no Facebook Users Value the Service More Than Investors Do https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/facebook-users-value-the-service-more-than-investors-do/ Users of the social network said they'd require payment of more than $1,000 to quit the platform for one year. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:45:00 -0000 Facebook Users Value the Service More Than Investors Do full Scientific American Users of the social network said they'd require payment of more than $1,000 to quit the platform for one year. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Users of the social network said they'd require payment of more than $1,000 to quit the platform for one year. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Science News from around the Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-from-around-the-planet/ A few brief reports about international science and technology from Germany to Rwanda, including one on the discovery of the world's oldest known brewery, discovered in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:27:00 -0000 Science News from around the Planet full Scientific American A few brief reports about international science and technology from Germany to Rwanda, including one on the discovery of the world's oldest known brewery, discovered in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few brief reports about international science and technology from Germany to Rwanda, including one on the discovery of the world's oldest known brewery, discovered in Israel.

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]]> 218 no Turn Xmas Tree into Food and Medicine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/turn-xmas-tree-into-food-and-medicine/ Pine needles can easily be broken down into sugars as well as the building blocks of paint, adhesives and medicines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:30:00 -0000 Turn Xmas Tree into Food and Medicine full Scientific American Pine needles can easily be broken down into sugars as well as the building blocks of paint, adhesives and medicines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pine needles can easily be broken down into sugars as well as the building blocks of paint, adhesives and medicines. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 178 no Simple Sugars Wipe Out Beneficial Gut Bugs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/simple-sugars-wipe-out-beneficial-gut-bugs/ Fructose and sucrose can make it all the way to the colon, where they spell a sugary death sentence for beneficial bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:00:00 -0000 Simple Sugars Wipe Out Beneficial Gut Bugs full Scientific American Fructose and sucrose can make it all the way to the colon, where they spell a sugary death sentence for beneficial bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fructose and sucrose can make it all the way to the colon, where they spell a sugary death sentence for beneficial bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 196 no Smarter Pricing Could Ease Parking Frustration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smarter-pricing-could-ease-parking-frustration/ A new algorithm raises parking rates in busy neighborhoods and lowers them elsewhere, guaranteeing free parking spots regardless of location. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:30:00 -0000 Smarter Pricing Could Ease Parking Frustration full Scientific American A new algorithm raises parking rates in busy neighborhoods and lowers them elsewhere, guaranteeing free parking spots regardless of location. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new algorithm raises parking rates in busy neighborhoods and lowers them elsewhere, guaranteeing free parking spots regardless of location. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 202 no "Hunger Hormone" Ghrelin Aids Overindulgence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hunger-hormone-ghrelin-aids-overindulgence/ Ghrelin, the hormone that makes you hungry, also makes food, and food smells, irresistibly appealing. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0000 "Hunger Hormone" Ghrelin Aids Overindulgence full Scientific American Ghrelin, the hormone that makes you hungry, also makes food, and food smells, irresistibly appealing. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ghrelin, the hormone that makes you hungry, also makes food, and food smells, irresistibly appealing. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 195 no Colorful Peacocks Impress Females with Good Vibes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/colorful-peacocks-impress-females-with-good-vibes/ Peafowls' head crests are specifically tuned to the vibrations produced by feather-rattling male peacocks, thus acting as a sort of antenna. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:00:00 -0000 Colorful Peacocks Impress Females with Good Vibes full Scientific American Peafowls' head crests are specifically tuned to the vibrations produced by feather-rattling male peacocks, thus acting as a sort of antenna. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Peafowls' head crests are specifically tuned to the vibrations produced by feather-rattling male peacocks, thus acting as a sort of antenna. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 252 no Measuring the Strength of a Person's Gaze https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/measuring-the-strength-of-a-persons-gaze/ A new study suggests that, unconsciously, we actually do believe that looking exerts a slight force on the things being looked at. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:10:00 -0000 Measuring the Strength of a Person's Gaze full Scientific American A new study suggests that, unconsciously, we actually do believe that looking exerts a slight force on the things being looked at. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study suggests that, unconsciously, we actually do believe that looking exerts a slight force on the things being looked at. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 201 no "Relaxation Music" Works&mdash;but So Does Chopin https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/relaxation-music-works-mdash-but-so-does-chopin/ So-called "relaxation music" is only about as effective as a soothing Chopin piece at lulling listeners into a relaxed state. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:00:00 -0000 "Relaxation Music" Works&mdash;but So Does Chopin full Scientific American So-called "relaxation music" is only about as effective as a soothing Chopin piece at lulling listeners into a relaxed state. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices So-called "relaxation music" is only about as effective as a soothing Chopin piece at lulling listeners into a relaxed state. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Bone Building Needs Bit of Breakdown First https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bone-building-needs-bit-of-breakdown-first/ The hormone irisin encourages bone remodeling, in part by first triggering another substance that encourages some bone breakdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:44:00 -0000 Bone Building Needs Bit of Breakdown First full Scientific American The hormone irisin encourages bone remodeling, in part by first triggering another substance that encourages some bone breakdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The hormone irisin encourages bone remodeling, in part by first triggering another substance that encourages some bone breakdown.

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]]> 227 no Frog Picks Maternity Ward Like Goldilocks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/frog-picks-maternity-ward-like-goldilocks/ The Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog needs a pool to raise its young that's just right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:19:00 -0000 Frog Picks Maternity Ward Like Goldilocks full Scientific American The Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog needs a pool to raise its young that's just right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog needs a pool to raise its young that's just right.

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]]> 231 no You Gotta Scratch That Itch https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/you-gotta-scratch-that-itch/ A particular set of brain neurons may be behind registering itch and inducing us to scratch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:57:00 -0000 You Gotta Scratch That Itch full Scientific American A particular set of brain neurons may be behind registering itch and inducing us to scratch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A particular set of brain neurons may be behind registering itch and inducing us to scratch.


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]]> 211 no Join <i>Blue Planet II</i> Live-Tweet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/join-blue-planet-ii-live-tweet/ Starting December 16, ocean scientists will live-tweet the BBC documentary series Blue Planet II, available via Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:54:00 -0000 Join <i>Blue Planet II</i> Live-Tweet full Scientific American Starting December 16, ocean scientists will live-tweet the BBC documentary series Blue Planet II, available via Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Starting December 16, ocean scientists will live-tweet the BBC documentary series Blue Planet II, available via Netflix.

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]]> 162 no Big-Boned Chickens May Be Humans' Geologic Legacy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-boned-chickens-may-be-humans-geologic-legacy/ Millions of years from now, the geologic record of the "Anthropocene" will be littered with plastics, yes, but also chicken bones. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:30:00 -0000 Big-Boned Chickens May Be Humans' Geologic Legacy full Scientific American Millions of years from now, the geologic record of the "Anthropocene" will be littered with plastics, yes, but also chicken bones. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Millions of years from now, the geologic record of the "Anthropocene" will be littered with plastics, yes, but also chicken bones. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 217 no Ancient Marine Reptiles Had Familiar Gear https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-marine-reptiles-had-familiar-gear/ Ichthyosaurs had traits in common with turtles and modern marine mammals, like blubber and countershading camouflage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:20:00 -0000 Ancient Marine Reptiles Had Familiar Gear full Scientific American Ichthyosaurs had traits in common with turtles and modern marine mammals, like blubber and countershading camouflage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ichthyosaurs had traits in common with turtles and modern marine mammals, like blubber and countershading camouflage. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 202 no Little Aphids Ride Big Ones to Safety https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/little-aphids-ride-big-ones-to-safety/ When trouble lurks, juvenile aphids drop off of the plants they're eating and hitch a ride on bigger aphid escapees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:57:00 -0000 Little Aphids Ride Big Ones to Safety full Scientific American When trouble lurks, juvenile aphids drop off of the plants they're eating and hitch a ride on bigger aphid escapees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When trouble lurks, juvenile aphids drop off of the plants they're eating and hitch a ride on bigger aphid escapees.


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]]> 244 no Utah's Deserts Are Bee Hotspots  https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/utahs-deserts-are-bee-hotspots/ The Trump administration is shrinking Utah's desert monuments, stripping some federal protections for wild pollinators. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 08 Dec 2018 22:00:00 -0000 Utah's Deserts Are Bee Hotspots  full Scientific American The Trump administration is shrinking Utah's desert monuments, stripping some federal protections for wild pollinators. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Trump administration is shrinking Utah's desert monuments, stripping some federal protections for wild pollinators. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 204 no Who's a Smart Dog?! https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whos-a-smart-dog/ An estimate of dog intelligence requires looking at non-dogs as well to understand what's special to canines and what is just typical of the taxonomic groups they're in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:00:00 -0000 Who's a Smart Dog?! full Scientific American An estimate of dog intelligence requires looking at non-dogs as well to understand what's special to canines and what is just typical of the taxonomic groups they're in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An estimate of dog intelligence requires looking at non-dogs as well to understand what's special to canines and what is just typical of the taxonomic groups they're in.

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]]> 258 no Data Reveals Most Influential Movies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/data-reveals-most-influential-movies/ By analyzing the network connections between 47,000 films on IMDb, researchers found the most influential films ever made. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Dec 2018 21:35:00 -0000 Data Reveals Most Influential Movies full Scientific American By analyzing the network connections between 47,000 films on IMDb, researchers found the most influential films ever made. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By analyzing the network connections between 47,000 films on IMDb, researchers found the most influential films ever made. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 188 no Blue Whales Have Changed Their Tune https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/blue-whales-have-changed-their-tune/ In the last few decades blue whale calls have been getting lower in pitch—and a rebound in their numbers may be the reason. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:16:00 -0000 Blue Whales Have Changed Their Tune full Scientific American In the last few decades blue whale calls have been getting lower in pitch—and a rebound in their numbers may be the reason. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the last few decades blue whale calls have been getting lower in pitch—and a rebound in their numbers may be the reason. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 228 no Smart Meters Speed Showers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smart-meters-speed-showers/ Smart meters on showerheads encouraged hotel guests to conserve—even though they personally saved no money. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:00:00 -0000 Smart Meters Speed Showers full Scientific American Smart meters on showerheads encouraged hotel guests to conserve—even though they personally saved no money. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Smart meters on showerheads encouraged hotel guests to conserve—even though they personally saved no money. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 209 no Mars Mission Makes Clean Landing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mars-mission-makes-clean-landing/ The sounds of the Mars InSight Mission control room during the tense minutes leading to the landing on the surface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:11:00 -0000 Mars Mission Makes Clean Landing full Scientific American The sounds of the Mars InSight Mission control room during the tense minutes leading to the landing on the surface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The sounds of the Mars InSight Mission control room during the tense minutes leading to the landing on the surface.

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]]> 264 no Do Wine over Those Brussels Sprouts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/do-wine-over-those-brussels-sprouts/ Taking a swig of red wine before eating Brussels sprouts appears to moderate Brussels sprouts' polarizing flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:45:00 -0000 Do Wine over Those Brussels Sprouts full Scientific American Taking a swig of red wine before eating Brussels sprouts appears to moderate Brussels sprouts' polarizing flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Taking a swig of red wine before eating Brussels sprouts appears to moderate Brussels sprouts' polarizing flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 174 no Rains Bring a Microbial Massacre to Chilean Desert https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rains-bring-a-microbial-massacre-to-chilean-desert/ Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:10:00 -0000 Rains Bring a Microbial Massacre to Chilean Desert full Scientific American Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 191 no Consensual Hugs Seem to Reduce Stress https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/consensual-hugs-seem-to-reduce-stress/ People who had a conflict in a given day but also got hugged were not as affected by the negative interaction as were their unhugged counterparts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:14:00 -0000 Consensual Hugs Seem to Reduce Stress full Scientific American People who had a conflict in a given day but also got hugged were not as affected by the negative interaction as were their unhugged counterparts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People who had a conflict in a given day but also got hugged were not as affected by the negative interaction as were their unhugged counterparts.  


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]]> 208 no World's Largest Organism Faces Bleak Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/worlds-largest-organism-faces-bleak-future/ The single organism that is the Utah aspen grove known as Pando is on the decline due to herbivores wiping out its youngest tree outgrowths Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:34:00 -0000 World's Largest Organism Faces Bleak Future full Scientific American The single organism that is the Utah aspen grove known as Pando is on the decline due to herbivores wiping out its youngest tree outgrowths Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The single organism that is the Utah aspen grove known as Pando is on the decline due to herbivores wiping out its youngest tree outgrowths


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]]> 274 no U.S. Immigrants Leave Country&mdash;and Microbes&mdash;Behind https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/u-s-immigrants-leave-country-mdash-and-microbes-mdash-behind/ Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S.—which researchers can't quite explain. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:30:00 -0000 U.S. Immigrants Leave Country&mdash;and Microbes&mdash;Behind full Scientific American Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S.—which researchers can't quite explain. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S.—which researchers can't quite explain. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 210 no Science News Briefs from All over https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-all-over/ A few very brief reports about international science and technology from Alaska to Indonesia, including one on offshore dairy farming from the Netherlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Nov 2018 21:15:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from All over full Scientific American A few very brief reports about international science and technology from Alaska to Indonesia, including one on offshore dairy farming from the Netherlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few very brief reports about international science and technology from Alaska to Indonesia, including one on offshore dairy farming from the Netherlands.

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]]> 203 no Babies and Chimps Share a Laugh https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/babies-and-chimps-share-a-laugh/ Adult humans laugh primarily on the exhale, but human babies laugh on the inhale and the exhale—as do chimps. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 10 Nov 2018 23:10:00 -0000 Babies and Chimps Share a Laugh full Scientific American Adult humans laugh primarily on the exhale, but human babies laugh on the inhale and the exhale—as do chimps. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Adult humans laugh primarily on the exhale, but human babies laugh on the inhale and the exhale—as do chimps. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 204 no Singing Fish Reveal Underwater Battles in the Amazon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/singing-fish-reveal-underwater-battles-in-the-amazon/ Researchers recorded piranha "honks" and catfish "screeches" in the Peruvian Amazon, which might illuminate fish activity in murky jungle waters. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:20:00 -0000 Singing Fish Reveal Underwater Battles in the Amazon full Scientific American Researchers recorded piranha "honks" and catfish "screeches" in the Peruvian Amazon, which might illuminate fish activity in murky jungle waters. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers recorded piranha "honks" and catfish "screeches" in the Peruvian Amazon, which might illuminate fish activity in murky jungle waters. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 199 no Social Construct of Race Imposes Biology https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/social-construct-of-race-imposes-biology/ Anthropologist Jennifer Raff argues that race is culturally created, but has biological consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Nov 2018 23:19:00 -0000 Social Construct of Race Imposes Biology full Scientific American Anthropologist Jennifer Raff argues that race is culturally created, but has biological consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Anthropologist Jennifer Raff argues that race is culturally created, but has biological consequences.


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]]> 229 no Pandas Swoon to Particular Croons https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pandas-swoon-to-particular-croons/ Listening to the sounds panda pairs make when they're introduced could lead to better breeding success. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Nov 2018 19:10:00 -0000 Pandas Swoon to Particular Croons full Scientific American Listening to the sounds panda pairs make when they're introduced could lead to better breeding success. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Listening to the sounds panda pairs make when they're introduced could lead to better breeding success. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 163 no First Benefit of Knowing Your Genome https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/first-benefit-of-knowing-your-genome/ The "low hanging fruit" of genome-related health care will be knowing which drugs are likely to treat you best, says science journalist Carl Zimmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:20:00 -0000 First Benefit of Knowing Your Genome full Scientific American The "low hanging fruit" of genome-related health care will be knowing which drugs are likely to treat you best, says science journalist Carl Zimmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The "low hanging fruit" of genome-related health care will be knowing which drugs are likely to treat you best, says science journalist Carl Zimmer.


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]]> 166 no For Halloween, Consider the Chocolate Midge https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-halloween-consider-the-chocolate-midge/ A tiny fly, related to biting no-see-ums, pollinates cacao trees and enables our chocolate cravings. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:20:00 -0000 For Halloween, Consider the Chocolate Midge full Scientific American A tiny fly, related to biting no-see-ums, pollinates cacao trees and enables our chocolate cravings. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A tiny fly, related to biting no-see-ums, pollinates cacao trees and enables our chocolate cravings. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 205 no Dolphins Dumb Down Calls to Compete with Ship Noise https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dolphins-dumb-down-calls-to-compete-with-ship-noise/ Bottlenose dolphins simplify and raise the pitch of their whistles to be heard above underwater shipping noise. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:45:00 -0000 Dolphins Dumb Down Calls to Compete with Ship Noise full Scientific American Bottlenose dolphins simplify and raise the pitch of their whistles to be heard above underwater shipping noise. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bottlenose dolphins simplify and raise the pitch of their whistles to be heard above underwater shipping noise. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Asocial Octopuses Become Cuddly on MDMA https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/asocial-octopuses-become-cuddly-on-mdma/ Octopuses react to MDMA much like humans do. And not surprisingly, given their anatomy, the animals are excellent huggers. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:00:00 -0000 Asocial Octopuses Become Cuddly on MDMA full Scientific American Octopuses react to MDMA much like humans do. And not surprisingly, given their anatomy, the animals are excellent huggers. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Octopuses react to MDMA much like humans do. And not surprisingly, given their anatomy, the animals are excellent huggers. Annie Sneed reports.

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]]> 286 no Wild Songbirds Can Pick Up New Tunes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wild-songbirds-can-pick-up-new-tunes/ Researchers taught two dozen wild sparrows new songs, by playing them the recordings of sparrows that live thousands of miles away. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:45:00 -0000 Wild Songbirds Can Pick Up New Tunes full Scientific American Researchers taught two dozen wild sparrows new songs, by playing them the recordings of sparrows that live thousands of miles away. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers taught two dozen wild sparrows new songs, by playing them the recordings of sparrows that live thousands of miles away. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 278 no Health Care Let Neandertals "Punch above Their Weight" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/health-care-let-neandertals-punch-above-their-weight/ By caring for their sick and injured, Neandertals were able to expand into more dangerous environments and pursue more deadly prey. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Oct 2018 23:30:00 -0000 Health Care Let Neandertals "Punch above Their Weight" full Scientific American By caring for their sick and injured, Neandertals were able to expand into more dangerous environments and pursue more deadly prey. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By caring for their sick and injured, Neandertals were able to expand into more dangerous environments and pursue more deadly prey. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 165 no Nice People Have Emptier Wallets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nice-people-have-emptier-wallets/ A study correlating personality traits with financial data found that agreeable people had lower savings, higher debt and higher bankruptcy rates. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:00:00 -0000 Nice People Have Emptier Wallets full Scientific American A study correlating personality traits with financial data found that agreeable people had lower savings, higher debt and higher bankruptcy rates. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study correlating personality traits with financial data found that agreeable people had lower savings, higher debt and higher bankruptcy rates. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 210 no Solar Eclipse Was a Buzzkill for Bees https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/solar-eclipse-was-a-buzzkill-for-bees/ Bees suddenly fell silent when the sun disappeared during last year's solar eclipse—perhaps because they were tricked into night mode. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:52:00 -0000 Solar Eclipse Was a Buzzkill for Bees full Scientific American Bees suddenly fell silent when the sun disappeared during last year's solar eclipse—perhaps because they were tricked into night mode. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bees suddenly fell silent when the sun disappeared during last year's solar eclipse—perhaps because they were tricked into night mode. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 193 no Confident Tone Overcomes Accent Distrust https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/confident-tone-overcomes-accent-distrust/ English as-a-first-language Canadian study subjects were less trusting of statements in English spoken with a foreign accent, unless the speaker sounded confident about their assertion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:35:00 -0000 Confident Tone Overcomes Accent Distrust full Scientific American English as-a-first-language Canadian study subjects were less trusting of statements in English spoken with a foreign accent, unless the speaker sounded confident about their assertion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices English as-a-first-language Canadian study subjects were less trusting of statements in English spoken with a foreign accent, unless the speaker sounded confident about their assertion.


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]]> 220 no Mom's Genes Make Some Giraffes Hard to Spot https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/moms-genes-make-some-giraffes-hard-to-spot/ Baby giraffes inherit aspects of their mothers' patterning—which could give them a survival advantage if good camouflage runs in the family. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:05:00 -0000 Mom's Genes Make Some Giraffes Hard to Spot full Scientific American Baby giraffes inherit aspects of their mothers' patterning—which could give them a survival advantage if good camouflage runs in the family. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Baby giraffes inherit aspects of their mothers' patterning—which could give them a survival advantage if good camouflage runs in the family. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 192 no Economics Nobel Highlights Climate Action Necessity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/economics-nobel-highlights-climate-action-necessity/ William Nordhaus shared the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis,” with Paul Romer, "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:35:00 -0000 Economics Nobel Highlights Climate Action Necessity full Scientific American William Nordhaus shared the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis,” with Paul Romer, "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices William Nordhaus shared the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis,” with Paul Romer, "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."


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]]> 193 no Highway Crossings Protect Migrating Pronghorns&mdash;and Motorists https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/highway-crossings-protect-migrating-pronghorns-mdash-and-motorists/ Twice a year, thousands of pronghorn antelope and mule deer migrate through Wyoming, and newly built highway crossings are sparing the lives of animals—and motorists. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:30:00 -0000 Highway Crossings Protect Migrating Pronghorns&mdash;and Motorists full Scientific American Twice a year, thousands of pronghorn antelope and mule deer migrate through Wyoming, and newly built highway crossings are sparing the lives of animals—and motorists. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Twice a year, thousands of pronghorn antelope and mule deer migrate through Wyoming, and newly built highway crossings are sparing the lives of animals—and motorists. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 269 no Beer Fermentation Hops Along https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beer-fermentation-hops-along/ The bittering agents called hops have enzymes that chew up starch and unleash more fermentable sugar—which can boost alcohol and CO2 in the finished brew. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:10:00 -0000 Beer Fermentation Hops Along full Scientific American The bittering agents called hops have enzymes that chew up starch and unleash more fermentable sugar—which can boost alcohol and CO2 in the finished brew. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The bittering agents called hops have enzymes that chew up starch and unleash more fermentable sugar—which can boost alcohol and CO2 in the finished brew. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 245 no Nobel in Chemistry for New and Useful Chemical Entities via Evolutionary Principles https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-chemistry-for-new-and-useful-chemical-entities-via-evolutionary-principles/ Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter share the 2018 chemistry Nobel for developing evolutionary-based techniques that lead to the creation of new chemical entities with useful properties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:00:00 -0000 Nobel in Chemistry for New and Useful Chemical Entities via Evolutionary Principles full Scientific American Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter share the 2018 chemistry Nobel for developing evolutionary-based techniques that lead to the creation of new chemical entities with useful properties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter share the 2018 chemistry Nobel for developing evolutionary-based techniques that lead to the creation of new chemical entities with useful properties.


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]]> 266 no Nobel in Physics for Controlling Laser Light https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physics-for-controlling-laser-light/ Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland share the 2018 physics Nobel for their work with lasers that have led to numerous practical applications, such as eye surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:25:00 -0000 Nobel in Physics for Controlling Laser Light full Scientific American Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland share the 2018 physics Nobel for their work with lasers that have led to numerous practical applications, such as eye surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland share the 2018 physics Nobel for their work with lasers that have led to numerous practical applications, such as eye surgery.


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]]> 245 no Nobel for Helping the Immune System Fight Cancer https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-for-helping-the-immune-system-fight-cancer/ James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo share the Nobel Prize for their work on harnessing the cancer patient's own immune system to destroy tumors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:08:00 -0000 Nobel for Helping the Immune System Fight Cancer full Scientific American James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo share the Nobel Prize for their work on harnessing the cancer patient's own immune system to destroy tumors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo share the Nobel Prize for their work on harnessing the cancer patient's own immune system to destroy tumors.


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]]> 194 no Blasey Ford Spells Out Trauma Memory Formation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/blasey-ford-spells-out-trauma-memory-formation/ Christine Blasey Ford's professional expertise came into play during her testimony regarding the Supreme Court nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:22:00 -0000 Blasey Ford Spells Out Trauma Memory Formation full Scientific American Christine Blasey Ford's professional expertise came into play during her testimony regarding the Supreme Court nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Christine Blasey Ford's professional expertise came into play during her testimony regarding the Supreme Court nomination.

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]]> 160 no Scanning Ancient Civilizations from the Skies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scanning-ancient-civilizations-from-the-skies/ An aerial laser scan of more than 800 square miles of Guatemalan jungle revealed Maya buildings, canals, roads and bridges. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:33:00 -0000 Scanning Ancient Civilizations from the Skies full Scientific American An aerial laser scan of more than 800 square miles of Guatemalan jungle revealed Maya buildings, canals, roads and bridges. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An aerial laser scan of more than 800 square miles of Guatemalan jungle revealed Maya buildings, canals, roads and bridges. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 213 no Antifreeze Surface Fights Ice with Ice https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antifreeze-surface-fights-ice-with-ice/ Patterning a surface with tiny stripes of ice prevents frost formation on the rest of the surface—a technique that could keep planes or roads frost-free. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Sep 2018 23:11:00 -0000 Antifreeze Surface Fights Ice with Ice full Scientific American Patterning a surface with tiny stripes of ice prevents frost formation on the rest of the surface—a technique that could keep planes or roads frost-free. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Patterning a surface with tiny stripes of ice prevents frost formation on the rest of the surface—a technique that could keep planes or roads frost-free. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 186 no Scale Can Measure Medicine&mdash;and Play a Scale, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scale-can-measure-medicine-mdash-and-play-a-scale-too/ Researchers have designed a musical instrument that can detect counterfeit drugs by the pitch of its notes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:45:00 -0000 Scale Can Measure Medicine&mdash;and Play a Scale, Too full Scientific American Researchers have designed a musical instrument that can detect counterfeit drugs by the pitch of its notes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have designed a musical instrument that can detect counterfeit drugs by the pitch of its notes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 248 no Diverse Tree Portfolio Weathers Droughts Better https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/diverse-tree-portfolio-weathers-droughts-better/ Forests with numerous tree species, and therefore a mix of water-management strategies, appear more tolerant of drought. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:00:00 -0000 Diverse Tree Portfolio Weathers Droughts Better full Scientific American Forests with numerous tree species, and therefore a mix of water-management strategies, appear more tolerant of drought. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Forests with numerous tree species, and therefore a mix of water-management strategies, appear more tolerant of drought. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 202 no Pirates Needed Science, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pirates-needed-science-too/ On International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here's an eye-patch-witness account of how science helps in all peg-leg walks of life, even piracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:03:00 -0000 Pirates Needed Science, Too full Scientific American On International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here's an eye-patch-witness account of how science helps in all peg-leg walks of life, even piracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here's an eye-patch-witness account of how science helps in all peg-leg walks of life, even piracy

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]]> 173 no Sea Otters' Powerful Paw Prey Perception https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sea-otters-powerful-paw-prey-perception/ The marine mammals have extraordinarily sensitive touch—which helps them nab prey in the absence of other sensory cues. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:00:00 -0000 Sea Otters' Powerful Paw Prey Perception full Scientific American The marine mammals have extraordinarily sensitive touch—which helps them nab prey in the absence of other sensory cues. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The marine mammals have extraordinarily sensitive touch—which helps them nab prey in the absence of other sensory cues. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 212 no Science News Briefs from Around the World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-briefs-from-around-the-world/ A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:37:00 -0000 Science News Briefs from Around the World full Scientific American A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe.

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]]> 208 no Genetic Tweak Gave Early Humans a Leg Up https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/genetic-tweak-gave-early-humans-a-leg-up/ A mutation in a key gene may have endowed humans with superior endurance—allowing them to compete better with other animals on the savanna. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:00:00 -0000 Genetic Tweak Gave Early Humans a Leg Up full Scientific American A mutation in a key gene may have endowed humans with superior endurance—allowing them to compete better with other animals on the savanna. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A mutation in a key gene may have endowed humans with superior endurance—allowing them to compete better with other animals on the savanna. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 169 no Earlier Springs May Mean Mistimed Bird Migrations https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/earlier-springs-may-mean-mistimed-bird-migrations/ Springtime's arriving earlier across North America. But the degree of change isn't the same everywhere, which could spell trouble for migratory birds. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:01:00 -0000 Earlier Springs May Mean Mistimed Bird Migrations full Scientific American Springtime's arriving earlier across North America. But the degree of change isn't the same everywhere, which could spell trouble for migratory birds. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Springtime's arriving earlier across North America. But the degree of change isn't the same everywhere, which could spell trouble for migratory birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 161 no Survey the Wildlife of the "Great Indoors" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/survey-the-wildlife-of-the-great-indoors/ Biologists are enlisting citizen scientists to poke around under the sink and behind the curtains, for wildlife living in the "great indoors." Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:10:00 -0000 Survey the Wildlife of the "Great Indoors" full Scientific American Biologists are enlisting citizen scientists to poke around under the sink and behind the curtains, for wildlife living in the "great indoors." Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Biologists are enlisting citizen scientists to poke around under the sink and behind the curtains, for wildlife living in the "great indoors." Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 187 no When Neutron Stars Collide https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/when-neutron-stars-collide/ Astrophysicists have gotten a better glimpse at what happens to crashing neutron stars by listening in on the electromagnetic echoes of the collision. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:00:00 -0000 When Neutron Stars Collide full Scientific American Astrophysicists have gotten a better glimpse at what happens to crashing neutron stars by listening in on the electromagnetic echoes of the collision. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astrophysicists have gotten a better glimpse at what happens to crashing neutron stars by listening in on the electromagnetic echoes of the collision. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 224 no Bonnethead Sharks Are Underwater Lawn Mowers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bonnethead-sharks-are-underwater-lawn-mowers/ The hammerhead relatives consume copious amounts of sea grass, and have the digestive machinery to process it—making them true omnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:10:00 -0000 Bonnethead Sharks Are Underwater Lawn Mowers full Scientific American The hammerhead relatives consume copious amounts of sea grass, and have the digestive machinery to process it—making them true omnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The hammerhead relatives consume copious amounts of sea grass, and have the digestive machinery to process it—making them true omnivores. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 192 no Hurricane Is a Natural Selection Experiment https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hurricane-is-a-natural-selection-experiment/ When Hurricane Irma blew through the Turks and Caicos, lizards with shorter hindlimbs lucked out. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:00:00 -0000 Hurricane Is a Natural Selection Experiment full Scientific American When Hurricane Irma blew through the Turks and Caicos, lizards with shorter hindlimbs lucked out. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When Hurricane Irma blew through the Turks and Caicos, lizards with shorter hindlimbs lucked out. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 272 no Pasta Problem Cracked! https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pasta-problem-cracked/ An intrepid undergrad led the way to understanding the physics of snapping strands of spaghetti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Sep 2018 19:28:00 -0000 Pasta Problem Cracked! full Scientific American An intrepid undergrad led the way to understanding the physics of snapping strands of spaghetti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An intrepid undergrad led the way to understanding the physics of snapping strands of spaghetti.


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]]> 262 no Science News You Might Have Missed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-you-might-have-missed1/ A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:39:00 -0000 Science News You Might Have Missed full Scientific American A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe.


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]]> 220 no Pineapple Waste Won't Be Wasted https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pineapple-waste-wont-be-wasted/ Costa Rican scientists are extracting valuable materials from the peel and stubble of pineapples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:57:00 -0000 Pineapple Waste Won't Be Wasted full Scientific American Costa Rican scientists are extracting valuable materials from the peel and stubble of pineapples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Costa Rican scientists are extracting valuable materials from the peel and stubble of pineapples.

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]]> 269 no Sometimes Mosquitoes Are Just Thirsty https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sometimes-mosquitoes-are-just-thirsty/ Mosquitoes want your blood for its proteins...or simply to hydrate on a hot, dry day.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:30:00 -0000 Sometimes Mosquitoes Are Just Thirsty full Scientific American Mosquitoes want your blood for its proteins...or simply to hydrate on a hot, dry day.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mosquitoes want your blood for its proteins...or simply to hydrate on a hot, dry day.    


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]]> 215 no Robot Bartender Will Take Your Order https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/robot-bartender-will-take-your-order/ Digital assistants have to respond quickly, but correctly—so researchers are studying how real humans navigate that trade-off, to design better machines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:30:00 -0000 Robot Bartender Will Take Your Order full Scientific American Digital assistants have to respond quickly, but correctly—so researchers are studying how real humans navigate that trade-off, to design better machines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Digital assistants have to respond quickly, but correctly—so researchers are studying how real humans navigate that trade-off, to design better machines. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 246 no As Spring Arrives Earlier, Arctic Geese Speed Up Their Migration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/as-spring-arrives-earlier-arctic-geese-speed-up-their-migration/ The birds are arriving in the Arctic up to 13 days earlier than they used to. But at a cost: hunger. Annie Sneed reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0000 As Spring Arrives Earlier, Arctic Geese Speed Up Their Migration full Scientific American The birds are arriving in the Arctic up to 13 days earlier than they used to. But at a cost: hunger. Annie Sneed reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The birds are arriving in the Arctic up to 13 days earlier than they used to. But at a cost: hunger. Annie Sneed reports. 

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]]> 258 no Freeloading Ants Help the Workflow https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/freeloading-ants-help-the-workflow/ Fire ants tunnels got excavated efficiently by only a small percentage of the group doing most of the work, thus avoiding pileups in tight spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:30:00 -0000 Freeloading Ants Help the Workflow full Scientific American Fire ants tunnels got excavated efficiently by only a small percentage of the group doing most of the work, thus avoiding pileups in tight spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fire ants tunnels got excavated efficiently by only a small percentage of the group doing most of the work, thus avoiding pileups in tight spaces.


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]]> 228 no Ancient Americans Bred Symbolically Important Scarlet Macaws https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-americans-bred-symbolically-important-scarlet-macaws/ Genetic information from the bones of macaws found in abandoned pueblos suggests they were bred and distributed as a commodity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0000 Ancient Americans Bred Symbolically Important Scarlet Macaws full Scientific American Genetic information from the bones of macaws found in abandoned pueblos suggests they were bred and distributed as a commodity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Genetic information from the bones of macaws found in abandoned pueblos suggests they were bred and distributed as a commodity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 204 no Rising CO2 Means Monarch Butterfly Bellyaches https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rising-co2-means-monarch-butterfly-bellyaches/ Milkweed grown with more carbon dioxide in the air supplies fewer toxins to monarch butterflies that need the toxins to fight off gut parasites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0000 Rising CO2 Means Monarch Butterfly Bellyaches full Scientific American Milkweed grown with more carbon dioxide in the air supplies fewer toxins to monarch butterflies that need the toxins to fight off gut parasites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Milkweed grown with more carbon dioxide in the air supplies fewer toxins to monarch butterflies that need the toxins to fight off gut parasites.

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]]> 207 no For Some Crows, Migration Is Optional https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-some-crows-migration-is-optional/ Crows are what's known as "partial migrants"—as cold weather approaches, some crows fly south whereas others stay put. And that behavior appears to be ingrained. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:00:00 -0000 For Some Crows, Migration Is Optional full Scientific American Crows are what's known as "partial migrants"—as cold weather approaches, some crows fly south whereas others stay put. And that behavior appears to be ingrained. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Crows are what's known as "partial migrants"—as cold weather approaches, some crows fly south whereas others stay put. And that behavior appears to be ingrained. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 228 no Plants Dominate the Planet's Biomass https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plants-dominate-the-planets-biomass/ About 80 percent of Earth's biomass is plant life, with humans about equal to krill way down the heft chart.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0000 Plants Dominate the Planet's Biomass full Scientific American About 80 percent of Earth's biomass is plant life, with humans about equal to krill way down the heft chart.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices About 80 percent of Earth's biomass is plant life, with humans about equal to krill way down the heft chart.   

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]]> 187 no Solar Eclipse of 2017 Boosted Science Interest https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/solar-eclipse-of-2017-boosted-science-interest/ The Michigan Scientific Literacy Survey of 2017 found that last year's total solar eclipse got Americans more interested in celestial science.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:12:00 -0000 Solar Eclipse of 2017 Boosted Science Interest full Scientific American The Michigan Scientific Literacy Survey of 2017 found that last year's total solar eclipse got Americans more interested in celestial science.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Michigan Scientific Literacy Survey of 2017 found that last year's total solar eclipse got Americans more interested in celestial science.   


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]]> 251 no Crickets Carve Tools to Amplify Their Chirps https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crickets-carve-tools-to-amplify-their-chirps/ The insects fashion and use "baffles"—sound controllers—made of leaves to produce sound more efficiently. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:40:00 -0000 Crickets Carve Tools to Amplify Their Chirps full Scientific American The insects fashion and use "baffles"—sound controllers—made of leaves to produce sound more efficiently. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The insects fashion and use "baffles"—sound controllers—made of leaves to produce sound more efficiently. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 246 no Computerized Chemical Toxicity Prediction Beats Animal Testing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computerized-chemical-toxicity-prediction-beats-animal-testing/ Researchers programmed a computer to compare structures and toxic effects of different chemicals, making it possible to then predict the toxicity of new chemicals based on their structural similarity to known ones.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:24:00 -0000 Computerized Chemical Toxicity Prediction Beats Animal Testing full Scientific American Researchers programmed a computer to compare structures and toxic effects of different chemicals, making it possible to then predict the toxicity of new chemicals based on their structural similarity to known ones.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers programmed a computer to compare structures and toxic effects of different chemicals, making it possible to then predict the toxicity of new chemicals based on their structural similarity to known ones. 

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]]> 233 no Better Data Could Mean Better Dating https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/better-data-could-mean-better-dating/ Both men and women tended to pursue mates just 25 percent more desirable than themselves—suggesting they are "optimistic realists." Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:00:00 -0000 Better Data Could Mean Better Dating full Scientific American Both men and women tended to pursue mates just 25 percent more desirable than themselves—suggesting they are "optimistic realists." Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Both men and women tended to pursue mates just 25 percent more desirable than themselves—suggesting they are "optimistic realists." Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 211 no To Evolve Baleen, Lose Your Teeth First https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/to-evolve-baleen-lose-your-teeth-first/ Whale ancestors probably never had teeth and baleen at the same time, and only developed baleen after trying toothlessness and sucking in prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Aug 2018 20:18:00 -0000 To Evolve Baleen, Lose Your Teeth First full Scientific American Whale ancestors probably never had teeth and baleen at the same time, and only developed baleen after trying toothlessness and sucking in prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whale ancestors probably never had teeth and baleen at the same time, and only developed baleen after trying toothlessness and sucking in prey.

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]]> 221 no Corn Variety Grabs Fertilizer from the Air https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/corn-variety-grabs-fertilizer-from-the-air/ A variety of corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, has aerial roots that harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria, allowing the corn to suck nitrogen straight from the air. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:01:00 -0000 Corn Variety Grabs Fertilizer from the Air full Scientific American A variety of corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, has aerial roots that harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria, allowing the corn to suck nitrogen straight from the air. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A variety of corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, has aerial roots that harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria, allowing the corn to suck nitrogen straight from the air. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 201 no Birds Learn Safety from Other Kinds of Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/birds-learn-safety-from-other-kinds-of-birds/ Birds become good at avoiding danger by eavesdropping on the alarm calls of other birds—and the learning occurs without even seeing their peers or predators. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:05:00 -0000 Birds Learn Safety from Other Kinds of Birds full Scientific American Birds become good at avoiding danger by eavesdropping on the alarm calls of other birds—and the learning occurs without even seeing their peers or predators. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Birds become good at avoiding danger by eavesdropping on the alarm calls of other birds—and the learning occurs without even seeing their peers or predators. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 180 no Microbes Share Your Morning Metro Commute
 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microbes-share-your-morning-metro-commute/ An analysis of the Hong Kong metro found microbes, including some with antibiotic resistance genes, freshly disperse throughout the system each day. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:45:00 -0000 Microbes Share Your Morning Metro Commute
 full Scientific American An analysis of the Hong Kong metro found microbes, including some with antibiotic resistance genes, freshly disperse throughout the system each day. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of the Hong Kong metro found microbes, including some with antibiotic resistance genes, freshly disperse throughout the system each day. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 178 no Oh Say Can You See Subtle Details? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/oh-say-can-you-see-subtle-details/ Different people have differing aptitudes for observing small changes and particular features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:08:00 -0000 Oh Say Can You See Subtle Details? full Scientific American Different people have differing aptitudes for observing small changes and particular features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Different people have differing aptitudes for observing small changes and particular features.

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]]> 219 no Some Crows Hit On Dead Companions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-crows-hit-on-dead-companions/ About 5 percent of crows will attempt to copulate with other crows that have joined the choir invisible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Jul 2018 19:00:00 -0000 Some Crows Hit On Dead Companions full Scientific American About 5 percent of crows will attempt to copulate with other crows that have joined the choir invisible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices About 5 percent of crows will attempt to copulate with other crows that have joined the choir invisible.


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]]> 246 no Mouth Sets Healing Standard https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mouth-sets-healing-standard/ Certain proteins that coordinate the healing response are present at higher levels in oral tissue—meaning wounds in the mouth fix faster. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:00:00 -0000 Mouth Sets Healing Standard full Scientific American Certain proteins that coordinate the healing response are present at higher levels in oral tissue—meaning wounds in the mouth fix faster. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Certain proteins that coordinate the healing response are present at higher levels in oral tissue—meaning wounds in the mouth fix faster. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 183 no Border Wall Could Disrupt Hundreds of Species https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/border-wall-could-disrupt-hundreds-of-species/ More than 2,500 scientists signed a letter saying that an expanded U.S.–Mexico border wall would threaten both biodiversity and scientific research. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:00:00 -0000 Border Wall Could Disrupt Hundreds of Species full Scientific American More than 2,500 scientists signed a letter saying that an expanded U.S.–Mexico border wall would threaten both biodiversity and scientific research. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More than 2,500 scientists signed a letter saying that an expanded U.S.–Mexico border wall would threaten both biodiversity and scientific research. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 178 no Turn a Wall into a Touch Screen Cheap https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/turn-a-wall-into-a-touch-screen-cheap/ Researchers used a couple of hundred dollars worth of materials to turn a wall into a giant touch screen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:53:00 -0000 Turn a Wall into a Touch Screen Cheap full Scientific American Researchers used a couple of hundred dollars worth of materials to turn a wall into a giant touch screen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers used a couple of hundred dollars worth of materials to turn a wall into a giant touch screen


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]]> 221 no Ancient Tooth Tartar Traps Clues to Iron Age Diet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-tooth-tartar-traps-clues-to-iron-age-diet/ By analyzing the proteins in ancient dental plaque, archaeologists determined that British menus almost three millennia ago featured milk, oats and peas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:00:00 -0000 Ancient Tooth Tartar Traps Clues to Iron Age Diet full Scientific American By analyzing the proteins in ancient dental plaque, archaeologists determined that British menus almost three millennia ago featured milk, oats and peas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By analyzing the proteins in ancient dental plaque, archaeologists determined that British menus almost three millennia ago featured milk, oats and peas. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 168 no Honey Bee Alarm Signal Could Protect Elephants https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/honey-bee-alarm-signal-could-protect-elephants/ Chemicals designed to simulate honeybee alarm pheromones could deter elephants from farmers’ crops, easing conflicts with humans. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:01:00 -0000 Honey Bee Alarm Signal Could Protect Elephants full Scientific American Chemicals designed to simulate honeybee alarm pheromones could deter elephants from farmers’ crops, easing conflicts with humans. Annie Sneed reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chemicals designed to simulate honeybee alarm pheromones could deter elephants from farmers’ crops, easing conflicts with humans. Annie Sneed reports.

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]]> 223 no Sea Level Rise Could Inundate the Internet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sea-level-rise-could-inundate-the-internet/ Extreme sea level rise could swamp internet cabling and hubs by 2033—and coastal cities like New York, Seattle and Miami are at greatest risk. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:00:00 -0000 Sea Level Rise Could Inundate the Internet full Scientific American Extreme sea level rise could swamp internet cabling and hubs by 2033—and coastal cities like New York, Seattle and Miami are at greatest risk. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Extreme sea level rise could swamp internet cabling and hubs by 2033—and coastal cities like New York, Seattle and Miami are at greatest risk. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 194 no Astronomy Tool Helps ID Sharks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/astronomy-tool-helps-id-sharks/ Shark researchers used a system for recognizing patterns in star field photographs to identify whale sharks, which have individual spot patterns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:41:00 -0000 Astronomy Tool Helps ID Sharks full Scientific American Shark researchers used a system for recognizing patterns in star field photographs to identify whale sharks, which have individual spot patterns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Shark researchers used a system for recognizing patterns in star field photographs to identify whale sharks, which have individual spot patterns.

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]]> 262 no Mammals Moonlight around Human Settlements https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mammals-moonlight-around-human-settlements/ A study of human–mammal interaction across the globe found animals are more prone to take to the night around humans. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:22:00 -0000 Mammals Moonlight around Human Settlements full Scientific American A study of human–mammal interaction across the globe found animals are more prone to take to the night around humans. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of human–mammal interaction across the globe found animals are more prone to take to the night around humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 227 no Jupiter's Moon Total Hits 79 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jupiters-moon-total-hits-79/ The International Astronomical Union reports that there are now 79 known Jovian moons, with a dozen found last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:02:00 -0000 Jupiter's Moon Total Hits 79 full Scientific American The International Astronomical Union reports that there are now 79 known Jovian moons, with a dozen found last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The International Astronomical Union reports that there are now 79 known Jovian moons, with a dozen found last year.


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]]> 194 no Moths Evade Bats with Slight of Wing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/moths-evade-bats-with-slight-of-wing/ Some moth species have evolved long wing tails that flutter and twist as the moth flies, which distract hungry bats. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:00:00 -0000 Moths Evade Bats with Slight of Wing full Scientific American Some moth species have evolved long wing tails that flutter and twist as the moth flies, which distract hungry bats. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some moth species have evolved long wing tails that flutter and twist as the moth flies, which distract hungry bats. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 211 no Science News You Might Have Missed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-news-you-might-have-missed/ Very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:11:00 -0000 Science News You Might Have Missed full Scientific American Very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe.

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]]> 206 no Smart Mouth Guard Senses Muscle Fatigue https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smart-mouth-guard-senses-muscle-fatigue/ A prototype flexible electronic mouth guard can measure lactate levels in an athlete’s saliva, tracking muscle fatigue during training and performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Jul 2018 20:02:00 -0000 Smart Mouth Guard Senses Muscle Fatigue full Scientific American A prototype flexible electronic mouth guard can measure lactate levels in an athlete’s saliva, tracking muscle fatigue during training and performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A prototype flexible electronic mouth guard can measure lactate levels in an athlete’s saliva, tracking muscle fatigue during training and performance.

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]]> 198 no Favorite Wine Grapes May Need Genetic Help https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/favorite-wine-grapes-may-need-genetic-help/ Wine book author Kevin Begos explains that just a few varieties of wine grapes dominate the industry, which leaves them vulnerable to potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:19:00 -0000 Favorite Wine Grapes May Need Genetic Help full Scientific American Wine book author Kevin Begos explains that just a few varieties of wine grapes dominate the industry, which leaves them vulnerable to potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wine book author Kevin Begos explains that just a few varieties of wine grapes dominate the industry, which leaves them vulnerable to potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks.


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]]> 217 no Iridescence Could Help Critters Hide in Plain Sight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/iridescence-could-help-critters-hide-in-plain-sight/ Iridescence appears to break up the recognizable shape of objects—making them harder to spot. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:50:00 -0000 Iridescence Could Help Critters Hide in Plain Sight full Scientific American Iridescence appears to break up the recognizable shape of objects—making them harder to spot. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Iridescence appears to break up the recognizable shape of objects—making them harder to spot. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 286 no Primate Conflicts Play Out in the Operating Room https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/primate-conflicts-play-out-in-the-operating-room/ By analyzing 200 surgeries, anthropologists found mixed-gender operating room teams exhibited the highest levels of cooperation. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:10:00 -0000 Primate Conflicts Play Out in the Operating Room full Scientific American By analyzing 200 surgeries, anthropologists found mixed-gender operating room teams exhibited the highest levels of cooperation. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By analyzing 200 surgeries, anthropologists found mixed-gender operating room teams exhibited the highest levels of cooperation. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Sharks Make a Splash in Brooklyn https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sharks-make-a-splash-in-brooklyn/ Visitors can see and learn about sharks and their environment in the new "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!" facility at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Jul 2018 21:28:00 -0000 Sharks Make a Splash in Brooklyn full Scientific American Visitors can see and learn about sharks and their environment in the new "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!" facility at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Visitors can see and learn about sharks and their environment in the new "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!" facility at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium.


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]]> 183 no City Life Favors Downsized Invertebrates https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/city-life-favors-downsized-invertebrates/ Most invertebrates get smaller on average in cities, although a few very mobile species respond to urbanization by growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:35:00 -0000 City Life Favors Downsized Invertebrates full Scientific American Most invertebrates get smaller on average in cities, although a few very mobile species respond to urbanization by growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Most invertebrates get smaller on average in cities, although a few very mobile species respond to urbanization by growing.

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]]> 263 no People Ration Where They Roam https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/people-ration-where-they-roam/ An analysis of the movement of some 40,000 people suggests most of us frequent only 25 places—and as we sub in new favorites, we drop old ones. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:00:00 -0000 People Ration Where They Roam full Scientific American An analysis of the movement of some 40,000 people suggests most of us frequent only 25 places—and as we sub in new favorites, we drop old ones. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of the movement of some 40,000 people suggests most of us frequent only 25 places—and as we sub in new favorites, we drop old ones. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 184 no Humans Can Size One Another Up with a Roar https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-can-size-one-another-up-with-a-roar/ Listeners to a person letting loose with a roar can accurately estimate the size and formidability or the human noise maker. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:20:00 -0000 Humans Can Size One Another Up with a Roar full Scientific American Listeners to a person letting loose with a roar can accurately estimate the size and formidability or the human noise maker. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Listeners to a person letting loose with a roar can accurately estimate the size and formidability or the human noise maker. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 210 no Piano Lessons Tune Up Language Skills https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/piano-lessons-tune-up-language-skills/ Six months of piano lessons can heighten kindergartners' brain responses to different pitches, and improve their ability to tell apart two similar-sounding words. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:55:00 -0000 Piano Lessons Tune Up Language Skills full Scientific American Six months of piano lessons can heighten kindergartners' brain responses to different pitches, and improve their ability to tell apart two similar-sounding words. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Six months of piano lessons can heighten kindergartners' brain responses to different pitches, and improve their ability to tell apart two similar-sounding words. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 194 no Cardinal Rule: Female Birds Sing, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cardinal-rule-female-birds-sing-too/ Many people assume only male birds do the singing. But females also sing in at least 660 species and perhaps many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:46:00 -0000 Cardinal Rule: Female Birds Sing, Too full Scientific American Many people assume only male birds do the singing. But females also sing in at least 660 species and perhaps many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many people assume only male birds do the singing. But females also sing in at least 660 species and perhaps many more.

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]]> 260 no Bird's Song Staying Power Implies Culture https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/birds-song-staying-power-implies-culture/ Certain motifs in swamp sparrow songs can last hundreds, even thousands of years—evidence of a cultural tradition in the birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:15:00 -0000 Bird's Song Staying Power Implies Culture full Scientific American Certain motifs in swamp sparrow songs can last hundreds, even thousands of years—evidence of a cultural tradition in the birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Certain motifs in swamp sparrow songs can last hundreds, even thousands of years—evidence of a cultural tradition in the birds. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 167 no Alaskan Beluga Whales Ace Hearing Exam https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alaskan-beluga-whales-ace-hearing-exam/ Researchers tested the hearing of beluga whales in an Alaskan bay and found that they seem to have suffered little hearing loss due to ocean noise. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:55:00 -0000 Alaskan Beluga Whales Ace Hearing Exam full Scientific American Researchers tested the hearing of beluga whales in an Alaskan bay and found that they seem to have suffered little hearing loss due to ocean noise. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers tested the hearing of beluga whales in an Alaskan bay and found that they seem to have suffered little hearing loss due to ocean noise. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 170 no Fat–Carb Combo Is a Potent One–Two Punch https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fat-carb-combo-is-a-potent-one-two-punch/ Foods high in both carbs and fats tickle the brain’s reward circuits more so than snacks that showcase just one or the other. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:10:00 -0000 Fat–Carb Combo Is a Potent One–Two Punch full Scientific American Foods high in both carbs and fats tickle the brain’s reward circuits more so than snacks that showcase just one or the other. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Foods high in both carbs and fats tickle the brain’s reward circuits more so than snacks that showcase just one or the other. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 260 no Jupiter Crackles with Polar Lightning https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jupiter-crackles-with-polar-lightning/ Juno spacecraft data suggest lightning on Jupiter is much more common than we thought—but it congregates near the poles, not the equator as on Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 17 Jun 2018 19:15:00 -0000 Jupiter Crackles with Polar Lightning full Scientific American Juno spacecraft data suggest lightning on Jupiter is much more common than we thought—but it congregates near the poles, not the equator as on Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Juno spacecraft data suggest lightning on Jupiter is much more common than we thought—but it congregates near the poles, not the equator as on Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 173 no Coral Reefs Keep Costly Waves at Bay https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coral-reefs-keep-costly-waves-at-bay/ A new analysis found the flood protection benefits of coral reefs save the global economy $4 billion dollars a year. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:15:00 -0000 Coral Reefs Keep Costly Waves at Bay full Scientific American A new analysis found the flood protection benefits of coral reefs save the global economy $4 billion dollars a year. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new analysis found the flood protection benefits of coral reefs save the global economy $4 billion dollars a year. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 178 no Hippo Dung Fouls Up Freshwater Fisheries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hippo-dung-fouls-up-freshwater-fisheries/ Hippo poop is piling up in Tanzania’s freshwater fisheries—which is bad news for biodiversity, and deleterious for the dinner plate. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:10:00 -0000 Hippo Dung Fouls Up Freshwater Fisheries full Scientific American Hippo poop is piling up in Tanzania’s freshwater fisheries—which is bad news for biodiversity, and deleterious for the dinner plate. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hippo poop is piling up in Tanzania’s freshwater fisheries—which is bad news for biodiversity, and deleterious for the dinner plate. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 246 no A Litmus Test for Bad Breath https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-litmus-test-for-bad-breath/ Researchers engineered a portable device that detects even the tiniest trace of hydrogen sulfide—one of the primary offenders in bad breath. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:10:00 -0000 A Litmus Test for Bad Breath full Scientific American Researchers engineered a portable device that detects even the tiniest trace of hydrogen sulfide—one of the primary offenders in bad breath. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers engineered a portable device that detects even the tiniest trace of hydrogen sulfide—one of the primary offenders in bad breath. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 228 no Prez (of AMA) Issues Call to Arms-Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/prez-of-ama-issues-call-to-arms-science/ At the AMA annual meeting the organization's president petitioned for an evidence-based, science-driven analysis of gun violence and solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:05:00 -0000 Prez (of AMA) Issues Call to Arms-Science full Scientific American At the AMA annual meeting the organization's president petitioned for an evidence-based, science-driven analysis of gun violence and solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At the AMA annual meeting the organization's president petitioned for an evidence-based, science-driven analysis of gun violence and solutions.


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]]> 263 no Powder Pulls Drinking Water from Desert Air https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/powder-pulls-drinking-water-from-desert-air/ A structure known as a metal organic framework traps water vapor by night, then releases it when heated the next day. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Jun 2018 14:01:00 -0000 Powder Pulls Drinking Water from Desert Air full Scientific American A structure known as a metal organic framework traps water vapor by night, then releases it when heated the next day. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A structure known as a metal organic framework traps water vapor by night, then releases it when heated the next day. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 182 no Ancient Clan War Explains Genetic Diversity Drop https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-clan-war-explains-genetic-diversity-drop/ Some 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, the diversity of Y chromosomes plummeted. A new analysis suggests clan warfare may have been the cause. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jun 2018 18:55:00 -0000 Ancient Clan War Explains Genetic Diversity Drop full Scientific American Some 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, the diversity of Y chromosomes plummeted. A new analysis suggests clan warfare may have been the cause. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, the diversity of Y chromosomes plummeted. A new analysis suggests clan warfare may have been the cause. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 199 no Saying "This May Hurt" May Make It Worse https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/saying-this-may-hurt-may-make-it-worse/ Warning a child that something, like a vaccine shot, will hurt can actually increase their perception of the pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:38:00 -0000 Saying "This May Hurt" May Make It Worse full Scientific American Warning a child that something, like a vaccine shot, will hurt can actually increase their perception of the pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Warning a child that something, like a vaccine shot, will hurt can actually increase their perception of the pain.

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]]> 236 no Mongooses Gift Grooming for Guard Duty https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mongooses-gift-grooming-for-guard-duty/ Humans and other primates often reciprocate good deeds. A new study suggests a nonprimate, the dwarf mongoose, does so, too, even after a delay. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:00:00 -0000 Mongooses Gift Grooming for Guard Duty full Scientific American Humans and other primates often reciprocate good deeds. A new study suggests a nonprimate, the dwarf mongoose, does so, too, even after a delay. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humans and other primates often reciprocate good deeds. A new study suggests a nonprimate, the dwarf mongoose, does so, too, even after a delay. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Some Trees Beat Heat with Sweat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-trees-beat-heat-with-sweat/ During extreme heat waves, a species of eucalyptus copes by releasing water and taking advantage of evaporative cooling. Other trees may do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 31 May 2018 08:00:00 -0000 Some Trees Beat Heat with Sweat full Scientific American During extreme heat waves, a species of eucalyptus copes by releasing water and taking advantage of evaporative cooling. Other trees may do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices During extreme heat waves, a species of eucalyptus copes by releasing water and taking advantage of evaporative cooling. Other trees may do the same.


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]]> 261 no Computers Go Head-to-Head with Humans on Face Recognition https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computers-go-head-to-head-with-humans-on-face-recognition/ The best facial-recognition algorithms are now as good as the best forensic examiners are. But the best results come by combining human and computer skills. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 May 2018 12:30:00 -0000 Computers Go Head-to-Head with Humans on Face Recognition full Scientific American The best facial-recognition algorithms are now as good as the best forensic examiners are. But the best results come by combining human and computer skills. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The best facial-recognition algorithms are now as good as the best forensic examiners are. But the best results come by combining human and computer skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 178 no Pinnipeds Don't Appreciate Biped Disturbance https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pinnipeds-dont-appreciate-biped-disturbance/ Sea lions and fur seals in Uruguay have become a tourist attraction—but the animals have become less, not more, accepting of humans. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 May 2018 22:20:00 -0000 Pinnipeds Don't Appreciate Biped Disturbance full Scientific American Sea lions and fur seals in Uruguay have become a tourist attraction—but the animals have become less, not more, accepting of humans. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sea lions and fur seals in Uruguay have become a tourist attraction—but the animals have become less, not more, accepting of humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 253 no Computers Predict Pop Chart Success https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computers-predict-pop-chart-success/ An evolutionary analysis of pop tunes revealed that over the past 30 years songs have grown sadder—but the big hits buck that trend. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 May 2018 20:32:00 -0000 Computers Predict Pop Chart Success full Scientific American An evolutionary analysis of pop tunes revealed that over the past 30 years songs have grown sadder—but the big hits buck that trend. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An evolutionary analysis of pop tunes revealed that over the past 30 years songs have grown sadder—but the big hits buck that trend. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 217 no Doc's YA Novel Treats Life-and-Death Issues https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/docs-ya-novel-treats-life-and-death-issues/ Pediatric cardiologist Ismée Williams discusses her young adult novel, Water in May, about a teenage girl whose newborn has a life-threatening heart condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 May 2018 18:07:00 -0000 Doc's YA Novel Treats Life-and-Death Issues full Scientific American Pediatric cardiologist Ismée Williams discusses her young adult novel, Water in May, about a teenage girl whose newborn has a life-threatening heart condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pediatric cardiologist Ismée Williams discusses her young adult novel, Water in May, about a teenage girl whose newborn has a life-threatening heart condition.


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]]> 175 no Google's AI Assistant Does Your Talk Tasks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/googles-ai-assistant-does-your-talk-tasks/ The new Google AI voice assistant, called Duplex, highlights the intricacies of carrying out a mundane human-style conversation, as it keeps you off the phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 May 2018 15:38:00 -0000 Google's AI Assistant Does Your Talk Tasks full Scientific American The new Google AI voice assistant, called Duplex, highlights the intricacies of carrying out a mundane human-style conversation, as it keeps you off the phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The new Google AI voice assistant, called Duplex, highlights the intricacies of carrying out a mundane human-style conversation, as it keeps you off the phone.


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]]> 232 no Great Ape Makes Good Doc https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/great-ape-makes-good-doc/ Orangutans were observed to use plant extracts to treat their own pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 May 2018 17:00:00 -0000 Great Ape Makes Good Doc full Scientific American Orangutans were observed to use plant extracts to treat their own pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Orangutans were observed to use plant extracts to treat their own pain.

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]]> 240 no Stool-Pigeon Poop Reveals Bird-Racing Fouls https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stool-pigeon-poop-reveals-bird-racing-fouls/ Racing pigeons is big business—and doping is common. Now scientists have devised a way to detect doping in the avian athletes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 May 2018 21:20:00 -0000 Stool-Pigeon Poop Reveals Bird-Racing Fouls full Scientific American Racing pigeons is big business—and doping is common. Now scientists have devised a way to detect doping in the avian athletes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Racing pigeons is big business—and doping is common. Now scientists have devised a way to detect doping in the avian athletes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 195 no Radar Scans Detail North Korean Nukes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/radar-scans-detail-north-korean-nukes/ Scientists have added radar info to seismic data, isotope measurements and optical imagery to study covert nuclear tests. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 May 2018 19:25:00 -0000 Radar Scans Detail North Korean Nukes full Scientific American Scientists have added radar info to seismic data, isotope measurements and optical imagery to study covert nuclear tests. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists have added radar info to seismic data, isotope measurements and optical imagery to study covert nuclear tests. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Hunting Rules Have Changed Mama Bear Care https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hunting-rules-have-changed-mama-bear-care/ Hunting regulations in Sweden prohibit killing brown bear mothers in company of cubs—causing mama bears to care for their young longer. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 May 2018 20:32:00 -0000 Hunting Rules Have Changed Mama Bear Care full Scientific American Hunting regulations in Sweden prohibit killing brown bear mothers in company of cubs—causing mama bears to care for their young longer. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hunting regulations in Sweden prohibit killing brown bear mothers in company of cubs—causing mama bears to care for their young longer. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 256 no Jupiter and Venus Squeeze Earth's Orbit https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jupiter-and-venus-squeeze-earths-orbit/ Sediment records have confirmed that Jupiter and Venus change Earth's orbit from virtually circular to noticeably elliptical and back every 405,000 years. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 May 2018 18:20:00 -0000 Jupiter and Venus Squeeze Earth's Orbit full Scientific American Sediment records have confirmed that Jupiter and Venus change Earth's orbit from virtually circular to noticeably elliptical and back every 405,000 years. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sediment records have confirmed that Jupiter and Venus change Earth's orbit from virtually circular to noticeably elliptical and back every 405,000 years. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 230 no Mars Lander Will Peer Inside the Red Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mars-lander-will-peer-inside-the-red-planet/ The InSight Mission will look at Mars's seismic activity and latent heat to find out more about how planets get made--and how humans might live there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 May 2018 20:46:00 -0000 Mars Lander Will Peer Inside the Red Planet full Scientific American The InSight Mission will look at Mars's seismic activity and latent heat to find out more about how planets get made--and how humans might live there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The InSight Mission will look at Mars's seismic activity and latent heat to find out more about how planets get made--and how humans might live there.

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]]> 279 no Plants Can Sense Animal Attack Coming https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plants-can-sense-animal-attack-coming/ Tomato plants detected snail slime in soil near them and mounted preemptive defenses, even though they were not directly touched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 May 2018 20:25:00 -0000 Plants Can Sense Animal Attack Coming full Scientific American Tomato plants detected snail slime in soil near them and mounted preemptive defenses, even though they were not directly touched. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tomato plants detected snail slime in soil near them and mounted preemptive defenses, even though they were not directly touched.


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]]> 241 no Archaeologist Makes a Case for Seafaring Neandertals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/archaeologist-makes-a-case-for-seafaring-neandertals/ Ancient tools on Mediterranean islands could predate the appearance of modern humans—suggesting Neandertals took to the seas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 May 2018 19:50:00 -0000 Archaeologist Makes a Case for Seafaring Neandertals full Scientific American Ancient tools on Mediterranean islands could predate the appearance of modern humans—suggesting Neandertals took to the seas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ancient tools on Mediterranean islands could predate the appearance of modern humans—suggesting Neandertals took to the seas. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 234 no Africa: Future Worldwide Science Hub https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/africa-future-worldwide-science-hub/ Thierry Zomahoun, president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, talks about the potential and needs of science on the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 May 2018 19:51:00 -0000 Africa: Future Worldwide Science Hub full Scientific American Thierry Zomahoun, president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, talks about the potential and needs of science on the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thierry Zomahoun, president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, talks about the potential and needs of science on the continent.


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]]> 191 no Healthful Eating Requires Supermarket Smarts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/healthful-eating-requires-supermarket-smarts/ Advice from an N.Y.U. food policy symposium: eating healthfully means you can't ever let down your guard when shopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Apr 2018 23:23:00 -0000 Healthful Eating Requires Supermarket Smarts full Scientific American Advice from an N.Y.U. food policy symposium: eating healthfully means you can't ever let down your guard when shopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Advice from an N.Y.U. food policy symposium: eating healthfully means you can't ever let down your guard when shopping.

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]]> 250 no Culture Shapes Kids' Views of Nature https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/culture-shapes-kids-views-of-nature/ In a study of children interacting with toy animals Native American kids and non-Native kids imagined the animals very differently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:28:00 -0000 Culture Shapes Kids' Views of Nature full Scientific American In a study of children interacting with toy animals Native American kids and non-Native kids imagined the animals very differently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a study of children interacting with toy animals Native American kids and non-Native kids imagined the animals very differently.

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]]> 235 no Bad Audio Can Hurt a Scientist's Credibility https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bad-audio-can-hurt-a-scientists-credibility/ Listeners gave more credence to a scientist’s radio interview when the audio was good quality than they did to the same material when the audio was poor. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 28 Apr 2018 15:20:00 -0000 Bad Audio Can Hurt a Scientist's Credibility full Scientific American Listeners gave more credence to a scientist’s radio interview when the audio was good quality than they did to the same material when the audio was poor. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Listeners gave more credence to a scientist’s radio interview when the audio was good quality than they did to the same material when the audio was poor. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 224 no Bill Gates Announces a Universal Flu Vaccine Effort https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bill-gates-announces-a-universal-flu-vaccine-effort/ Today in Boston, Gates announced a $12-million initiative to foster the development of a vaccine effective against all flu strains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:13:00 -0000 Bill Gates Announces a Universal Flu Vaccine Effort full Scientific American Today in Boston, Gates announced a $12-million initiative to foster the development of a vaccine effective against all flu strains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today in Boston, Gates announced a $12-million initiative to foster the development of a vaccine effective against all flu strains.

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]]> 238 no Drumming Beats Speech for Distant Communication https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drumming-beats-speech-for-distant-communication/ The Bora people in the northwestern Amazon use drums to send languagelike messages across long distances. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:20:00 -0000 Drumming Beats Speech for Distant Communication full Scientific American The Bora people in the northwestern Amazon use drums to send languagelike messages across long distances. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Bora people in the northwestern Amazon use drums to send languagelike messages across long distances. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 234 no Bees Have a Goldilocks Lawn Mow Schedule https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bees-have-a-goldilocks-lawn-mow-schedule/ Lawns mowed every two weeks hosted more bees than lawns mowed every three weeks. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:12:00 -0000 Bees Have a Goldilocks Lawn Mow Schedule full Scientific American Lawns mowed every two weeks hosted more bees than lawns mowed every three weeks. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Lawns mowed every two weeks hosted more bees than lawns mowed every three weeks. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 228 no If Singing's Tough, Try Whistling https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/if-singings-tough-try-whistling/ A new study claims it's easier to accurately whistle a melody than to sing it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 21 Apr 2018 12:00:00 -0000 If Singing's Tough, Try Whistling full Scientific American A new study claims it's easier to accurately whistle a melody than to sing it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study claims it's easier to accurately whistle a melody than to sing it. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 214 no Traffic Deaths Increase after 4:20 P.M. on 4/20 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/traffic-deaths-increase-after-4-20-p-m-on-4-20/ A look at a database of fatal traffic accidents found a 12 percent increase on the informal marijuana holiday 4/20 after 4:20 P.M. compared with nearby dates.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:09:00 -0000 Traffic Deaths Increase after 4:20 P.M. on 4/20 full Scientific American A look at a database of fatal traffic accidents found a 12 percent increase on the informal marijuana holiday 4/20 after 4:20 P.M. compared with nearby dates.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A look at a database of fatal traffic accidents found a 12 percent increase on the informal marijuana holiday 4/20 after 4:20 P.M. compared with nearby dates.

 

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]]> 190 no NYC Mice Are Packed with Pathogens https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nyc-mice-are-packed-with-pathogens/ Mice trapped in New York City apartment buildings harbored disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:20:00 -0000 NYC Mice Are Packed with Pathogens full Scientific American Mice trapped in New York City apartment buildings harbored disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice trapped in New York City apartment buildings harbored disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 196 no Mine Social Media Posts to Predict Flu https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mine-social-media-posts-to-predict-flu/ Researchers used Twitter searches for nonflu words associated with behavior to predict flu outbreaks two weeks in advance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:02:00 -0000 Mine Social Media Posts to Predict Flu full Scientific American Researchers used Twitter searches for nonflu words associated with behavior to predict flu outbreaks two weeks in advance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers used Twitter searches for nonflu words associated with behavior to predict flu outbreaks two weeks in advance.


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]]> 245 no Planting Milkweed for Monarchs? Make Sure It's Native https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/planting-milkweed-for-monarchs-make-sure-its-native/ Non-native milkweed species planted in the southern U.S. could harm monarch butterflies as temperatures rise. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:15:00 -0000 Planting Milkweed for Monarchs? Make Sure It's Native full Scientific American Non-native milkweed species planted in the southern U.S. could harm monarch butterflies as temperatures rise. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Non-native milkweed species planted in the southern U.S. could harm monarch butterflies as temperatures rise. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 235 no The Internet Needs a Tune-Up https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-internet-needs-a-tune-up/ Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Apr 2018 18:38:00 -0000 The Internet Needs a Tune-Up full Scientific American Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing.

 

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]]> 176 no Glacier Suddenly Goes Galloping https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/glacier-suddenly-goes-galloping/ Researchers try to figure out why every 20 years a Pakistan glacier moves roughly 1,500 times faster.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:55:00 -0000 Glacier Suddenly Goes Galloping full Scientific American Researchers try to figure out why every 20 years a Pakistan glacier moves roughly 1,500 times faster.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers try to figure out why every 20 years a Pakistan glacier moves roughly 1,500 times faster.

 

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]]> 225 no Some Habitable Zone Exoplanets May Get X-Rayed Out https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-habitable-zone-exoplanets-may-get-x-rayed-out/ Red dwarfs are a popular place to hunt for small exoplanets in the habitable zone—but the stars' radiation bursts might fry chances for life as we know it. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:21:00 -0000 Some Habitable Zone Exoplanets May Get X-Rayed Out full Scientific American Red dwarfs are a popular place to hunt for small exoplanets in the habitable zone—but the stars' radiation bursts might fry chances for life as we know it. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Red dwarfs are a popular place to hunt for small exoplanets in the habitable zone—but the stars' radiation bursts might fry chances for life as we know it. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Right Whales Seem to Think before They Speak https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/right-whales-seem-to-think-before-they-speak/ Rather than always making the same call in response to the same stimuli, North Atlantic right whales are capable of changing their vocalizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:00:00 -0000 Right Whales Seem to Think before They Speak full Scientific American Rather than always making the same call in response to the same stimuli, North Atlantic right whales are capable of changing their vocalizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rather than always making the same call in response to the same stimuli, North Atlantic right whales are capable of changing their vocalizations.


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]]> 245 no Old New England Underground May Be Spry after All https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/old-new-england-underground-may-be-spry-after-all/ The U.S. Northeast may be more geologically active than was previously thought, according to a seismic sensor network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:53:00 -0000 Old New England Underground May Be Spry after All full Scientific American The U.S. Northeast may be more geologically active than was previously thought, according to a seismic sensor network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The U.S. Northeast may be more geologically active than was previously thought, according to a seismic sensor network.

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]]> 247 no Brain Scan Might Reveal Appetite for Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brain-scan-might-reveal-appetite-for-risk/ Volunteers willing to place riskier bets tended to sport larger amygdalas—a region associated with processing fear. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:40:00 -0000 Brain Scan Might Reveal Appetite for Risk full Scientific American Volunteers willing to place riskier bets tended to sport larger amygdalas—a region associated with processing fear. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Volunteers willing to place riskier bets tended to sport larger amygdalas—a region associated with processing fear. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 229 no Neandertal Face Shape Was All Over the Air https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/neandertal-face-shape-was-all-over-the-air/ The jutting midface of Neandertals seems to have evolved to help get large volumes of air into an active body that needed lots of oxygen.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:21:00 -0000 Neandertal Face Shape Was All Over the Air full Scientific American The jutting midface of Neandertals seems to have evolved to help get large volumes of air into an active body that needed lots of oxygen.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The jutting midface of Neandertals seems to have evolved to help get large volumes of air into an active body that needed lots of oxygen.

 

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]]> 218 no Rev Up Photosynthesis to Boost Crop Yields https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rev-up-photosynthesis-to-boost-crop-yields/ Photosynthesis actually is an inefficient process, but a biological chemist is trying to crank it up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:11:00 -0000 Rev Up Photosynthesis to Boost Crop Yields full Scientific American Photosynthesis actually is an inefficient process, but a biological chemist is trying to crank it up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Photosynthesis actually is an inefficient process, but a biological chemist is trying to crank it up. 

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]]> 192 no 13,000-Year-Old Footprints under West Coast Beach https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/13-000-year-old-footprints-under-west-coast-beach/ Several feet below a beach in British Columbia, archaeologists discovered soil trampled by human feet—the oldest footprints found so far in North America. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Apr 2018 12:44:00 -0000 13,000-Year-Old Footprints under West Coast Beach full Scientific American Several feet below a beach in British Columbia, archaeologists discovered soil trampled by human feet—the oldest footprints found so far in North America. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Several feet below a beach in British Columbia, archaeologists discovered soil trampled by human feet—the oldest footprints found so far in North America. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 176 no Math Cracks a Knuckle-Cracking Mystery https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/math-cracks-a-knuckle-cracking-mystery/ The source of knuckle cracking sounds is much debated—but new mathematical models may reconcile two opposing views. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:01:00 -0000 Math Cracks a Knuckle-Cracking Mystery full Scientific American The source of knuckle cracking sounds is much debated—but new mathematical models may reconcile two opposing views. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The source of knuckle cracking sounds is much debated—but new mathematical models may reconcile two opposing views. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 199 no Rotting Flesh Offers Insight on Fossilization https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rotting-flesh-offers-insight-on-fossilization/ To learn more about decay and fossilization, researchers conduct unorthodox experiments—like dissecting decomposing animals in the lab. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:42:00 -0000 Rotting Flesh Offers Insight on Fossilization full Scientific American To learn more about decay and fossilization, researchers conduct unorthodox experiments—like dissecting decomposing animals in the lab. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices To learn more about decay and fossilization, researchers conduct unorthodox experiments—like dissecting decomposing animals in the lab. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Ravens Crow with Individual Flair https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ravens-crow-with-individual-flair/ Ravens produce different types of calls depending on their age and sex—which might help ravens size up other individuals. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:40:00 -0000 Ravens Crow with Individual Flair full Scientific American Ravens produce different types of calls depending on their age and sex—which might help ravens size up other individuals. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ravens produce different types of calls depending on their age and sex—which might help ravens size up other individuals. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 260 no U.S. Flu Spread Counts On Southern Cold Snaps https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/u-s-flu-spread-counts-on-southern-cold-snaps/ A multifactorial analysis finds that the ignition of a flu epidemic stems from a blast of colder weather striking an otherwise warm, humid, urban environment, and driving people indoors into close quarters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:07:00 -0000 U.S. Flu Spread Counts On Southern Cold Snaps full Scientific American A multifactorial analysis finds that the ignition of a flu epidemic stems from a blast of colder weather striking an otherwise warm, humid, urban environment, and driving people indoors into close quarters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A multifactorial analysis finds that the ignition of a flu epidemic stems from a blast of colder weather striking an otherwise warm, humid, urban environment, and driving people indoors into close quarters.

 

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]]> 254 no Louise Slaughter Was Congress's Food Safety Champion https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/louise-slaughter-was-congresss-food-safety-champion/ Upstate New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, who worked for decades on issues such as overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and food safety in general, died March 16 at the age of 88. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:38:00 -0000 Louise Slaughter Was Congress's Food Safety Champion full Scientific American Upstate New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, who worked for decades on issues such as overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and food safety in general, died March 16 at the age of 88. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Upstate New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, who worked for decades on issues such as overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and food safety in general, died March 16 at the age of 88.


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]]> 233 no Arctic Heat Waves Linked to Snowpocalypse-Like Storms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/arctic-heat-waves-linked-to-snowpocalypse-like-storms/ An analysis of more than six decades of daily temperature and snowfall data linked warmer arctic temperatures to cold snaps at lower latitudes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:50:00 -0000 Arctic Heat Waves Linked to Snowpocalypse-Like Storms full Scientific American An analysis of more than six decades of daily temperature and snowfall data linked warmer arctic temperatures to cold snaps at lower latitudes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of more than six decades of daily temperature and snowfall data linked warmer arctic temperatures to cold snaps at lower latitudes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 201 no Gut Parasites Have Their Own Gut Microbiomes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gut-parasites-have-their-own-gut-microbiomes/ The whipworm lives in the human gut, mooching microbes from its host to build its own microbiome. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:10:00 -0000 Gut Parasites Have Their Own Gut Microbiomes full Scientific American The whipworm lives in the human gut, mooching microbes from its host to build its own microbiome. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The whipworm lives in the human gut, mooching microbes from its host to build its own microbiome. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 202 no Drones Could Help Biologists Tally Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drones-could-help-biologists-tally-birds/ Counting by drone not only saves time and effort, but yields better data on species numbers—a definite plus in terms of conservation. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:05:00 -0000 Drones Could Help Biologists Tally Birds full Scientific American Counting by drone not only saves time and effort, but yields better data on species numbers—a definite plus in terms of conservation. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Counting by drone not only saves time and effort, but yields better data on species numbers—a definite plus in terms of conservation. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 254 no Saliva Protein Might Inhibit Intestinal Anarchy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/saliva-protein-might-inhibit-intestinal-anarchy/ A protein found in spit prevents bad bugs from binding to intestinal cells in the lab, pointing to a possible way to lower the chances of dysentery. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 10 Mar 2018 14:41:00 -0000 Saliva Protein Might Inhibit Intestinal Anarchy full Scientific American A protein found in spit prevents bad bugs from binding to intestinal cells in the lab, pointing to a possible way to lower the chances of dysentery. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A protein found in spit prevents bad bugs from binding to intestinal cells in the lab, pointing to a possible way to lower the chances of dysentery. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 191 no Searching the Heavens for Mountains https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/searching-the-heavens-for-mountains/ Exoplanet hunters are moving beyond simply finding new planets into trying to know what they look like and whether there's surface or subsurface activity.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:10:00 -0000 Searching the Heavens for Mountains full Scientific American Exoplanet hunters are moving beyond simply finding new planets into trying to know what they look like and whether there's surface or subsurface activity.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Exoplanet hunters are moving beyond simply finding new planets into trying to know what they look like and whether there's surface or subsurface activity.

 

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]]> 234 no Human Echolocators Use Tricks Similar to Bats https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/human-echolocators-use-tricks-similar-to-bats/ People who use echolocating mouth clicks to compensate for low vision increase the number and intensity of clicks when objects are harder to detect. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Mar 2018 22:30:00 -0000 Human Echolocators Use Tricks Similar to Bats full Scientific American People who use echolocating mouth clicks to compensate for low vision increase the number and intensity of clicks when objects are harder to detect. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People who use echolocating mouth clicks to compensate for low vision increase the number and intensity of clicks when objects are harder to detect. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Animal Coloration Can Serve Double Duty https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/animal-coloration-can-serve-double-duty/ The cinnabar moth caterpillar's coloration pattern warns predators close up, but camouflages the critter from a distance.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:53:00 -0000 Animal Coloration Can Serve Double Duty full Scientific American The cinnabar moth caterpillar's coloration pattern warns predators close up, but camouflages the critter from a distance.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The cinnabar moth caterpillar's coloration pattern warns predators close up, but camouflages the critter from a distance.

 

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]]> 211 no Some Lichen Fungi Let Genes Go Bye https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-lichen-fungi-let-genes-go-bye/ A study of 22 different types of lichens revealed 10 included fungi that had lost a gene for energy production, making them completely dependent on their algal partner.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:03:00 -0000 Some Lichen Fungi Let Genes Go Bye full Scientific American A study of 22 different types of lichens revealed 10 included fungi that had lost a gene for energy production, making them completely dependent on their algal partner.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of 22 different types of lichens revealed 10 included fungi that had lost a gene for energy production, making them completely dependent on their algal partner.

 

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]]> 232 no To See Gun Injury Drop, Hold an NRA Meeting https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/to-see-gun-injury-drop-hold-an-nra-meeting/ When the National Rifle Association holds its national convention, gun injuries drop 20 percent—perhaps because fewer gun owners are around their guns. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:42:00 -0000 To See Gun Injury Drop, Hold an NRA Meeting full Scientific American When the National Rifle Association holds its national convention, gun injuries drop 20 percent—perhaps because fewer gun owners are around their guns. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When the National Rifle Association holds its national convention, gun injuries drop 20 percent—perhaps because fewer gun owners are around their guns. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Big Cities Have Fewer Tweeters Per Capita https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-cities-have-fewer-tweeters-per-capita/ But those who do tweet in big cities are more prolific—tweeting more often, on average, than their small-town counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Feb 2018 23:05:00 -0000 Big Cities Have Fewer Tweeters Per Capita full Scientific American But those who do tweet in big cities are more prolific—tweeting more often, on average, than their small-town counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices But those who do tweet in big cities are more prolific—tweeting more often, on average, than their small-town counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 180 no How Baby Birds Learn to Duet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-baby-birds-learn-to-duet/ Recordings of songbird duets reveal baby birds learn conversational turn-taking like we do: gradually, and from adults. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:15:00 -0000 How Baby Birds Learn to Duet full Scientific American Recordings of songbird duets reveal baby birds learn conversational turn-taking like we do: gradually, and from adults. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recordings of songbird duets reveal baby birds learn conversational turn-taking like we do: gradually, and from adults. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 249 no Mosquitoes Learn the Smell of Danger https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mosquitoes-learn-the-smell-of-danger/ The bloodsuckers lose their appetite for attractive scents when they associate those aromas with a likelihood of being swatted. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0000 Mosquitoes Learn the Smell of Danger full Scientific American The bloodsuckers lose their appetite for attractive scents when they associate those aromas with a likelihood of being swatted. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The bloodsuckers lose their appetite for attractive scents when they associate those aromas with a likelihood of being swatted. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 223 no Needed: Info on Biodiversity Change over Time https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/needed-info-on-biodiversity-change-over-time/ Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks. The BioTIME database should help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:26:00 -0000 Needed: Info on Biodiversity Change over Time full Scientific American Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks. The BioTIME database should help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks. The BioTIME database should help.

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]]> 180 no Undersea Recordings Reveal a Whale's Tale https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/undersea-recordings-reveal-a-whales-tale/ By eavesdropping on the calls of blue whales, researchers hope to get a more accurate picture of the massive mammals' distribution and abundance. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:40:00 -0000 Undersea Recordings Reveal a Whale's Tale full Scientific American By eavesdropping on the calls of blue whales, researchers hope to get a more accurate picture of the massive mammals' distribution and abundance. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By eavesdropping on the calls of blue whales, researchers hope to get a more accurate picture of the massive mammals' distribution and abundance. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 217 no Seabird Feathers Reveal Less-Resilient Ocean https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seabird-feathers-reveal-less-resilient-ocean/ By analyzing 130 years of seabird feathers, researchers determined that food webs are losing complexity in the Pacific—meaning less-resilient ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:50:00 -0000 Seabird Feathers Reveal Less-Resilient Ocean full Scientific American By analyzing 130 years of seabird feathers, researchers determined that food webs are losing complexity in the Pacific—meaning less-resilient ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By analyzing 130 years of seabird feathers, researchers determined that food webs are losing complexity in the Pacific—meaning less-resilient ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 225 no Beetle Liberation Due to Regurgitation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beetle-liberation-due-to-regurgitation/ The bombardier beetle can spray its hot brew of toxic chemicals even after bring swallowed, to force a predator into vomiting it back out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:26:00 -0000 Beetle Liberation Due to Regurgitation full Scientific American The bombardier beetle can spray its hot brew of toxic chemicals even after bring swallowed, to force a predator into vomiting it back out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The bombardier beetle can spray its hot brew of toxic chemicals even after bring swallowed, to force a predator into vomiting it back out.

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]]> 235 no Old Trees Are Ecosystem Gold https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/old-trees-are-ecosystem-gold/ David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University College of Science in Canberra says that older trees play outsize roles in maintaining landscapes and ecosystems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:08:00 -0000 Old Trees Are Ecosystem Gold full Scientific American David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University College of Science in Canberra says that older trees play outsize roles in maintaining landscapes and ecosystems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University College of Science in Canberra says that older trees play outsize roles in maintaining landscapes and ecosystems.

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]]> 172 no Boat Noise Means Fish Can't Learn Their Lessons https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/boat-noise-means-fish-cant-learn-their-lessons/ Damselfish had trouble learning to avoid predators, when that lesson was accompanied by a soundtrack of buzzing boat engines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:33:00 -0000 Boat Noise Means Fish Can't Learn Their Lessons full Scientific American Damselfish had trouble learning to avoid predators, when that lesson was accompanied by a soundtrack of buzzing boat engines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Damselfish had trouble learning to avoid predators, when that lesson was accompanied by a soundtrack of buzzing boat engines. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 229 no Woodpeckers Drum to Their Own Tunes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/woodpeckers-drum-to-their-own-tunes/ The length and spacing of woodpecker drum rolls varies enough to tell woodpeckers apart—which could be useful to conservation biologists. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:01:00 -0000 Woodpeckers Drum to Their Own Tunes full Scientific American The length and spacing of woodpecker drum rolls varies enough to tell woodpeckers apart—which could be useful to conservation biologists. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The length and spacing of woodpecker drum rolls varies enough to tell woodpeckers apart—which could be useful to conservation biologists. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 158 no Homebodies Economize on Energy Use https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/homebodies-economize-on-energy-use/ Today’s work-from-home, on-demand culture means more days at home—and translates into greater energy savings, too. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:45:00 -0000 Homebodies Economize on Energy Use full Scientific American Today’s work-from-home, on-demand culture means more days at home—and translates into greater energy savings, too. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Today’s work-from-home, on-demand culture means more days at home—and translates into greater energy savings, too. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 240 no Killer Whale Culture Revealed by Mimicking Us https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/killer-whale-culture-revealed-by-mimicking-us/ Orcas can imitate calls from other whales and even human speech—suggesting they can transmit cultural practices, such as unique dialects. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:00:00 -0000 Killer Whale Culture Revealed by Mimicking Us full Scientific American Orcas can imitate calls from other whales and even human speech—suggesting they can transmit cultural practices, such as unique dialects. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Orcas can imitate calls from other whales and even human speech—suggesting they can transmit cultural practices, such as unique dialects. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 182 no Holiday Cheer Leads to Birth-Rate Spike https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/holiday-cheer-leads-to-birth-rate-spike/ During feel-good holiday periods like Christmas and Eid-al-Fitr, romance strikes—leading to a boom in births nine months later. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:46:00 -0000 Holiday Cheer Leads to Birth-Rate Spike full Scientific American During feel-good holiday periods like Christmas and Eid-al-Fitr, romance strikes—leading to a boom in births nine months later. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices During feel-good holiday periods like Christmas and Eid-al-Fitr, romance strikes—leading to a boom in births nine months later. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 295 no Ticks on Uptick Where Big Game Declines https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ticks-on-uptick-where-big-game-declines/ Areas of Kenya without large wildlife saw tick populations rise as much as 370 percent—meaning more danger to humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:55:00 -0000 Ticks on Uptick Where Big Game Declines full Scientific American Areas of Kenya without large wildlife saw tick populations rise as much as 370 percent—meaning more danger to humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Areas of Kenya without large wildlife saw tick populations rise as much as 370 percent—meaning more danger to humans. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 218 no Wildfires Spike Wine with Smoky Notes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wildfires-spike-wine-with-smoky-notes/ Chemists are working on ways for wildfire-affected winemakers to avoid creating smoky wines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:53:00 -0000 Wildfires Spike Wine with Smoky Notes full Scientific American Chemists are working on ways for wildfire-affected winemakers to avoid creating smoky wines. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chemists are working on ways for wildfire-affected winemakers to avoid creating smoky wines. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 214 no Lion Conservation Challenges Giraffe Protection https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lion-conservation-challenges-giraffe-protection/ Having lions and giraffes together in protected areas means far lower survival rates for juvenile giraffes. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:49:00 -0000 Lion Conservation Challenges Giraffe Protection full Scientific American Having lions and giraffes together in protected areas means far lower survival rates for juvenile giraffes. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Having lions and giraffes together in protected areas means far lower survival rates for juvenile giraffes. Jason Goldman reports.

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]]> 244 no Nobelist Crafts Light-Switchable Antibiotics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobelist-crafts-light-switchable-antibiotics/ Drugs modified by chemistry Nobel laureate Ben Feringa can be turned on and off by light, which could help keep bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:33:00 -0000 Nobelist Crafts Light-Switchable Antibiotics full Scientific American Drugs modified by chemistry Nobel laureate Ben Feringa can be turned on and off by light, which could help keep bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Drugs modified by chemistry Nobel laureate Ben Feringa can be turned on and off by light, which could help keep bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance.


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]]> 173 no Catching Flu Also Boosts Heart Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/catching-flu-also-boosts-heart-risk/ Researchers found a sixfold increase in heart attacks in patients in the week following a flu. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:55:00 -0000 Catching Flu Also Boosts Heart Risk full Scientific American Researchers found a sixfold increase in heart attacks in patients in the week following a flu. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found a sixfold increase in heart attacks in patients in the week following a flu. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 179 no Worldwide Effort Says Together Science Can https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/worldwide-effort-says-together-science-can/ Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, talked about worldwide scientific collaboration today at the World Economic Forum.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:22:00 -0000 Worldwide Effort Says Together Science Can full Scientific American Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, talked about worldwide scientific collaboration today at the World Economic Forum.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, talked about worldwide scientific collaboration today at the World Economic Forum.

 

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]]> 154 no Canada Geese Taking a Winter Staycation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/canada-geese-taking-a-winter-staycation/ The geese are wintering farther and farther north, in urban areas like Chicago—which may help them avoid hunters. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:32:00 -0000 Canada Geese Taking a Winter Staycation full Scientific American The geese are wintering farther and farther north, in urban areas like Chicago—which may help them avoid hunters. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The geese are wintering farther and farther north, in urban areas like Chicago—which may help them avoid hunters. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 231 no Moon's Tug Doesn't Cause Big Quakes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/moons-tug-doesnt-cause-big-quakes/ An analysis of more than 200 earthquakes over the past four centuries concludes there's no connection between moon phases and big earthquakes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:30:00 -0000 Moon's Tug Doesn't Cause Big Quakes full Scientific American An analysis of more than 200 earthquakes over the past four centuries concludes there's no connection between moon phases and big earthquakes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of more than 200 earthquakes over the past four centuries concludes there's no connection between moon phases and big earthquakes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 187 no Social Media Helps ID Spew Source https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/social-media-helps-id-spew-source/ Surveillance of Yelp restaurant reviews for terms like vomit led researchers to the sources of foodborne illness outbreaks. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:46:00 -0000 Social Media Helps ID Spew Source full Scientific American Surveillance of Yelp restaurant reviews for terms like vomit led researchers to the sources of foodborne illness outbreaks. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Surveillance of Yelp restaurant reviews for terms like vomit led researchers to the sources of foodborne illness outbreaks. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 214 no Salmonella Could Have Caused 16th-Century Epidemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/salmonella-could-have-caused-16th-century-epidemic/ Using a new algorithm, geneticists uncovered the pathogen that could have caused a massive epidemic in the Aztec empire: Salmonella bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:50:00 -0000 Salmonella Could Have Caused 16th-Century Epidemic full Scientific American Using a new algorithm, geneticists uncovered the pathogen that could have caused a massive epidemic in the Aztec empire: Salmonella bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using a new algorithm, geneticists uncovered the pathogen that could have caused a massive epidemic in the Aztec empire: Salmonella bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 194 no Which Came First, the Proboscis or the Flower? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/which-came-first-the-proboscis-or-the-flower/ A new fossil find reveals that the sucking tongue of butterflies—or proboscis—appears to have evolved before the emergence of flowers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:35:00 -0000 Which Came First, the Proboscis or the Flower? full Scientific American A new fossil find reveals that the sucking tongue of butterflies—or proboscis—appears to have evolved before the emergence of flowers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new fossil find reveals that the sucking tongue of butterflies—or proboscis—appears to have evolved before the emergence of flowers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 230 no You Live in a Strange Solar System https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/you-live-in-a-strange-solar-system/ Astronomers found that other star systems tend to host similarly sized exoplanets—far different from ours. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:30:00 -0000 You Live in a Strange Solar System full Scientific American Astronomers found that other star systems tend to host similarly sized exoplanets—far different from ours. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronomers found that other star systems tend to host similarly sized exoplanets—far different from ours. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 188 no Glow Sticks Help Ecologists Study Amphibians https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/glow-sticks-help-ecologists-study-amphibians/ Ecologists needed a way to more easily keep track of populations of amphibians, and green glow sticks lit the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:27:00 -0000 Glow Sticks Help Ecologists Study Amphibians full Scientific American Ecologists needed a way to more easily keep track of populations of amphibians, and green glow sticks lit the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ecologists needed a way to more easily keep track of populations of amphibians, and green glow sticks lit the way.


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]]> 239 no Air Force Tracks Final Frontier https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/air-force-tracks-final-frontier/ General Jay Raymond, Commander of Air Force Space Command, talks about keeping watch over space and cyber.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jan 2018 19:48:00 -0000 Air Force Tracks Final Frontier full Scientific American General Jay Raymond, Commander of Air Force Space Command, talks about keeping watch over space and cyber.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices General Jay Raymond, Commander of Air Force Space Command, talks about keeping watch over space and cyber.

 

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]]> 207 no You Traveled Far Last Year https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/you-traveled-far-last-year/ Getting around the sun in 2017 was a memorable trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:33:00 -0000 You Traveled Far Last Year full Scientific American Getting around the sun in 2017 was a memorable trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Getting around the sun in 2017 was a memorable trip.

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]]> 163 no Finches Can Learn to Sing Differently Than Their Genetics Dictate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/finches-can-learn-to-sing-differently-than-their-genetics-dictate/ The song training that Bengalese finches received appeared to overcome tempo tendencies baked into their genes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:50:00 -0000 Finches Can Learn to Sing Differently Than Their Genetics Dictate full Scientific American The song training that Bengalese finches received appeared to overcome tempo tendencies baked into their genes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The song training that Bengalese finches received appeared to overcome tempo tendencies baked into their genes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 242 no Baby Bats Can Learn Different Dialects https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/baby-bats-can-learn-different-dialects/ Fruit bats raised hearing different pitches of sounds vocalized in keeping with their aural environment as they matured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:10:00 -0000 Baby Bats Can Learn Different Dialects full Scientific American Fruit bats raised hearing different pitches of sounds vocalized in keeping with their aural environment as they matured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fruit bats raised hearing different pitches of sounds vocalized in keeping with their aural environment as they matured.

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]]> 268 no Mongoose Societies Are Skeptical of Strangers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mongoose-societies-are-skeptical-of-strangers/ It takes months for members of a mongoose breeding society to trust newcomers with important tasks like watching for predators. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 24 Dec 2017 18:10:00 -0000 Mongoose Societies Are Skeptical of Strangers full Scientific American It takes months for members of a mongoose breeding society to trust newcomers with important tasks like watching for predators. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It takes months for members of a mongoose breeding society to trust newcomers with important tasks like watching for predators. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 270 no Pain and Weather Fail to Connect https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pain-and-weather-fail-to-connect/ A big data analysis involving more than 1.5 million patients could find no relationship between weather and complaints to doctors about joint or back pain.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 23 Dec 2017 22:46:00 -0000 Pain and Weather Fail to Connect full Scientific American A big data analysis involving more than 1.5 million patients could find no relationship between weather and complaints to doctors about joint or back pain.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A big data analysis involving more than 1.5 million patients could find no relationship between weather and complaints to doctors about joint or back pain.

 

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]]> 230 no Finding Further Places for Solar Panels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/finding-further-places-for-solar-panels/ Siting solar panels over rooftops, parking lots, reservoirs and contaminated land could generate heaps of energy—with minimal effects on agriculture or the environment. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:10:00 -0000 Finding Further Places for Solar Panels full Scientific American Siting solar panels over rooftops, parking lots, reservoirs and contaminated land could generate heaps of energy—with minimal effects on agriculture or the environment. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Siting solar panels over rooftops, parking lots, reservoirs and contaminated land could generate heaps of energy—with minimal effects on agriculture or the environment. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 200 no This Fish Emits Damaging Decibels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-fish-emits-damaging-decibels/ The Gulf corvina produces a chattering chorus that’s one of the loudest underwater animal sounds on the planet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:45:00 -0000 This Fish Emits Damaging Decibels full Scientific American The Gulf corvina produces a chattering chorus that’s one of the loudest underwater animal sounds on the planet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Gulf corvina produces a chattering chorus that’s one of the loudest underwater animal sounds on the planet. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 222 no Repetitive Sounds Are Music to the Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/repetitive-sounds-are-music-to-the-brain/ Repeating something can render that thing melodious—even the sound of a shovel being dragged across the pavement. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:52:00 -0000 Repetitive Sounds Are Music to the Brain full Scientific American Repeating something can render that thing melodious—even the sound of a shovel being dragged across the pavement. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Repeating something can render that thing melodious—even the sound of a shovel being dragged across the pavement. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 247 no Radiation Might Help Heart Regain Its Rhythm https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/radiation-might-help-heart-regain-its-rhythm/ A flash of radiation drastically reduced arrhythmia in a small group of patients, for at least a year after treatment. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:45:00 -0000 Radiation Might Help Heart Regain Its Rhythm full Scientific American A flash of radiation drastically reduced arrhythmia in a small group of patients, for at least a year after treatment. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A flash of radiation drastically reduced arrhythmia in a small group of patients, for at least a year after treatment. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 272 no Dark Fiber Networks Can Sense Seismicity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dark-fiber-networks-can-sense-seismicity/ Scientists are exploring the use of fiber-optic cables—like the ones that form the backbone of the internet—to monitor earthquakes. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Dec 2017 19:40:00 -0000 Dark Fiber Networks Can Sense Seismicity full Scientific American Scientists are exploring the use of fiber-optic cables—like the ones that form the backbone of the internet—to monitor earthquakes. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists are exploring the use of fiber-optic cables—like the ones that form the backbone of the internet—to monitor earthquakes. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 270 no Supermarket Snacking Boosts Sales https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/supermarket-snacking-boosts-sales/ Noshing while shopping convinces consumers to buy the featured product more often than does simply seeing end-of-aisle displays. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Dec 2017 21:00:00 -0000 Supermarket Snacking Boosts Sales full Scientific American Noshing while shopping convinces consumers to buy the featured product more often than does simply seeing end-of-aisle displays. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Noshing while shopping convinces consumers to buy the featured product more often than does simply seeing end-of-aisle displays. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 173 no Something Clicks for Dolphin Identification https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/something-clicks-for-dolphin-identification/ Machine-learning algorithms teased seven distinct dolphin clicking patterns from a library of more than 50 million clicks, identifying one species by sound alone. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:48:00 -0000 Something Clicks for Dolphin Identification full Scientific American Machine-learning algorithms teased seven distinct dolphin clicking patterns from a library of more than 50 million clicks, identifying one species by sound alone. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Machine-learning algorithms teased seven distinct dolphin clicking patterns from a library of more than 50 million clicks, identifying one species by sound alone. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Nutrition Guidelines Healthy for the Planet, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nutrition-guidelines-healthy-for-the-planet-too/ Following dietary guidelines would mean eating less meat and dairy—and fewer calories overall—reducing greenhouse gases and other pollution. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:55:00 -0000 Nutrition Guidelines Healthy for the Planet, Too full Scientific American Following dietary guidelines would mean eating less meat and dairy—and fewer calories overall—reducing greenhouse gases and other pollution. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Following dietary guidelines would mean eating less meat and dairy—and fewer calories overall—reducing greenhouse gases and other pollution. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 231 no Invading Beavers Turn Tundra to Ponds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/invading-beavers-turn-tundra-to-ponds/ New beaver ponds in the Arctic may contribute to the destruction of the permafrost that holds that landscape together.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:58:00 -0000 Invading Beavers Turn Tundra to Ponds full Scientific American New beaver ponds in the Arctic may contribute to the destruction of the permafrost that holds that landscape together.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New beaver ponds in the Arctic may contribute to the destruction of the permafrost that holds that landscape together.

 

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]]> 207 no Sharks Rule the Reef's Underwater Food Chain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sharks-rule-the-reefs-underwater-food-chain/ When sharks prowl shallow waters, fish quit foraging and hide—sparing seaweed from being grazed in those areas. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:00:00 -0000 Sharks Rule the Reef's Underwater Food Chain full Scientific American When sharks prowl shallow waters, fish quit foraging and hide—sparing seaweed from being grazed in those areas. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When sharks prowl shallow waters, fish quit foraging and hide—sparing seaweed from being grazed in those areas. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 253 no Ancient Women Had Awesome Arms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-women-had-awesome-arms/ For thousands of years, women in agricultural societies seem to have had arms stronger than members of modern rowing teams.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 09 Dec 2017 23:42:00 -0000 Ancient Women Had Awesome Arms full Scientific American For thousands of years, women in agricultural societies seem to have had arms stronger than members of modern rowing teams.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For thousands of years, women in agricultural societies seem to have had arms stronger than members of modern rowing teams.

 

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]]> 264 no Invasive Frogs Don't Bug Hawaiian Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/invasive-frogs-dont-bug-hawaiian-birds/ Coquí frogs are invasive species in Hawaii. But they don’t seem to bug the islands’ native and nonnative birds. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:15:00 -0000 Invasive Frogs Don't Bug Hawaiian Birds full Scientific American Coquí frogs are invasive species in Hawaii. But they don’t seem to bug the islands’ native and nonnative birds. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Coquí frogs are invasive species in Hawaii. But they don’t seem to bug the islands’ native and nonnative birds. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 243 no How Hospitals Can Dampen the Decibels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-hospitals-can-dampen-the-decibels/ Hospitals consistently score low on quietness surveys. An acoustician suggests a few ways hospitals could keep the peace and quiet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:45:00 -0000 How Hospitals Can Dampen the Decibels full Scientific American Hospitals consistently score low on quietness surveys. An acoustician suggests a few ways hospitals could keep the peace and quiet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hospitals consistently score low on quietness surveys. An acoustician suggests a few ways hospitals could keep the peace and quiet. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 212 no Smarter Management Means More Inventions Get to Market https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smarter-management-means-more-inventions-get-to-market/ Rosemarie Truman, CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation, says a better system of governance for federally funded inventions could lead to many more good ones becoming commercialized.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:40:00 -0000 Smarter Management Means More Inventions Get to Market full Scientific American Rosemarie Truman, CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation, says a better system of governance for federally funded inventions could lead to many more good ones becoming commercialized.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rosemarie Truman, CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation, says a better system of governance for federally funded inventions could lead to many more good ones becoming commercialized.

 

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]]> 202 no Computers Learn to Use Sound to Find Ships https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computers-learn-to-use-sound-to-find-ships/ Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to pinpoint the location of a cargo ship simply by eavesdropping on the sound of its passing. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:48:00 -0000 Computers Learn to Use Sound to Find Ships full Scientific American Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to pinpoint the location of a cargo ship simply by eavesdropping on the sound of its passing. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to pinpoint the location of a cargo ship simply by eavesdropping on the sound of its passing. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 216 no Yeti Claims Don't Bear Up https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/yeti-claims-dont-bear-up/ Analysis of alleged yeti samples found them to be from less fantastic beasts, such as bears, but also shed light on the evolution of those local bear populations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:57:00 -0000 Yeti Claims Don't Bear Up full Scientific American Analysis of alleged yeti samples found them to be from less fantastic beasts, such as bears, but also shed light on the evolution of those local bear populations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Analysis of alleged yeti samples found them to be from less fantastic beasts, such as bears, but also shed light on the evolution of those local bear populations.

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]]> 211 no Republican Voters Not in Denial about Climate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/republican-voters-not-in-denial-about-climate/ An analysis of voter opinions finds that half of Republican voters think climate change is happening, and would support regulating CO2 as a pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Dec 2017 19:45:00 -0000 Republican Voters Not in Denial about Climate full Scientific American An analysis of voter opinions finds that half of Republican voters think climate change is happening, and would support regulating CO2 as a pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of voter opinions finds that half of Republican voters think climate change is happening, and would support regulating CO2 as a pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 167 no Tech Honcho Wants Innovation for the Bottom Billion https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tech-honcho-wants-innovation-for-the-bottom-billion/ At the World Conference of Science Journalists in October, Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, charged innovation outfits with changing the lives of the world's most disadvantaged.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:55:00 -0000 Tech Honcho Wants Innovation for the Bottom Billion full Scientific American At the World Conference of Science Journalists in October, Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, charged innovation outfits with changing the lives of the world's most disadvantaged.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At the World Conference of Science Journalists in October, Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, charged innovation outfits with changing the lives of the world's most disadvantaged.

 

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]]> 223 no Bumper Stickers Make Highways More Social https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bumper-stickers-make-highways-more-social/ A social scientist studies how car stickers turn the roads into actual information highways.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:19:00 -0000 Bumper Stickers Make Highways More Social full Scientific American A social scientist studies how car stickers turn the roads into actual information highways.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A social scientist studies how car stickers turn the roads into actual information highways.

 

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]]> 236 no Chimps Able to Apprehend Another Chimp's Mind-Set https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chimps-able-to-apprehend-another-chimps-mind-set/ By listening to the calls of their brethren, chimps seem to be able to understand the mind-sets and perspectives of other chimps. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:37:00 -0000 Chimps Able to Apprehend Another Chimp's Mind-Set full Scientific American By listening to the calls of their brethren, chimps seem to be able to understand the mind-sets and perspectives of other chimps. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By listening to the calls of their brethren, chimps seem to be able to understand the mind-sets and perspectives of other chimps. Jason Goldman reports.

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]]> 220 no Even without Hands Honeybees Show Handedness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/even-without-hands-honeybees-show-handedness/ About half the honeybees in a test exhibited no sidedness, but the other half was split 50–50 between righties and lefties—perhaps to navigate obstacles more efficiently.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:40:00 -0000 Even without Hands Honeybees Show Handedness full Scientific American About half the honeybees in a test exhibited no sidedness, but the other half was split 50–50 between righties and lefties—perhaps to navigate obstacles more efficiently.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices About half the honeybees in a test exhibited no sidedness, but the other half was split 50–50 between righties and lefties—perhaps to navigate obstacles more efficiently.

 

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]]> 230 no Humpback Whale Flippers Do More Than Maneuver https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humpback-whale-flippers-do-more-than-maneuver/ Researchers attached cameras to humpback whales and found that they flap their flippers to help power forward swimming.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:45:00 -0000 Humpback Whale Flippers Do More Than Maneuver full Scientific American Researchers attached cameras to humpback whales and found that they flap their flippers to help power forward swimming.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers attached cameras to humpback whales and found that they flap their flippers to help power forward swimming.

 

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]]> 212 no A New Recipe for Counting Cranberries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-new-recipe-for-counting-cranberries/ Estimating cranberry harvests involves tedious hand-counting. But microwave analysis could change all that. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:30:00 -0000 A New Recipe for Counting Cranberries full Scientific American Estimating cranberry harvests involves tedious hand-counting. But microwave analysis could change all that. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Estimating cranberry harvests involves tedious hand-counting. But microwave analysis could change all that. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 189 no How Fit Is Bitcoin? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-fit-is-bitcoin/ A new analysis treats bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies as species in an evolutionary model—and finds bitcoin has no selective advantage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Nov 2017 19:50:00 -0000 How Fit Is Bitcoin? full Scientific American A new analysis treats bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies as species in an evolutionary model—and finds bitcoin has no selective advantage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new analysis treats bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies as species in an evolutionary model—and finds bitcoin has no selective advantage. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 183 no Salmon Sex Changes Entire Landscape https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/salmon-sex-changes-entire-landscape/ Salmon excavate streambed holes in which to lay eggs, setting off a chain of events that has surprisingly large geographical effects.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:44:00 -0000 Salmon Sex Changes Entire Landscape full Scientific American Salmon excavate streambed holes in which to lay eggs, setting off a chain of events that has surprisingly large geographical effects.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Salmon excavate streambed holes in which to lay eggs, setting off a chain of events that has surprisingly large geographical effects.

 

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]]> 230 no Ancient 1 Percenters Were Beast-Based https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-1-percenters-were-beast-based/ New World societies long ago likely had less income inequality than those in the Old World, and the difference might have been an oxen gap. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:20:00 -0000 Ancient 1 Percenters Were Beast-Based full Scientific American New World societies long ago likely had less income inequality than those in the Old World, and the difference might have been an oxen gap. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New World societies long ago likely had less income inequality than those in the Old World, and the difference might have been an oxen gap. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Feathers Help This Bird Sound the Alarm https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/feathers-help-this-bird-sound-the-alarm/ The crested pigeon, found in Australia, has a modified wing feather that helps produce an alarm signal sound to warn other birds when there's trouble.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:47:00 -0000 Feathers Help This Bird Sound the Alarm full Scientific American The crested pigeon, found in Australia, has a modified wing feather that helps produce an alarm signal sound to warn other birds when there's trouble.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The crested pigeon, found in Australia, has a modified wing feather that helps produce an alarm signal sound to warn other birds when there's trouble.

 

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]]> 229 no Put Space Cat on a Pedestal https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/put-space-cat-on-a-pedestal/ A campaign calls for the creation of a statue to recognize Félicette, the first cat to be sent into space.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:11:00 -0000 Put Space Cat on a Pedestal full Scientific American A campaign calls for the creation of a statue to recognize Félicette, the first cat to be sent into space.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A campaign calls for the creation of a statue to recognize Félicette, the first cat to be sent into space.

 

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]]> 214 no Polluted Water Whale Invents New Feeding Strategy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/polluted-water-whale-invents-new-feeding-strategy/ The Bryde's whale has come up with a passive but more efficient feeding strategy in the hypoxic waters of the Gulf of Thailand.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Nov 2017 17:30:00 -0000 Polluted Water Whale Invents New Feeding Strategy full Scientific American The Bryde's whale has come up with a passive but more efficient feeding strategy in the hypoxic waters of the Gulf of Thailand.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Bryde's whale has come up with a passive but more efficient feeding strategy in the hypoxic waters of the Gulf of Thailand.

 

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]]> 219 no Insect Brain System Knows What You Want https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/insect-brain-system-knows-what-you-want/ Computer scientists borrowed insights from the fruit fly brain to create a more accurate search algorithm. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:20:00 -0000 Insect Brain System Knows What You Want full Scientific American Computer scientists borrowed insights from the fruit fly brain to create a more accurate search algorithm. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Computer scientists borrowed insights from the fruit fly brain to create a more accurate search algorithm. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 194 no Sheep's Face-Reading Skills Stand Out from the Flock https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sheeps-face-reading-skills-stand-out-from-the-flock/ With some training, sheep were able to select a celebrity's face over that of a stranger they'd never seen. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:52:00 -0000 Sheep's Face-Reading Skills Stand Out from the Flock full Scientific American With some training, sheep were able to select a celebrity's face over that of a stranger they'd never seen. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices With some training, sheep were able to select a celebrity's face over that of a stranger they'd never seen. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 154 no Nearby Exoplanets Invigorate the Search for E.T. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nearby-exoplanets-invigorate-the-search-for-e-t/ SETI pioneer Jill Tarter and Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer talk about how the discovery of nearby exoplanets is inspiring new efforts to gain info about these galactic neighbors.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Nov 2017 22:52:00 -0000 Nearby Exoplanets Invigorate the Search for E.T. full Scientific American SETI pioneer Jill Tarter and Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer talk about how the discovery of nearby exoplanets is inspiring new efforts to gain info about these galactic neighbors.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices SETI pioneer Jill Tarter and Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer talk about how the discovery of nearby exoplanets is inspiring new efforts to gain info about these galactic neighbors.  

 

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]]> 220 no Bison Comeback Story Has a Bronx Accent https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bison-comeback-story-has-a-bronx-accent/ On National Bison Day, a look at the role the Bronx played in reestablishing herds of bison on the American plains.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 04 Nov 2017 14:57:00 -0000 Bison Comeback Story Has a Bronx Accent full Scientific American On National Bison Day, a look at the role the Bronx played in reestablishing herds of bison on the American plains.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On National Bison Day, a look at the role the Bronx played in reestablishing herds of bison on the American plains.  

 

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]]> 189 no Mammoth Remains Seem Mostly Male https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mammoth-remains-seem-mostly-male/ In a sample of 98 woolly mammoth remains, researchers found that 70 percent were male—which suggests males were more likely to die accidentally. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Nov 2017 22:55:00 -0000 Mammoth Remains Seem Mostly Male full Scientific American In a sample of 98 woolly mammoth remains, researchers found that 70 percent were male—which suggests males were more likely to die accidentally. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a sample of 98 woolly mammoth remains, researchers found that 70 percent were male—which suggests males were more likely to die accidentally. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 170 no Physics Phenomenon Reveals a Pyramid's Mystery https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/physics-phenomenon-reveals-a-pyramids-mystery/ Scientists used muons, a by-product of cosmic rays, to image the interior of the Great Pyramid—and found a previously unknown space inside. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:25:00 -0000 Physics Phenomenon Reveals a Pyramid's Mystery full Scientific American Scientists used muons, a by-product of cosmic rays, to image the interior of the Great Pyramid—and found a previously unknown space inside. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists used muons, a by-product of cosmic rays, to image the interior of the Great Pyramid—and found a previously unknown space inside. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 168 no A Moth with a Potent Cocktail of Poison https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-moth-with-a-potent-cocktail-of-poison/ The wood tiger moth is the first species known in which fluids from various parts of the moth’s body each target a different type of predator. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:25:00 -0000 A Moth with a Potent Cocktail of Poison full Scientific American The wood tiger moth is the first species known in which fluids from various parts of the moth’s body each target a different type of predator. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The wood tiger moth is the first species known in which fluids from various parts of the moth’s body each target a different type of predator. Jason Goldman reports.

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]]> 219 no Drought News Might Help Cut Water Waste https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drought-news-might-help-cut-water-waste/ As news coverage of California's most recent drought intensified, water use trends went down—suggesting news might inspire consumers to conserve. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:05:00 -0000 Drought News Might Help Cut Water Waste full Scientific American As news coverage of California's most recent drought intensified, water use trends went down—suggesting news might inspire consumers to conserve. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As news coverage of California's most recent drought intensified, water use trends went down—suggesting news might inspire consumers to conserve. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 180 no Smog Casts a Shadow on China's Solar Farms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smog-casts-a-shadow-on-chinas-solar-farms/ The wintertime smog in China's northeastern provinces is so severe it blocks more than 20 percent of sunlight from reaching the region's solar panels. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:40:00 -0000 Smog Casts a Shadow on China's Solar Farms full Scientific American The wintertime smog in China's northeastern provinces is so severe it blocks more than 20 percent of sunlight from reaching the region's solar panels. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The wintertime smog in China's northeastern provinces is so severe it blocks more than 20 percent of sunlight from reaching the region's solar panels. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 161 no Dogs Bow to Wolves as Cooperators https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dogs-bow-to-wolves-as-cooperators/ Wolves appear to have better cooperation skills than dogs—unless the pups partner up with humans. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:52:00 -0000 Dogs Bow to Wolves as Cooperators full Scientific American Wolves appear to have better cooperation skills than dogs—unless the pups partner up with humans. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wolves appear to have better cooperation skills than dogs—unless the pups partner up with humans. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 248 no California Gun Injuries Spike after Nevada Gun Shows https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/california-gun-injuries-spike-after-nevada-gun-shows/ Firearm deaths and injuries went up in California communities after gun shows in neighboring Nevada—but not after more strictly regulated California gun shows. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Oct 2017 22:21:00 -0000 California Gun Injuries Spike after Nevada Gun Shows full Scientific American Firearm deaths and injuries went up in California communities after gun shows in neighboring Nevada—but not after more strictly regulated California gun shows. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Firearm deaths and injuries went up in California communities after gun shows in neighboring Nevada—but not after more strictly regulated California gun shows. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Mosquitoes to Other Flying Insects: Do You Even Generate Lift? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mosquitoes-to-other-flying-insects-do-you-even-generate-lift/ Mosquitos stealthily float off us after filling up, by virtue of fast wingbeats that generate almost instant lift with only an imperceptible additional push from the legs.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:17:00 -0000 Mosquitoes to Other Flying Insects: Do You Even Generate Lift? full Scientific American Mosquitos stealthily float off us after filling up, by virtue of fast wingbeats that generate almost instant lift with only an imperceptible additional push from the legs.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mosquitos stealthily float off us after filling up, by virtue of fast wingbeats that generate almost instant lift with only an imperceptible additional push from the legs. 

 

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]]> 231 no Keep Your Wi-Fi off KRACK https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/keep-your-wi-fi-off-krack/ Up-to-date software, apps, browsers and router software offer the best protection against a potential flaw in wi-fi security called a key reinstallation attack, or KRACK.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:10:00 -0000 Keep Your Wi-Fi off KRACK full Scientific American Up-to-date software, apps, browsers and router software offer the best protection against a potential flaw in wi-fi security called a key reinstallation attack, or KRACK.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Up-to-date software, apps, browsers and router software offer the best protection against a potential flaw in wi-fi security called a key reinstallation attack, or KRACK.

 

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]]> 191 no Ships at Sea Stoke Lightning Strikes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ships-at-sea-stoke-lightning-strikes/ Exhaust fumes from oceangoing vessels lead to an almost doubling of lightning activity over shipping lanes compared to adjacent areas of the sea.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:37:00 -0000 Ships at Sea Stoke Lightning Strikes full Scientific American Exhaust fumes from oceangoing vessels lead to an almost doubling of lightning activity over shipping lanes compared to adjacent areas of the sea.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Exhaust fumes from oceangoing vessels lead to an almost doubling of lightning activity over shipping lanes compared to adjacent areas of the sea.

 

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]]> 242 no Gamers Wanted to Attack Food Toxin https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gamers-wanted-to-attack-food-toxin/ By playing the online game Foldit, players might help design an enzyme that can stop aflatoxins from making millions sick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0000 Gamers Wanted to Attack Food Toxin full Scientific American By playing the online game Foldit, players might help design an enzyme that can stop aflatoxins from making millions sick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By playing the online game Foldit, players might help design an enzyme that can stop aflatoxins from making millions sick.

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]]> 244 no Even Jellyfish Need a Nap https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/even-jellyfish-need-a-nap/ Jellyfish exhibit signs of a sleep state, which could mean that sleep predates the evolutionary development of central nervous systems.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:25:00 -0000 Even Jellyfish Need a Nap full Scientific American Jellyfish exhibit signs of a sleep state, which could mean that sleep predates the evolutionary development of central nervous systems.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jellyfish exhibit signs of a sleep state, which could mean that sleep predates the evolutionary development of central nervous systems.

 

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]]> 260 no Squirrels Chunk Their Buried Treasure https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/squirrels-chunk-their-buried-treasure/ Under certain circumstances squirrels will bury all of the same kind of nut near one another, a mnemonic strategy known as chunking.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:00:00 -0000 Squirrels Chunk Their Buried Treasure full Scientific American Under certain circumstances squirrels will bury all of the same kind of nut near one another, a mnemonic strategy known as chunking.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Under certain circumstances squirrels will bury all of the same kind of nut near one another, a mnemonic strategy known as chunking.

 

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]]> 252 no Cougar Calls Get Big Bear Reactions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cougar-calls-get-big-bear-reactions/ Black bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:10:00 -0000 Cougar Calls Get Big Bear Reactions full Scientific American Black bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Black bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily.

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]]> 204 no Biometric Identifies You in a Heartbeat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/biometric-identifies-you-in-a-heartbeat/ Like fingerprints and facial recognition, the shape and beat of your heart can be used to verify your identity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Oct 2017 23:15:00 -0000 Biometric Identifies You in a Heartbeat full Scientific American Like fingerprints and facial recognition, the shape and beat of your heart can be used to verify your identity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Like fingerprints and facial recognition, the shape and beat of your heart can be used to verify your identity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 181 no When We Fly to Mars, Microbes Will, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/when-we-fly-to-mars-microbes-will-too/ The microbes that live in and on our bodies will colonize a human-manned spacecraft to Mars—but will the spacecraft's microbiome be safe? Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:20:00 -0000 When We Fly to Mars, Microbes Will, Too full Scientific American The microbes that live in and on our bodies will colonize a human-manned spacecraft to Mars—but will the spacecraft's microbiome be safe? Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The microbes that live in and on our bodies will colonize a human-manned spacecraft to Mars—but will the spacecraft's microbiome be safe? Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 191 no Nobel in Chemistry for Seeing Biomolecules in Action https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-chemistry-for-seeing-biomolecules-in-action/ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:46:00 -0000 Nobel in Chemistry for Seeing Biomolecules in Action full Scientific American The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.

 

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]]> 196 no Nobel in Physics for Detecting Gravitational Waves https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physics-for-detecting-gravitational-waves/ The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Oct 2017 07:23:00 -0000 Nobel in Physics for Detecting Gravitational Waves full Scientific American The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

 

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]]> 250 no Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for Our Inner Clocks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physiology-or-medicine-for-our-inner-clocks/ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:52:00 -0000 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for Our Inner Clocks full Scientific American The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.

 

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]]> 208 no Electric Eels Increase Shock by Leaving Water https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/electric-eels-increase-shock-by-leaving-water/ Submerged electric eels lose current to water, so they apparently leap into the air to minimize their contact with water and maximize their shock value.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:34:00 -0000 Electric Eels Increase Shock by Leaving Water full Scientific American Submerged electric eels lose current to water, so they apparently leap into the air to minimize their contact with water and maximize their shock value.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Submerged electric eels lose current to water, so they apparently leap into the air to minimize their contact with water and maximize their shock value.

 

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]]> 238 no Australian Bird Dips Its Dinner https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/australian-bird-dips-its-dinner/ A chance observation led researchers to add the Australian Magpie to the short list of birds that dunk their food in water before eating.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:18:00 -0000 Australian Bird Dips Its Dinner full Scientific American A chance observation led researchers to add the Australian Magpie to the short list of birds that dunk their food in water before eating.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A chance observation led researchers to add the Australian Magpie to the short list of birds that dunk their food in water before eating.

 

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]]> 233 no Tsunami Sent Species on a Transoceanic Trip https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tsunami-sent-species-on-a-transoceanic-trip/ The 2011 east Japan tsunami swept huge amounts of wreckage out to sea—and Japanese species hitchhiked across the Pacific on the debris. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:01:00 -0000 Tsunami Sent Species on a Transoceanic Trip full Scientific American The 2011 east Japan tsunami swept huge amounts of wreckage out to sea—and Japanese species hitchhiked across the Pacific on the debris. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2011 east Japan tsunami swept huge amounts of wreckage out to sea—and Japanese species hitchhiked across the Pacific on the debris. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 194 no 1 Sneeze, 1 Vote among African Wild Dogs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/1-sneeze-1-vote-among-african-wild-dogs/ Individuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:46:00 -0000 1 Sneeze, 1 Vote among African Wild Dogs full Scientific American Individuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Individuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt.

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]]> 224 no This Frog Can't Hear Its Own Calls https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-frog-cant-hear-its-own-calls/ The frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:05:00 -0000 This Frog Can't Hear Its Own Calls full Scientific American The frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Building a Better Mirror for Telescopes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/building-a-better-mirror-for-telescopes/ More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:52:00 -0000 Building a Better Mirror for Telescopes full Scientific American More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 195 no Galaxies Far, Far Away Send Us Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/galaxies-far-far-away-send-us-highest-energy-cosmic-rays/ A new study hints that the most energetic particles ever seen come from far beyond the Milky Way.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:00:00 -0000 Galaxies Far, Far Away Send Us Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays full Scientific American A new study hints that the most energetic particles ever seen come from far beyond the Milky Way.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study hints that the most energetic particles ever seen come from far beyond the Milky Way.

 

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]]> 205 no Springtime Now Arrives Earlier for Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/springtime-now-arrives-earlier-for-birds/ A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:27:00 -0000 Springtime Now Arrives Earlier for Birds full Scientific American A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 241 no Warming Puts Squeeze on Ancient Trees https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/warming-puts-squeeze-on-ancient-trees/ As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 17 Sep 2017 23:30:00 -0000 Warming Puts Squeeze on Ancient Trees full Scientific American As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 228 no Rising CO2 Pushes Plants to Drink Sparingly https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rising-co2-pushes-plants-to-drink-sparingly/ As carbon dioxide levels rise, plants are sipping water more efficiently—which could come in handy in a drier future. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 16 Sep 2017 15:25:00 -0000 Rising CO2 Pushes Plants to Drink Sparingly full Scientific American As carbon dioxide levels rise, plants are sipping water more efficiently—which could come in handy in a drier future. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As carbon dioxide levels rise, plants are sipping water more efficiently—which could come in handy in a drier future. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 226 no Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cannibalism-quells-contagion-among-caterpillars/ Cannibalistic caterpillars prevent disease from decimating their populations by removing infected individuals. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:30:00 -0000 Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars full Scientific American Cannibalistic caterpillars prevent disease from decimating their populations by removing infected individuals. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cannibalistic caterpillars prevent disease from decimating their populations by removing infected individuals. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 202 no Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/feds-wants-to-know-whos-protesting-trump/ Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:12:00 -0000 Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump full Scientific American Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports.

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]]> 198 no Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/windows-vex-bats-echolocating-abilities/ Smooth vertical surfaces like windows reflect sound waves away from bats—meaning bats can't "see" windows and similar obstacles with echolocation. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:30:00 -0000 Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities full Scientific American Smooth vertical surfaces like windows reflect sound waves away from bats—meaning bats can't "see" windows and similar obstacles with echolocation. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Smooth vertical surfaces like windows reflect sound waves away from bats—meaning bats can't "see" windows and similar obstacles with echolocation. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 220 no Wetlands Could Save Cities--and Money, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wetlands-could-save-cities-and-money-too/ Using insurance industry models, researchers determined that wetlands prevented some $625 million in damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:12:00 -0000 Wetlands Could Save Cities--and Money, Too full Scientific American Using insurance industry models, researchers determined that wetlands prevented some $625 million in damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using insurance industry models, researchers determined that wetlands prevented some $625 million in damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Rabbit Relatives Reel from Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rabbit-relatives-reel-from-climate-change/ Pikas, a hampster-size rabbit relative, have disappeared from a 64-square-mile plot in the northern Sierra Nevada—and climate change is a likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 02 Sep 2017 11:20:00 -0000 Rabbit Relatives Reel from Climate Change full Scientific American Pikas, a hampster-size rabbit relative, have disappeared from a 64-square-mile plot in the northern Sierra Nevada—and climate change is a likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pikas, a hampster-size rabbit relative, have disappeared from a 64-square-mile plot in the northern Sierra Nevada—and climate change is a likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 205 no Winking Star 6 Centuries Ago Explained https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/winking-star-6-centuries-ago-explained/ A star that appeared and then vanished in A.D. 1437 was an explosion in a binary star system—which now reveals clues about the life cycle of certain stars. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:15:00 -0000 Winking Star 6 Centuries Ago Explained full Scientific American A star that appeared and then vanished in A.D. 1437 was an explosion in a binary star system—which now reveals clues about the life cycle of certain stars. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A star that appeared and then vanished in A.D. 1437 was an explosion in a binary star system—which now reveals clues about the life cycle of certain stars. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 244 no Grazing Cattle Trim the Menu for Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/grazing-cattle-change-the-menu-for-birds/ When cattle graze the desert's natural landscape, birds face changes in food availability—and some species are unable to adapt. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:00:00 -0000 Grazing Cattle Trim the Menu for Birds full Scientific American When cattle graze the desert's natural landscape, birds face changes in food availability—and some species are unable to adapt. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When cattle graze the desert's natural landscape, birds face changes in food availability—and some species are unable to adapt. Jason Goldman reports.

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]]> 237 no Climate Change Might Shrink Fish https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-change-might-shrink-fish/ Warmer water boosts fishes' demand for oxygen—and their bodies may shrink in response. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:40:00 -0000 Climate Change Might Shrink Fish full Scientific American Warmer water boosts fishes' demand for oxygen—and their bodies may shrink in response. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Warmer water boosts fishes' demand for oxygen—and their bodies may shrink in response. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 170 no A Fruitful Experiment in Land Conservation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-fruitful-experiment-in-land-conservation/ In 1998 an orange juice maker dumped 12,000 tons of orange peels on degraded pastureland in Costa Rica—transforming it into vine-rich jungle. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:00:00 -0000 A Fruitful Experiment in Land Conservation full Scientific American In 1998 an orange juice maker dumped 12,000 tons of orange peels on degraded pastureland in Costa Rica—transforming it into vine-rich jungle. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 1998 an orange juice maker dumped 12,000 tons of orange peels on degraded pastureland in Costa Rica—transforming it into vine-rich jungle. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 235 no Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/recycle-your-eclipse-glasses/ Astronomers Without Borders wants to share your used eclipse glasses with kids in other parts of the world for the 2019 total solar eclipse.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:33:00 -0000 Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses full Scientific American Astronomers Without Borders wants to share your used eclipse glasses with kids in other parts of the world for the 2019 total solar eclipse.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronomers Without Borders wants to share your used eclipse glasses with kids in other parts of the world for the 2019 total solar eclipse.

 

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]]> 182 no Seeing 1 Solar Eclipse May Not Be Enough https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seeing-1-solar-eclipse-may-not-be-enough/ David Baron, author of the new book American Eclipse, talks about how seeing his first total solar eclipse turned him into an eclipse chaser.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:18:00 -0000 Seeing 1 Solar Eclipse May Not Be Enough full Scientific American David Baron, author of the new book American Eclipse, talks about how seeing his first total solar eclipse turned him into an eclipse chaser.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices David Baron, author of the new book American Eclipse, talks about how seeing his first total solar eclipse turned him into an eclipse chaser.  

 

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]]> 218 no Solar Eclipse in 1097 May Be Rock-Carving Subject https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/solar-eclipse-in-1097-may-be-rock-carving-subject/ A petroglyph spotted in Chaco Canyon may depict a total solar eclipse witnessed by the Pueblo people.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:00:00 -0000 Solar Eclipse in 1097 May Be Rock-Carving Subject full Scientific American A petroglyph spotted in Chaco Canyon may depict a total solar eclipse witnessed by the Pueblo people.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A petroglyph spotted in Chaco Canyon may depict a total solar eclipse witnessed by the Pueblo people.

 

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]]> 223 no Social Media Sites Can Profile Your Contacts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/social-media-sites-can-profile-your-contacts/ Why you should think twice before you give an app access to your phone’s address book.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:21:00 -0000 Social Media Sites Can Profile Your Contacts full Scientific American Why you should think twice before you give an app access to your phone’s address book.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Why you should think twice before you give an app access to your phone’s address book.  

 

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]]> 195 no "Textalyzer" Aims at Deadly Distracted Driving https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/textalyzer-aims-at-deadly-distracted-driving/ A new device promises to tell police when a driver has been sending messages while behind the wheel, but is it legal? Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Aug 2017 19:20:00 -0000 "Textalyzer" Aims at Deadly Distracted Driving full Scientific American A new device promises to tell police when a driver has been sending messages while behind the wheel, but is it legal? Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new device promises to tell police when a driver has been sending messages while behind the wheel, but is it legal? Larry Greenemeier reports.

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]]> 191 no Climate Change Fires Up Polar Bear Treadmill https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-change-fires-up-polar-bear-treadmill/ Sea ice is drifting faster in the Arctic—which means polar bears need to walk farther to stay in their native range. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:15:00 -0000 Climate Change Fires Up Polar Bear Treadmill full Scientific American Sea ice is drifting faster in the Arctic—which means polar bears need to walk farther to stay in their native range. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sea ice is drifting faster in the Arctic—which means polar bears need to walk farther to stay in their native range. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 202 no No Bull: Lizards Flee When They See Red https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/no-bull-lizards-flee-when-they-see-red/ Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones—perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:15:00 -0000 No Bull: Lizards Flee When They See Red full Scientific American Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones—perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones—perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 225 no Celebrities Tweet Like Bots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/celebrities-tweet-like-bots/ Celebrity Twitter accounts look a lot like Twitter bots: They tweet regularly, follow relatively few people, and upload a lot of content. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:10:00 -0000 Celebrities Tweet Like Bots full Scientific American Celebrity Twitter accounts look a lot like Twitter bots: They tweet regularly, follow relatively few people, and upload a lot of content. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Celebrity Twitter accounts look a lot like Twitter bots: They tweet regularly, follow relatively few people, and upload a lot of content. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 196 no Cold Snap Shapes Lizard Survivors https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cold-snap-shapes-lizard-survivors/ An epic bout of cold weather quickly altered a population of lizards—an example of natural selection in action. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:01:00 -0000 Cold Snap Shapes Lizard Survivors full Scientific American An epic bout of cold weather quickly altered a population of lizards—an example of natural selection in action. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An epic bout of cold weather quickly altered a population of lizards—an example of natural selection in action. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 274 no Mediterranean Diet Works--for Upper Crust https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mediterranean-diet-works-for-upper-crust/ Italians who stuck closely to the heart-healthy diet had fewer heart attacks and strokes—but only if they were well-off and/or college educated. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:50:00 -0000 Mediterranean Diet Works--for Upper Crust full Scientific American Italians who stuck closely to the heart-healthy diet had fewer heart attacks and strokes—but only if they were well-off and/or college educated. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Italians who stuck closely to the heart-healthy diet had fewer heart attacks and strokes—but only if they were well-off and/or college educated. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 191 no Screams Heard Round the Animal World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/screams-heard-round-the-animal-world/ Humans appear well equipped to recognize the alarm calls of other animals—perhaps because sounds of distress tend to have higher frequencies. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:00:00 -0000 Screams Heard Round the Animal World full Scientific American Humans appear well equipped to recognize the alarm calls of other animals—perhaps because sounds of distress tend to have higher frequencies. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humans appear well equipped to recognize the alarm calls of other animals—perhaps because sounds of distress tend to have higher frequencies. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 260 no This Caterpillar Whistles While It Irks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-caterpillar-whistles-while-it-irks/ The North American walnut sphinx caterpillar produces a whistle that sounds just like a songbird's alarm call--and the whistle seems to startle birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:32:00 -0000 This Caterpillar Whistles While It Irks full Scientific American The North American walnut sphinx caterpillar produces a whistle that sounds just like a songbird's alarm call--and the whistle seems to startle birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The North American walnut sphinx caterpillar produces a whistle that sounds just like a songbird's alarm call--and the whistle seems to startle birds. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 201 no To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Saving Time https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/to-buy-happiness-spend-money-on-saving-time/ Volunteers who used money to save themselves time were more content than volunteers who purchased themselves physical stuff. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:32:00 -0000 To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Saving Time full Scientific American Volunteers who used money to save themselves time were more content than volunteers who purchased themselves physical stuff. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Volunteers who used money to save themselves time were more content than volunteers who purchased themselves physical stuff. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 226 no Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bacteria-can-be-resistant-to-brand-new-antibiotics/ Exposure to existing antibiotics can imbue infectious bacteria with resistance that also kicks in against new drugs related to the originals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:20:00 -0000 Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics full Scientific American Exposure to existing antibiotics can imbue infectious bacteria with resistance that also kicks in against new drugs related to the originals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Exposure to existing antibiotics can imbue infectious bacteria with resistance that also kicks in against new drugs related to the originals. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 189 no Teaching Computers to Enjoy the View https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teaching-computers-to-enjoy-the-view/ Researchers in the U.K. trained computers to rate photos of parks and cities for what humans consider to be their scenic beauty. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0000 Teaching Computers to Enjoy the View full Scientific American Researchers in the U.K. trained computers to rate photos of parks and cities for what humans consider to be their scenic beauty. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers in the U.K. trained computers to rate photos of parks and cities for what humans consider to be their scenic beauty. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Flying through a Corpse's Clues https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flying-through-a-corpses-clues/ Forensic entomologists can chemically analyze fly eggs from a corpse, which might speed up detective work. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:12:00 -0000 Flying through a Corpse's Clues full Scientific American Forensic entomologists can chemically analyze fly eggs from a corpse, which might speed up detective work. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Forensic entomologists can chemically analyze fly eggs from a corpse, which might speed up detective work. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Old Records Help Resurrect Historic Quake https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/old-records-help-resurrect-historic-quake/ Century-old records found in Puerto Rico helped reconstruct the damage caused there by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake—and could help disaster experts plan for the next big one. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:43:00 -0000 Old Records Help Resurrect Historic Quake full Scientific American Century-old records found in Puerto Rico helped reconstruct the damage caused there by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake—and could help disaster experts plan for the next big one. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Century-old records found in Puerto Rico helped reconstruct the damage caused there by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake—and could help disaster experts plan for the next big one. Julia Rosen reports. 

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]]> 249 no This Cell Phone Needs No Battery https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-cell-phone-needs-no-battery/ An experimental cell phone works by absorbing and reflecting radio waves—meaning it's incredibly energy efficient and needs no battery. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:00:00 -0000 This Cell Phone Needs No Battery full Scientific American An experimental cell phone works by absorbing and reflecting radio waves—meaning it's incredibly energy efficient and needs no battery. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An experimental cell phone works by absorbing and reflecting radio waves—meaning it's incredibly energy efficient and needs no battery. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 201 no Bacteria Might Share the Blame for Eczema https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bacteria-might-share-the-blame-for-eczema/ In patients with severe eczema, Staphylococcus aureus strains dominated the skin microbe population—suggesting that certain types of bacteria could worsen eczema flares. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:45:00 -0000 Bacteria Might Share the Blame for Eczema full Scientific American In patients with severe eczema, Staphylococcus aureus strains dominated the skin microbe population—suggesting that certain types of bacteria could worsen eczema flares. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In patients with severe eczema, Staphylococcus aureus strains dominated the skin microbe population—suggesting that certain types of bacteria could worsen eczema flares. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 204 no Franklin's Lightning Rod Served Political Ends https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/franklins-lightning-rod-served-political-ends/ Whether lightning rods should have rounded or pointy ends became a point of contention between rebellious Americans and King George III.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:33:00 -0000 Franklin's Lightning Rod Served Political Ends full Scientific American Whether lightning rods should have rounded or pointy ends became a point of contention between rebellious Americans and King George III.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whether lightning rods should have rounded or pointy ends became a point of contention between rebellious Americans and King George III.

 

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]]> 180 no Heat Will Hit America's Poorest Worst https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heat-will-hit-americas-poorest-worst/ Economists calculate that each degree Celsius of warming will dock the U.S. economy by 1.2 percent--and increase the divide between rich and poor. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:30:00 -0000 Heat Will Hit America's Poorest Worst full Scientific American Economists calculate that each degree Celsius of warming will dock the U.S. economy by 1.2 percent--and increase the divide between rich and poor. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Economists calculate that each degree Celsius of warming will dock the U.S. economy by 1.2 percent--and increase the divide between rich and poor. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 195 no Rainbow Photons Pack More Computing Power https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rainbow-photons-pack-more-computing-power/ Quantum bits, aka qubits, can simultaneously encode 0 and 1. But multicolored photons could enable even more states to exist at the same time, ramping up computing power. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:01:00 -0000 Rainbow Photons Pack More Computing Power full Scientific American Quantum bits, aka qubits, can simultaneously encode 0 and 1. But multicolored photons could enable even more states to exist at the same time, ramping up computing power. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Quantum bits, aka qubits, can simultaneously encode 0 and 1. But multicolored photons could enable even more states to exist at the same time, ramping up computing power. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Moths Inspire Better Smartphone Screens https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/moths-inspire-better-smartphone-screens/ Researchers designed an antireflective coating for smartphone screens, with inspiration from the bumpy eyes of moths. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:02:00 -0000 Moths Inspire Better Smartphone Screens full Scientific American Researchers designed an antireflective coating for smartphone screens, with inspiration from the bumpy eyes of moths. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers designed an antireflective coating for smartphone screens, with inspiration from the bumpy eyes of moths. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 177 no Better Memory Begets Boredom https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/better-memory-begets-boredom/ The better study participants scored in the memory test, the faster they got bored. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:30:00 -0000 Better Memory Begets Boredom full Scientific American The better study participants scored in the memory test, the faster they got bored. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The better study participants scored in the memory test, the faster they got bored. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 223 no DNA Points to Multiple Migrations into the Americas https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dna-points-to-multiple-migrations-into-the-americas/ DNA analysis of skeletons found in the Pacific Northwest backs up traditional oral histories, and suggests there could have been more than one colonization of the Americas. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:30:00 -0000 DNA Points to Multiple Migrations into the Americas full Scientific American DNA analysis of skeletons found in the Pacific Northwest backs up traditional oral histories, and suggests there could have been more than one colonization of the Americas. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices DNA analysis of skeletons found in the Pacific Northwest backs up traditional oral histories, and suggests there could have been more than one colonization of the Americas. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 203 no Keep Rolling Luggage Upright with Physics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/keep-rolling-luggage-upright-with-physics/ A team of physicists has revealed why rolling suitcases start rocking from wheel to wheel—and how to avoid that frustrating phenomenon. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:05:00 -0000 Keep Rolling Luggage Upright with Physics full Scientific American A team of physicists has revealed why rolling suitcases start rocking from wheel to wheel—and how to avoid that frustrating phenomenon. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A team of physicists has revealed why rolling suitcases start rocking from wheel to wheel—and how to avoid that frustrating phenomenon. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Wolves Need More Room to Roam https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wolves-need-more-room-to-roam/ Ecologists say wolves should be allowed to roam beyond remote wilderness areas—and that by scaring off smaller predators like coyotes and jackals, wolves might do a good service, too. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:40:00 -0000 Wolves Need More Room to Roam full Scientific American Ecologists say wolves should be allowed to roam beyond remote wilderness areas—and that by scaring off smaller predators like coyotes and jackals, wolves might do a good service, too. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ecologists say wolves should be allowed to roam beyond remote wilderness areas—and that by scaring off smaller predators like coyotes and jackals, wolves might do a good service, too. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 182 no Engineers Build Bendy Batteries for Wearables https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/engineers-build-bendy-batteries-for-wearables/ Researchers built silver–zinc batteries that can bend and stretch—meaning they could be more elegantly integrated into future wearable devices. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:20:00 -0000 Engineers Build Bendy Batteries for Wearables full Scientific American Researchers built silver–zinc batteries that can bend and stretch—meaning they could be more elegantly integrated into future wearable devices. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers built silver–zinc batteries that can bend and stretch—meaning they could be more elegantly integrated into future wearable devices. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 196 no Rising Temps Lower Polar Bear Mercury Intake https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rising-temps-lower-polar-bear-mercury-intake/ As polar bears are forced onto land, they're feeding on animals with less mercury—reducing their levels of the toxic pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:25:00 -0000 Rising Temps Lower Polar Bear Mercury Intake full Scientific American As polar bears are forced onto land, they're feeding on animals with less mercury—reducing their levels of the toxic pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As polar bears are forced onto land, they're feeding on animals with less mercury—reducing their levels of the toxic pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 211 no Some Hotel Bed Bug Sightings May Be Bogus https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-hotel-bed-bug-sightings-may-be-bogus/ Only a third of travelers could correctly identify a bed bug—suggesting that some bug sightings in online reviews could be cases of mistaken identity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:00:00 -0000 Some Hotel Bed Bug Sightings May Be Bogus full Scientific American Only a third of travelers could correctly identify a bed bug—suggesting that some bug sightings in online reviews could be cases of mistaken identity. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Only a third of travelers could correctly identify a bed bug—suggesting that some bug sightings in online reviews could be cases of mistaken identity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 170 no Opioids Still Needed by Some Pain Patients https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/opioids-still-needed-by-some-pain-patients/ The "other victims" of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but cannot now get them because of fears related to their use   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:57:00 -0000 Opioids Still Needed by Some Pain Patients full Scientific American The "other victims" of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but cannot now get them because of fears related to their use   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The "other victims" of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but cannot now get them because of fears related to their use

 

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]]> 206 no Bacterially Boosted Mosquitoes Could Vex Viruses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bacterially-boosted-mosquitoes-could-vex-viruses/ Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria are unable to transmit viruses to humans—and could curb the spread of viral disease. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:10:00 -0000 Bacterially Boosted Mosquitoes Could Vex Viruses full Scientific American Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria are unable to transmit viruses to humans—and could curb the spread of viral disease. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria are unable to transmit viruses to humans—and could curb the spread of viral disease. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 203 no Alaska Accelerates Indoor Agriculture https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alaska-accelerates-indoor-agriculture/ With 700 new greenhouses, Alaska is growing its own produce as deep into winter as the sun keeps rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:12:00 -0000 Alaska Accelerates Indoor Agriculture full Scientific American With 700 new greenhouses, Alaska is growing its own produce as deep into winter as the sun keeps rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices With 700 new greenhouses, Alaska is growing its own produce as deep into winter as the sun keeps rising.

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]]> 213 no Chromosomes Combat Counterfeit Caviar https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chromosomes-combat-counterfeit-caviar/ Researchers found unique genetic variants that differentiate costly beluga caviar from cheaper fakes that rip off consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 03 Jun 2017 09:00:00 -0000 Chromosomes Combat Counterfeit Caviar full Scientific American Researchers found unique genetic variants that differentiate costly beluga caviar from cheaper fakes that rip off consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found unique genetic variants that differentiate costly beluga caviar from cheaper fakes that rip off consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 153 no French Prez Invites Trumped Researchers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/french-prez-invites-trumped-researchers/ New French president, Emmanual Macron, reacted to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement by inviting disaffected U.S. researchers to make France "a second homeland."   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:54:00 -0000 French Prez Invites Trumped Researchers full Scientific American New French president, Emmanual Macron, reacted to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement by inviting disaffected U.S. researchers to make France "a second homeland."   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New French president, Emmanual Macron, reacted to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement by inviting disaffected U.S. researchers to make France "a second homeland."

 

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]]> 213 no Trees Beat Lawns for Water-Hungry L.A. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/trees-beat-lawns-for-water-hungry-l-a/ Evaporation from overwatered lawns cost the city of Los Angeles 70 billion gallons of wasted water a year. But the city's trees were much thriftier. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 27 May 2017 13:11:00 -0000 Trees Beat Lawns for Water-Hungry L.A. full Scientific American Evaporation from overwatered lawns cost the city of Los Angeles 70 billion gallons of wasted water a year. But the city's trees were much thriftier. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Evaporation from overwatered lawns cost the city of Los Angeles 70 billion gallons of wasted water a year. But the city's trees were much thriftier. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Former CDC Head Warns of Threats Biological and Political https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/former-cdc-head-warns-of-threats-biological-and-political/ Tom Frieden, head of the CDC from 2009 to 2017, told graduating medical students that we face challenges from pathogens, and from politicians.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 May 2017 16:42:00 -0000 Former CDC Head Warns of Threats Biological and Political full Scientific American Tom Frieden, head of the CDC from 2009 to 2017, told graduating medical students that we face challenges from pathogens, and from politicians.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tom Frieden, head of the CDC from 2009 to 2017, told graduating medical students that we face challenges from pathogens, and from politicians.

 

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]]> 188 no Fitness Bands Fail on Calorie Counts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fitness-bands-fail-on-calorie-counts/ Activity trackers accurately reckon heart rate—but they're way off in estimates of energy expenditure. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 May 2017 11:01:00 -0000 Fitness Bands Fail on Calorie Counts full Scientific American Activity trackers accurately reckon heart rate—but they're way off in estimates of energy expenditure. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Activity trackers accurately reckon heart rate—but they're way off in estimates of energy expenditure. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no New Concrete Recipes Could Cut Cracks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-concrete-recipes-could-cut-cracks/ Recipes for concrete that incorporate by-products from the coal and steel industries, like fly ash and slag, could reduce road salt–related cracking. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 May 2017 18:55:00 -0000 New Concrete Recipes Could Cut Cracks full Scientific American Recipes for concrete that incorporate by-products from the coal and steel industries, like fly ash and slag, could reduce road salt–related cracking. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recipes for concrete that incorporate by-products from the coal and steel industries, like fly ash and slag, could reduce road salt–related cracking. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 213 no Bees Prefer Flowers That Proffer Nicotine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bees-prefer-flowers-that-proffer-nicotine/ Bumblebees sought out flowers with nicotine in their nectar, and the drug appeared to enhance the bees' memories. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 May 2017 22:00:00 -0000 Bees Prefer Flowers That Proffer Nicotine full Scientific American Bumblebees sought out flowers with nicotine in their nectar, and the drug appeared to enhance the bees' memories. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bumblebees sought out flowers with nicotine in their nectar, and the drug appeared to enhance the bees' memories. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 177 no Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/large-impacts-may-cause-volcanic-eruptions/ Really big meteorite or asteroid strikes may cause melting and deep deformations that eventually lead to volcanic eruptions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 May 2017 19:04:00 -0000 Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions full Scientific American Really big meteorite or asteroid strikes may cause melting and deep deformations that eventually lead to volcanic eruptions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Really big meteorite or asteroid strikes may cause melting and deep deformations that eventually lead to volcanic eruptions.

 

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]]> 249 no Why the Cross Put Chickens on a New Road https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-the-cross-put-chickens-on-a-new-road/ A religiously inspired change in the European diet about a thousand years ago led to the development of the modern domesticated chicken.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 May 2017 17:47:00 -0000 Why the Cross Put Chickens on a New Road full Scientific American A religiously inspired change in the European diet about a thousand years ago led to the development of the modern domesticated chicken.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A religiously inspired change in the European diet about a thousand years ago led to the development of the modern domesticated chicken.

 

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]]> 256 no Field Study: Worms Leave 'Til No-Till https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/field-study-worms-leave-til-no-till/ Earthworm numbers doubled in fields after farmers switched from conventional plowing to no-till agriculture. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 May 2017 14:30:00 -0000 Field Study: Worms Leave 'Til No-Till full Scientific American Earthworm numbers doubled in fields after farmers switched from conventional plowing to no-till agriculture. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Earthworm numbers doubled in fields after farmers switched from conventional plowing to no-till agriculture. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 219 no The Sneaky Danger of Space Dust https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-sneaky-danger-of-space-dust/ When tiny particles of space debris slam into satellites, the collision could cause the emission of hardware-frying radiation. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 May 2017 19:40:00 -0000 The Sneaky Danger of Space Dust full Scientific American When tiny particles of space debris slam into satellites, the collision could cause the emission of hardware-frying radiation. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When tiny particles of space debris slam into satellites, the collision could cause the emission of hardware-frying radiation. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 214 no Insects Donate DNA to Unrelated Bugs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/insects-donate-dna-to-unrelated-bugs/ Bacteria swap DNA among themselves. And that process may be more common in multicellular organisms than previously believed. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 May 2017 10:23:00 -0000 Insects Donate DNA to Unrelated Bugs full Scientific American Bacteria swap DNA among themselves. And that process may be more common in multicellular organisms than previously believed. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bacteria swap DNA among themselves. And that process may be more common in multicellular organisms than previously believed. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 176 no Gophers versus the Volcano https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gophers-versus-the-volcano/ Pocket gophers survived the Mount Saint Helens eruption in their underground burrows and immediately went to work bringing back the ecosystem.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 May 2017 19:20:00 -0000 Gophers versus the Volcano full Scientific American Pocket gophers survived the Mount Saint Helens eruption in their underground burrows and immediately went to work bringing back the ecosystem.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pocket gophers survived the Mount Saint Helens eruption in their underground burrows and immediately went to work bringing back the ecosystem.

 

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]]> 251 no Wilderness Areas Suffer from Human Sound https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wilderness-areas-suffer-from-human-sound/ Human-produced noise doubles the background sound levels in 63 percent of protected areas, and raises it tenfold in 21 percent of such landscapes.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 07 May 2017 20:25:00 -0000 Wilderness Areas Suffer from Human Sound full Scientific American Human-produced noise doubles the background sound levels in 63 percent of protected areas, and raises it tenfold in 21 percent of such landscapes.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Human-produced noise doubles the background sound levels in 63 percent of protected areas, and raises it tenfold in 21 percent of such landscapes.

 

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]]> 223 no Pollution Peaks When Temperatures Top Out https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pollution-peaks-when-temperatures-top-out/ As temperatures rise, energy demands peak, with a corresponding increase in air pollutants. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 May 2017 20:15:00 -0000 Pollution Peaks When Temperatures Top Out full Scientific American As temperatures rise, energy demands peak, with a corresponding increase in air pollutants. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As temperatures rise, energy demands peak, with a corresponding increase in air pollutants. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Hot Chilies Cool Down Gut Inflammation in Mice https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hot-chilies-cool-down-gut-inflammation-in-mice/ The spicy compound in chilies kicks off a chemical cascade that reduces gut inflammation and immune activity in mice. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 May 2017 17:30:00 -0000 Hot Chilies Cool Down Gut Inflammation in Mice full Scientific American The spicy compound in chilies kicks off a chemical cascade that reduces gut inflammation and immune activity in mice. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The spicy compound in chilies kicks off a chemical cascade that reduces gut inflammation and immune activity in mice. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 211 no Bronx River's Cleanup Brings Herring Home https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bronx-rivers-cleanup-brings-herring-home/ Called an "open sewer" in the recent past, the Bronx River is now clean enough for a type of herring to once again be introduced and to make runs to the ocean.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 May 2017 14:22:00 -0000 Bronx River's Cleanup Brings Herring Home full Scientific American Called an "open sewer" in the recent past, the Bronx River is now clean enough for a type of herring to once again be introduced and to make runs to the ocean.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Called an "open sewer" in the recent past, the Bronx River is now clean enough for a type of herring to once again be introduced and to make runs to the ocean.

 

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]]> 239 no Ancient Human DNA Found in Cave Dirt https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-human-dna-found-in-cave-dirt/ Scientists uncovered genetic traces of Neandertals and Denisovans by screening cave dirt for DNA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:42:00 -0000 Ancient Human DNA Found in Cave Dirt full Scientific American Scientists uncovered genetic traces of Neandertals and Denisovans by screening cave dirt for DNA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists uncovered genetic traces of Neandertals and Denisovans by screening cave dirt for DNA. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 188 no Gut Microbes Help Keep Starved Flies Fecund https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gut-microbes-help-keep-starved-flies-fecund/ Microbes living in the guts of fruit flies appear to influence the flies' food choice—and promote egg production, even under a nutrient-poor diet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:45:00 -0000 Gut Microbes Help Keep Starved Flies Fecund full Scientific American Microbes living in the guts of fruit flies appear to influence the flies' food choice—and promote egg production, even under a nutrient-poor diet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Microbes living in the guts of fruit flies appear to influence the flies' food choice—and promote egg production, even under a nutrient-poor diet. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Selective Breeding Molds Foxes into Pets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/selective-breeding-molds-foxes-into-pets/ Evolutionary biologist Lee Dugatkin talks about the six-decade Siberian experiment with foxes that has revealed details about domestication in general.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:54:00 -0000 Selective Breeding Molds Foxes into Pets full Scientific American Evolutionary biologist Lee Dugatkin talks about the six-decade Siberian experiment with foxes that has revealed details about domestication in general.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Evolutionary biologist Lee Dugatkin talks about the six-decade Siberian experiment with foxes that has revealed details about domestication in general.

 

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]]> 203 no Why One Researcher Marched for Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-one-researcher-marched-for-science/ Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineering department at Rutgers University, commented on the March for Science at an April 21 talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:53:00 -0000 Why One Researcher Marched for Science full Scientific American Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineering department at Rutgers University, commented on the March for Science at an April 21 talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineering department at Rutgers University, commented on the March for Science at an April 21 talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx.

 

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]]> 204 no Healthy Behavior Can Spread Like Illness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/healthy-behavior-can-spread-like-illness/ If people run more in New York City, that can push their socially connected counterparts in San Diego to run more as well. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:40:00 -0000 Healthy Behavior Can Spread Like Illness full Scientific American If people run more in New York City, that can push their socially connected counterparts in San Diego to run more as well. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If people run more in New York City, that can push their socially connected counterparts in San Diego to run more as well. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 220 no Climate 420 Million Years Ago Poised for Comeback https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-420-million-years-ago-poised-for-comeback/ Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:31:00 -0000 Climate 420 Million Years Ago Poised for Comeback full Scientific American Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun. 

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]]> 241 no Traces of Genetic Trauma Can Be Tweaked https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/traces-of-genetic-trauma-can-be-tweaked/ Trauma can be passed down to offspring due to epigenetic changes in DNA. But positive experiences seem able to correct that. Erika Beras reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:11:00 -0000 Traces of Genetic Trauma Can Be Tweaked full Scientific American Trauma can be passed down to offspring due to epigenetic changes in DNA. But positive experiences seem able to correct that. Erika Beras reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Trauma can be passed down to offspring due to epigenetic changes in DNA. But positive experiences seem able to correct that. Erika Beras reports. 

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]]> 232 no Species Split When Mountains Rise https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/species-split-when-mountains-rise/ Plant species in China's Hengduan Mountains exploded in diversity eight million years ago—right when the mountains were built. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:10:00 -0000 Species Split When Mountains Rise full Scientific American Plant species in China's Hengduan Mountains exploded in diversity eight million years ago—right when the mountains were built. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Plant species in China's Hengduan Mountains exploded in diversity eight million years ago—right when the mountains were built. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 187 no Shoelace Study Untangles a Knotty Problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/shoelace-study-untangles-a-knotty-problem/ Researchers have trotted out data that show a combination of whipping and stomping forces is what causes laces to unravel without warning. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:48:00 -0000 Shoelace Study Untangles a Knotty Problem full Scientific American Researchers have trotted out data that show a combination of whipping and stomping forces is what causes laces to unravel without warning. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have trotted out data that show a combination of whipping and stomping forces is what causes laces to unravel without warning. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 213 no World Parkinson's Day Puts Spotlight on Condition https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/world-parkinsons-day-puts-spotlight-on-condition/ Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research CEO Todd Sherer, a neuroscientist, talks about the state of Parkinson's disease and research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:28:00 -0000 World Parkinson's Day Puts Spotlight on Condition full Scientific American Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research CEO Todd Sherer, a neuroscientist, talks about the state of Parkinson's disease and research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research CEO Todd Sherer, a neuroscientist, talks about the state of Parkinson's disease and research.

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]]> 244 no Cave Dwellers Battled Bed Bug Bites, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cave-dwellers-battled-bed-bug-bites-too/ Researchers have found the earliest evidence of bugs in the Cimex genus co-habitating with humans, in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:40:00 -0000 Cave Dwellers Battled Bed Bug Bites, Too full Scientific American Researchers have found the earliest evidence of bugs in the Cimex genus co-habitating with humans, in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have found the earliest evidence of bugs in the Cimex genus co-habitating with humans, in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 178 no Extreme Storms Are Extreme Eroders https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/extreme-storms-are-extreme-eroders/ The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:40:00 -0000 Extreme Storms Are Extreme Eroders full Scientific American The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Julia Rosen reports. 

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]]> 232 no Spiders Gobble Gargantuan Numbers of Tiny Prey https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/spiders-gobble-gargantuan-numbers-of-tiny-prey/ The low-end estimate for how much the world's spiders eat is some 400 million tons of mostly insects and springtails.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:35:00 -0000 Spiders Gobble Gargantuan Numbers of Tiny Prey full Scientific American The low-end estimate for how much the world's spiders eat is some 400 million tons of mostly insects and springtails.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The low-end estimate for how much the world's spiders eat is some 400 million tons of mostly insects and springtails.

 

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]]> 214 no Your Cat Thinks You're Cool https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/your-cat-thinks-youre-cool/ A study of house cats and shelter cats found that the felines actually tended to choose human company over treats or toys.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:23:00 -0000 Your Cat Thinks You're Cool full Scientific American A study of house cats and shelter cats found that the felines actually tended to choose human company over treats or toys.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of house cats and shelter cats found that the felines actually tended to choose human company over treats or toys.

 

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]]> 226 no Exoplanets Make Life Conversation Livelier https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/exoplanets-make-life-conversation-livelier/ Astronomer Caleb Scharf weighs what ever more exoplanets mean in the search for extraterrestrial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 25 Mar 2017 07:30:00 -0000 Exoplanets Make Life Conversation Livelier full Scientific American Astronomer Caleb Scharf weighs what ever more exoplanets mean in the search for extraterrestrial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronomer Caleb Scharf weighs what ever more exoplanets mean in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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]]> 213 no Bring Bronx Zoo to Your Living Room https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bring-bronx-zoo-to-your-living-room/ Animal Planet's series The Zoo shows viewers the biological, veterinary and conservation science at a modern zoo.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:18:00 -0000 Bring Bronx Zoo to Your Living Room full Scientific American Animal Planet's series The Zoo shows viewers the biological, veterinary and conservation science at a modern zoo.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Animal Planet's series The Zoo shows viewers the biological, veterinary and conservation science at a modern zoo.

 

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]]> 178 no UV Rays Strip Small Galaxies of Star Stuff https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/uv-rays-strip-small-galaxies-of-star-stuff/ Researchers measured the intensity of the universe's ultraviolet background radiation, and say it may be strong enough to strip small galaxies of star-forming gas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Mar 2017 23:27:00 -0000 UV Rays Strip Small Galaxies of Star Stuff full Scientific American Researchers measured the intensity of the universe's ultraviolet background radiation, and say it may be strong enough to strip small galaxies of star-forming gas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers measured the intensity of the universe's ultraviolet background radiation, and say it may be strong enough to strip small galaxies of star-forming gas. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 213 no Aggressed-Upon Monkeys Take Revenge on Aggressor's Cronies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/aggressed-upon-monkeys-take-revenge-on-aggressors-cronies/ Japanese macaques at the receiving end of aggression tend to then take it out on a close associate or family member of the original aggressor.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:42:00 -0000 Aggressed-Upon Monkeys Take Revenge on Aggressor's Cronies full Scientific American Japanese macaques at the receiving end of aggression tend to then take it out on a close associate or family member of the original aggressor.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Japanese macaques at the receiving end of aggression tend to then take it out on a close associate or family member of the original aggressor.

 

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]]> 212 no Chaotic Orbits Could Cause Catastrophic Collision https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chaotic-orbits-could-cause-catastrophic-collision/ Researchers used ancient climate cycles to confirm the solar system’s chaotic planetary orbits. An Earth–Mars collision is one distant outcome. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:53:00 -0000 Chaotic Orbits Could Cause Catastrophic Collision full Scientific American Researchers used ancient climate cycles to confirm the solar system’s chaotic planetary orbits. An Earth–Mars collision is one distant outcome. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers used ancient climate cycles to confirm the solar system’s chaotic planetary orbits. An Earth–Mars collision is one distant outcome. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 239 no Pulling the String on Yo-Yo Weight Gain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pulling-the-string-on-yo-yo-weight-gain/ Mice that lost weight and then gained back more than they lost maintained an obesity-type microbiome that affected biochemicals involved in either burning or adding fat--suggesting interventions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:23:00 -0000 Pulling the String on Yo-Yo Weight Gain full Scientific American Mice that lost weight and then gained back more than they lost maintained an obesity-type microbiome that affected biochemicals involved in either burning or adding fat--suggesting interventions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice that lost weight and then gained back more than they lost maintained an obesity-type microbiome that affected biochemicals involved in either burning or adding fat--suggesting interventions.

 

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]]> 232 no Poverty Shaves Years off Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/poverty-shaves-years-off-life/ A meta-analysis found that being of low socioeconomic status was associated with almost as many years of lost life as was a sedentary lifestyle.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:35:00 -0000 Poverty Shaves Years off Life full Scientific American A meta-analysis found that being of low socioeconomic status was associated with almost as many years of lost life as was a sedentary lifestyle.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A meta-analysis found that being of low socioeconomic status was associated with almost as many years of lost life as was a sedentary lifestyle.

 

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]]> 202 no Pollinators Shape Plants to Their Preference https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pollinators-shape-plants-to-their-preference/ In fewer than a dozen generations bumblebee-pollinated plants were coaxed to develop traits that made them even more pleasing to the bees. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:12:00 -0000 Pollinators Shape Plants to Their Preference full Scientific American In fewer than a dozen generations bumblebee-pollinated plants were coaxed to develop traits that made them even more pleasing to the bees. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In fewer than a dozen generations bumblebee-pollinated plants were coaxed to develop traits that made them even more pleasing to the bees. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 194 no Low Biodiversity Brings Earlier Bloom https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/low-biodiversity-brings-earlier-bloom/ For every two species lost in a grassland, the remaining flowers there bloomed a day earlier—on par with changes due to rising global temperatures. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:03:00 -0000 Low Biodiversity Brings Earlier Bloom full Scientific American For every two species lost in a grassland, the remaining flowers there bloomed a day earlier—on par with changes due to rising global temperatures. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For every two species lost in a grassland, the remaining flowers there bloomed a day earlier—on par with changes due to rising global temperatures. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 173 no Early-Life Microbes Ward Off Asthma https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/early-life-microbes-ward-off-asthma/ Exposure to specific microbes when an infant is less than a year old seems to have a protective effect against the child's eventual acquisition of asthma.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:51:00 -0000 Early-Life Microbes Ward Off Asthma full Scientific American Exposure to specific microbes when an infant is less than a year old seems to have a protective effect against the child's eventual acquisition of asthma.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Exposure to specific microbes when an infant is less than a year old seems to have a protective effect against the child's eventual acquisition of asthma.

 

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]]> 202 no (Probably Not a) Giant Alien Antenna https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/probably-not-a-giant-alien-antenna/ Astrophysicists propose that mysterious "fast radio bursts" could, in very speculative theory, be produced by an antenna twice the size of Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:10:00 -0000 (Probably Not a) Giant Alien Antenna full Scientific American Astrophysicists propose that mysterious "fast radio bursts" could, in very speculative theory, be produced by an antenna twice the size of Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astrophysicists propose that mysterious "fast radio bursts" could, in very speculative theory, be produced by an antenna twice the size of Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 213 no Jupiter Moon to Be Searched for Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jupiter-moon-to-be-searched-for-life/ If anything's alive on the ice-covered ocean world of Europa, a future NASA mission hopes to find it.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:19:00 -0000 Jupiter Moon to Be Searched for Life full Scientific American If anything's alive on the ice-covered ocean world of Europa, a future NASA mission hopes to find it.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If anything's alive on the ice-covered ocean world of Europa, a future NASA mission hopes to find it.

 

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]]> 220 no Teeth Hint at a Friendlier Neandertal https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teeth-hint-at-a-friendlier-neandertal/ By sequencing DNA in Neandertal dental plaque, scientists were able to find out about their diets—and their good relations with modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:01:00 -0000 Teeth Hint at a Friendlier Neandertal full Scientific American By sequencing DNA in Neandertal dental plaque, scientists were able to find out about their diets—and their good relations with modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By sequencing DNA in Neandertal dental plaque, scientists were able to find out about their diets—and their good relations with modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 205 no Forensic Science: Trials with Errors https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/forensic-science-trials-with-errors/ What appears to be accepted science in the courtroom may not be accepted science among scientists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:25:00 -0000 Forensic Science: Trials with Errors full Scientific American What appears to be accepted science in the courtroom may not be accepted science among scientists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What appears to be accepted science in the courtroom may not be accepted science among scientists.

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]]> 230 no How to Find Loooong Gravitational Waves https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-find-loooong-gravitational-waves/ The gravitational waves found last year were short compared with the monster waves that could be turned up by what's called Pulsar Timing Arrays.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Mar 2017 22:18:00 -0000 How to Find Loooong Gravitational Waves full Scientific American The gravitational waves found last year were short compared with the monster waves that could be turned up by what's called Pulsar Timing Arrays.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The gravitational waves found last year were short compared with the monster waves that could be turned up by what's called Pulsar Timing Arrays.

 

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]]> 227 no Biggest Rivers Are Overhead https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/biggest-rivers-are-overhead/ Atmospheric rivers can carry the same amount of water vapor as 15 to 20 Mississippi Rivers—and deliver punishing winds, too. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Mar 2017 10:57:00 -0000 Biggest Rivers Are Overhead full Scientific American Atmospheric rivers can carry the same amount of water vapor as 15 to 20 Mississippi Rivers—and deliver punishing winds, too. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Atmospheric rivers can carry the same amount of water vapor as 15 to 20 Mississippi Rivers—and deliver punishing winds, too. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 178 no Last Woollies Had Mammoth Mutations https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/last-woollies-had-mammoth-mutations/ The final holdout woolly mammoths had large numbers of harmful mutations—which would have given them satiny coats and a weakened sense of smell. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:05:00 -0000 Last Woollies Had Mammoth Mutations full Scientific American The final holdout woolly mammoths had large numbers of harmful mutations—which would have given them satiny coats and a weakened sense of smell. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The final holdout woolly mammoths had large numbers of harmful mutations—which would have given them satiny coats and a weakened sense of smell. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 243 no African Penguins Pulled into an Ecological Trap https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/african-penguins-pulled-into-an-ecological-trap/ Climate change and overfishing have made the penguins’ feeding grounds a mirage—which has led to a drop in penguin population. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:55:00 -0000 African Penguins Pulled into an Ecological Trap full Scientific American Climate change and overfishing have made the penguins’ feeding grounds a mirage—which has led to a drop in penguin population. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Climate change and overfishing have made the penguins’ feeding grounds a mirage—which has led to a drop in penguin population. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 230 no Neandertals Live On in Our Genomes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/60-second-science/neandertals-live-on-in-our-genomes/ Researchers found that Neandertal gene variants still affect the way genes are turned off and on in modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:46:00 -0000 Neandertals Live On in Our Genomes full Scientific American Researchers found that Neandertal gene variants still affect the way genes are turned off and on in modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found that Neandertal gene variants still affect the way genes are turned off and on in modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 205 no Medical Marijuana Faces Fed's Catch-22 https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/medical-marijuana-faces-feds-catch-22/ Doing large studies of marijuana's potential as medicine means getting it removed from an official federal list of substances with no official medical use—which requires more proof of its potential as medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:35:00 -0000 Medical Marijuana Faces Fed's Catch-22 full Scientific American Doing large studies of marijuana's potential as medicine means getting it removed from an official federal list of substances with no official medical use—which requires more proof of its potential as medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Doing large studies of marijuana's potential as medicine means getting it removed from an official federal list of substances with no official medical use—which requires more proof of its potential as medicine.

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]]> 216 no Blood Cells Remember Your Mountain Vacation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/blood-cells-remember-your-mountain-vacation/ Red blood cells retain a memory of high-altitude exposure, allowing for faster acclimation next time. But that memory fades within four months. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:49:00 -0000 Blood Cells Remember Your Mountain Vacation full Scientific American Red blood cells retain a memory of high-altitude exposure, allowing for faster acclimation next time. But that memory fades within four months. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Red blood cells retain a memory of high-altitude exposure, allowing for faster acclimation next time. But that memory fades within four months. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 170 no Fermented Foods Find Fervent Advocate https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fermented-foods-find-fervent-advocate/ Properly fermented foods deliver probiotics that could help cut disease risk, said a researcher at the annual meeting of the AAAS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:43:00 -0000 Fermented Foods Find Fervent Advocate full Scientific American Properly fermented foods deliver probiotics that could help cut disease risk, said a researcher at the annual meeting of the AAAS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Properly fermented foods deliver probiotics that could help cut disease risk, said a researcher at the annual meeting of the AAAS.

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]]> 183 no Vision Needed to Curb Nearsightedness Epidemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/vision-needed-to-curb-nearsightedness-epidemic/ In urban Asian areas myopia among teenagers is topping 90 percent—but foresight may be able to bring those numbers way down.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:38:00 -0000 Vision Needed to Curb Nearsightedness Epidemic full Scientific American In urban Asian areas myopia among teenagers is topping 90 percent—but foresight may be able to bring those numbers way down.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In urban Asian areas myopia among teenagers is topping 90 percent—but foresight may be able to bring those numbers way down.

 

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]]> 208 no Guppy Groups Provide Friendly Protection against Foes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/guppy-groups-provide-friendly-protection-against-foes/ Guppies exposed to predators tend to aggregate into smaller, more tightly knit groups, which may allow them to coordinate their predator avoidance strategies. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:11:00 -0000 Guppy Groups Provide Friendly Protection against Foes full Scientific American Guppies exposed to predators tend to aggregate into smaller, more tightly knit groups, which may allow them to coordinate their predator avoidance strategies. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Guppies exposed to predators tend to aggregate into smaller, more tightly knit groups, which may allow them to coordinate their predator avoidance strategies. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 238 no Spaceflight Squishes Spacefarers' Brains https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/spaceflight-squishes-spacefarers-brains/ Astronauts’ gray matter is compressed by time in space—except in an area that controls feeling and movement in the legs. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:27:00 -0000 Spaceflight Squishes Spacefarers' Brains full Scientific American Astronauts’ gray matter is compressed by time in space—except in an area that controls feeling and movement in the legs. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronauts’ gray matter is compressed by time in space—except in an area that controls feeling and movement in the legs. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 171 no 2 Words Trigger CDC to Stay Quiet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2-words-trigger-cdc-to-stay-quiet/ Researchers and administrators at the CDC dare not utter the words guns or firearms for fear of budget cuts from Congress, according to health policy researcher David Hemenway.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:05:00 -0000 2 Words Trigger CDC to Stay Quiet full Scientific American Researchers and administrators at the CDC dare not utter the words guns or firearms for fear of budget cuts from Congress, according to health policy researcher David Hemenway.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers and administrators at the CDC dare not utter the words guns or firearms for fear of budget cuts from Congress, according to health policy researcher David Hemenway.

 

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]]> 176 no The True "Bottom" of the Food Chain Is Plenty Polluted https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-true-bottom-of-the-food-chain-is-plenty-polluted/ Critters living more than six miles below the ocean surface contain high levels of harmful compounds like PCBs and flame retardants. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:33:00 -0000 The True "Bottom" of the Food Chain Is Plenty Polluted full Scientific American Critters living more than six miles below the ocean surface contain high levels of harmful compounds like PCBs and flame retardants. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Critters living more than six miles below the ocean surface contain high levels of harmful compounds like PCBs and flame retardants. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 219 no Heat Sensor Has Snaky Sensitivity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heat-sensor-has-snaky-sensitivity/ Researchers have developed a heat sensor that can detect temperature changes of just ten thousandths of a degree Celsius—comparable with the sensitivity of pit vipers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:23:00 -0000 Heat Sensor Has Snaky Sensitivity full Scientific American Researchers have developed a heat sensor that can detect temperature changes of just ten thousandths of a degree Celsius—comparable with the sensitivity of pit vipers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have developed a heat sensor that can detect temperature changes of just ten thousandths of a degree Celsius—comparable with the sensitivity of pit vipers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 218 no Housing Boom Busts Birds' Valentine's Day https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/housing-boom-busts-birds-valentines-day/ A Pacific Northwest housing boom is encroaching on songbird habitat, forcing the birds to flee their homes—and their mates.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:33:00 -0000 Housing Boom Busts Birds' Valentine's Day full Scientific American A Pacific Northwest housing boom is encroaching on songbird habitat, forcing the birds to flee their homes—and their mates.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A Pacific Northwest housing boom is encroaching on songbird habitat, forcing the birds to flee their homes—and their mates. 

 

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]]> 198 no Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cool-coating-chills-in-sunlight/ A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:52:00 -0000 Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight full Scientific American A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Partnered-Up Men More Attractive to Women https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/partnered-up-men-more-attractive-to-women/ Women rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:32:00 -0000 Partnered-Up Men More Attractive to Women full Scientific American Women rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Women rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. Erika Beras reports.

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]]> 168 no Gulf Dead Zone Makes for Shrimpier Shrimp https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gulf-dead-zone-makes-for-shrimpier-shrimp/ The low-oxygen waters of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico result in smaller shrimp, and a spike in large shrimp prices. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:19:00 -0000 Gulf Dead Zone Makes for Shrimpier Shrimp full Scientific American The low-oxygen waters of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico result in smaller shrimp, and a spike in large shrimp prices. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The low-oxygen waters of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico result in smaller shrimp, and a spike in large shrimp prices. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 204 no Frog Spit Behaves Like Bug-Catching Ketchup https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/frog-spit-behaves-like-bug-catching-ketchup/ The amphibians' saliva is what's known as a "shear-thinning fluid," like ketchup—sometimes thick, sometimes thin and flowing. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:58:00 -0000 Frog Spit Behaves Like Bug-Catching Ketchup full Scientific American The amphibians' saliva is what's known as a "shear-thinning fluid," like ketchup—sometimes thick, sometimes thin and flowing. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The amphibians' saliva is what's known as a "shear-thinning fluid," like ketchup—sometimes thick, sometimes thin and flowing. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 210 no Super Bowl Snacks Need These Exercise Equivalents https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/super-bowl-snacks-need-these-exercise-equivalents/ Charles Platkin, director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, published tips on what it would take to burn off the calories we typically consume during the Super Bowl   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:14:00 -0000 Super Bowl Snacks Need These Exercise Equivalents full Scientific American Charles Platkin, director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, published tips on what it would take to burn off the calories we typically consume during the Super Bowl   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Charles Platkin, director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, published tips on what it would take to burn off the calories we typically consume during the Super Bowl

 

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]]> 207 no The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-arctics-anti-snowball-snowball-effect/ Arctic heat waves melt sea ice, which promotes more warming and even more ice loss. In other words, it’s a snowball effect—or in this case, an anti-snowball effect. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:34:00 -0000 The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect full Scientific American Arctic heat waves melt sea ice, which promotes more warming and even more ice loss. In other words, it’s a snowball effect—or in this case, an anti-snowball effect. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Arctic heat waves melt sea ice, which promotes more warming and even more ice loss. In other words, it’s a snowball effect—or in this case, an anti-snowball effect. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 222 no Widening the Suez Canal Ushers In Underwater Invaders https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/widening-the-suez-canal-ushers-in-underwater-invaders/ Nomadic jellyfish and poisonous puffer fish are the poster children of an invasion of non-native species into the Mediterranean, with environmental and economic costs. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:40:00 -0000 Widening the Suez Canal Ushers In Underwater Invaders full Scientific American Nomadic jellyfish and poisonous puffer fish are the poster children of an invasion of non-native species into the Mediterranean, with environmental and economic costs. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nomadic jellyfish and poisonous puffer fish are the poster children of an invasion of non-native species into the Mediterranean, with environmental and economic costs. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Hawaiian Crows Ready for the Call of the Wild https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hawaiian-crows-ready-for-the-call-of-the-wild/ The critically endangered birds have done well in captive breeding, meaning they may be ready once more for wild living, and the repertoire of calls associated with it. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:23:00 -0000 Hawaiian Crows Ready for the Call of the Wild full Scientific American The critically endangered birds have done well in captive breeding, meaning they may be ready once more for wild living, and the repertoire of calls associated with it. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The critically endangered birds have done well in captive breeding, meaning they may be ready once more for wild living, and the repertoire of calls associated with it. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 270 no A Humble Fish with a Colorful Edge https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-humble-fish-with-a-colorful-edge/ The cichlid, a small fish, has one of the most incredible visual systems known—which allows it to adapt to differently colored environments. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:17:00 -0000 A Humble Fish with a Colorful Edge full Scientific American The cichlid, a small fish, has one of the most incredible visual systems known—which allows it to adapt to differently colored environments. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The cichlid, a small fish, has one of the most incredible visual systems known—which allows it to adapt to differently colored environments. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 246 no LSD's Long, Strange Trip Explained https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lsds-long-strange-trip-explained/ When LSD binds to serotonin receptors, it pulls a "lid" closed behind it, locking it in place for hours, and explaining its long-lasting effects. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:01:00 -0000 LSD's Long, Strange Trip Explained full Scientific American When LSD binds to serotonin receptors, it pulls a "lid" closed behind it, locking it in place for hours, and explaining its long-lasting effects. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When LSD binds to serotonin receptors, it pulls a "lid" closed behind it, locking it in place for hours, and explaining its long-lasting effects. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 194 no Umbrellas Plus Sunscreen Best Bet to Beat Burns https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/umbrellas-plus-sunscreen-best-bet-to-beat-burns/ Sunscreen or beach umbrellas alone were unable to completely prevent sunburns—so researchers suggest combining the methods instead. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:40:00 -0000 Umbrellas Plus Sunscreen Best Bet to Beat Burns full Scientific American Sunscreen or beach umbrellas alone were unable to completely prevent sunburns—so researchers suggest combining the methods instead. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sunscreen or beach umbrellas alone were unable to completely prevent sunburns—so researchers suggest combining the methods instead. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 185 no Ants Use Celestial Cues to Travel in Reverse https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ants-use-celestial-cues-to-travel-in-reverse/ The six-legged savants appear to use celestial cues and three forms of memory, as they blaze a trail back to the nest. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:00:00 -0000 Ants Use Celestial Cues to Travel in Reverse full Scientific American The six-legged savants appear to use celestial cues and three forms of memory, as they blaze a trail back to the nest. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The six-legged savants appear to use celestial cues and three forms of memory, as they blaze a trail back to the nest. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 236 no High-Sugar Diet Makes Flies Drop Like...Flies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/high-sugar-diet-makes-flies-drop-like-flies/ A study examines the effects of a high-sugar diet on the life spans of fruit flies. Another studies how the flies’ appetite-suppressing pathways may be similar to ours. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:45:00 -0000 High-Sugar Diet Makes Flies Drop Like...Flies full Scientific American A study examines the effects of a high-sugar diet on the life spans of fruit flies. Another studies how the flies’ appetite-suppressing pathways may be similar to ours. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study examines the effects of a high-sugar diet on the life spans of fruit flies. Another studies how the flies’ appetite-suppressing pathways may be similar to ours. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 228 no Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pesticide-additive-could-be-one-culprit-in-bee-deaths/ A common pesticide additive, known as an "inert" ingredient, could be one of the causes of the die-offs beekeepers have observed in their hives. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:02:00 -0000 Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths full Scientific American A common pesticide additive, known as an "inert" ingredient, could be one of the causes of the die-offs beekeepers have observed in their hives. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A common pesticide additive, known as an "inert" ingredient, could be one of the causes of the die-offs beekeepers have observed in their hives. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 193 no Knot Not Easy to Knot https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/knot-not-easy-to-knot/ Chemists have synthesized the most complex molecular knot ever, using a strand just 192 atoms long. The advance could lead to new tougher materials. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:01:00 -0000 Knot Not Easy to Knot full Scientific American Chemists have synthesized the most complex molecular knot ever, using a strand just 192 atoms long. The advance could lead to new tougher materials. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chemists have synthesized the most complex molecular knot ever, using a strand just 192 atoms long. The advance could lead to new tougher materials. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Bat Chatter Is More Than a Cry in the Dark https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bat-chatter-is-more-than-a-cry-in-the-dark/ Using algorithms developed for human speech recognition, researchers decoded which bats in an experimental colony were arguing with each other, and what they were arguing about. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 14 Jan 2017 12:00:00 -0000 Bat Chatter Is More Than a Cry in the Dark full Scientific American Using algorithms developed for human speech recognition, researchers decoded which bats in an experimental colony were arguing with each other, and what they were arguing about. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using algorithms developed for human speech recognition, researchers decoded which bats in an experimental colony were arguing with each other, and what they were arguing about. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 217 no Bird Feeders Attract Bird Eaters, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bird-feeders-attract-bird-eaters-too/ Some predators are attracted to the food in bird feeders, and end up targeting nestlings, too. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:00:00 -0000 Bird Feeders Attract Bird Eaters, Too full Scientific American Some predators are attracted to the food in bird feeders, and end up targeting nestlings, too. Jason G. Goldman reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some predators are attracted to the food in bird feeders, and end up targeting nestlings, too. Jason G. Goldman reports. 

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]]> 248 no Adult Daughter Orcas May Trigger Moms' Menopause https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/adult-daughter-orcas-may-trigger-moms-menopause/ Competition between older female orcas and their adult daughters when they can breed simultaneously may cause the matriarch to enter menopause.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:18:00 -0000 Adult Daughter Orcas May Trigger Moms' Menopause full Scientific American Competition between older female orcas and their adult daughters when they can breed simultaneously may cause the matriarch to enter menopause.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Competition between older female orcas and their adult daughters when they can breed simultaneously may cause the matriarch to enter menopause.

 

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]]> 182 no Climate Cycles Could Have Carved Canyons on Mars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-cycles-could-have-carved-canyons-on-mars/ Researchers think Mars may have experienced a series of climate cycles, which etched the planet’s surface with river valleys and lake basins. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Jan 2017 23:35:00 -0000 Climate Cycles Could Have Carved Canyons on Mars full Scientific American Researchers think Mars may have experienced a series of climate cycles, which etched the planet’s surface with river valleys and lake basins. Julia Rosen reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers think Mars may have experienced a series of climate cycles, which etched the planet’s surface with river valleys and lake basins. Julia Rosen reports. 

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]]> 215 no Hair Cells Could Heal Skin Sans Scars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hair-cells-could-heal-skin-sans-scars/ Hair follicles appear to be key in reprogramming other cells in the wound, restoring the original skin architecture, instead of simply scarring. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:43:00 -0000 Hair Cells Could Heal Skin Sans Scars full Scientific American Hair follicles appear to be key in reprogramming other cells in the wound, restoring the original skin architecture, instead of simply scarring. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hair follicles appear to be key in reprogramming other cells in the wound, restoring the original skin architecture, instead of simply scarring. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 211 no Concrete Defects Could Become Strengths https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/concrete-defects-could-become-strengths/ By optimizing the imperfections in concrete, manufacturers could make the material tougher and stronger—allowing builders to use less of it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:45:00 -0000 Concrete Defects Could Become Strengths full Scientific American By optimizing the imperfections in concrete, manufacturers could make the material tougher and stronger—allowing builders to use less of it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By optimizing the imperfections in concrete, manufacturers could make the material tougher and stronger—allowing builders to use less of it. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 187 no Zika Linked to a Variety of Birth Defects https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/zika-linked-to-a-variety-of-birth-defects/ Zika virus infection during pregnancy appears to cause a range of birth defects, such as joint, eye and ear abnormalities, in addition to microcephaly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Jan 2017 20:27:00 -0000 Zika Linked to a Variety of Birth Defects full Scientific American Zika virus infection during pregnancy appears to cause a range of birth defects, such as joint, eye and ear abnormalities, in addition to microcephaly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Zika virus infection during pregnancy appears to cause a range of birth defects, such as joint, eye and ear abnormalities, in addition to microcephaly. 

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]]> 189 no When Dining for Trillions, Eat Wisely https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/when-dining-for-trillions-eat-wisely/ What you ate in the past can shape the diversity of your gut flora, and affect how well your gut microbes respond to new foods. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:20:00 -0000 When Dining for Trillions, Eat Wisely full Scientific American What you ate in the past can shape the diversity of your gut flora, and affect how well your gut microbes respond to new foods. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What you ate in the past can shape the diversity of your gut flora, and affect how well your gut microbes respond to new foods. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no Weakest Piglets May Sneak Help from Strongest Siblings https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/weakest-piglets-may-sneak-help-from-strongest-siblings/ 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 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 19:35:00 -0000 Weakest Piglets May Sneak Help from Strongest Siblings full Scientific American 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 If a weak piglet positions itself next to a strong sibling while feeding, it may get some extra nutrition from inadvertently stimulated mammary glands.  

 

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]]> 250 no Isolated Low Temps May Reassure Climate Skeptics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/isolated-low-temps-may-reassure-climate-skeptics/ Areas of the country that have experienced record low temperatures since 2005 happen to be home to many global warming deniers. And researchers theorize there may be a connection. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Dec 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Isolated Low Temps May Reassure Climate Skeptics full Scientific American Areas of the country that have experienced record low temperatures since 2005 happen to be home to many global warming deniers. And researchers theorize there may be a connection. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Areas of the country that have experienced record low temperatures since 2005 happen to be home to many global warming deniers. And researchers theorize there may be a connection. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 212 no Bats Learn to Take White-Nose Punch https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bats-learn-to-take-white-nose-punch/ In areas where the white-nose syndrome fungus has been around for awhile, little brown bats seem to have found a way to limit the disease damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:55:00 -0000 Bats Learn to Take White-Nose Punch full Scientific American In areas where the white-nose syndrome fungus has been around for awhile, little brown bats seem to have found a way to limit the disease damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In areas where the white-nose syndrome fungus has been around for awhile, little brown bats seem to have found a way to limit the disease damage.

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]]> 248 no "Necrobiome" Reveals a Corpse's Time of Death https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/necrobiome-reveals-a-corpses-time-of-death/ The microbial ecosystems inhabiting corpses could help forensic scientists determine a person’s time of death, even after almost two months. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:52:00 -0000 "Necrobiome" Reveals a Corpse's Time of Death full Scientific American The microbial ecosystems inhabiting corpses could help forensic scientists determine a person’s time of death, even after almost two months. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The microbial ecosystems inhabiting corpses could help forensic scientists determine a person’s time of death, even after almost two months. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 196 no Pregnancy Primes the Brain for Motherhood https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pregnancy-primes-the-brain-for-motherhood/ 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 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:21:00 -0000 Pregnancy Primes the Brain for Motherhood full Scientific American 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 Areas of the brain related to social cognition shrink in first-time mothers—a structural change that could boost maternal attachment. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 203 no Small Fraction of Pilots Suffer Suicidal Thoughts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/small-fraction-of-pilots-suffer-suicidal-thoughts/ In an anonymous online survey, about 4 percent of surveyed pilots admitted to having suicidal thoughts within the last few weeks. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:50:00 -0000 Small Fraction of Pilots Suffer Suicidal Thoughts full Scientific American In an anonymous online survey, about 4 percent of surveyed pilots admitted to having suicidal thoughts within the last few weeks. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In an anonymous online survey, about 4 percent of surveyed pilots admitted to having suicidal thoughts within the last few weeks. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 184 no Migrating Birds Prefer Lakefront Property https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/migrating-birds-prefer-lakefront-property/ Night-flying migratory birds over water turn back to lakeshores at daybreak—meaning crowded shores along the water. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:00:00 -0000 Migrating Birds Prefer Lakefront Property full Scientific American Night-flying migratory birds over water turn back to lakeshores at daybreak—meaning crowded shores along the water. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Night-flying migratory birds over water turn back to lakeshores at daybreak—meaning crowded shores along the water. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 178 no Breast-Feeding Benefits Babies with Genetic Asthma Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/breast-feeding-benefits-babies-with-genetic-asthma-risk/ 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 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:24:00 -0000 Breast-Feeding Benefits Babies with Genetic Asthma Risk full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 158 no Self-Driving Cars Probably Won't Boost Commuter Productivity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/self-driving-cars-probably-wont-boost-commuter-productivity/ Sixty-two percent of survey respondents said self-driving cars would not make them more productive. Another 36 percent said they’d be too concerned to do anything but watch the road. Erika Beras reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:35:00 -0000 Self-Driving Cars Probably Won't Boost Commuter Productivity full Scientific American Sixty-two percent of survey respondents said self-driving cars would not make them more productive. Another 36 percent said they’d be too concerned to do anything but watch the road. Erika Beras reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sixty-two percent of survey respondents said self-driving cars would not make them more productive. Another 36 percent said they’d be too concerned to do anything but watch the road. Erika Beras reports. 

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]]> 168 no New Insecticide Makes Mosquitoes Pop https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-insecticide-makes-mosquitoes-pop/ The substance prevents mosquitoes taking a blood meal from producing waste—causing them to swell up, and sometimes even explode. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:15:00 -0000 New Insecticide Makes Mosquitoes Pop full Scientific American The substance prevents mosquitoes taking a blood meal from producing waste—causing them to swell up, and sometimes even explode. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The substance prevents mosquitoes taking a blood meal from producing waste—causing them to swell up, and sometimes even explode. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 196 no Commuting Patterns Help Forecast Flu Outbreaks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/commuting-patterns-help-forecast-flu-outbreaks/ 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 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:15:00 -0000 Commuting Patterns Help Forecast Flu Outbreaks full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 193 no Stopping Splashes with Smarter Surfaces https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stopping-splashes-with-smarter-surfaces/ 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 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:01:00 -0000 Stopping Splashes with Smarter Surfaces full Scientific American 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 Understanding the physics of how a liquid splashes when it hits a surface is allowing researchers to design new surfaces that limit splashing

 

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]]> 221 no Dogs Teach Bomb-Sniffing Machines New Tricks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dogs-teach-bomb-sniffing-machines-new-tricks/ A dog’s sniff pulls a plume of fresh scents toward them, which fluid dynamicists say is a technique that could make for better bomb detectors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Dogs Teach Bomb-Sniffing Machines New Tricks full Scientific American A dog’s sniff pulls a plume of fresh scents toward them, which fluid dynamicists say is a technique that could make for better bomb detectors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A dog’s sniff pulls a plume of fresh scents toward them, which fluid dynamicists say is a technique that could make for better bomb detectors. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 223 no "Power Poses" Don't Stand Up https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/power-poses-dont-stand-up/ A 2010 study claimed that striking certain poses could alter hormone levels and risk-taking behavior. But subsequent studies can’t replicate that finding. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:30:00 -0000 "Power Poses" Don't Stand Up full Scientific American A 2010 study claimed that striking certain poses could alter hormone levels and risk-taking behavior. But subsequent studies can’t replicate that finding. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A 2010 study claimed that striking certain poses could alter hormone levels and risk-taking behavior. But subsequent studies can’t replicate that finding. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 217 no Toll-Free Number Stems Human–Wildlife Conflicts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/toll-free-number-stems-human-wildlife-conflicts/ India's Project Wild Seve allows people who have suffered crop or livestock loss from wild animals to streamline the compensation process, thus helping both farmers and wildlife.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:58:00 -0000 Toll-Free Number Stems Human–Wildlife Conflicts full Scientific American India's Project Wild Seve allows people who have suffered crop or livestock loss from wild animals to streamline the compensation process, thus helping both farmers and wildlife.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices India's Project Wild Seve allows people who have suffered crop or livestock loss from wild animals to streamline the compensation process, thus helping both farmers and wildlife.

 

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]]> 251 no We Now Live in the Unnatural World https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/we-now-live-in-the-unnatural-world/ David Biello's new book is The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:44:00 -0000 We Now Live in the Unnatural World full Scientific American David Biello's new book is The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices David Biello's new book is The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age.

 

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]]> 193 no High-Fiber Diet Keeps Intestinal Walls Intact https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/high-fiber-diet-keeps-intestinal-walls-intact/ A low-fiber diet causes fiber-eating microbes to dwindle, opening up real estate for mucus munchers that make the intestine more vulnerable to infection. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:30:00 -0000 High-Fiber Diet Keeps Intestinal Walls Intact full Scientific American A low-fiber diet causes fiber-eating microbes to dwindle, opening up real estate for mucus munchers that make the intestine more vulnerable to infection. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A low-fiber diet causes fiber-eating microbes to dwindle, opening up real estate for mucus munchers that make the intestine more vulnerable to infection. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 205 no Forest Die-Offs Alter Global Climate "Like El Nino" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/forest-die-offs-alter-global-climate-like-el-nino/ The loss of forests worldwide appears to interact synergistically to produce unpredictable effects on the global climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:51:00 -0000 Forest Die-Offs Alter Global Climate "Like El Nino" full Scientific American The loss of forests worldwide appears to interact synergistically to produce unpredictable effects on the global climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The loss of forests worldwide appears to interact synergistically to produce unpredictable effects on the global climate. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 203 no DNA Samples Find a Lot of Fish in the Sea https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dna-samples-find-a-lot-of-fish-in-the-sea/ The DNA in seawater can reveal the diversity and abundance of fish species living in ocean waters. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:00:00 -0000 DNA Samples Find a Lot of Fish in the Sea full Scientific American The DNA in seawater can reveal the diversity and abundance of fish species living in ocean waters. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The DNA in seawater can reveal the diversity and abundance of fish species living in ocean waters. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 209 no Police Body Cameras Appear to Moderate Interactions with Civilians https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/police-body-cameras-appear-to-moderate-interactions-with-civilians/ A study of seven jurisdictions found that when cops wear body cameras, complaints against them by civilians fall precipitously.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:43:00 -0000 Police Body Cameras Appear to Moderate Interactions with Civilians full Scientific American A study of seven jurisdictions found that when cops wear body cameras, complaints against them by civilians fall precipitously.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study of seven jurisdictions found that when cops wear body cameras, complaints against them by civilians fall precipitously.

 

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]]> 195 no NIH Director Looks at Presidential Transition https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nih-director-looks-at-presidential-transition/ National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins talks about the future of the NIH in light of the election.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:20:00 -0000 NIH Director Looks at Presidential Transition full Scientific American National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins talks about the future of the NIH in light of the election.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins talks about the future of the NIH in light of the election.

 

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]]> 244 no Ebola Virus Grew More Infectious in the Latest Epidemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ebola-virus-grew-more-infectious-in-the-latest-epidemic/ A strain that emerged during the latest epidemic is able to enter human cells more easily—which means it’s more infectious, too. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:39:00 -0000 Ebola Virus Grew More Infectious in the Latest Epidemic full Scientific American A strain that emerged during the latest epidemic is able to enter human cells more easily—which means it’s more infectious, too. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A strain that emerged during the latest epidemic is able to enter human cells more easily—which means it’s more infectious, too. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 180 no Orangutan Picks Cocktail by Seeing Ingredients https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/orangutan-picks-cocktail-by-seeing-ingredients/ An orangutan matched researchers' predictions about which mixed beverage he would choose based on his relative fondness for the separate ingredients.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:50:00 -0000 Orangutan Picks Cocktail by Seeing Ingredients full Scientific American An orangutan matched researchers' predictions about which mixed beverage he would choose based on his relative fondness for the separate ingredients.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An orangutan matched researchers' predictions about which mixed beverage he would choose based on his relative fondness for the separate ingredients.

 

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]]> 234 no Small-Brained Birds More Likely to Get Shot https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/small-brained-birds-more-likely-to-get-shot/ Using taxidermy data, biologists determined that gun-killed birds have smaller brains than birds that died in other ways. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:31:00 -0000 Small-Brained Birds More Likely to Get Shot full Scientific American Using taxidermy data, biologists determined that gun-killed birds have smaller brains than birds that died in other ways. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using taxidermy data, biologists determined that gun-killed birds have smaller brains than birds that died in other ways. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 209 no Online Sociality Linked to Lower Death Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/online-sociality-linked-to-lower-death-risk/ Facebook users in California had slightly better health outcomes than nonusers, even after controlling for other factors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 05 Nov 2016 20:08:00 -0000 Online Sociality Linked to Lower Death Risk full Scientific American Facebook users in California had slightly better health outcomes than nonusers, even after controlling for other factors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Facebook users in California had slightly better health outcomes than nonusers, even after controlling for other factors. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 164 no Bookish Mobsters Made Better Bookies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bookish-mobsters-made-better-bookies/ Just as with honest jobs, mobsters with a more advanced education made more money than their less educated counterparts. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 29 Oct 2016 11:33:00 -0000 Bookish Mobsters Made Better Bookies full Scientific American Just as with honest jobs, mobsters with a more advanced education made more money than their less educated counterparts. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Just as with honest jobs, mobsters with a more advanced education made more money than their less educated counterparts. Erika Beras reports.

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]]> 170 no For River Otters, Social Life Is Shaped by the Latrine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-river-otters-social-life-is-shaped-by-the-latrine/ Alaskan river otters can gain valuable information about one another by sniffing around their latrines. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:00:00 -0000 For River Otters, Social Life Is Shaped by the Latrine full Scientific American Alaskan river otters can gain valuable information about one another by sniffing around their latrines. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Alaskan river otters can gain valuable information about one another by sniffing around their latrines. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 248 no Falcons Patrol Fruit Fields for Pesky Invasive Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/falcons-patrol-fruit-fields-for-pesky-invasive-birds/ Birds of prey work where other traditional methods of bird abatement—like scarecrows, pyrotechnics and netting—fail. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:45:00 -0000 Falcons Patrol Fruit Fields for Pesky Invasive Birds full Scientific American Birds of prey work where other traditional methods of bird abatement—like scarecrows, pyrotechnics and netting—fail. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Birds of prey work where other traditional methods of bird abatement—like scarecrows, pyrotechnics and netting—fail. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 222 no Clark Kent's Glasses Aided His Anonymity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/clark-kent-s-glasses-aided-his-anonymity/ Slightly altering one’s appearance—even with glasses—can indeed hinder facial recognition by others. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Clark Kent's Glasses Aided His Anonymity full Scientific American Slightly altering one’s appearance—even with glasses—can indeed hinder facial recognition by others. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Slightly altering one’s appearance—even with glasses—can indeed hinder facial recognition by others. Erika Beras reports.

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]]> 202 no Poor Sleepers Worse at Recognizing Unfamiliar Faces https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/poor-sleepers-worse-at-recognizing-unfamiliar-faces/ 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 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:10:00 -0000 Poor Sleepers Worse at Recognizing Unfamiliar Faces full Scientific American 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 Subjects suffering insomnia got more wrong answers in a face-matching task—but they were paradoxically more confident of their responses. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 198 no Yawns Help the Brain Keep Its Cool https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/yawns-help-the-brain-keep-its-cool/ Theory has it yawning helps cool the brain—and it turns out animals with bigger brains do indeed tend to yawn longer. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Oct 2016 21:15:00 -0000 Yawns Help the Brain Keep Its Cool full Scientific American Theory has it yawning helps cool the brain—and it turns out animals with bigger brains do indeed tend to yawn longer. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Theory has it yawning helps cool the brain—and it turns out animals with bigger brains do indeed tend to yawn longer. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 181 no Polar Bears Can't Just Switch to Terrestrial Food https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/polar-bears-can-t-just-switch-to-terrestrial-food/ 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 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:03:00 -0000 Polar Bears Can't Just Switch to Terrestrial Food full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 253 no Flowers Deceive Flies with Chemical Cocktail https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flowers-deceive-flies-with-chemical-cocktail/ The parachute flower smells like alarm pheromones of a honeybee, to attract tiny flies that feed on bees under attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:49:00 -0000 Flowers Deceive Flies with Chemical Cocktail full Scientific American The parachute flower smells like alarm pheromones of a honeybee, to attract tiny flies that feed on bees under attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The parachute flower smells like alarm pheromones of a honeybee, to attract tiny flies that feed on bees under attack.

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]]> 192 no Feed Microbes Oxygen to Help Clear Spilled Oil https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/feed-microbes-oxygen-to-help-clear-spilled-oil/ A technique called “biosparging” relies on pumping oxygen underground to help naturally occurring microorganisms multiply and consume oil spills.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:56:00 -0000 Feed Microbes Oxygen to Help Clear Spilled Oil full Scientific American A technique called “biosparging” relies on pumping oxygen underground to help naturally occurring microorganisms multiply and consume oil spills.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A technique called “biosparging” relies on pumping oxygen underground to help naturally occurring microorganisms multiply and consume oil spills.  

 

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]]> 184 no Elephant Footprints Become Tiny Critter Havens https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/elephant-footprints-become-tiny-critter-havens/ 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 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:38:00 -0000 Elephant Footprints Become Tiny Critter Havens full Scientific American 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 When rain fills the massive footprints left by elephants, communities of aquatic invertebrates quickly move in

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]]> 235 no Future Wet Suits Otter Be Warmer https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/future-wet-suits-otter-be-warmer/ Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:32:00 -0000 Future Wet Suits Otter Be Warmer full Scientific American Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.

 

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]]> 222 no Gender Influences Recommendations for Science Jobs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gender-influences-recommendations-for-science-jobs/ Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:18:00 -0000 Gender Influences Recommendations for Science Jobs full Scientific American Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 208 no Nobel in Chemistry for Molecular Machines https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-chemistry-for-molecular-machines/ Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Oct 2016 07:50:00 -0000 Nobel in Chemistry for Molecular Machines full Scientific American Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

 

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]]> 211 no Nobel in Physics for Secrets of Exotic Matter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physics-for-secrets-of-exotic-matter/ David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz split the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:40:00 -0000 Nobel in Physics for Secrets of Exotic Matter full Scientific American David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz split the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz split the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

 

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]]> 260 no Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for Autophagy Discoveries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobel-in-physiology-or-medicine-to-yoshinori-ohsumi-for-autophagy-discoveries/ 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 Mon, 03 Oct 2016 06:51:00 -0000 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for Autophagy Discoveries full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 202 no Great Migration Left Genetic Legacy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/great-migration-left-genetic-legacy/ Reseachers have started to examine the genetic traces of the movement of some six million African-Americans from the south to the north and west between 1910 and 1970.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:22:00 -0000 Great Migration Left Genetic Legacy full Scientific American Reseachers have started to examine the genetic traces of the movement of some six million African-Americans from the south to the north and west between 1910 and 1970.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Reseachers have started to examine the genetic traces of the movement of some six million African-Americans from the south to the north and west between 1910 and 1970.

 

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]]> 210 no Arctic Pollinator Faces Uncertain Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/arctic-pollinator-faces-uncertain-future/ A housefly relative appears to be key to the reproductive success of a hardy tundra shrub. But the insect is threatened by the warming climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:25:00 -0000 Arctic Pollinator Faces Uncertain Future full Scientific American A housefly relative appears to be key to the reproductive success of a hardy tundra shrub. But the insect is threatened by the warming climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A housefly relative appears to be key to the reproductive success of a hardy tundra shrub. But the insect is threatened by the warming climate. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 202 no Water Bears' Super Survival Skills Give Up Secrets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/water-bears-super-survival-skills-give-up-secrets/ A protein from microscopic creatures called tardigrades keeps their DNA protected—and could someday shield humans from radiation.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:07:00 -0000 Water Bears' Super Survival Skills Give Up Secrets full Scientific American A protein from microscopic creatures called tardigrades keeps their DNA protected—and could someday shield humans from radiation.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A protein from microscopic creatures called tardigrades keeps their DNA protected—and could someday shield humans from radiation.

 

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]]> 230 no Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-earthquakes-may-be-more-likely-during-new-and-full-moons/ When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned, high tidal stress may increase the chances that an earthquake will grow bigger than it otherwise might have been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:54:00 -0000 Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons full Scientific American When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned, high tidal stress may increase the chances that an earthquake will grow bigger than it otherwise might have been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned, high tidal stress may increase the chances that an earthquake will grow bigger than it otherwise might have been.

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]]> 224 no Clever Ants Have Backup Navigation Systems https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/clever-ants-have-backup-navigation-systems/ An ant walking in the desert can gauge distance by footsteps and the sun's position, but an ant being carried can estimate distance by visual information perceived as it passed by.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:04:00 -0000 Clever Ants Have Backup Navigation Systems full Scientific American An ant walking in the desert can gauge distance by footsteps and the sun's position, but an ant being carried can estimate distance by visual information perceived as it passed by.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An ant walking in the desert can gauge distance by footsteps and the sun's position, but an ant being carried can estimate distance by visual information perceived as it passed by.

 

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]]> 239 no Ancient Biblical Scroll Gets Read While Wrapped https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-biblical-scroll-gets-read-while-wrapped/ Researchers used high-tech visualization techniques to peer inside an ancient scroll too fragile to unwrap.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:48:00 -0000 Ancient Biblical Scroll Gets Read While Wrapped full Scientific American Researchers used high-tech visualization techniques to peer inside an ancient scroll too fragile to unwrap.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers used high-tech visualization techniques to peer inside an ancient scroll too fragile to unwrap.

 

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]]> 241 no Birch Trees Droop at Night with No Rays in Sight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/birch-trees-droop-at-night-with-no-rays-in-sight/ The branches of birch trees in Europe sagged by as much as four inches at night compared with daytime.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:17:00 -0000 Birch Trees Droop at Night with No Rays in Sight full Scientific American The branches of birch trees in Europe sagged by as much as four inches at night compared with daytime.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The branches of birch trees in Europe sagged by as much as four inches at night compared with daytime.

 

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]]> 183 no Some Malaria Mosquitoes May Prefer Cows to Us https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-malaria-mosquitoes-may-prefer-cows-to-us/ A chromosomal rearrangement may cause one mosquito species to be lured to cows instead of humans for a blood meal. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Some Malaria Mosquitoes May Prefer Cows to Us full Scientific American A chromosomal rearrangement may cause one mosquito species to be lured to cows instead of humans for a blood meal. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A chromosomal rearrangement may cause one mosquito species to be lured to cows instead of humans for a blood meal. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 177 no Drunk People Feel Soberer around Heavy Drinkers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drunk-people-feel-soberer-around-heavy-drinkers/ Drinkers surrounded by even more inebriated people feel less drunk than a breathalyzer test indicates they actually are. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:38:00 -0000 Drunk People Feel Soberer around Heavy Drinkers full Scientific American Drinkers surrounded by even more inebriated people feel less drunk than a breathalyzer test indicates they actually are. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Drinkers surrounded by even more inebriated people feel less drunk than a breathalyzer test indicates they actually are. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 199 no Oldest Known Indigo Dye Found in Peru https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/oldest-known-indigo-dye-found-in-peru/ Fabric dyed with indigo just found in Peru is some 1,600 years older than indigo-dyed fabrics that have been found in the Middle East.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:59:00 -0000 Oldest Known Indigo Dye Found in Peru full Scientific American Fabric dyed with indigo just found in Peru is some 1,600 years older than indigo-dyed fabrics that have been found in the Middle East.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fabric dyed with indigo just found in Peru is some 1,600 years older than indigo-dyed fabrics that have been found in the Middle East.

 

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]]> 217 no Road Noise Makes Birds' Lives Tougher https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/road-noise-makes-birds-lives-tougher/ By playing road noise where there was no road, researchers were able to gauge the effect of the noise on bird behavior without having to deal with the effect of the road itself.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Sep 2016 17:35:00 -0000 Road Noise Makes Birds' Lives Tougher full Scientific American By playing road noise where there was no road, researchers were able to gauge the effect of the noise on bird behavior without having to deal with the effect of the road itself.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By playing road noise where there was no road, researchers were able to gauge the effect of the noise on bird behavior without having to deal with the effect of the road itself.

 

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]]> 206 no World Wilderness Down 10 Percent in 20 Years https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/world-wilderness-down-10-percent-in-20-years/ South America and central Africa lost the most wilderness in a decline since the 1990s that saw the planet's wild areas down by a tenth   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:18:00 -0000 World Wilderness Down 10 Percent in 20 Years full Scientific American South America and central Africa lost the most wilderness in a decline since the 1990s that saw the planet's wild areas down by a tenth   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices South America and central Africa lost the most wilderness in a decline since the 1990s that saw the planet's wild areas down by a tenth

 

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]]> 193 no Photonic Chip Could Strengthen Smartphone Encryption https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/photonic-chip-could-strengthen-smartphone-encryption/ The chip uses pulses of laser light to generate truly random numbers, the basis of encryption. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:09:00 -0000 Photonic Chip Could Strengthen Smartphone Encryption full Scientific American The chip uses pulses of laser light to generate truly random numbers, the basis of encryption. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The chip uses pulses of laser light to generate truly random numbers, the basis of encryption. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 175 no Protein Test Could Complement Crime Scene DNA Analysis https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/protein-test-could-complement-crime-scene-dna-analysis/ Researchers determined that the variation of a couple hundred proteins in a person's hair could be enough to single her out from one million individuals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:01:00 -0000 Protein Test Could Complement Crime Scene DNA Analysis full Scientific American Researchers determined that the variation of a couple hundred proteins in a person's hair could be enough to single her out from one million individuals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers determined that the variation of a couple hundred proteins in a person's hair could be enough to single her out from one million individuals. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Shark Fins Contain Toxic "One–Two Punch" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/shark-fins-contain-toxic-one-two-punch/ Sharks can accumulate both methylmercury and a toxin called BMAA, which can have synergistic effects on human consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:24:00 -0000 Shark Fins Contain Toxic "One–Two Punch" full Scientific American Sharks can accumulate both methylmercury and a toxin called BMAA, which can have synergistic effects on human consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharks can accumulate both methylmercury and a toxin called BMAA, which can have synergistic effects on human consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 224 no Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Actually Promotes It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teen-pregnancy-prevention-program-actually-promotes-it/ Teenage girls who cared for infant dolls, an intervention meant to prevent pregnancy, actually had a higher risk of getting pregnant by age 20. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:59:00 -0000 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Actually Promotes It full Scientific American Teenage girls who cared for infant dolls, an intervention meant to prevent pregnancy, actually had a higher risk of getting pregnant by age 20. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Teenage girls who cared for infant dolls, an intervention meant to prevent pregnancy, actually had a higher risk of getting pregnant by age 20. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 195 no Color-Changing Skin Aids Climate Control and Communication https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/color-changing-skin-aids-climate-control-and-communication/ 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 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:05:00 -0000 Color-Changing Skin Aids Climate Control and Communication full Scientific American 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 Bearded dragons modify their colors for camouflage or to maintain body temperature, or to communicate with other dragons. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 215 no Waste Amphetamines Alter Underwater Ecosystems https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/waste-amphetamines-alter-underwater-ecosystems/ Using an artificial stream system, researchers found that amphetamine residues altered insect and microbial life in aquatic ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:01:00 -0000 Waste Amphetamines Alter Underwater Ecosystems full Scientific American Using an artificial stream system, researchers found that amphetamine residues altered insect and microbial life in aquatic ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using an artificial stream system, researchers found that amphetamine residues altered insect and microbial life in aquatic ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 176 no A Green Solution to Improve Indoor Air Quality https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-green-solution-to-improve-indoor-air-quality/ In 12 hours Dracaena plants removed nearly all the acetone from an airtight chamber, suggesting they might be put to use as air filters in nail salons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:06:00 -0000 A Green Solution to Improve Indoor Air Quality full Scientific American In 12 hours Dracaena plants removed nearly all the acetone from an airtight chamber, suggesting they might be put to use as air filters in nail salons. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 12 hours Dracaena plants removed nearly all the acetone from an airtight chamber, suggesting they might be put to use as air filters in nail salons. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 230 no Humans Are Superpredators in the Landscape of Fear https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-are-superpredators-in-the-landscape-of-fear/ Badgers were far more frightened by the sounds of humans than by their traditional predators, such as bears or wolves.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Aug 2016 21:40:00 -0000 Humans Are Superpredators in the Landscape of Fear full Scientific American Badgers were far more frightened by the sounds of humans than by their traditional predators, such as bears or wolves.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Badgers were far more frightened by the sounds of humans than by their traditional predators, such as bears or wolves.

 

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]]> 242 no Voters Are Seldom Swayed by Local Campaign Stops https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/voters-are-seldom-swayed-by-local-campaign-stops/ A survey during the 2012 election found that bus tours and visits to greasy spoons didn't do much to change voter opinions. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:10:00 -0000 Voters Are Seldom Swayed by Local Campaign Stops full Scientific American A survey during the 2012 election found that bus tours and visits to greasy spoons didn't do much to change voter opinions. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A survey during the 2012 election found that bus tours and visits to greasy spoons didn't do much to change voter opinions. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 210 no Ancient Mexican Metropolis Engaged in Hare-Raising Activity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-mexican-metropolis-engaged-in-hare-raising-activity/ Upending the belief that residents of ancient Central America did not practice animal husbandry, new evidence shows that people in Teotihuacán raised and bred rabbits and hares.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:55:00 -0000 Ancient Mexican Metropolis Engaged in Hare-Raising Activity full Scientific American Upending the belief that residents of ancient Central America did not practice animal husbandry, new evidence shows that people in Teotihuacán raised and bred rabbits and hares.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Upending the belief that residents of ancient Central America did not practice animal husbandry, new evidence shows that people in Teotihuacán raised and bred rabbits and hares.    

 

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]]> 251 no Model Black Hole Re-Creates Stephen Hawking Prediction https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/model-black-hole-re-creates-stephen-hawking-prediction/ A black hole analogue, which traps sound instead of light, generates "Hawking radiation," a key prediction by the theoretical physicist. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:55:00 -0000 Model Black Hole Re-Creates Stephen Hawking Prediction full Scientific American A black hole analogue, which traps sound instead of light, generates "Hawking radiation," a key prediction by the theoretical physicist. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A black hole analogue, which traps sound instead of light, generates "Hawking radiation," a key prediction by the theoretical physicist. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 233 no Pigeon Pb Proxies Could Cut Kids' Blood Tests https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pigeon-pb-proxies-could-cut-kids-blood-tests/ In neighborhoods where kids have an increased chance of exposure to toxic lead, pigeons also have higher blood lead levels—making the birds potential proxies for risk assessment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:46:00 -0000 Pigeon Pb Proxies Could Cut Kids' Blood Tests full Scientific American In neighborhoods where kids have an increased chance of exposure to toxic lead, pigeons also have higher blood lead levels—making the birds potential proxies for risk assessment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In neighborhoods where kids have an increased chance of exposure to toxic lead, pigeons also have higher blood lead levels—making the birds potential proxies for risk assessment.

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]]> 219 no Remote Door Controls Are Car Security Flaw https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/remote-door-controls-are-car-security-flaw/ Researchers found that a bad actor could cheaply and easily clone a remote keyless entry system to gain entry. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:18:00 -0000 Remote Door Controls Are Car Security Flaw full Scientific American Researchers found that a bad actor could cheaply and easily clone a remote keyless entry system to gain entry. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found that a bad actor could cheaply and easily clone a remote keyless entry system to gain entry. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 218 no This Shark Is the Vertebrate Methuselah https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-shark-is-the-vertebrate-methuselah/ Individual Greenland sharks appear to live perhaps a century longer than any other vertebrate, and might have life spans approaching 500 years.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:59:00 -0000 This Shark Is the Vertebrate Methuselah full Scientific American Individual Greenland sharks appear to live perhaps a century longer than any other vertebrate, and might have life spans approaching 500 years.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Individual Greenland sharks appear to live perhaps a century longer than any other vertebrate, and might have life spans approaching 500 years.    

 

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]]> 226 no Humans and Birds Cooperate to Share Beehive Bounty https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-and-birds-cooperate-to-share-beehive-bounty/ The Yao people of Mozambique vocally signal honeyguide birds to show them the location of hives, which the people harvest and share with the birds.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:21:00 -0000 Humans and Birds Cooperate to Share Beehive Bounty full Scientific American The Yao people of Mozambique vocally signal honeyguide birds to show them the location of hives, which the people harvest and share with the birds.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Yao people of Mozambique vocally signal honeyguide birds to show them the location of hives, which the people harvest and share with the birds.  

 

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]]> 229 no Pesticides Act as Honeybee Contraceptives https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pesticides-act-as-honeybee-contraceptives/ Environmental concentrations of certain insecticides slashed honeybee drones' living sperm counts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:08:00 -0000 Pesticides Act as Honeybee Contraceptives full Scientific American Environmental concentrations of certain insecticides slashed honeybee drones' living sperm counts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Environmental concentrations of certain insecticides slashed honeybee drones' living sperm counts. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 195 no Cut Road Deaths with Mountain Lions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cut-road-deaths-with-mountain-lions/ Reintroducing mountain lions to the eastern U.S. could save human lives and reduce injuries by lowering deer populations and preventing car–deer collisions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:09:00 -0000 Cut Road Deaths with Mountain Lions full Scientific American Reintroducing mountain lions to the eastern U.S. could save human lives and reduce injuries by lowering deer populations and preventing car–deer collisions.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Reintroducing mountain lions to the eastern U.S. could save human lives and reduce injuries by lowering deer populations and preventing car–deer collisions.

 

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]]> 227 no Silk Road Transported Goods--and Disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/silk-road-transported-goods-and-disease/ A 2,000-year-old latrine in China provides the first hard evidence that people carried diseases long distances along the ancient trading route.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:20:00 -0000 Silk Road Transported Goods--and Disease full Scientific American A 2,000-year-old latrine in China provides the first hard evidence that people carried diseases long distances along the ancient trading route.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A 2,000-year-old latrine in China provides the first hard evidence that people carried diseases long distances along the ancient trading route.

 

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]]> 253 no Inbred Songbirds Croon out of Tune https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/inbred-songbirds-croon-out-of-tune/ Inbred canaries sang songs with less pure tones, and at slightly different pitches, than their outbred cousins—and female canaries seemed to be able to tell the difference.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:50:00 -0000 Inbred Songbirds Croon out of Tune full Scientific American Inbred canaries sang songs with less pure tones, and at slightly different pitches, than their outbred cousins—and female canaries seemed to be able to tell the difference.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Inbred canaries sang songs with less pure tones, and at slightly different pitches, than their outbred cousins—and female canaries seemed to be able to tell the difference.

 

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]]> 194 no Great Red Spot Helps Explain Jupiter's Warm Upper Atmosphere https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/great-red-spot-helps-explain-jupiter-s-warm-upper-atmosphere/ A thermal spike linked to the solar system’s largest storm explains weather on gas-giant planets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:22:00 -0000 Great Red Spot Helps Explain Jupiter's Warm Upper Atmosphere full Scientific American A thermal spike linked to the solar system’s largest storm explains weather on gas-giant planets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A thermal spike linked to the solar system’s largest storm explains weather on gas-giant planets

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]]> 213 no Beaver Dams Strengthened by Humans Help Fish Rebound https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beaver-dams-strengthened-by-humans-help-fish-rebound/ Fish flourished in creeks in which human engineers helped shore up beaver dams made weak by poor timber availability.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:09:00 -0000 Beaver Dams Strengthened by Humans Help Fish Rebound full Scientific American Fish flourished in creeks in which human engineers helped shore up beaver dams made weak by poor timber availability.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fish flourished in creeks in which human engineers helped shore up beaver dams made weak by poor timber availability.

 

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]]> 224 no Frigate Bird Flights Last Months https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/frigate-bird-flights-last-months/ Great frigate birds may stay aloft for up to two months, eating and sleeping on the wing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 23 Jul 2016 15:21:00 -0000 Frigate Bird Flights Last Months full Scientific American Great frigate birds may stay aloft for up to two months, eating and sleeping on the wing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Great frigate birds may stay aloft for up to two months, eating and sleeping on the wing.

 

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]]> 246 no For Lichens, 3's Not a Crowd https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/for-lichens-3-s-not-a-crowd/ Biologists have identified a third species—a yeast—in some lichens, shaking up what's always been known as a two-party system. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:00:00 -0000 For Lichens, 3's Not a Crowd full Scientific American Biologists have identified a third species—a yeast—in some lichens, shaking up what's always been known as a two-party system. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Biologists have identified a third species—a yeast—in some lichens, shaking up what's always been known as a two-party system. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 215 no Chicken Scent Deters Malaria Mosquitoes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chicken-scent-deters-malaria-mosquitoes/ The smell of a chicken wards off one species of malaria-spreading mosquito—meaning the scent compounds, or the birds themselves, might help deter disease. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:01:00 -0000 Chicken Scent Deters Malaria Mosquitoes full Scientific American The smell of a chicken wards off one species of malaria-spreading mosquito—meaning the scent compounds, or the birds themselves, might help deter disease. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The smell of a chicken wards off one species of malaria-spreading mosquito—meaning the scent compounds, or the birds themselves, might help deter disease. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 202 no Vaccinate Prairie Dogs to Save Ferrets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/vaccinate-prairie-dogs-to-save-ferrets/ As was widely reported on social media, the U.S. is indeed going to use aerial drones to spread vaccine-laced pellets among prairie dogs to save endangered ferrets, although, contrary to some reports, no M&Ms will be involved.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:01:00 -0000 Vaccinate Prairie Dogs to Save Ferrets full Scientific American As was widely reported on social media, the U.S. is indeed going to use aerial drones to spread vaccine-laced pellets among prairie dogs to save endangered ferrets, although, contrary to some reports, no M&Ms will be involved.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As was widely reported on social media, the U.S. is indeed going to use aerial drones to spread vaccine-laced pellets among prairie dogs to save endangered ferrets, although, contrary to some reports, no M&Ms will be involved.

 

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]]> 200 no Fuel-Efficient Engines Have a Sooty Flaw https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fuel-efficient-engines-have-a-sooty-flaw/ A newer type of fuel injection offers better fuel economy, but paradoxically increases black carbon emissions—meaning a pollution trade-off. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 16 Jul 2016 11:35:00 -0000 Fuel-Efficient Engines Have a Sooty Flaw full Scientific American A newer type of fuel injection offers better fuel economy, but paradoxically increases black carbon emissions—meaning a pollution trade-off. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A newer type of fuel injection offers better fuel economy, but paradoxically increases black carbon emissions—meaning a pollution trade-off. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 220 no Mucus Lets Dolphins Emit Their Clicks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mucus-lets-dolphins-emit-their-clicks/ A model of the dolphin vocal apparatus shows that they need a coating of mucus to produce their distinctive sounds.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:16:00 -0000 Mucus Lets Dolphins Emit Their Clicks full Scientific American A model of the dolphin vocal apparatus shows that they need a coating of mucus to produce their distinctive sounds.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A model of the dolphin vocal apparatus shows that they need a coating of mucus to produce their distinctive sounds.

 

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]]> 254 no Bees Rank Pollen by Taste https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bees-rank-pollen-by-taste/ The discerning insects returned to flowers with sweetened pollen, but avoided revisiting flowers with bitter pollen. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:55:00 -0000 Bees Rank Pollen by Taste full Scientific American The discerning insects returned to flowers with sweetened pollen, but avoided revisiting flowers with bitter pollen. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The discerning insects returned to flowers with sweetened pollen, but avoided revisiting flowers with bitter pollen. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 206 no Menu Featured Mammoth but Diners Were Mocked https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/menu-featured-mammoth-but-diners-were-mocked/ A genetic analysis of leftovers from an exotic dinner in 1951 reveals that the diners got less than they were promised.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:13:00 -0000 Menu Featured Mammoth but Diners Were Mocked full Scientific American A genetic analysis of leftovers from an exotic dinner in 1951 reveals that the diners got less than they were promised.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A genetic analysis of leftovers from an exotic dinner in 1951 reveals that the diners got less than they were promised.

 

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]]> 172 no Evolution Ed Defenders Make Rapids Progress in Grand Canyon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/evolution-ed-defenders-make-rapids-progress-in-grand-canyon/ The National Center for Science Education's annual Colorado River trip through the Grand Canyon highlights the differences between the scientific and creationist outlooks.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:45:00 -0000 Evolution Ed Defenders Make Rapids Progress in Grand Canyon full Scientific American The National Center for Science Education's annual Colorado River trip through the Grand Canyon highlights the differences between the scientific and creationist outlooks.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The National Center for Science Education's annual Colorado River trip through the Grand Canyon highlights the differences between the scientific and creationist outlooks.

 

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]]> 200 no Wildlife Can Bear with Hunters and Hikers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wildlife-can-bear-with-hunters-and-hikers/ A new study suggests the best predictor of wildlife abundance in public lands is not human activity, but factors like forest connectivity and nearby housing density. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:04:00 -0000 Wildlife Can Bear with Hunters and Hikers full Scientific American A new study suggests the best predictor of wildlife abundance in public lands is not human activity, but factors like forest connectivity and nearby housing density. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study suggests the best predictor of wildlife abundance in public lands is not human activity, but factors like forest connectivity and nearby housing density. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 244 no Cats' Cunning Extends beyond the Hunt https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cats-cunning-extends-beyond-the-hunt/ New research suggests that our feline companions understand the principle of cause and effect. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Cats' Cunning Extends beyond the Hunt full Scientific American New research suggests that our feline companions understand the principle of cause and effect. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices New research suggests that our feline companions understand the principle of cause and effect. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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]]> 235 no Farmed Trout Bred to Fatten Up Fast https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/farmed-trout-bred-to-fatten-up-fast/ An aquaculturist used selective breeding to create strains of farmed fish that fatten up fast on cheap, plentiful feeds such as soybeans and corn. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:00:00 -0000 Farmed Trout Bred to Fatten Up Fast full Scientific American An aquaculturist used selective breeding to create strains of farmed fish that fatten up fast on cheap, plentiful feeds such as soybeans and corn. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An aquaculturist used selective breeding to create strains of farmed fish that fatten up fast on cheap, plentiful feeds such as soybeans and corn. Emily Schwing reports.

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]]> 194 no This Algorithm Can Predict Relationship Trouble https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-algorithm-can-predict-relationship-trouble/ By analyzing the vocal patterns of couples in therapy, an algorithm was able to predict whether a relationship would get worse or improve. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Jul 2016 19:24:00 -0000 This Algorithm Can Predict Relationship Trouble full Scientific American By analyzing the vocal patterns of couples in therapy, an algorithm was able to predict whether a relationship would get worse or improve. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By analyzing the vocal patterns of couples in therapy, an algorithm was able to predict whether a relationship would get worse or improve. Erika Beras reports.

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]]> 197 no Is Mars Missing a Moon? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-mars-missing-a-moon/ A new theory suggests the Red Planet once had a spectacular lunar system. Lee Billings reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Jul 2016 11:01:00 -0000 Is Mars Missing a Moon? full Scientific American A new theory suggests the Red Planet once had a spectacular lunar system. Lee Billings reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new theory suggests the Red Planet once had a spectacular lunar system. Lee Billings reports.

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]]> 205 no Human Ears Can Hear Better-Than-CD Quality (Just Barely) https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/human-ears-can-hear-better-than-cd-quality-just-barely/ Listeners can tell the difference between CD-quality music and better-than-CD quality—but only if they train their ears first. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Human Ears Can Hear Better-Than-CD Quality (Just Barely) full Scientific American Listeners can tell the difference between CD-quality music and better-than-CD quality—but only if they train their ears first. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Listeners can tell the difference between CD-quality music and better-than-CD quality—but only if they train their ears first. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 239 no Highway Sounds Might Mask Life-Saving Birdcalls https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/highway-sounds-might-mask-life-saving-birdcalls/ The call of the tufted titmouse conveys important information about the presence of potential predators. But only if other birds can hear it. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:00:00 -0000 Highway Sounds Might Mask Life-Saving Birdcalls full Scientific American The call of the tufted titmouse conveys important information about the presence of potential predators. But only if other birds can hear it. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The call of the tufted titmouse conveys important information about the presence of potential predators. But only if other birds can hear it. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 207 no City Lights Trick Trees into an Earlier Spring https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/city-lights-trick-trees-into-an-earlier-spring/ Urban light pollution in the U.K. is pushing tree springtime behavior a full week earlier than usual. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:31:00 -0000 City Lights Trick Trees into an Earlier Spring full Scientific American Urban light pollution in the U.K. is pushing tree springtime behavior a full week earlier than usual. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Urban light pollution in the U.K. is pushing tree springtime behavior a full week earlier than usual. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 195 no Made Ya Look, Monkey https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/made-ya-look-monkey/ Over their lifetimes, macaques follow the same trajectory as humans in the amount of interest they have in observing what another individual is looking at.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:35:00 -0000 Made Ya Look, Monkey full Scientific American Over their lifetimes, macaques follow the same trajectory as humans in the amount of interest they have in observing what another individual is looking at.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Over their lifetimes, macaques follow the same trajectory as humans in the amount of interest they have in observing what another individual is looking at.

 

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]]> 196 no Drowsy Driving Kills 6,400 Americans Annually https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drowsy-driving-kills-6-400-americans-annually/ Charles Czeisler, director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talked about the dangers of drowsy driving at a recent Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Forum called Asleep at the Wheel.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:48:00 -0000 Drowsy Driving Kills 6,400 Americans Annually full Scientific American Charles Czeisler, director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talked about the dangers of drowsy driving at a recent Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Forum called Asleep at the Wheel.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Charles Czeisler, director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talked about the dangers of drowsy driving at a recent Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Forum called Asleep at the Wheel.    

 

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]]> 225 no Social Spider Groups Need Bold and Shy Members https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/social-spider-groups-need-bold-and-shy-members/ Social spiders in artificially assembled groups of all bold or all shy members fared less well against predators than a group with some shy and some bold members.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:54:00 -0000 Social Spider Groups Need Bold and Shy Members full Scientific American Social spiders in artificially assembled groups of all bold or all shy members fared less well against predators than a group with some shy and some bold members.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Social spiders in artificially assembled groups of all bold or all shy members fared less well against predators than a group with some shy and some bold members.   

 

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]]> 232 no Chocolate Makers Cut Fat with Electricity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chocolate-makers-cut-fat-with-electricity/ Reducing fat from chocolate can gum up manufacturing equipment, making low-fat chocolate hard to produce—but an electric field can help. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:17:00 -0000 Chocolate Makers Cut Fat with Electricity full Scientific American Reducing fat from chocolate can gum up manufacturing equipment, making low-fat chocolate hard to produce—but an electric field can help. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Reducing fat from chocolate can gum up manufacturing equipment, making low-fat chocolate hard to produce—but an electric field can help. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 199 no Viruses Hijack the Body's Response to Mosquito Bites https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/viruses-hijack-the-body-s-response-to-mosquito-bites/ When immune cells rush to the site of a mosquito bite, viruses hijack the cells and turn them into viral factories—in mice, at least. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:25:00 -0000 Viruses Hijack the Body's Response to Mosquito Bites full Scientific American When immune cells rush to the site of a mosquito bite, viruses hijack the cells and turn them into viral factories—in mice, at least. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When immune cells rush to the site of a mosquito bite, viruses hijack the cells and turn them into viral factories—in mice, at least. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 208 no Mongooses Pile on Warthogs--to Groom Them https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mongooses-pile-on-warthogs-to-groom-them/ In the first known example of a mutualistic relationship between two mammal species in which neither is a primate, mongooses feast on ticks and other parasites infesting warthogs.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:41:00 -0000 Mongooses Pile on Warthogs--to Groom Them full Scientific American In the first known example of a mutualistic relationship between two mammal species in which neither is a primate, mongooses feast on ticks and other parasites infesting warthogs.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the first known example of a mutualistic relationship between two mammal species in which neither is a primate, mongooses feast on ticks and other parasites infesting warthogs.

 

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]]> 225 no Lizard Stripes May Mess Up Predators' Timing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lizard-stripes-may-mess-up-predators-timing/ A lizard's stripes may make them look like they’re moving slower than they really are, confusing predators that tend to aim at the head but may wind up with the tail.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:15:00 -0000 Lizard Stripes May Mess Up Predators' Timing full Scientific American A lizard's stripes may make them look like they’re moving slower than they really are, confusing predators that tend to aim at the head but may wind up with the tail.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A lizard's stripes may make them look like they’re moving slower than they really are, confusing predators that tend to aim at the head but may wind up with the tail.  

 

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]]> 241 no Air Pollution Gives Storm Clouds a Stronger, Longer Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/air-pollution-gives-storm-clouds-a-stronger-longer-life/ More particulate matter in the air can build stronger, longer-lasting thunderstorms over the tropics, leading to more extreme storms. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:45:00 -0000 Air Pollution Gives Storm Clouds a Stronger, Longer Life full Scientific American More particulate matter in the air can build stronger, longer-lasting thunderstorms over the tropics, leading to more extreme storms. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More particulate matter in the air can build stronger, longer-lasting thunderstorms over the tropics, leading to more extreme storms. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Microbes May Contribute to Wine's "Character" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microbes-may-contribute-to-wine-s-character/ The microbes found in crushed grapes were linked to certain chemical fingerprints in the finished wine. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:45:00 -0000 Microbes May Contribute to Wine's "Character" full Scientific American The microbes found in crushed grapes were linked to certain chemical fingerprints in the finished wine. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The microbes found in crushed grapes were linked to certain chemical fingerprints in the finished wine. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 221 no Fat Gets Gut Bacteria Working against the Waistline https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fat-gets-gut-bacteria-working-against-the-waistline/ In mice, intestinal microbes respond to a high-fat diet by producing acetate, which triggers the release of a hormone that makes mammals feel hungry, causing them to eat even more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:25:00 -0000 Fat Gets Gut Bacteria Working against the Waistline full Scientific American In mice, intestinal microbes respond to a high-fat diet by producing acetate, which triggers the release of a hormone that makes mammals feel hungry, causing them to eat even more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In mice, intestinal microbes respond to a high-fat diet by producing acetate, which triggers the release of a hormone that makes mammals feel hungry, causing them to eat even more.

 

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]]> 206 no Arctic Researcher Bears Up for Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/arctic-researcher-bears-up-for-science/ Wildlife researcher Joel Berger dons a polar bear outfit to study the reactions of musk oxen to the threat of bears increasingly driven onto the land for food.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:49:00 -0000 Arctic Researcher Bears Up for Science full Scientific American Wildlife researcher Joel Berger dons a polar bear outfit to study the reactions of musk oxen to the threat of bears increasingly driven onto the land for food.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wildlife researcher Joel Berger dons a polar bear outfit to study the reactions of musk oxen to the threat of bears increasingly driven onto the land for food.

 

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]]> 217 no Submerged Lost City Really Bacterially Built https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/submerged-lost-city-really-bacterially-built/ What looked like human-made structures underwater off Greece turned out to be millions-of-years-old concretions deposited by bacteria.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:37:00 -0000 Submerged Lost City Really Bacterially Built full Scientific American What looked like human-made structures underwater off Greece turned out to be millions-of-years-old concretions deposited by bacteria.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What looked like human-made structures underwater off Greece turned out to be millions-of-years-old concretions deposited by bacteria.

 

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]]> 219 no Go to the (White) Light https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/go-to-the-white-light/ An energy-efficient alternative to LEDs has greater focusing power, for microscopes and spotlights. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:00:00 -0000 Go to the (White) Light full Scientific American An energy-efficient alternative to LEDs has greater focusing power, for microscopes and spotlights. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An energy-efficient alternative to LEDs has greater focusing power, for microscopes and spotlights. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 181 no Bleached Coral Busts Fish Learning https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bleached-coral-busts-fish-learning/ Damselfish had trouble sniffing out survival clues by their fellows in damaged coral. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Jun 2016 23:59:00 -0000 Bleached Coral Busts Fish Learning full Scientific American Damselfish had trouble sniffing out survival clues by their fellows in damaged coral. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Damselfish had trouble sniffing out survival clues by their fellows in damaged coral. Jason Goldman reports.

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]]> 246 no Bigger Glasses Rack Up More Wine Sales https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bigger-glasses-rack-up-more-wine-sales/ Serving wine in larger glasses boosted sales 10 percent in an English bar, possibly because customers think they're imbibing less per glass. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:21:00 -0000 Bigger Glasses Rack Up More Wine Sales full Scientific American Serving wine in larger glasses boosted sales 10 percent in an English bar, possibly because customers think they're imbibing less per glass. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Serving wine in larger glasses boosted sales 10 percent in an English bar, possibly because customers think they're imbibing less per glass. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 216 no Shy Fish Prefer to Follow Other Shy Fish https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/shy-fish-prefer-to-follow-other-shy-fish/ Shy sticklebacks were more likely to emerge from under cover when an equally wary fellow was already out there, rather than when a bold individual was present.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:40:00 -0000 Shy Fish Prefer to Follow Other Shy Fish full Scientific American Shy sticklebacks were more likely to emerge from under cover when an equally wary fellow was already out there, rather than when a bold individual was present.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Shy sticklebacks were more likely to emerge from under cover when an equally wary fellow was already out there, rather than when a bold individual was present.

 

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]]> 180 no From Wolf to Woof Twice https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/from-wolf-to-woof-twice/ Dogs may have been domesticated from wolves twice, first in Europe, and again in Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:01:00 -0000 From Wolf to Woof Twice full Scientific American Dogs may have been domesticated from wolves twice, first in Europe, and again in Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dogs may have been domesticated from wolves twice, first in Europe, and again in Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Extreme Life-Forms Could Complicate Carbon Sequestration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/extreme-life-forms-could-complicate-carbon-sequestration/ Researchers say carbon storage sites should be tested for microbial life, which could potentially convert CO2 to methane—a more potent greenhouse gas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 May 2016 22:14:00 -0000 Extreme Life-Forms Could Complicate Carbon Sequestration full Scientific American Researchers say carbon storage sites should be tested for microbial life, which could potentially convert CO2 to methane—a more potent greenhouse gas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers say carbon storage sites should be tested for microbial life, which could potentially convert CO2 to methane—a more potent greenhouse gas. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Knee Sounds Give Docs a Leg Up https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/knee-sounds-give-docs-a-leg-up/ A wearable device records the sounds of knees cracking, which could reveal clues about the condition of the joint. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 May 2016 23:15:00 -0000 Knee Sounds Give Docs a Leg Up full Scientific American A wearable device records the sounds of knees cracking, which could reveal clues about the condition of the joint. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A wearable device records the sounds of knees cracking, which could reveal clues about the condition of the joint. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 205 no Candidates Tend to Not Dodge Questions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/candidates-tend-to-not-dodge-questions/ In an analysis of 14 presidential debate transcripts, two thirds of accusations of question-dodging had no merit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 May 2016 10:27:00 -0000 Candidates Tend to Not Dodge Questions full Scientific American In an analysis of 14 presidential debate transcripts, two thirds of accusations of question-dodging had no merit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In an analysis of 14 presidential debate transcripts, two thirds of accusations of question-dodging had no merit. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 189 no Oldest Chinese Beer Brewery Found https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/oldest-chinese-beer-brewery-found/ Remnants of a beer-making operation some 5,000 years old have been found in northern China.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 May 2016 14:59:00 -0000 Oldest Chinese Beer Brewery Found full Scientific American Remnants of a beer-making operation some 5,000 years old have been found in northern China.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Remnants of a beer-making operation some 5,000 years old have been found in northern China.

 

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]]> 194 no Giant Tsunami Remnants Spotted on Mars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/giant-tsunami-remnants-spotted-on-mars/ Evidence indicates that waves as tall as skyscrapers and thousands of kilometers wide once washed over the Red Planet.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 May 2016 00:01:00 -0000 Giant Tsunami Remnants Spotted on Mars full Scientific American Evidence indicates that waves as tall as skyscrapers and thousands of kilometers wide once washed over the Red Planet.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Evidence indicates that waves as tall as skyscrapers and thousands of kilometers wide once washed over the Red Planet.

 

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]]> 224 no Red Birds Carry On Colorful Chemistry https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/red-birds-carry-on-colorful-chemistry/ Many red-colored birds have to convert yellow pigments in their food into the red pigments that make their feathers and beaks so brilliant.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 May 2016 12:04:00 -0000 Red Birds Carry On Colorful Chemistry full Scientific American Many red-colored birds have to convert yellow pigments in their food into the red pigments that make their feathers and beaks so brilliant.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many red-colored birds have to convert yellow pigments in their food into the red pigments that make their feathers and beaks so brilliant.

 

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]]> 215 no Alliance of Bacterial Strains Disables Antibiotics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alliance-of-bacterial-strains-disables-antibiotics/ Two different antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains have a protective relationship in which each disables a different antibiotic, allowing both to thrive. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 May 2016 18:45:00 -0000 Alliance of Bacterial Strains Disables Antibiotics full Scientific American Two different antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains have a protective relationship in which each disables a different antibiotic, allowing both to thrive. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two different antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains have a protective relationship in which each disables a different antibiotic, allowing both to thrive. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 217 no Wanted: Gravitational Constant's True Value https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wanted-gravitational-constant-s-true-value/ Scientists from numerous disciplines will brainstorm new strategies for measuring "Big G" in July.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 May 2016 19:39:00 -0000 Wanted: Gravitational Constant's True Value full Scientific American Scientists from numerous disciplines will brainstorm new strategies for measuring "Big G" in July.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists from numerous disciplines will brainstorm new strategies for measuring "Big G" in July.

 

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]]> 200 no Saharan Dust Brings Bacterial Blooms to the Caribbean https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/saharan-dust-brings-bacterial-blooms-to-the-caribbean/ Dust clouds from the Sahara reach the Caribbean—and fertilize waters there when they arrive. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 May 2016 09:25:00 -0000 Saharan Dust Brings Bacterial Blooms to the Caribbean full Scientific American Dust clouds from the Sahara reach the Caribbean—and fertilize waters there when they arrive. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dust clouds from the Sahara reach the Caribbean—and fertilize waters there when they arrive. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 183 no Microbe Breaks the Powerhouse Rules https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microbe-breaks-the-powerhouse-rules/ A single-celled organism discovered in chinchilla droppings is the only known eukaryotic organism that lacks mitochondria-like organelles. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 May 2016 12:01:00 -0000 Microbe Breaks the Powerhouse Rules full Scientific American A single-celled organism discovered in chinchilla droppings is the only known eukaryotic organism that lacks mitochondria-like organelles. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A single-celled organism discovered in chinchilla droppings is the only known eukaryotic organism that lacks mitochondria-like organelles. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 206 no Everything There Is https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/everything-there-is/ Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about the necessary connections among the various ways we have of describing the universe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 May 2016 21:28:00 -0000 Everything There Is full Scientific American Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about the necessary connections among the various ways we have of describing the universe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about the necessary connections among the various ways we have of describing the universe.

 

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]]> 227 no Farm Fields Release Carbon Mist during Rainstorms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/farm-fields-release-carbon-mist-during-rainstorms/ Raindrops eject carbon-based blobs of soil material from wet fields, creating a mist of organic compounds above the soil. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 May 2016 10:00:00 -0000 Farm Fields Release Carbon Mist during Rainstorms full Scientific American Raindrops eject carbon-based blobs of soil material from wet fields, creating a mist of organic compounds above the soil. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Raindrops eject carbon-based blobs of soil material from wet fields, creating a mist of organic compounds above the soil. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 183 no Flying Boats Soar over the Hudson https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/flying-boats-soar-over-the-hudson/ 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 Sun, 08 May 2016 18:33:00 -0000 Flying Boats Soar over the Hudson full Scientific American 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 Hydrofoiling boats competing in the America's Cup World Series came to New York City to show off the cutting edge of sailing technology.

 

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]]> 280 no Feed Additive Squelches Ruminants' Methane Belches https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/feed-additive-squelches-ruminants-methane-belches/ A chemical compound can cut a cow's methane emissions by 30 percent—and help the animal get more energy from its food. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 May 2016 20:41:00 -0000 Feed Additive Squelches Ruminants' Methane Belches full Scientific American A chemical compound can cut a cow's methane emissions by 30 percent—and help the animal get more energy from its food. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A chemical compound can cut a cow's methane emissions by 30 percent—and help the animal get more energy from its food. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 181 no Male Lemurs Are Masters of Musk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/male-lemurs-are-masters-of-musk/ 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 Wed, 04 May 2016 19:40:00 -0000 Male Lemurs Are Masters of Musk full Scientific American 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 Lemurs sometimes mix their smelly secretions to produce a bouquet of stank—which may boost the perfume’s staying power. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 212 no Married Couples Pack On More Pounds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/married-couples-pack-on-more-pounds/ 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 Tue, 03 May 2016 19:40:00 -0000 Married Couples Pack On More Pounds full Scientific American 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 A study links single living to a thinner waistline and lower BMI, compared with co-habitating couples. Erika Beras reports.

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]]> 201 no Photos Tagged as Art Linked to Rising Property Prices https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/photos-tagged-as-art-linked-to-rising-property-prices/ Researchers found that neighborhoods with a higher proportion of Flickr photos tagged "art" saw a higher spike in property prices. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 May 2016 10:30:00 -0000 Photos Tagged as Art Linked to Rising Property Prices full Scientific American Researchers found that neighborhoods with a higher proportion of Flickr photos tagged "art" saw a higher spike in property prices. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found that neighborhoods with a higher proportion of Flickr photos tagged "art" saw a higher spike in property prices. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Miley Cyrus and Macaroni Combo Enables Brain-Based ID https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/miley-cyrus-and-macaroni-combo-enables-brain-based-id/ An individual's unique brain response to images of a celebrity and a food could be used to create an ID procedure at high-security sites.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:10:00 -0000 Miley Cyrus and Macaroni Combo Enables Brain-Based ID full Scientific American An individual's unique brain response to images of a celebrity and a food could be used to create an ID procedure at high-security sites.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An individual's unique brain response to images of a celebrity and a food could be used to create an ID procedure at high-security sites.  

 

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]]> 213 no Traces of Pharmaceuticals Dwell in Wastewater-Grown Veggies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/traces-of-pharmaceuticals-dwell-in-wastewater-grown-veggies/ Volunteers who ate veggies grown in wastewater had higher (but still safe) levels of an epilepsy drug in their urine, compared with subjects who ate freshwater-grown veggies. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:23:00 -0000 Traces of Pharmaceuticals Dwell in Wastewater-Grown Veggies full Scientific American Volunteers who ate veggies grown in wastewater had higher (but still safe) levels of an epilepsy drug in their urine, compared with subjects who ate freshwater-grown veggies. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Volunteers who ate veggies grown in wastewater had higher (but still safe) levels of an epilepsy drug in their urine, compared with subjects who ate freshwater-grown veggies. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 179 no This Plant Bleeds Nectar to Attract Help https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-plant-bleeds-nectar-to-attract-help/ 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 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:26:00 -0000 This Plant Bleeds Nectar to Attract Help full Scientific American 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 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. 

 

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]]> 213 no Climbing Bears Help Plants Keep Cool https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climbing-bears-help-plants-keep-cool/ 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 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:58:00 -0000 Climbing Bears Help Plants Keep Cool full Scientific American 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 Mountain-climbing bears transport cherry tree seeds, internally at first, to cooler, higher altitudes where the trees can survive as temperatures rise.

 

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]]> 193 no Lower Your Voice Pitch to Persuade https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lower-your-voice-pitch-to-persuade/ Study volunteers whose voices deepened during a group debate tended to be more influential and convincing. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:23:00 -0000 Lower Your Voice Pitch to Persuade full Scientific American Study volunteers whose voices deepened during a group debate tended to be more influential and convincing. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Study volunteers whose voices deepened during a group debate tended to be more influential and convincing. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no This Primate's Calls Obey a Linguistic Law https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-primate-s-calls-obey-a-linguistic-law/ 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 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0000 This Primate's Calls Obey a Linguistic Law full Scientific American 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 The vocalizations of the gelada, a baboon relative, appear to follow a linguistic rule called Menzerath's law. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 207 no Woodpecker Head Bangs Communicate Info https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/woodpecker-head-bangs-communicate-info/ Woodpeckers that listen to others of their kind drum into trees alter their behavior based on what they hear.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:03:00 -0000 Woodpecker Head Bangs Communicate Info full Scientific American Woodpeckers that listen to others of their kind drum into trees alter their behavior based on what they hear.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Woodpeckers that listen to others of their kind drum into trees alter their behavior based on what they hear.   

 

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]]> 187 no Gambling Gave Science Some Lucky Breaks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gambling-gave-science-some-lucky-breaks/ The development of statistics, probability theory, game theory and chaos theory owes a lot to people trying to figure out various games of chance.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:07:00 -0000 Gambling Gave Science Some Lucky Breaks full Scientific American The development of statistics, probability theory, game theory and chaos theory owes a lot to people trying to figure out various games of chance.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The development of statistics, probability theory, game theory and chaos theory owes a lot to people trying to figure out various games of chance.  

 

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]]> 185 no Microbots Get the Lead Out--of Wastewater https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microbots-get-the-lead-out-of-wastewater/ Millions of tiny graphene robots can propel themselves through wastewater and scavenge heavy metals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:17:00 -0000 Microbots Get the Lead Out--of Wastewater full Scientific American Millions of tiny graphene robots can propel themselves through wastewater and scavenge heavy metals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Millions of tiny graphene robots can propel themselves through wastewater and scavenge heavy metals. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 169 no Heat ID'd as Subtle Cause of Rockfalls https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/heat-id-d-as-subtle-cause-of-rockfalls/ 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 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:00:00 -0000 Heat ID'd as Subtle Cause of Rockfalls full Scientific American 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 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. 

 

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]]> 230 no Bearcats Naturally Pass the Popcorn https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bearcats-naturally-pass-the-popcorn/ Researchers have uncovered the chemistry that makes the urine of bearcats smell like freshly cooked popcorn.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:13:00 -0000 Bearcats Naturally Pass the Popcorn full Scientific American Researchers have uncovered the chemistry that makes the urine of bearcats smell like freshly cooked popcorn.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have uncovered the chemistry that makes the urine of bearcats smell like freshly cooked popcorn.

 

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]]> 209 no Transforming Stem Cells into Diabetes Beaters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/transforming-stem-cells-into-diabetes-beaters/ Pancreatic type beta cells produced from stem cells can sense glucose, release insulin and treat a mouse model of diabetes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:06:00 -0000 Transforming Stem Cells into Diabetes Beaters full Scientific American Pancreatic type beta cells produced from stem cells can sense glucose, release insulin and treat a mouse model of diabetes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Pancreatic type beta cells produced from stem cells can sense glucose, release insulin and treat a mouse model of diabetes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 200 no Find Shows Widespread Literacy 2,600 Years Ago in Judah https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/find-shows-widespread-literacy-2-600-years-ago-in-judah/ 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 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:54:00 -0000 Find Shows Widespread Literacy 2,600 Years Ago in Judah full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 193 no Frogs Signal Visually in Noisy Environments https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/frogs-signal-visually-in-noisy-environments/ The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:36:00 -0000 Frogs Signal Visually in Noisy Environments full Scientific American The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.

 

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]]> 201 no Choir Practice Could Lower Stress in Cancer Patients https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/choir-practice-could-lower-stress-in-cancer-patients/ 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 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:38:00 -0000 Choir Practice Could Lower Stress in Cancer Patients full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 213 no Crater Bottoms Could Be Cradles of Martian Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crater-bottoms-could-be-cradles-of-martian-life/ 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 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:54:00 -0000 Crater Bottoms Could Be Cradles of Martian Life full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 214 no Wolves Have Local Howl Accents https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wolves-have-local-howl-accents/ Understanding the regional vocal patterns of various canid species sheds light on animal communication and could help ranchers broadcast "keep away" messages to protect livestock.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:01:00 -0000 Wolves Have Local Howl Accents full Scientific American Understanding the regional vocal patterns of various canid species sheds light on animal communication and could help ranchers broadcast "keep away" messages to protect livestock.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Understanding the regional vocal patterns of various canid species sheds light on animal communication and could help ranchers broadcast "keep away" messages to protect livestock.

 

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]]> 249 no Bird Combines Calls in Specific Order https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bird-combines-calls-in-specific-order/ The Japanese great tit combines two calls in a specific order and does not respond to a recording of the calls combined in reverse order, apparently demonstrating compositional syntax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:50:00 -0000 Bird Combines Calls in Specific Order full Scientific American The Japanese great tit combines two calls in a specific order and does not respond to a recording of the calls combined in reverse order, apparently demonstrating compositional syntax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Japanese great tit combines two calls in a specific order and does not respond to a recording of the calls combined in reverse order, apparently demonstrating compositional syntax.

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]]> 190 no Cellular Circuit Computes with DNA https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cellular-circuit-computes-with-dna/ Researchers have created what they call the first "programming language" for cells, which compiles code into a genetic circuit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:20:00 -0000 Cellular Circuit Computes with DNA full Scientific American Researchers have created what they call the first "programming language" for cells, which compiles code into a genetic circuit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have created what they call the first "programming language" for cells, which compiles code into a genetic circuit. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 202 no Lasers Could Hide Earth from Prying Aliens https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lasers-could-hide-earth-from-prying-aliens/ 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 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:10:00 -0000 Lasers Could Hide Earth from Prying Aliens full Scientific American 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 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

 

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]]> 302 no Twin Birth Proposed for Colliding Black Holes That Produced Gravitational Waves https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/twin-birth-proposed-for-colliding-black-holes-that-produced-gravitational-waves/ 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 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:15:00 -0000 Twin Birth Proposed for Colliding Black Holes That Produced Gravitational Waves full Scientific American 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 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.  

 

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]]> 203 no City Birds Outwit Country Counterparts https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/city-birds-outwit-country-counterparts/ 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 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0000 City Birds Outwit Country Counterparts full Scientific American 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 Birds that live in urban environments are brasher than rural birds, solve problems better and even have more robust immune systems. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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]]> 195 no Quasar Winds Clock In at a Fifth of Light Speed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/quasar-winds-clock-in-at-a-fifth-of-light-speed/ Quasars can shape the evolution of their galaxies, by blasting 135-million-mph winds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Quasar Winds Clock In at a Fifth of Light Speed full Scientific American Quasars can shape the evolution of their galaxies, by blasting 135-million-mph winds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Quasars can shape the evolution of their galaxies, by blasting 135-million-mph winds. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 236 no The Fastball Gets Its Scientific Due in a New Documentary https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-fastball-gets-its-scientific-due-in-a-new-documentary/ The new movie Fastball dissects the pitch from the perspective of pitchers, hitters, umpires—and scientists, who talk about everything from the physics governing the trajectory of the ball to the neuroscience of the batter’s perception and reaction—including how the ball can appear to vanish.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:35:00 -0000 The Fastball Gets Its Scientific Due in a New Documentary full Scientific American The new movie Fastball dissects the pitch from the perspective of pitchers, hitters, umpires—and scientists, who talk about everything from the physics governing the trajectory of the ball to the neuroscience of the batter’s perception and reaction—including how the ball can appear to vanish.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The new movie Fastball dissects the pitch from the perspective of pitchers, hitters, umpires—and scientists, who talk about everything from the physics governing the trajectory of the ball to the neuroscience of the batter’s perception and reaction—including how the ball can appear to vanish.  

 

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]]> 244 no Garbage Pickings Get Storks to Stop Migrating https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/garbage-pickings-get-storks-to-stop-migrating/ Some white storks have stopped migrating from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa in the winter, because of the availability of food in landfills.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:09:00 -0000 Garbage Pickings Get Storks to Stop Migrating full Scientific American Some white storks have stopped migrating from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa in the winter, because of the availability of food in landfills.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some white storks have stopped migrating from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa in the winter, because of the availability of food in landfills.

 

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]]> 184 no Smart Glass Goes from Clear to Cloudy in a Jolt https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smart-glass-goes-from-clear-to-cloudy-in-a-jolt/ 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 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Smart Glass Goes from Clear to Cloudy in a Jolt full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 193 no Cuba–U.S. Thaw Should Ease Scientific Collaborations https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cuba-u-s-thaw-should-ease-scientific-collaborations/ Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology researcher Eduardo Inigo-Elias, a veteran of efforts to work with Cuban researchers, talks about what improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba could mean for science and conservation.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:25:00 -0000 Cuba–U.S. Thaw Should Ease Scientific Collaborations full Scientific American Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology researcher Eduardo Inigo-Elias, a veteran of efforts to work with Cuban researchers, talks about what improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba could mean for science and conservation.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology researcher Eduardo Inigo-Elias, a veteran of efforts to work with Cuban researchers, talks about what improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba could mean for science and conservation.  

 

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]]> 235 no African Park Comeback Offers Ecological Optimism https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/african-park-comeback-offers-ecological-optimism/ 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 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:00:00 -0000 African Park Comeback Offers Ecological Optimism full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 279 no Bring a Musician to Untangle Cocktail Party Din https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bring-a-musician-to-untangle-cocktail-party-din/ Musicians are better at separating out one meaningful audio stream from a combination, a skill that could help decipher a single conversation in a crowd. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:55:00 -0000 Bring a Musician to Untangle Cocktail Party Din full Scientific American Musicians are better at separating out one meaningful audio stream from a combination, a skill that could help decipher a single conversation in a crowd. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Musicians are better at separating out one meaningful audio stream from a combination, a skill that could help decipher a single conversation in a crowd. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 244 no Our Noise Bothers Overlooked Seafloor Critters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/our-noise-bothers-overlooked-seafloor-critters/ Creatures that live on the seafloor play vital roles in marine ecosystems, but human-made noise can alter their behaviors.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:53:00 -0000 Our Noise Bothers Overlooked Seafloor Critters full Scientific American Creatures that live on the seafloor play vital roles in marine ecosystems, but human-made noise can alter their behaviors.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Creatures that live on the seafloor play vital roles in marine ecosystems, but human-made noise can alter their behaviors.

 

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]]> 228 no Eavesdrop on Echolocation to Count Bats https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/eavesdrop-on-echolocation-to-count-bats/ Researchers created a model that can accurately predict a cave's bat populations using audio alone. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Eavesdrop on Echolocation to Count Bats full Scientific American Researchers created a model that can accurately predict a cave's bat populations using audio alone. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers created a model that can accurately predict a cave's bat populations using audio alone. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 214 no Underground Eruptions Could Cause Quakes Months Later https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/underground-eruptions-could-cause-quakes-months-later/ 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 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:58:00 -0000 Underground Eruptions Could Cause Quakes Months Later full Scientific American 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 When the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in January 2002, it set the geologic stage for earthquakes nine months later. Julia Rosen reports.

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]]> 221 no Raw Stone Age Meals Got Tenderizing Treatment https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/raw-stone-age-meals-got-tenderizing-treatment/ 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 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:02:00 -0000 Raw Stone Age Meals Got Tenderizing Treatment full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 205 no Fear of Spiders Makes Them Look Bigger https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fear-of-spiders-makes-them-look-bigger/ 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 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Fear of Spiders Makes Them Look Bigger full Scientific American 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 Arachnophobic study subjects estimated the size of spiders as bigger than did people who do not fear the eight-legged beasties. Jason Goldman reports.

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]]> 201 no Pro Baseball Player Tech Avatars Could Be a Hit https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pro-baseball-player-tech-avatars-could-be-a-hit/ Smart Bat sensor captures swing data and reenacts the motion on a smartphone app. Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:08:00 -0000 Pro Baseball Player Tech Avatars Could Be a Hit full Scientific American Smart Bat sensor captures swing data and reenacts the motion on a smartphone app. Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Smart Bat sensor captures swing data and reenacts the motion on a smartphone app. Larry Greenemeier reports.

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]]> 171 no This Dragonfly Outmigrates Monarchs https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-dragonfly-outmigrates-monarchs/ The dragonfly Pantala flavescens can travel 9,000 to 11,000 miles, and may interbreed across the globe. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0000 This Dragonfly Outmigrates Monarchs full Scientific American The dragonfly Pantala flavescens can travel 9,000 to 11,000 miles, and may interbreed across the globe. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The dragonfly Pantala flavescens can travel 9,000 to 11,000 miles, and may interbreed across the globe. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Gators Guard Birds That Nest Nearby https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gators-guard-birds-that-nest-nearby/ Wading birds in the Everglades prefer to nest near resident gators for protection. And the arrangement appears to be mutually beneficial. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:51:00 -0000 Gators Guard Birds That Nest Nearby full Scientific American Wading birds in the Everglades prefer to nest near resident gators for protection. And the arrangement appears to be mutually beneficial. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wading birds in the Everglades prefer to nest near resident gators for protection. And the arrangement appears to be mutually beneficial. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 193 no Space "Treasure Map" Guides E.T. Search https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/space-treasure-map-guides-e-t-search/ 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 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:30:00 -0000 Space "Treasure Map" Guides E.T. Search full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 186 no Milgram's Conformity Experiment Revisited in Lab and on Stage https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/milgram-s-conformity-experiment-revisited-in-lab-and-on-stage/ A conversation following a play about the famous Milgram experiments about conformity and authority included mention of a just-published new version of the test.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:20:00 -0000 Milgram's Conformity Experiment Revisited in Lab and on Stage full Scientific American A conversation following a play about the famous Milgram experiments about conformity and authority included mention of a just-published new version of the test.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A conversation following a play about the famous Milgram experiments about conformity and authority included mention of a just-published new version of the test.

 

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]]> 239 no Bats Beat Ebola with Hypervigilant Immunity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bats-beat-ebola-with-hypervigilant-immunity/ The immune systems in bats are in a continuous state of activation, which may explain why they can carry viruses like Ebola without harm. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:10:00 -0000 Bats Beat Ebola with Hypervigilant Immunity full Scientific American The immune systems in bats are in a continuous state of activation, which may explain why they can carry viruses like Ebola without harm. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The immune systems in bats are in a continuous state of activation, which may explain why they can carry viruses like Ebola without harm. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Cutting Carbon Pollution Could Save Health Care $ https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cutting-carbon-pollution-could-save-health-care/ 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 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Cutting Carbon Pollution Could Save Health Care $ full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 195 no Billion Sun–Bright Events Leave Radio Wave Clues https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/billion-sun-bright-events-leave-radio-wave-clues/ “Fast radio bursts” detected here on Earth last only a thousandth of a second, but are the result of a faraway source briefly shining a billion or more times brighter than our sun.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:00:00 -0000 Billion Sun–Bright Events Leave Radio Wave Clues full Scientific American “Fast radio bursts” detected here on Earth last only a thousandth of a second, but are the result of a faraway source briefly shining a billion or more times brighter than our sun.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices “Fast radio bursts” detected here on Earth last only a thousandth of a second, but are the result of a faraway source briefly shining a billion or more times brighter than our sun.

 

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]]> 210 no Cyber Thieves Hold Hospital's Data for Ransom https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cyber-thieves-hold-hospital-s-data-for-ransom/ Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in California paid $17,000 to regain access to their patient digital information and other data held hostage.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:47:00 -0000 Cyber Thieves Hold Hospital's Data for Ransom full Scientific American Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in California paid $17,000 to regain access to their patient digital information and other data held hostage.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in California paid $17,000 to regain access to their patient digital information and other data held hostage.

 

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]]> 160 no Ball Really Looks Bigger to Better Hitters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ball-really-looks-bigger-to-better-hitters/ Jessica Witt of Colorado State University explains that how well you're performing affects your visual perception of the world around you, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:19:00 -0000 Ball Really Looks Bigger to Better Hitters full Scientific American Jessica Witt of Colorado State University explains that how well you're performing affects your visual perception of the world around you, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jessica Witt of Colorado State University explains that how well you're performing affects your visual perception of the world around you, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

 

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]]> 198 no HPV Vaccine Needs to Reach Boys, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hpv-vaccine-needs-to-reach-boys-too/ Gypsyamber D’Souza of Johns Hopkins University discussed the rise in HPV-related oral cancer, its connection to oral sex and the risk for men at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:25:00 -0000 HPV Vaccine Needs to Reach Boys, Too full Scientific American Gypsyamber D’Souza of Johns Hopkins University discussed the rise in HPV-related oral cancer, its connection to oral sex and the risk for men at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Gypsyamber D’Souza of Johns Hopkins University discussed the rise in HPV-related oral cancer, its connection to oral sex and the risk for men at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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]]> 211 no Mantis Shrimp Shells May Inspire Next-Generation Computer Chips https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mantis-shrimp-shells-may-inspire-next-generation-computer-chips/ Mantis shrimp shells contain ultrathin polarizing materials, which could find use in optical computer chips. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:45:00 -0000 Mantis Shrimp Shells May Inspire Next-Generation Computer Chips full Scientific American Mantis shrimp shells contain ultrathin polarizing materials, which could find use in optical computer chips. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mantis shrimp shells contain ultrathin polarizing materials, which could find use in optical computer chips. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 190 no Opioid Epidemic Gets Treatment Prescription https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/opioid-epidemic-gets-treatment-prescription/ 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 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:25:00 -0000 Opioid Epidemic Gets Treatment Prescription full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 225 no Elephant Ivory DNA Reveals Poaching Hotspots https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/elephant-ivory-dna-reveals-poaching-hotspots/ Almost all the ivory in large stockpiles seized by law enforcement originates in just two locations in Africa, informing authorities about where to focus their resources.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:23:00 -0000 Elephant Ivory DNA Reveals Poaching Hotspots full Scientific American Almost all the ivory in large stockpiles seized by law enforcement originates in just two locations in Africa, informing authorities about where to focus their resources.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Almost all the ivory in large stockpiles seized by law enforcement originates in just two locations in Africa, informing authorities about where to focus their resources.

 

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]]> 217 no Gut Microbes Lessen Mice Malarial Malaise https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gut-microbes-lessen-mice-malarial-malaise/ Mice with the right mix of microbes were spared the worst of a malaria infection, possibly via some sort of "booster effect" on the immune system. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0000 Gut Microbes Lessen Mice Malarial Malaise full Scientific American Mice with the right mix of microbes were spared the worst of a malaria infection, possibly via some sort of "booster effect" on the immune system. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice with the right mix of microbes were spared the worst of a malaria infection, possibly via some sort of "booster effect" on the immune system. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 197 no Greenland's Meltwater May Fertilize Fjords with Phosphorus https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/greenland-s-meltwater-may-fertilize-fjords-with-phosphorus/ 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 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:15:00 -0000 Greenland's Meltwater May Fertilize Fjords with Phosphorus full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 197 no Lizard Picks Best Color--to Stand against https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lizard-picks-best-color-to-stand-against/ Aegean wall lizards are the first wild animals to be observed explicitly choosing the best background for their particular coloration to disappear into.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:25:00 -0000 Lizard Picks Best Color--to Stand against full Scientific American Aegean wall lizards are the first wild animals to be observed explicitly choosing the best background for their particular coloration to disappear into.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Aegean wall lizards are the first wild animals to be observed explicitly choosing the best background for their particular coloration to disappear into.

 

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]]> 198 no Giant Bird Driven Extinct by Egg-Eating Humans https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/giant-bird-driven-extinct-by-egg-eating-humans/ About 47,000 years ago, newcomer humans to Australia helped to wipe out an enormous flightless bird by collecting and cooking its eggs.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:57:00 -0000 Giant Bird Driven Extinct by Egg-Eating Humans full Scientific American About 47,000 years ago, newcomer humans to Australia helped to wipe out an enormous flightless bird by collecting and cooking its eggs.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices About 47,000 years ago, newcomer humans to Australia helped to wipe out an enormous flightless bird by collecting and cooking its eggs.

 

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]]> 184 no Climate Change Most Affects Nations That Didn't Produce It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-change-most-affects-nations-that-didn-t-produce-it/ 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 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:13:00 -0000 Climate Change Most Affects Nations That Didn't Produce It full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 180 no Super Bowl Sunday's Food Needs Work https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/super-bowl-sunday-s-food-needs-work/ A public health advocate determined how much exercise is required to burn off various typical big game foods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 06 Feb 2016 10:46:00 -0000 Super Bowl Sunday's Food Needs Work full Scientific American A public health advocate determined how much exercise is required to burn off various typical big game foods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A public health advocate determined how much exercise is required to burn off various typical big game foods.

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]]> 184 no Bear Gut Microbes Help Prep Hibernation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bear-gut-microbes-help-prep-hibernation/ Bears’ gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hibernation.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:00:00 -0000 Bear Gut Microbes Help Prep Hibernation full Scientific American Bears’ gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hibernation.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bears’ gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hibernation.

 

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]]> 187 no Seed-Scattering Birds May Help Trees Cope with Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seed-scattering-birds-may-help-trees-cope-with-climate-change/ A new review paper emphasizes the crucial role birds play in helping trees colonize new habitats—especially in the face of a changing climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:03:00 -0000 Seed-Scattering Birds May Help Trees Cope with Climate Change full Scientific American A new review paper emphasizes the crucial role birds play in helping trees colonize new habitats—especially in the face of a changing climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new review paper emphasizes the crucial role birds play in helping trees colonize new habitats—especially in the face of a changing climate. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 220 no Plastic Pollution Perturbs Oyster Offspring https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plastic-pollution-perturbs-oyster-offspring/ 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 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:37:00 -0000 Plastic Pollution Perturbs Oyster Offspring full Scientific American 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 Laboratory tests suggest that when the shellfish suck in tiny plastic particles, their reproductive success suffers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 173 no Antioxidant Use Still Small Mixed Bag https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antioxidant-use-still-small-mixed-bag/ At a Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health forum on diet and health, Walter Willett, chair of the school's nutrition department, talked about benefits and risks associated with antioxidant supplements.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:07:00 -0000 Antioxidant Use Still Small Mixed Bag full Scientific American At a Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health forum on diet and health, Walter Willett, chair of the school's nutrition department, talked about benefits and risks associated with antioxidant supplements.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At a Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health forum on diet and health, Walter Willett, chair of the school's nutrition department, talked about benefits and risks associated with antioxidant supplements.

 

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]]> 192 no Sweet Song Gives Away New Bird Species https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sweet-song-gives-away-new-bird-species/ 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 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:15:00 -0000 Sweet Song Gives Away New Bird Species full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 181 no Suicide Differences by Region Related to Gun Availability https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/suicide-differences-by-region-related-to-gun-availability/ 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 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:27:00 -0000 Suicide Differences by Region Related to Gun Availability full Scientific American 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 The presence of a gun increases the likelihood that someone in the home will die a violent death, particularly by suicide.

 

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]]> 219 no Musical Pitch Perception May Have Long Evolutionary History https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/musical-pitch-perception-may-have-long-evolutionary-history/ A tiny primate, the marmoset, appears to process pitch perception the same way we do, implying that the ability evolved in a common ancestor at least 40 million years ago.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:38:00 -0000 Musical Pitch Perception May Have Long Evolutionary History full Scientific American A tiny primate, the marmoset, appears to process pitch perception the same way we do, implying that the ability evolved in a common ancestor at least 40 million years ago.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A tiny primate, the marmoset, appears to process pitch perception the same way we do, implying that the ability evolved in a common ancestor at least 40 million years ago.

 

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]]> 199 no Quick Test Could Tell If a Patient Needs Antibiotics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/quick-test-could-tell-if-a-patient-needs-antibiotics/ 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 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:23:00 -0000 Quick Test Could Tell If a Patient Needs Antibiotics full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 215 no Pluto Killer Thinks He Has New Ninth Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pluto-killer-thinks-he-has-new-ninth-planet/ Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, the driving force for demoting Pluto, now claims evidence for a massive, distant replacement ninth planet in our solar system.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:30:00 -0000 Pluto Killer Thinks He Has New Ninth Planet full Scientific American Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, the driving force for demoting Pluto, now claims evidence for a massive, distant replacement ninth planet in our solar system.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, the driving force for demoting Pluto, now claims evidence for a massive, distant replacement ninth planet in our solar system.

 

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]]> 231 no Sharks Head Straight Home by Smell https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sharks-head-straight-home-by-smell/ 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 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:23:00 -0000 Sharks Head Straight Home by Smell full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 222 no Volcano Role in Dino Death Gets Mercury Boost https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/volcano-role-in-dino-death-gets-mercury-boost/ 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 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:50:00 -0000 Volcano Role in Dino Death Gets Mercury Boost full Scientific American 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 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.

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]]> 246 no Healthful Diet Switch Helps Even Late in Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/healthful-diet-switch-helps-even-late-in-life/ At a Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health forum on diet and health, Walter Willett, chair of the school's nutrition department, said that adoption of more healthful eating habits even late in life still has benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:06:00 -0000 Healthful Diet Switch Helps Even Late in Life full Scientific American At a Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health forum on diet and health, Walter Willett, chair of the school's nutrition department, said that adoption of more healthful eating habits even late in life still has benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At a Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health forum on diet and health, Walter Willett, chair of the school's nutrition department, said that adoption of more healthful eating habits even late in life still has benefits.

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]]> 176 no Better Gut Microbiome Census through Computing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/better-gut-microbiome-census-through-computing/ Sophisticated computational techniques make it possible to analyze gene samples from all the bacteria in the gut at once to take a census of the species present.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:42:00 -0000 Better Gut Microbiome Census through Computing full Scientific American Sophisticated computational techniques make it possible to analyze gene samples from all the bacteria in the gut at once to take a census of the species present.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sophisticated computational techniques make it possible to analyze gene samples from all the bacteria in the gut at once to take a census of the species present.

 

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]]> 207 no Sociable Chimps Get Richer Gut Microbiomes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sociable-chimps-get-richer-gut-microbiomes/ When food is plentiful and chimps are more chummy, they harbor an increased number of different bacterial species in their bellies.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:00:00 -0000 Sociable Chimps Get Richer Gut Microbiomes full Scientific American When food is plentiful and chimps are more chummy, they harbor an increased number of different bacterial species in their bellies.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When food is plentiful and chimps are more chummy, they harbor an increased number of different bacterial species in their bellies.

 

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]]> 173 no Mammoth Find Moves Humans in Arctic Back 10,000 Years https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mammoth-find-moves-humans-in-arctic-back-10-000-years/ 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 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:55:00 -0000 Mammoth Find Moves Humans in Arctic Back 10,000 Years full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 184 no City Swans May Tolerate Humans Due to Gene Variant https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/city-swans-may-tolerate-humans-due-to-gene-variant/ 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 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:19:00 -0000 City Swans May Tolerate Humans Due to Gene Variant full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 217 no Hippo Meat-Munching May Explain Their Anthrax Outbreaks https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hippo-meat-munching-may-explain-their-anthrax-outbreaks/ Hippos eat meat more than had been thought, a practice that could explain their susceptibility to anthrax die-offs when they consume infected animals.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:44:00 -0000 Hippo Meat-Munching May Explain Their Anthrax Outbreaks full Scientific American Hippos eat meat more than had been thought, a practice that could explain their susceptibility to anthrax die-offs when they consume infected animals.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hippos eat meat more than had been thought, a practice that could explain their susceptibility to anthrax die-offs when they consume infected animals.

 

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]]> 221 no Powerball Lottery Winning Made Inevitable (If Not Easy) https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/powerball-lottery-winning-made-inevitable-if-not-easy/ Some set of numbers will definitely be drawn in the $1.3-billion Powerball Lottery, so all you have to do is make sure you hold every possible combination of numbers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:21:00 -0000 Powerball Lottery Winning Made Inevitable (If Not Easy) full Scientific American Some set of numbers will definitely be drawn in the $1.3-billion Powerball Lottery, so all you have to do is make sure you hold every possible combination of numbers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some set of numbers will definitely be drawn in the $1.3-billion Powerball Lottery, so all you have to do is make sure you hold every possible combination of numbers.

 

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]]> 279 no Iceman Ötzi Died with a Bellyache https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/iceman-oetzi-died-with-a-bellyache/ Researchers were able to determine the genome of stomach bacteria that infected the famous Iceman at the time of his death, in the process giving us clues about ancient human migrations.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:50:00 -0000 Iceman Ötzi Died with a Bellyache full Scientific American Researchers were able to determine the genome of stomach bacteria that infected the famous Iceman at the time of his death, in the process giving us clues about ancient human migrations.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers were able to determine the genome of stomach bacteria that infected the famous Iceman at the time of his death, in the process giving us clues about ancient human migrations.

 

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]]> 214 no Allergies May Have Been Bequeathed by Neandertals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/allergies-may-have-been-bequeathed-by-neandertals/ Many non-African humans today have genes—which apparently made it into us via Neandertals—that ramp up resistance to pathogens, but bring on allergies, too. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:00:00 -0000 Allergies May Have Been Bequeathed by Neandertals full Scientific American Many non-African humans today have genes—which apparently made it into us via Neandertals—that ramp up resistance to pathogens, but bring on allergies, too. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Many non-African humans today have genes—which apparently made it into us via Neandertals—that ramp up resistance to pathogens, but bring on allergies, too. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 210 no Needle Exchange Programs Now Get Fed Support https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/needle-exchange-programs-now-get-fed-support/ More than a quarter century after the federal funding ban on needle exchange programs went into effect, it has quietly been almost completely lifted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jan 2016 12:25:00 -0000 Needle Exchange Programs Now Get Fed Support full Scientific American More than a quarter century after the federal funding ban on needle exchange programs went into effect, it has quietly been almost completely lifted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices More than a quarter century after the federal funding ban on needle exchange programs went into effect, it has quietly been almost completely lifted.

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]]> 211 no Obama Notes Blocks of Gun Violence Research https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/obama-notes-blocks-of-gun-violence-research/ In his announcement today that he was taking executive action to require more gun sellers to be licensed and to do background checks on gun buyers, Pres. Barack Obama also touched on the problems facing public health researchers who try to study gun violence and deaths.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:40:00 -0000 Obama Notes Blocks of Gun Violence Research full Scientific American In his announcement today that he was taking executive action to require more gun sellers to be licensed and to do background checks on gun buyers, Pres. Barack Obama also touched on the problems facing public health researchers who try to study gun violence and deaths.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In his announcement today that he was taking executive action to require more gun sellers to be licensed and to do background checks on gun buyers, Pres. Barack Obama also touched on the problems facing public health researchers who try to study gun violence and deaths.

 

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]]> 223 no Big Cats and People Live in Close Quarters in India https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-cats-and-people-live-in-close-quarters-in-india/ 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 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 20:05:00 -0000 Big Cats and People Live in Close Quarters in India full Scientific American 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 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.

 

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]]> 210 no Asphalt Roads Could De-Ice Themselves https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/asphalt-roads-could-de-ice-themselves/ Researchers engineered bitumen—the sticky black stuff in asphalt—to release its own salt, to battle the formation of ice. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Asphalt Roads Could De-Ice Themselves full Scientific American Researchers engineered bitumen—the sticky black stuff in asphalt—to release its own salt, to battle the formation of ice. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers engineered bitumen—the sticky black stuff in asphalt—to release its own salt, to battle the formation of ice. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 192 no Race-Based Brand Preferences Found for Underage Drinkers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/race-based-brand-preferences-found-for-underage-drinkers/ 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 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Race-Based Brand Preferences Found for Underage Drinkers full Scientific American 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 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

 

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]]> 199 no Baby Whales Pecked to Death by Gulls https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/baby-whales-pecked-to-death-by-gulls/ 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 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Baby Whales Pecked to Death by Gulls full Scientific American 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 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

 

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]]> 204 no Polar Bears Must Work Harder on Faster Sea Ice Treadmill https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/polar-bears-must-work-harder-on-faster-sea-ice-treadmill/ Thinner sea ice is getting pushed farther by Arctic winds, which makes polar bears walk more to stay in the same place, increasing their need for food.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Polar Bears Must Work Harder on Faster Sea Ice Treadmill full Scientific American Thinner sea ice is getting pushed farther by Arctic winds, which makes polar bears walk more to stay in the same place, increasing their need for food.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thinner sea ice is getting pushed farther by Arctic winds, which makes polar bears walk more to stay in the same place, increasing their need for food.

 

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]]> 198 no Southwest's Conifers Face Trial by Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/southwest-s-conifers-face-trial-by-climate-change/ 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 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Southwest's Conifers Face Trial by Climate Change full Scientific American 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 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

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]]> 203 no Superfast Computer Chip Transmits Data with Light https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/superfast-computer-chip-transmits-data-with-light/ 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 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:01:00 -0000 Superfast Computer Chip Transmits Data with Light full Scientific American 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 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

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]]> 198 no Text Reminders Cut Binge Drinking in At-Risk Recipients https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/text-reminders-cut-binge-drinking-in-at-risk-recipients/ Heavy drinkers age 18 to 25 who got texts before and after each weekend about their weekend drinking plans cut their alcohol intake compared with those who got no texts or more perfunctory texts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:45:00 -0000 Text Reminders Cut Binge Drinking in At-Risk Recipients full Scientific American Heavy drinkers age 18 to 25 who got texts before and after each weekend about their weekend drinking plans cut their alcohol intake compared with those who got no texts or more perfunctory texts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Heavy drinkers age 18 to 25 who got texts before and after each weekend about their weekend drinking plans cut their alcohol intake compared with those who got no texts or more perfunctory texts

 

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]]> 197 no Drugged Gut Microbiome Cuts Heart Risk in Mice https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drugged-gut-microbiome-cuts-heart-risk-in-mice/ A compound found in extra virgin olive oil and red wine reduced mice’s risk of clogged arteries. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Dec 2015 11:23:00 -0000 Drugged Gut Microbiome Cuts Heart Risk in Mice full Scientific American A compound found in extra virgin olive oil and red wine reduced mice’s risk of clogged arteries. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A compound found in extra virgin olive oil and red wine reduced mice’s risk of clogged arteries. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 223 no Antievolution Legislation Shows Descent with Modification https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antievolution-legislation-shows-descent-with-modification/ Nicholas Matzke, an American evolutionary biologist currently at the Australian National University in Canberra, performed a phylogenetic-style analysis of dozens of antievolution education bills in various state legislatures to track their relatedness   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:27:00 -0000 Antievolution Legislation Shows Descent with Modification full Scientific American Nicholas Matzke, an American evolutionary biologist currently at the Australian National University in Canberra, performed a phylogenetic-style analysis of dozens of antievolution education bills in various state legislatures to track their relatedness   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nicholas Matzke, an American evolutionary biologist currently at the Australian National University in Canberra, performed a phylogenetic-style analysis of dozens of antievolution education bills in various state legislatures to track their relatedness

 

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]]> 234 no Small Fish Takes Fast-Evolution Track https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/small-fish-takes-fast-evolution-track/ 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 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Small Fish Takes Fast-Evolution Track full Scientific American 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 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

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]]> 279 no Marion Nestle Talks "Soda Politics" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/marion-nestle-talks-soda-politics/ Marion Nestle, author of Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning), talked December 14 in New York City about Coca-Cola's attempt to fund research designed to find sugared soft drinks innocent in contributing to obesity   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Dec 2015 21:11:00 -0000 Marion Nestle Talks "Soda Politics" full Scientific American Marion Nestle, author of Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning), talked December 14 in New York City about Coca-Cola's attempt to fund research designed to find sugared soft drinks innocent in contributing to obesity   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Marion Nestle, author of Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning), talked December 14 in New York City about Coca-Cola's attempt to fund research designed to find sugared soft drinks innocent in contributing to obesity

 

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]]> 258 no Teachers' Racial Biases Have Different Effects for High Versus Low Performers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teachers-racial-biases-have-different-effects-for-high-versus-low-performers/ 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 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Teachers' Racial Biases Have Different Effects for High Versus Low Performers full Scientific American 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 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

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]]> 176 no Energy Secretary Talks Climate Challenge https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/energy-secretary-talks-climate-challenge/ A brief portion of the December 9 conversation during the climate talks in France between Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Scientific American’s David Biello   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:01:00 -0000 Energy Secretary Talks Climate Challenge full Scientific American A brief portion of the December 9 conversation during the climate talks in France between Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Scientific American’s David Biello   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A brief portion of the December 9 conversation during the climate talks in France between Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Scientific American’s David Biello

 

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]]> 220 no Cockroach Caca Contains Chemical Messages Made by Microbes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cockroach-caca-contains-chemical-messages-made-by-microbes/ Roaches get the signal to gather together from pheromones produced by their gut microbes and released in the insects’ excrement. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Cockroach Caca Contains Chemical Messages Made by Microbes full Scientific American Roaches get the signal to gather together from pheromones produced by their gut microbes and released in the insects’ excrement. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Roaches get the signal to gather together from pheromones produced by their gut microbes and released in the insects’ excrement. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 224 no 90-Nation Coalition Aims for Ambitious Climate Change Deal https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/90-nation-coalition-aims-for-ambitious-climate-change-deal1/ Among its goals, the coalition of countries, including the U.S., wants an agreement that the world must aim as soon as possible to hold global warming to 1.5-degree Celsius and work toward a long-term low-carbon future   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:01:00 -0000 90-Nation Coalition Aims for Ambitious Climate Change Deal full Scientific American Among its goals, the coalition of countries, including the U.S., wants an agreement that the world must aim as soon as possible to hold global warming to 1.5-degree Celsius and work toward a long-term low-carbon future   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Among its goals, the coalition of countries, including the U.S., wants an agreement that the world must aim as soon as possible to hold global warming to 1.5-degree Celsius and work toward a long-term low-carbon future

 

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]]> 186 no New African Highways Have a High Environmental Price https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-african-highways-have-a-high-environmental-price/ 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 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 New African Highways Have a High Environmental Price full Scientific American 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 An analysis determines that many road-building projects in Africa would bring only modest benefits to people, while devastating the environment. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 220 no Protect the Right Places for Biodiversity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/protect-the-right-places-for-biodiversity/ Scientists can provide the info to make sure that the correct areas are chosen for protection to help ensure the continued robustness of a region's biodiversity   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:34:00 -0000 Protect the Right Places for Biodiversity full Scientific American Scientists can provide the info to make sure that the correct areas are chosen for protection to help ensure the continued robustness of a region's biodiversity   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists can provide the info to make sure that the correct areas are chosen for protection to help ensure the continued robustness of a region's biodiversity

 

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]]> 174 no Individuals' Blood Glucose Levels after Meals May Be Predictable https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/individuals-blood-glucose-levels-after-meals-may-be-predictable/ 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 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:39:00 -0000 Individuals' Blood Glucose Levels after Meals May Be Predictable full Scientific American 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 Closely tracking 800 people's blood glucose levels in response to meals allowed researchers to develop a predictive algorithm for individuals

 

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]]> 182 no Obese Dad's Sperm May Influence Offspring's Weight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/obese-dad-s-sperm-may-influence-offspring-s-weight/ Overweight men’s sperm undergo epigenetic changes that may alter a child’s brain development and appetite control. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:30:00 -0000 Obese Dad's Sperm May Influence Offspring's Weight full Scientific American Overweight men’s sperm undergo epigenetic changes that may alter a child’s brain development and appetite control. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Overweight men’s sperm undergo epigenetic changes that may alter a child’s brain development and appetite control. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 210 no Pollination Isn't Just for the Bees https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pollination-isn-t-just-for-the-bees/ Flies, beetles, butterflies and moths may account for some 40 percent of the world’s pollination. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Pollination Isn't Just for the Bees full Scientific American Flies, beetles, butterflies and moths may account for some 40 percent of the world’s pollination. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Flies, beetles, butterflies and moths may account for some 40 percent of the world’s pollination. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 211 no Race Colors New Residents' Views of Local Businesses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/race-colors-new-residents-views-of-local-businesses/ Gentrifying residents in two Brooklyn neighborhoods view their new surroundings differently, depending on the race of those who traditionally live there. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Race Colors New Residents' Views of Local Businesses full Scientific American Gentrifying residents in two Brooklyn neighborhoods view their new surroundings differently, depending on the race of those who traditionally live there. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Gentrifying residents in two Brooklyn neighborhoods view their new surroundings differently, depending on the race of those who traditionally live there. Erika Beras reports

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]]> 186 no Espresso Machines Brew a Microbiome of Their Own https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/espresso-machines-brew-a-microbiome-of-their-own/ Researchers sampled 10 espresso machines and found that most of them harbored coffee residues rich in bacteria—including some potentially pathogenic strains. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Espresso Machines Brew a Microbiome of Their Own full Scientific American Researchers sampled 10 espresso machines and found that most of them harbored coffee residues rich in bacteria—including some potentially pathogenic strains. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers sampled 10 espresso machines and found that most of them harbored coffee residues rich in bacteria—including some potentially pathogenic strains. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 181 no Massive Survey Creates Amazon Tree Census https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/massive-survey-creates-amazon-tree-census/ A tree survey in the Amazon by more than 150 researchers led to an estimate that up to 57 percent of Amazon trees could qualify for threatened species status by 2050   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Massive Survey Creates Amazon Tree Census full Scientific American A tree survey in the Amazon by more than 150 researchers led to an estimate that up to 57 percent of Amazon trees could qualify for threatened species status by 2050   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A tree survey in the Amazon by more than 150 researchers led to an estimate that up to 57 percent of Amazon trees could qualify for threatened species status by 2050

 

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]]> 185 no People Pick Familiar Foods Over Favorites https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/people-pick-familiar-foods-over-favorites/ A study found that the stronger a subject's memory of a particular food, the more likely they were to choose it again, even over foods they professed to enjoy more   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:00:00 -0000 People Pick Familiar Foods Over Favorites full Scientific American A study found that the stronger a subject's memory of a particular food, the more likely they were to choose it again, even over foods they professed to enjoy more   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study found that the stronger a subject's memory of a particular food, the more likely they were to choose it again, even over foods they professed to enjoy more

 

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]]> 170 no Women Candidates Face Implicit Bias Hurdle https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/women-candidates-face-implicit-bias-hurdle/ Volunteers taking an "implicit bias" test who were unlikely to associate images of women with leadership titles like executive or president were far less likely to vote for a woman in a race against a man of equal qualification   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:45:00 -0000 Women Candidates Face Implicit Bias Hurdle full Scientific American Volunteers taking an "implicit bias" test who were unlikely to associate images of women with leadership titles like executive or president were far less likely to vote for a woman in a race against a man of equal qualification   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Volunteers taking an "implicit bias" test who were unlikely to associate images of women with leadership titles like executive or president were far less likely to vote for a woman in a race against a man of equal qualification

 

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]]> 210 no Gut Bacteria Signal Your Brain When They're Full https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gut-bacteria-signal-your-brain-when-they-re-full/ Twenty minutes into a meal, E. coli pump out appetite-suppressing proteins, which could influence our feeling of hunger. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:34:00 -0000 Gut Bacteria Signal Your Brain When They're Full full Scientific American Twenty minutes into a meal, E. coli pump out appetite-suppressing proteins, which could influence our feeling of hunger. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Twenty minutes into a meal, E. coli pump out appetite-suppressing proteins, which could influence our feeling of hunger. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 179 no Vocal Cords Bioengineered from Starter Cells https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/vocal-cords-bioengineered-from-starter-cells/ Researchers took cells from donated vocal cord tissue and successfully grew them on a three-dimensional scaffold to produce new vocal cords that can produce sound   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:07:00 -0000 Vocal Cords Bioengineered from Starter Cells full Scientific American Researchers took cells from donated vocal cord tissue and successfully grew them on a three-dimensional scaffold to produce new vocal cords that can produce sound   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers took cells from donated vocal cord tissue and successfully grew them on a three-dimensional scaffold to produce new vocal cords that can produce sound

 

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]]> 205 no Sahara Reveals Remains of Ancient River https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sahara-reveals-remains-of-ancient-river/ Using a satellite-born sensor system that can penetrate through several feet of dry surface sediments, researchers found the dry remains of an ancient river system winding for hundreds of miles below the Saharan sands    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:30:00 -0000 Sahara Reveals Remains of Ancient River full Scientific American Using a satellite-born sensor system that can penetrate through several feet of dry surface sediments, researchers found the dry remains of an ancient river system winding for hundreds of miles below the Saharan sands    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using a satellite-born sensor system that can penetrate through several feet of dry surface sediments, researchers found the dry remains of an ancient river system winding for hundreds of miles below the Saharan sands 

 

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]]> 185 no Your Brain Can Taste without Your Tongue https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/your-brain-can-taste-without-your-tongue/ Stimulating the "taste cortex" was enough to trick mice into thinking they'd tasted sweet or bitter substances, when in fact their tongues tasted nothing at all. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Nov 2015 09:30:00 -0000 Your Brain Can Taste without Your Tongue full Scientific American Stimulating the "taste cortex" was enough to trick mice into thinking they'd tasted sweet or bitter substances, when in fact their tongues tasted nothing at all. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Stimulating the "taste cortex" was enough to trick mice into thinking they'd tasted sweet or bitter substances, when in fact their tongues tasted nothing at all. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 202 no Urban Food Foraging Looks Fruitful https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/urban-food-foraging-looks-fruitful/ Fruits growing wild in urban areas were found to be healthful and to contain lower levels of lead than what's considered safe in drinking water   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:50:00 -0000 Urban Food Foraging Looks Fruitful full Scientific American Fruits growing wild in urban areas were found to be healthful and to contain lower levels of lead than what's considered safe in drinking water   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fruits growing wild in urban areas were found to be healthful and to contain lower levels of lead than what's considered safe in drinking water

 

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]]> 180 no Female Vocalists Are in the (Mouse) House https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/female-vocalists-are-in-the-mouse-house/ Careful recordings of mouse interactions find that females vocalize, overturning the long-held view that only males sing during courtship   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:28:00 -0000 Female Vocalists Are in the (Mouse) House full Scientific American Careful recordings of mouse interactions find that females vocalize, overturning the long-held view that only males sing during courtship   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Careful recordings of mouse interactions find that females vocalize, overturning the long-held view that only males sing during courtship

 

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]]> 178 no Eat Slowly and Breathe Smoothly to Enhance Taste https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/eat-slowly-and-breathe-smoothly-to-enhance-taste/ Slow, steady breathing lofts minute food particles into the nasal cavity, where they contribute to your perception of flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:30:00 -0000 Eat Slowly and Breathe Smoothly to Enhance Taste full Scientific American Slow, steady breathing lofts minute food particles into the nasal cavity, where they contribute to your perception of flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Slow, steady breathing lofts minute food particles into the nasal cavity, where they contribute to your perception of flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 206 no Little Galaxy Keeps Churning Out Stars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/little-galaxy-keeps-churning-out-stars/ The recently discovered small galaxy Leo P contains only about a hundred-thousandth as many stars as the Milky Way, but it's bucking the small galaxy trend by continuing to make new ones   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:51:00 -0000 Little Galaxy Keeps Churning Out Stars full Scientific American The recently discovered small galaxy Leo P contains only about a hundred-thousandth as many stars as the Milky Way, but it's bucking the small galaxy trend by continuing to make new ones   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The recently discovered small galaxy Leo P contains only about a hundred-thousandth as many stars as the Milky Way, but it's bucking the small galaxy trend by continuing to make new ones

 

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]]> 163 no Howler Monkeys Trade Testicles for Decibels https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/howler-monkeys-trade-testicles-for-decibels/ Among howler monkey species, loud calls come at the expense of testicle size and sperm production—or to put it another way, monkeys with the largest testes don't make as much noise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:07:00 -0000 Howler Monkeys Trade Testicles for Decibels full Scientific American Among howler monkey species, loud calls come at the expense of testicle size and sperm production—or to put it another way, monkeys with the largest testes don't make as much noise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Among howler monkey species, loud calls come at the expense of testicle size and sperm production—or to put it another way, monkeys with the largest testes don't make as much noise

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]]> 199 no Stone Age Pottery Reveals Signs of Beekeeping https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stone-age-pottery-reveals-signs-of-beekeeping/ Beeswax residues found on shards of stone age pottery in the Mediterranean region indicate that humans were keeping honeybees as early as 9,000 years ago   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:28:00 -0000 Stone Age Pottery Reveals Signs of Beekeeping full Scientific American Beeswax residues found on shards of stone age pottery in the Mediterranean region indicate that humans were keeping honeybees as early as 9,000 years ago   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Beeswax residues found on shards of stone age pottery in the Mediterranean region indicate that humans were keeping honeybees as early as 9,000 years ago

 

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]]> 171 no What Makes Sand Dunes Sing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-makes-sand-dunes-sing/ Engineers at Caltech discovered that for sand dunes to produce sound they need a dry layer on top that amplifies internal frequencies during sand movement. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:20:00 -0000 What Makes Sand Dunes Sing full Scientific American Engineers at Caltech discovered that for sand dunes to produce sound they need a dry layer on top that amplifies internal frequencies during sand movement. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Engineers at Caltech discovered that for sand dunes to produce sound they need a dry layer on top that amplifies internal frequencies during sand movement. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 221 no Brain Rhythms Sync to Musical Beat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brain-rhythms-sync-to-musical-beat/ The human brain's neurons fire in sync to music, and trained musicians are better at it than are amateurs   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:24:00 -0000 Brain Rhythms Sync to Musical Beat full Scientific American The human brain's neurons fire in sync to music, and trained musicians are better at it than are amateurs   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The human brain's neurons fire in sync to music, and trained musicians are better at it than are amateurs

 

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]]> 198 no Brain Responds to Driving Routes Repeatedly https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brain-responds-to-driving-routes-repeatedly/ Learning detailed navigation information causes the hippocampus to interact with other regions of the brain involved in location   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:25:00 -0000 Brain Responds to Driving Routes Repeatedly full Scientific American Learning detailed navigation information causes the hippocampus to interact with other regions of the brain involved in location   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learning detailed navigation information causes the hippocampus to interact with other regions of the brain involved in location

 

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]]> 190 no Arctic Marine Mammals Swim Up to the Microphone https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/arctic-marine-mammals-swim-up-to-the-microphone/ As Arctic sea ice melts, an underwater recording project reveals that the submerged ecology is undergoing change, with humpbacks and killer whales staying north later in the year. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:35:00 -0000 Arctic Marine Mammals Swim Up to the Microphone full Scientific American As Arctic sea ice melts, an underwater recording project reveals that the submerged ecology is undergoing change, with humpbacks and killer whales staying north later in the year. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As Arctic sea ice melts, an underwater recording project reveals that the submerged ecology is undergoing change, with humpbacks and killer whales staying north later in the year. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 215 no Decoy Mating Call Battles Citrus Pest https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/decoy-mating-call-battles-citrus-pest/ Researchers developed a call that effectively mimics the citrus psyllid's mating song, which could be a weapon against a devastating crop scourge. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:31:00 -0000 Decoy Mating Call Battles Citrus Pest full Scientific American Researchers developed a call that effectively mimics the citrus psyllid's mating song, which could be a weapon against a devastating crop scourge. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers developed a call that effectively mimics the citrus psyllid's mating song, which could be a weapon against a devastating crop scourge. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 192 no Methane Plumes Bubbling along U.S. Northwest Coast https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/methane-plumes-bubbling-along-u-s-northwest-coast/ Researchers report a spike in the number of methane plumes along the Northwest coast emanating from depths of about 500 meters, a possible indication that submerged frozen methane is becoming available   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:45:00 -0000 Methane Plumes Bubbling along U.S. Northwest Coast full Scientific American Researchers report a spike in the number of methane plumes along the Northwest coast emanating from depths of about 500 meters, a possible indication that submerged frozen methane is becoming available   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers report a spike in the number of methane plumes along the Northwest coast emanating from depths of about 500 meters, a possible indication that submerged frozen methane is becoming available

 

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]]> 215 no Cultural Goofs Gear Up Gray Matter https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cultural-goofs-gear-up-gray-matter/ People exposed to incongruent situations, such as Halloween-themed plates at a Labor Day picnic, performed better on cognitive-reasoning tests and were less likely to make impulse purchases or overeat   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:36:00 -0000 Cultural Goofs Gear Up Gray Matter full Scientific American People exposed to incongruent situations, such as Halloween-themed plates at a Labor Day picnic, performed better on cognitive-reasoning tests and were less likely to make impulse purchases or overeat   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People exposed to incongruent situations, such as Halloween-themed plates at a Labor Day picnic, performed better on cognitive-reasoning tests and were less likely to make impulse purchases or overeat

 

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]]> 194 no Whale Poop Drives Global Nutrient Cycling https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whale-poop-drives-global-nutrient-cycling/ Whales fertilize ocean surface waters with key nutrients like phosphorus, which move through the food chain, and eventually, onto land. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:12:00 -0000 Whale Poop Drives Global Nutrient Cycling full Scientific American Whales fertilize ocean surface waters with key nutrients like phosphorus, which move through the food chain, and eventually, onto land. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whales fertilize ocean surface waters with key nutrients like phosphorus, which move through the food chain, and eventually, onto land. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 240 no Road Runoff a No-No for Coho https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/road-runoff-a-no-no-for-coho/ Researchers have found the first direct evidence that coho salmon near U.S. Northwest cities are being killed by chemical runoff from roads and parking lots that reach streams   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:38:00 -0000 Road Runoff a No-No for Coho full Scientific American Researchers have found the first direct evidence that coho salmon near U.S. Northwest cities are being killed by chemical runoff from roads and parking lots that reach streams   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have found the first direct evidence that coho salmon near U.S. Northwest cities are being killed by chemical runoff from roads and parking lots that reach streams

 

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]]> 180 no Political and Industry Leaders Make a Case for Basic Research https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/political-and-industry-leaders-make-a-case-for-basic-research/ At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 24 Oct 2015 16:35:00 -0000 Political and Industry Leaders Make a Case for Basic Research full Scientific American At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development

 

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]]> 191 no TV Crime Shows Influence Sex Consent Views https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tv-crime-shows-influence-sex-consent-views/ College students who watched episodes of the various Law & Order episodes had a better understanding of sexual consent issues than those who watched two other crime procedural franchises   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:45:00 -0000 TV Crime Shows Influence Sex Consent Views full Scientific American College students who watched episodes of the various Law & Order episodes had a better understanding of sexual consent issues than those who watched two other crime procedural franchises   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices College students who watched episodes of the various Law & Order episodes had a better understanding of sexual consent issues than those who watched two other crime procedural franchises

 

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]]> 198 no Beet Juice Could Help Body Beat Altitude https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beet-juice-could-help-body-beat-altitude/ Beet juice contains nitrates, which the body can convert to nitric oxide, a chemical that relaxes blood vessels and makes it easier to function in conditions of low oxygen. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Beet Juice Could Help Body Beat Altitude full Scientific American Beet juice contains nitrates, which the body can convert to nitric oxide, a chemical that relaxes blood vessels and makes it easier to function in conditions of low oxygen. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Beet juice contains nitrates, which the body can convert to nitric oxide, a chemical that relaxes blood vessels and makes it easier to function in conditions of low oxygen. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 205 no Fall Foliage Timing Comes into Clearer Focus https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fall-foliage-timing-comes-into-clearer-focus/ Researchers picked apart satellite imagery from two New England forest ecosystems to get a better handle on exactly what factors influence the timing of the color changes of the autumn leaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:00:00 -0000 Fall Foliage Timing Comes into Clearer Focus full Scientific American Researchers picked apart satellite imagery from two New England forest ecosystems to get a better handle on exactly what factors influence the timing of the color changes of the autumn leaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers picked apart satellite imagery from two New England forest ecosystems to get a better handle on exactly what factors influence the timing of the color changes of the autumn leaves

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]]> 179 no Apple Thins iPhone Cloud Connections https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/apple-thins-iphone-cloud-connections/ The company’s moves to have iPhones be less dependent on the cloud and to be more encrypted could mean more user privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:10:00 -0000 Apple Thins iPhone Cloud Connections full Scientific American The company’s moves to have iPhones be less dependent on the cloud and to be more encrypted could mean more user privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The company’s moves to have iPhones be less dependent on the cloud and to be more encrypted could mean more user privacy

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]]> 178 no Dino's Tail Might Have Whipped It Good https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dino-s-tail-might-have-whipped-it-good/ Researchers built a physical model of the tail of the late Jurassic dinosaur Apatosaurus and found that its tail tip could have moved at supersonic speed to produce a whip-crack sound   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:37:00 -0000 Dino's Tail Might Have Whipped It Good full Scientific American Researchers built a physical model of the tail of the late Jurassic dinosaur Apatosaurus and found that its tail tip could have moved at supersonic speed to produce a whip-crack sound   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers built a physical model of the tail of the late Jurassic dinosaur Apatosaurus and found that its tail tip could have moved at supersonic speed to produce a whip-crack sound

 

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]]> 178 no Babies Move Tongue to Learn New Tongues https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/babies-move-tongue-to-learn-new-tongues/ Infants seemed to be able to differentiate between two different "D" sounds in Hindi—but only when their tongue movements weren't blocked by a teething device. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:52:00 -0000 Babies Move Tongue to Learn New Tongues full Scientific American Infants seemed to be able to differentiate between two different "D" sounds in Hindi—but only when their tongue movements weren't blocked by a teething device. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Infants seemed to be able to differentiate between two different "D" sounds in Hindi—but only when their tongue movements weren't blocked by a teething device. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 207 no Pluto Mission Targets Next Kuiper Belt Object https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pluto-mission-targets-next-kuiper-belt-object/ Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA’s New Horizons Mission, explains that with Pluto in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will continue on to a smaller Kuiper Belt body   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:37:00 -0000 Pluto Mission Targets Next Kuiper Belt Object full Scientific American Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA’s New Horizons Mission, explains that with Pluto in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will continue on to a smaller Kuiper Belt body   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA’s New Horizons Mission, explains that with Pluto in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will continue on to a smaller Kuiper Belt body

 

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]]> 215 no Magnetic Field May Be a Map for Migratory Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/magnetic-field-may-be-a-map-for-migratory-birds/ It's well known birds can use Earth's magnetic field as their compass, but they may also use magnetism as their map. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:15:00 -0000 Magnetic Field May Be a Map for Migratory Birds full Scientific American It's well known birds can use Earth's magnetic field as their compass, but they may also use magnetism as their map. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices It's well known birds can use Earth's magnetic field as their compass, but they may also use magnetism as their map. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 185 no Wildlife Tourism Could Be "Domesticating" Wild Animals https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wildlife-tourism-could-be-domesticating-wild-animals/ Human tourism—no matter how well-intentioned—might desensitize wild animals to poachers and predators, affecting their odds of survival. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:01:00 -0000 Wildlife Tourism Could Be "Domesticating" Wild Animals full Scientific American Human tourism—no matter how well-intentioned—might desensitize wild animals to poachers and predators, affecting their odds of survival. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Human tourism—no matter how well-intentioned—might desensitize wild animals to poachers and predators, affecting their odds of survival. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 222 no Babies Just Want to Be Smiled at https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/babies-just-want-to-be-smiled-at/ By studying the interactions of babies and their mothers, researchers determined that babies smile in hopes others will smile at them. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Babies Just Want to Be Smiled at full Scientific American By studying the interactions of babies and their mothers, researchers determined that babies smile in hopes others will smile at them. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices By studying the interactions of babies and their mothers, researchers determined that babies smile in hopes others will smile at them. Erika Beras reports

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]]> 174 no 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2015-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/ The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Oct 2015 07:11:00 -0000 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry full Scientific American The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair

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]]> 227 no 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2015-nobel-prize-in-physics/ The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery that one kind of neutrino can change into another, which shows that neutrinos have mass   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:02:00 -0000 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics full Scientific American The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery that one kind of neutrino can change into another, which shows that neutrinos have mass   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery that one kind of neutrino can change into another, which shows that neutrinos have mass

 

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]]> 218 no 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2015-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine1/ The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their studies leading to novel therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her work developing a novel therapy against malaria   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Oct 2015 07:35:00 -0000 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine full Scientific American The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their studies leading to novel therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her work developing a novel therapy against malaria   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their studies leading to novel therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her work developing a novel therapy against malaria

 

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]]> 234 no Cheap Goods from China Have a High Carbon Cost https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cheap-goods-from-china-have-a-high-carbon-cost/ Because China relies on coal for much of its power, goods produced there can have a dirtier carbon footprint than those produced elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Cheap Goods from China Have a High Carbon Cost full Scientific American Because China relies on coal for much of its power, goods produced there can have a dirtier carbon footprint than those produced elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Because China relies on coal for much of its power, goods produced there can have a dirtier carbon footprint than those produced elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 197 no MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Probes the Pruning Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/macarthur-genius-grant-winner-probes-the-pruning-brain/ Harvard neuroscientist Beth Stevens wins a MacArthur Fellowship for studies of how microglia cells prune away excess neuronal synapses during brain development and how that necessary function might go awry in neurodegenerative diseases   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:30:00 -0000 MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Probes the Pruning Brain full Scientific American Harvard neuroscientist Beth Stevens wins a MacArthur Fellowship for studies of how microglia cells prune away excess neuronal synapses during brain development and how that necessary function might go awry in neurodegenerative diseases   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Harvard neuroscientist Beth Stevens wins a MacArthur Fellowship for studies of how microglia cells prune away excess neuronal synapses during brain development and how that necessary function might go awry in neurodegenerative diseases

 

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]]> 219 no MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Makes Waste a Resource https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/macarthur-genius-grant-winner-makes-waste-a-resource/ Environmental engineer Kartik Chandran of Columbia University won a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on extracting nutrients and energy from wastewater and sewage   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:05:00 -0000 MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Makes Waste a Resource full Scientific American Environmental engineer Kartik Chandran of Columbia University won a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on extracting nutrients and energy from wastewater and sewage   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Environmental engineer Kartik Chandran of Columbia University won a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on extracting nutrients and energy from wastewater and sewage

 

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]]> 226 no Ancient Human Ancestors Heard Differently https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-human-ancestors-heard-differently/ Early human species may have had sharper hearing in certain frequencies than we enjoy, to facilitate short-range communication in an open environment. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:30:00 -0000 Ancient Human Ancestors Heard Differently full Scientific American Early human species may have had sharper hearing in certain frequencies than we enjoy, to facilitate short-range communication in an open environment. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Early human species may have had sharper hearing in certain frequencies than we enjoy, to facilitate short-range communication in an open environment. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 199 no Sitting Not the New Smoking for Fidgeters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sitting-not-the-new-smoking-for-fidgeters/ Sitting for more than seven hours a day is linked to a 30 percent higher risk of death, but that association disappears among the in-place movers and shakers. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:35:00 -0000 Sitting Not the New Smoking for Fidgeters full Scientific American Sitting for more than seven hours a day is linked to a 30 percent higher risk of death, but that association disappears among the in-place movers and shakers. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sitting for more than seven hours a day is linked to a 30 percent higher risk of death, but that association disappears among the in-place movers and shakers. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 214 no We Emit Clouds of Microbes Wherever We Go https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/we-emit-clouds-of-microbes-wherever-we-go/ Humans shed a million particles an hour, and those microbe-laced clouds are sometimes unique enough to identify the person producing them. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:00:00 -0000 We Emit Clouds of Microbes Wherever We Go full Scientific American Humans shed a million particles an hour, and those microbe-laced clouds are sometimes unique enough to identify the person producing them. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Humans shed a million particles an hour, and those microbe-laced clouds are sometimes unique enough to identify the person producing them. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 200 no House Dust Organisms Reveal Location and Residents https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/house-dust-organisms-reveal-location-and-residents/ The particular fungi found in house dust can tell investigators where you live, and the bacteria in the dust can give away who and what you live with   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:34:00 -0000 House Dust Organisms Reveal Location and Residents full Scientific American The particular fungi found in house dust can tell investigators where you live, and the bacteria in the dust can give away who and what you live with   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The particular fungi found in house dust can tell investigators where you live, and the bacteria in the dust can give away who and what you live with

 

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]]> 183 no Biosciences Get Defense Secretary's Attention https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/biosciences-get-defense-secretary-s-attention/ At the recent DARPA Wait What? conference, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said lifesaving technologies are a priority for his department Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:51:00 -0000 Biosciences Get Defense Secretary's Attention full Scientific American At the recent DARPA Wait What? conference, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said lifesaving technologies are a priority for his department Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices At the recent DARPA Wait What? conference, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said lifesaving technologies are a priority for his department

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]]> 231 no Teenage Clockmaker Upholds Long Scientific Tradition https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teenage-clockmaker-upholds-long-scientific-tradition/ As Daniel Boorstin, former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of History, once put it, clockmakers were the "pioneer scientific instrument makers"     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Sep 2015 19:11:00 -0000 Teenage Clockmaker Upholds Long Scientific Tradition full Scientific American As Daniel Boorstin, former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of History, once put it, clockmakers were the "pioneer scientific instrument makers"     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As Daniel Boorstin, former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of History, once put it, clockmakers were the "pioneer scientific instrument makers"  

 

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]]> 206 no Nonpolitical Tweets May Reveal Political Bias https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nonpolitical-tweets-may-reveal-political-bias/ Word selection among Twitter users who could be identified as likely members of one or the other political party showed specific usage patterns. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:25:00 -0000 Nonpolitical Tweets May Reveal Political Bias full Scientific American Word selection among Twitter users who could be identified as likely members of one or the other political party showed specific usage patterns. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Word selection among Twitter users who could be identified as likely members of one or the other political party showed specific usage patterns. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 208 no California Mountain Snowpack Is Flaking Out https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/california-mountain-snowpack-is-flaking-out/ With the Sierra Nevada snowpack at historic lows, should policy makers focus on capturing future rain instead of relying on the snow bank? Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:40:00 -0000 California Mountain Snowpack Is Flaking Out full Scientific American With the Sierra Nevada snowpack at historic lows, should policy makers focus on capturing future rain instead of relying on the snow bank? Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices With the Sierra Nevada snowpack at historic lows, should policy makers focus on capturing future rain instead of relying on the snow bank? Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 195 no Domesticated Pigs Kept Oinking with Wild (and Crazy) Boars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/domesticated-pigs-kept-oinking-with-wild-and-crazy-boars/ Domesticated pigs had many dalliances with wild boars that added new genes to the pig population well after they had settled down on the farm   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Domesticated Pigs Kept Oinking with Wild (and Crazy) Boars full Scientific American Domesticated pigs had many dalliances with wild boars that added new genes to the pig population well after they had settled down on the farm   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Domesticated pigs had many dalliances with wild boars that added new genes to the pig population well after they had settled down on the farm

 

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]]> 185 no Snake Bites in Costa Rica Peak with El Niño Cycling https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/snake-bites-in-costa-rica-peak-with-el-nino-cycling/ Researchers found that snakebites were two to three times as prevalent in the hottest and coldest years of the El Niño climate cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:01:00 -0000 Snake Bites in Costa Rica Peak with El Niño Cycling full Scientific American Researchers found that snakebites were two to three times as prevalent in the hottest and coldest years of the El Niño climate cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers found that snakebites were two to three times as prevalent in the hottest and coldest years of the El Niño climate cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 189 no Sperm Whales Congregate in Click-Based Cliques https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sperm-whales-congregate-in-click-based-cliques/ The whales appear to prefer the company of "like-minded" individuals, based on common vocal clicking behavior—an example of culture, researchers say. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:38:00 -0000 Sperm Whales Congregate in Click-Based Cliques full Scientific American The whales appear to prefer the company of "like-minded" individuals, based on common vocal clicking behavior—an example of culture, researchers say. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The whales appear to prefer the company of "like-minded" individuals, based on common vocal clicking behavior—an example of culture, researchers say. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 201 no Humans' Predation Unsustainably Takes Healthy Adult Prey https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-predation-unsustainably-takes-healthy-adult-prey/ Whereas most predators kill the young or infirm, humans claim a disproportionate number of mature healthy adults of reproductive age   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:43:00 -0000 Humans' Predation Unsustainably Takes Healthy Adult Prey full Scientific American Whereas most predators kill the young or infirm, humans claim a disproportionate number of mature healthy adults of reproductive age   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whereas most predators kill the young or infirm, humans claim a disproportionate number of mature healthy adults of reproductive age

 

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]]> 163 no Better Road Signs Could Save Bicycle Riders https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/better-road-signs-could-save-bicycle-riders/ Signs that say "Share the Road" with bicycles may have far less influence over motor vehicle driver behavior than would signs saying "Bicycles May Use Full Lane."   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:25:00 -0000 Better Road Signs Could Save Bicycle Riders full Scientific American Signs that say "Share the Road" with bicycles may have far less influence over motor vehicle driver behavior than would signs saying "Bicycles May Use Full Lane."   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Signs that say "Share the Road" with bicycles may have far less influence over motor vehicle driver behavior than would signs saying "Bicycles May Use Full Lane."

 

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]]> 194 no Self-Healing Spaceship Shielding Could Keep Astronauts Safer https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/self-healing-spaceship-shielding-could-keep-astronauts-safer/ A new lightweight material that heals itself when punctured could help spacecraft survive run-ins with debris. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:35:00 -0000 Self-Healing Spaceship Shielding Could Keep Astronauts Safer full Scientific American A new lightweight material that heals itself when punctured could help spacecraft survive run-ins with debris. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new lightweight material that heals itself when punctured could help spacecraft survive run-ins with debris. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 188 no Road Noise Takes a Toll on Migrating Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/road-noise-takes-a-toll-on-migrating-birds/ Researchers built a "phantom road" through wilderness using tree-mounted speakers to play traffic sounds, and witnessed a decline in bird fitness and diversity. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:30:00 -0000 Road Noise Takes a Toll on Migrating Birds full Scientific American Researchers built a "phantom road" through wilderness using tree-mounted speakers to play traffic sounds, and witnessed a decline in bird fitness and diversity. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers built a "phantom road" through wilderness using tree-mounted speakers to play traffic sounds, and witnessed a decline in bird fitness and diversity. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 224 no Terse Titles Cited https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/terse-titles-cited/ Scientific papers with shorter titles receive more citations than those with long-winded headings   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:07:00 -0000 Terse Titles Cited full Scientific American Scientific papers with shorter titles receive more citations than those with long-winded headings   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific papers with shorter titles receive more citations than those with long-winded headings

 

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]]> 195 no Sick Ants Seek Out Medicinal Food https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sick-ants-seek-out-medicinal-food/ Healthy ants wanted nothing to do with free-radical-rich foodstuff, but ants exposed to a pathogenic fungus sought it out, which upped their odds of survival. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Aug 2015 21:05:00 -0000 Sick Ants Seek Out Medicinal Food full Scientific American Healthy ants wanted nothing to do with free-radical-rich foodstuff, but ants exposed to a pathogenic fungus sought it out, which upped their odds of survival. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Healthy ants wanted nothing to do with free-radical-rich foodstuff, but ants exposed to a pathogenic fungus sought it out, which upped their odds of survival. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 194 no Seaweed Bodyguards Coral against Bullying Sea Stars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seaweed-bodyguards-coral-against-bullying-sea-stars/ Crown-of-thorns sea stars are an "underwater swarm of locusts" that devour coral—unless the coral is protected by a layer of seaweed. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Seaweed Bodyguards Coral against Bullying Sea Stars full Scientific American Crown-of-thorns sea stars are an "underwater swarm of locusts" that devour coral—unless the coral is protected by a layer of seaweed. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Crown-of-thorns sea stars are an "underwater swarm of locusts" that devour coral—unless the coral is protected by a layer of seaweed. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 230 no Cosmetic Ads' Science Claims Lack Foundation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cosmetic-ads-science-claims-lack-foundation/ An analysis of some 300 cosmetics ads in magazines found the vast majority of their science claims to be either false or too vague to judge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:00:00 -0000 Cosmetic Ads' Science Claims Lack Foundation full Scientific American An analysis of some 300 cosmetics ads in magazines found the vast majority of their science claims to be either false or too vague to judge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of some 300 cosmetics ads in magazines found the vast majority of their science claims to be either false or too vague to judge

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]]> 183 no Deep Voice Gives Politicians Electoral Boost https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/deep-voice-gives-politicians-electoral-boost/ Two new studies find that a deeper voice gives a politican an edge over a higher-pitched opponent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:04:00 -0000 Deep Voice Gives Politicians Electoral Boost full Scientific American Two new studies find that a deeper voice gives a politican an edge over a higher-pitched opponent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two new studies find that a deeper voice gives a politican an edge over a higher-pitched opponent

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]]> 222 no Vomit Machine Models Cruise-Ship Virus Spread https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/vomit-machine-models-cruise-ship-virus-spread/ Using a simulated vomiting device, scientists determined that projectile vomiting can aerosolize noroviruslike particles, allowing the infection to spread short distances through the air. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:30:00 -0000 Vomit Machine Models Cruise-Ship Virus Spread full Scientific American Using a simulated vomiting device, scientists determined that projectile vomiting can aerosolize noroviruslike particles, allowing the infection to spread short distances through the air. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Using a simulated vomiting device, scientists determined that projectile vomiting can aerosolize noroviruslike particles, allowing the infection to spread short distances through the air. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 248 no Sunlight Activates Smog-Causing Chemicals in City Grime https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sunlight-activates-smog-causing-chemicals-in-city-grime/ The grime on city buildings and may actively contribute to urban air pollution. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:05:00 -0000 Sunlight Activates Smog-Causing Chemicals in City Grime full Scientific American The grime on city buildings and may actively contribute to urban air pollution. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The grime on city buildings and may actively contribute to urban air pollution. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 205 no Methane-Eating Microbes May Mitigate Arctic Emissions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/methane-eating-microbes-may-mitigate-arctic-emissions/ A newly discovered strain of bacteria found in Arctic permafrost harvests methane from the air—meaning it could help mitigate the effects of warming. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Methane-Eating Microbes May Mitigate Arctic Emissions full Scientific American A newly discovered strain of bacteria found in Arctic permafrost harvests methane from the air—meaning it could help mitigate the effects of warming. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A newly discovered strain of bacteria found in Arctic permafrost harvests methane from the air—meaning it could help mitigate the effects of warming. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 181 no Chinese Cave Graffiti Agrees with Site's Drought Evidence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chinese-cave-graffiti-agrees-with-site-s-drought-evidence/ Researchers linked dated graffiti about droughts in a cave in China to physical evidence in the cave of the water shortages, such as changes in ratios of stable isotopes in specific layers of stalagmites   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:42:00 -0000 Chinese Cave Graffiti Agrees with Site's Drought Evidence full Scientific American Researchers linked dated graffiti about droughts in a cave in China to physical evidence in the cave of the water shortages, such as changes in ratios of stable isotopes in specific layers of stalagmites   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers linked dated graffiti about droughts in a cave in China to physical evidence in the cave of the water shortages, such as changes in ratios of stable isotopes in specific layers of stalagmites

 

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]]> 164 no Whistled Language Forces Brain to Modify Usual Processing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whistled-language-forces-brain-to-modify-usual-processing/ Both hemispheres are involved in the brains of people interpreting a whistled variant of Turkish, compared with a left hemisphere dominance when listeners hear the spoken language   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:58:00 -0000 Whistled Language Forces Brain to Modify Usual Processing full Scientific American Both hemispheres are involved in the brains of people interpreting a whistled variant of Turkish, compared with a left hemisphere dominance when listeners hear the spoken language   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Both hemispheres are involved in the brains of people interpreting a whistled variant of Turkish, compared with a left hemisphere dominance when listeners hear the spoken language

 

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]]> 188 no Invertebrates Are Forgotten Victims of "Sixth Extinction" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/invertebrates-are-forgotten-victims-of-sixth-extinction/ Some 95 percent of catalogued species in one family of Hawaiian land snails could already be extinct, and similar rates of invertebrate extinction could be happening around the world. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:20:00 -0000 Invertebrates Are Forgotten Victims of "Sixth Extinction" full Scientific American Some 95 percent of catalogued species in one family of Hawaiian land snails could already be extinct, and similar rates of invertebrate extinction could be happening around the world. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some 95 percent of catalogued species in one family of Hawaiian land snails could already be extinct, and similar rates of invertebrate extinction could be happening around the world. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 214 no Nicotine-Chomping Bacteria Could Help Smokers Quit https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nicotine-chomping-bacteria-could-help-smokers-quit/ Researchers isolated a bacterial enzyme that could break down nicotine before smokers get the buzz that keeps them coming back for more. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Nicotine-Chomping Bacteria Could Help Smokers Quit full Scientific American Researchers isolated a bacterial enzyme that could break down nicotine before smokers get the buzz that keeps them coming back for more. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers isolated a bacterial enzyme that could break down nicotine before smokers get the buzz that keeps them coming back for more. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 193 no Women Left out in Cold by Office A-C Standards https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/women-left-out-in-cold-by-office-a-c-standards/ Indoor climate control systems are based on 1960s standards that envisioned the typical office worker to be a 40-year-old, 68-kilogram man     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:55:00 -0000 Women Left out in Cold by Office A-C Standards full Scientific American Indoor climate control systems are based on 1960s standards that envisioned the typical office worker to be a 40-year-old, 68-kilogram man     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Indoor climate control systems are based on 1960s standards that envisioned the typical office worker to be a 40-year-old, 68-kilogram man  

 

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]]> 169 no Bite Me: The Mutation That Made Corn Kernels Consumable https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bite-me-the-mutation-that-made-corn-kernels-consumable/ A single-point mutation in corn's ancestor teosinte got rid of the hard shell that used to encase every kernel    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:32:00 -0000 Bite Me: The Mutation That Made Corn Kernels Consumable full Scientific American A single-point mutation in corn's ancestor teosinte got rid of the hard shell that used to encase every kernel    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A single-point mutation in corn's ancestor teosinte got rid of the hard shell that used to encase every kernel 

 

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]]> 177 no Fish Slime Inspires New Eco-Sunscreen Ingredient https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fish-slime-inspires-new-eco-sunscreen-ingredient/ Researchers have developed a new ecofriendly sunscreen molecule that protects against both UV-A and UV-B rays, and could also be used to create more durable paints and plastics. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Aug 2015 20:45:00 -0000 Fish Slime Inspires New Eco-Sunscreen Ingredient full Scientific American Researchers have developed a new ecofriendly sunscreen molecule that protects against both UV-A and UV-B rays, and could also be used to create more durable paints and plastics. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers have developed a new ecofriendly sunscreen molecule that protects against both UV-A and UV-B rays, and could also be used to create more durable paints and plastics. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 193 no Microbes Deep under Seafloor Reflect Ancient Land Origins https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microbes-deep-under-seafloor-reflect-ancient-land-origins/ Microbes 2,500 meters below the seafloor in Japan are most closely related to bacterial groups that thrive in forest soils on land, suggesting that they might be descendants of ones that survived when their terrestrial habitat was flooded 20 million years ago   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:34:00 -0000 Microbes Deep under Seafloor Reflect Ancient Land Origins full Scientific American Microbes 2,500 meters below the seafloor in Japan are most closely related to bacterial groups that thrive in forest soils on land, suggesting that they might be descendants of ones that survived when their terrestrial habitat was flooded 20 million years ago   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Microbes 2,500 meters below the seafloor in Japan are most closely related to bacterial groups that thrive in forest soils on land, suggesting that they might be descendants of ones that survived when their terrestrial habitat was flooded 20 million years ago

 

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]]> 190 no Spicy Food Linked to Lower Risk of Death https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/spicy-food-linked-to-lower-risk-of-death/ In a study of nearly half a million volunteers in China, those who ate chilies just a couple times a week had a 10 percent lower risk of death. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:10:00 -0000 Spicy Food Linked to Lower Risk of Death full Scientific American In a study of nearly half a million volunteers in China, those who ate chilies just a couple times a week had a 10 percent lower risk of death. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a study of nearly half a million volunteers in China, those who ate chilies just a couple times a week had a 10 percent lower risk of death. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 199 no Bonobo Peeps May Be Necessary Language Precursors https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bonobo-peeps-may-be-necessary-language-precursors/ Animal communication studies have shown only fixed vocalizations, such as alarm cries. But Bonobo chimps appear to have a call that has different meanings in different contexts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:00:00 -0000 Bonobo Peeps May Be Necessary Language Precursors full Scientific American Animal communication studies have shown only fixed vocalizations, such as alarm cries. But Bonobo chimps appear to have a call that has different meanings in different contexts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Animal communication studies have shown only fixed vocalizations, such as alarm cries. But Bonobo chimps appear to have a call that has different meanings in different contexts

 

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]]> 193 no Diminutive Peoples Took Different Paths to Petite https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/diminutive-peoples-took-different-paths-to-petite/ Adults of the west African Baka people and east African Efé and Sua peoples average less than five feet tall. But while the Efé and Sua are born small, the Baka have slow growth rates in infancy   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:56:00 -0000 Diminutive Peoples Took Different Paths to Petite full Scientific American Adults of the west African Baka people and east African Efé and Sua peoples average less than five feet tall. But while the Efé and Sua are born small, the Baka have slow growth rates in infancy   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Adults of the west African Baka people and east African Efé and Sua peoples average less than five feet tall. But while the Efé and Sua are born small, the Baka have slow growth rates in infancy

 

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]]> 171 no Forests Suck Up Less Carbon after Drought https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/forests-suck-up-less-carbon-after-drought/ Tree growth lags below normal for several years following droughts, a detail about carbon sequestration that climate models currently overlook. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:30:00 -0000 Forests Suck Up Less Carbon after Drought full Scientific American Tree growth lags below normal for several years following droughts, a detail about carbon sequestration that climate models currently overlook. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tree growth lags below normal for several years following droughts, a detail about carbon sequestration that climate models currently overlook. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 203 no "Imperfect" Vaccines May Aid Survival of Ultrahot Viruses https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/imperfect-vaccines-may-aid-survival-of-ultrahot-viruses/ Certain vaccines prevent sickness and death, but don't block transmission—meaning they may actually give some viral strains an extra shot at survival. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:00:00 -0000 "Imperfect" Vaccines May Aid Survival of Ultrahot Viruses full Scientific American Certain vaccines prevent sickness and death, but don't block transmission—meaning they may actually give some viral strains an extra shot at survival. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Certain vaccines prevent sickness and death, but don't block transmission—meaning they may actually give some viral strains an extra shot at survival. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 198 no What All the Screaming Is about https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-all-the-screaming-is-about/ An analysis of the acoustical characteristics of screams found that the sounds are unusually rough, that is, they rapidly change in frequency, which has an alarming effect on the listener's brain    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:33:00 -0000 What All the Screaming Is about full Scientific American An analysis of the acoustical characteristics of screams found that the sounds are unusually rough, that is, they rapidly change in frequency, which has an alarming effect on the listener's brain    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An analysis of the acoustical characteristics of screams found that the sounds are unusually rough, that is, they rapidly change in frequency, which has an alarming effect on the listener's brain 

 

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]]> 182 no Baseball Great Thanks Tommy John Surgery, Decries Its Frequency https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/baseball-great-thanks-tommy-john-surgery-decries-its-frequency/ In his induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame, pitcher John Smoltz hoped that the number of such procedures could be lessened in the future   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:24:00 -0000 Baseball Great Thanks Tommy John Surgery, Decries Its Frequency full Scientific American In his induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame, pitcher John Smoltz hoped that the number of such procedures could be lessened in the future   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In his induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame, pitcher John Smoltz hoped that the number of such procedures could be lessened in the future

 

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]]> 192 no Appetizers Can Psychologically Spoil Your Appetite https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/appetizers-can-psychologically-spoil-your-appetite/ Mediocre main dishes taste even worse when they follow delectable appetizers—an example of the so-called "hedonic effect." Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:00:00 -0000 Appetizers Can Psychologically Spoil Your Appetite full Scientific American Mediocre main dishes taste even worse when they follow delectable appetizers—an example of the so-called "hedonic effect." Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mediocre main dishes taste even worse when they follow delectable appetizers—an example of the so-called "hedonic effect." Erika Beras reports

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]]> 172 no Many Overweight and Obese Teens Underestimate Their Weight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/many-overweight-and-obese-teens-underestimate-their-weight/ A survey of nearly 5,000 13- to 15-year-olds in the U.K. found that 40 percent of overweight and obese teens did not self-identify as “too heavy.” Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:00:00 -0000 Many Overweight and Obese Teens Underestimate Their Weight full Scientific American A survey of nearly 5,000 13- to 15-year-olds in the U.K. found that 40 percent of overweight and obese teens did not self-identify as “too heavy.” Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A survey of nearly 5,000 13- to 15-year-olds in the U.K. found that 40 percent of overweight and obese teens did not self-identify as “too heavy.” Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 187 no Alien Intelligence Search Gets Major New Push https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alien-intelligence-search-gets-major-new-push/ Entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner talks about the just-announced $100-million Breakthrough Listen Project to search for extraterrestrial technological civilizations   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:49:00 -0000 Alien Intelligence Search Gets Major New Push full Scientific American Entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner talks about the just-announced $100-million Breakthrough Listen Project to search for extraterrestrial technological civilizations   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner talks about the just-announced $100-million Breakthrough Listen Project to search for extraterrestrial technological civilizations

 

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]]> 257 no Plankton Blooms Fuel Cloud Droplet Formation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plankton-blooms-fuel-cloud-droplet-formation/ The Southern Ocean is the cloudiest place on Earth, a condition caused in part by phytoplankton particles kicked up by sea spray. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:01:00 -0000 Plankton Blooms Fuel Cloud Droplet Formation full Scientific American The Southern Ocean is the cloudiest place on Earth, a condition caused in part by phytoplankton particles kicked up by sea spray. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Southern Ocean is the cloudiest place on Earth, a condition caused in part by phytoplankton particles kicked up by sea spray. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 216 no Male Black Widows Strive for Mate's Monogamy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/male-black-widows-strive-for-mate-s-monogamy/ During courtship, male black widow spiders snip and bundle up the female's web in their own silk, which discourages other suitors from stopping by. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Male Black Widows Strive for Mate's Monogamy full Scientific American During courtship, male black widow spiders snip and bundle up the female's web in their own silk, which discourages other suitors from stopping by. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices During courtship, male black widow spiders snip and bundle up the female's web in their own silk, which discourages other suitors from stopping by. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 215 no Active Duty Army Suicide Attempts Analyzed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/active-duty-army-suicide-attempts-analyzed/ Researchers gathered data from various Army databases to analyze nearly 10,000 attempted suicides of active duty personnel. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:00:00 -0000 Active Duty Army Suicide Attempts Analyzed full Scientific American Researchers gathered data from various Army databases to analyze nearly 10,000 attempted suicides of active duty personnel. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers gathered data from various Army databases to analyze nearly 10,000 attempted suicides of active duty personnel. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 177 no Rain and Irrigation Can Make Crops Temporary Bacteria Farms https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rain-and-irrigation-can-make-crops-temporary-bacteria-farms/ Researchers suggest farmers should consider harvesting when fields are dry, to prevent dangerous bacteria blooms from contaminating food. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Jul 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Rain and Irrigation Can Make Crops Temporary Bacteria Farms full Scientific American Researchers suggest farmers should consider harvesting when fields are dry, to prevent dangerous bacteria blooms from contaminating food. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers suggest farmers should consider harvesting when fields are dry, to prevent dangerous bacteria blooms from contaminating food. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 186 no Hitchhiking Worms Survive Slug Guts Transport https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hitchhiking-worms-survive-slug-guts-transport/ Nematode worms hitch rides inside the guts of slugs and other invertebrates, and emerge alive and well after exiting with the rest of the digestive track's products. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:11:00 -0000 Hitchhiking Worms Survive Slug Guts Transport full Scientific American Nematode worms hitch rides inside the guts of slugs and other invertebrates, and emerge alive and well after exiting with the rest of the digestive track's products. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nematode worms hitch rides inside the guts of slugs and other invertebrates, and emerge alive and well after exiting with the rest of the digestive track's products. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 180 no Roman Builders May Have Copied Volcanic "Concrete" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/roman-builders-may-have-copied-volcanic-concrete/ The rock of the Campi Flegrei Caldera, west of Naples, Italy, has an intricate network of mineral fibers—just like the famed Roman concrete. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:01:00 -0000 Roman Builders May Have Copied Volcanic "Concrete" full Scientific American The rock of the Campi Flegrei Caldera, west of Naples, Italy, has an intricate network of mineral fibers—just like the famed Roman concrete. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The rock of the Campi Flegrei Caldera, west of Naples, Italy, has an intricate network of mineral fibers—just like the famed Roman concrete. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 206 no Dark Matter Dominates Just-Discovered Galaxies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dark-matter-dominates-just-discovered-galaxies/ Astronomers have discovered more than 800 so-called "ultradiffuse galaxies" that are virtually invisible because they have relatively few stars and are mostly dark matter. Clara Moskowitz reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:23:00 -0000 Dark Matter Dominates Just-Discovered Galaxies full Scientific American Astronomers have discovered more than 800 so-called "ultradiffuse galaxies" that are virtually invisible because they have relatively few stars and are mostly dark matter. Clara Moskowitz reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronomers have discovered more than 800 so-called "ultradiffuse galaxies" that are virtually invisible because they have relatively few stars and are mostly dark matter. Clara Moskowitz reports

 

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]]> 170 no Best Male Nightingale Vocalists Make Best Fathers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/best-male-nightingale-vocalists-make-best-fathers/ Male nightingales use singing virtuosity to signal prospective mates that they will be the most doting dads. Sabrina Imbler reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:58:00 -0000 Best Male Nightingale Vocalists Make Best Fathers full Scientific American Male nightingales use singing virtuosity to signal prospective mates that they will be the most doting dads. Sabrina Imbler reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Male nightingales use singing virtuosity to signal prospective mates that they will be the most doting dads. Sabrina Imbler reports

 

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]]> 176 no Improved Solar Storm Tracking Lengthens Prep Time for Tech Disruption https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/improved-solar-storm-tracking-lengthens-prep-time-for-tech-disruption/ We currently have a maximum of about 60 minutes to prepare for tech disruptions on Earth due to coronal mass ejections from the sun, but an improved forecasting system could lengthen that lead time by hours. Maria Temming reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Jul 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Improved Solar Storm Tracking Lengthens Prep Time for Tech Disruption full Scientific American We currently have a maximum of about 60 minutes to prepare for tech disruptions on Earth due to coronal mass ejections from the sun, but an improved forecasting system could lengthen that lead time by hours. Maria Temming reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We currently have a maximum of about 60 minutes to prepare for tech disruptions on Earth due to coronal mass ejections from the sun, but an improved forecasting system could lengthen that lead time by hours. Maria Temming reports

 

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]]> 172 no Marijuana Muddies Memory and Mixes with Alcohol to Make Trouble https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/marijuana-muddies-memory-and-mixes-with-alcohol-to-make-trouble/ People who smoke pot and drink are twice as likely to do both at the same time than to do just one, with the combo associated with bad decision-making; and chronic pot smokers who had not indulged in a month were still more likely to have faulty memories than were nonsmokers. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:25:00 -0000 Marijuana Muddies Memory and Mixes with Alcohol to Make Trouble full Scientific American People who smoke pot and drink are twice as likely to do both at the same time than to do just one, with the combo associated with bad decision-making; and chronic pot smokers who had not indulged in a month were still more likely to have faulty memories than were nonsmokers. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People who smoke pot and drink are twice as likely to do both at the same time than to do just one, with the combo associated with bad decision-making; and chronic pot smokers who had not indulged in a month were still more likely to have faulty memories than were nonsmokers. Erika Beras reports

 

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]]> 191 no Bird Literally Weighs Its Food Options https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bird-literally-weighs-its-food-options/ Mexican Jays compare peanuts to determine which one has the most meat inside before choosing one for a meal. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:36:00 -0000 Bird Literally Weighs Its Food Options full Scientific American Mexican Jays compare peanuts to determine which one has the most meat inside before choosing one for a meal. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mexican Jays compare peanuts to determine which one has the most meat inside before choosing one for a meal. Karen Hopkin reports

 

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]]> 164 no Noses Agree When Genes See Eye to Eye https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/noses-agree-when-genes-see-eye-to-eye/ We all perceive smells differently—and two people’s preferences may give clues to their degree of genetic similarity. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Noses Agree When Genes See Eye to Eye full Scientific American We all perceive smells differently—and two people’s preferences may give clues to their degree of genetic similarity. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We all perceive smells differently—and two people’s preferences may give clues to their degree of genetic similarity. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 223 no Smartphone Battery Drains a Lot Even with Dark Screen https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smartphone-battery-drains-a-lot-even-with-dark-screen/ Background app updates, cell tower pings and other hidden activity accounts for almost half the battery drain on Android phones. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Smartphone Battery Drains a Lot Even with Dark Screen full Scientific American Background app updates, cell tower pings and other hidden activity accounts for almost half the battery drain on Android phones. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Background app updates, cell tower pings and other hidden activity accounts for almost half the battery drain on Android phones. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 179 no Alaska Surface Glacier Melting Means More Glug Glug Glug https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/alaska-surface-glacier-melting-means-more-glug-glug-glug/ The vast majority of ice loss in Alaska glaciers comes from those that sit completely on land—which contributes meltwater to sea level rise. Julia Rosen reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:26:00 -0000 Alaska Surface Glacier Melting Means More Glug Glug Glug full Scientific American The vast majority of ice loss in Alaska glaciers comes from those that sit completely on land—which contributes meltwater to sea level rise. Julia Rosen reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The vast majority of ice loss in Alaska glaciers comes from those that sit completely on land—which contributes meltwater to sea level rise. Julia Rosen reports

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]]> 238 no Programmed Bacteria Can Detect Tumors https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/programmed-bacteria-can-detect-tumors/ Sangeeta Bhatia of M.I.T. talks about efforts to get bacteria to home in on tumors and let us know they're there. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:30:00 -0000 Programmed Bacteria Can Detect Tumors full Scientific American Sangeeta Bhatia of M.I.T. talks about efforts to get bacteria to home in on tumors and let us know they're there. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sangeeta Bhatia of M.I.T. talks about efforts to get bacteria to home in on tumors and let us know they're there. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 251 no Extreme Exercise Can Poison the Blood https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/extreme-exercise-can-poison-the-blood/ Even four hours of intense activity may be enough to let bacteria escape from the gut into the blood, setting off a chain of inflammation. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Extreme Exercise Can Poison the Blood full Scientific American Even four hours of intense activity may be enough to let bacteria escape from the gut into the blood, setting off a chain of inflammation. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Even four hours of intense activity may be enough to let bacteria escape from the gut into the blood, setting off a chain of inflammation. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 174 no Einstein–Bohr Friendship Recounted by Bohr's Grandson https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/einstein-bohr-friendship-recounted-by-bohr-s-grandson1/ On June 3, 2015, Vilhelm Bohr talked about his famous grandfather's life, including the relationship with Einstein, at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:05:00 -0000 Einstein–Bohr Friendship Recounted by Bohr's Grandson full Scientific American On June 3, 2015, Vilhelm Bohr talked about his famous grandfather's life, including the relationship with Einstein, at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On June 3, 2015, Vilhelm Bohr talked about his famous grandfather's life, including the relationship with Einstein, at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

 

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]]> 221 no Comet Dust Kicks Up Clouds over the Moon https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/comet-dust-kicks-up-clouds-over-the-moon/ The same particles that streak through Earth's atmosphere as "shooting stars" kick up lunar dust when they strike the surface of the atmosphere-less moon. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:01:00 -0000 Comet Dust Kicks Up Clouds over the Moon full Scientific American The same particles that streak through Earth's atmosphere as "shooting stars" kick up lunar dust when they strike the surface of the atmosphere-less moon. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The same particles that streak through Earth's atmosphere as "shooting stars" kick up lunar dust when they strike the surface of the atmosphere-less moon. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 224 no Rare Multitasking Plus: Brain-Teasers Enhance Workout https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rare-multitasking-plus-brain-teasers-enhance-workout/ Test subjects rode stationary bikes 25 percent faster when they simultaneously tackled some relatively easy cognitive challegnes. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:23:00 -0000 Rare Multitasking Plus: Brain-Teasers Enhance Workout full Scientific American Test subjects rode stationary bikes 25 percent faster when they simultaneously tackled some relatively easy cognitive challegnes. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Test subjects rode stationary bikes 25 percent faster when they simultaneously tackled some relatively easy cognitive challegnes. Karen Hopkin reports

 

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]]> 167 no Ant Smells Like Blue Cheese for a Reason https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ant-smells-like-blue-cheese-for-a-reason/ The "odorous house ant" smells like blue cheese or rotten coconut because it produces chemical compounds similar to those found in its nose-sakes. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:17:00 -0000 Ant Smells Like Blue Cheese for a Reason full Scientific American The "odorous house ant" smells like blue cheese or rotten coconut because it produces chemical compounds similar to those found in its nose-sakes. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The "odorous house ant" smells like blue cheese or rotten coconut because it produces chemical compounds similar to those found in its nose-sakes. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 175 no Mars Surface Glass Could Hold Ancient Fossils https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mars-surface-glass-could-hold-ancient-fossils/ Scientists have found ancient "impact glass" on the surface of Mars, which formed when asteroids struck, a billion or more years ago. If anything was alive at the time, biological materials could be trapped inside. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Mars Surface Glass Could Hold Ancient Fossils full Scientific American Scientists have found ancient "impact glass" on the surface of Mars, which formed when asteroids struck, a billion or more years ago. If anything was alive at the time, biological materials could be trapped inside. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists have found ancient "impact glass" on the surface of Mars, which formed when asteroids struck, a billion or more years ago. If anything was alive at the time, biological materials could be trapped inside. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 206 no Is Lying a Good Strategy? https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/is-lying-a-good-strategy/ A new documentary film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Daisy Yuhas reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:09:00 -0000 Is Lying a Good Strategy? full Scientific American A new documentary film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Daisy Yuhas reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new documentary film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Daisy Yuhas reports

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]]> 164 no Wild Chimps Seen Drinking Alcoholic Beverage https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wild-chimps-seen-drinking-alcoholic-beverage/ In west Africa researchers observed wild chimps seek out and drink fermented tree sap left outside by humans. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:49:00 -0000 Wild Chimps Seen Drinking Alcoholic Beverage full Scientific American In west Africa researchers observed wild chimps seek out and drink fermented tree sap left outside by humans. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In west Africa researchers observed wild chimps seek out and drink fermented tree sap left outside by humans. Karen Hopkin reports

 

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]]> 184 no Color You Remember Seeing Isn't What You Saw https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/color-you-remember-seeing-isn-t-what-you-saw/ People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:56:00 -0000 Color You Remember Seeing Isn't What You Saw full Scientific American People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports

 

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]]> 197 no Ancient Human Migration Route Marked by Snail Shell "Bread Crumbs" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ancient-human-migration-route-marked-by-snail-shell-bread-crumbs/ Fragments of edible marine snail shells found in Lebanon support the idea that ancient humans went from Africa to Europe through the Levant. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 06 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Ancient Human Migration Route Marked by Snail Shell "Bread Crumbs" full Scientific American Fragments of edible marine snail shells found in Lebanon support the idea that ancient humans went from Africa to Europe through the Levant. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fragments of edible marine snail shells found in Lebanon support the idea that ancient humans went from Africa to Europe through the Levant. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 164 no "Brainprints" Could Be Future Security ID https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/brainprints-could-be-future-security-id/ We all emit slightly different brain waves in response to stimuli, and researchers say that an individual’s specific "brainprints" could be used to validate our identities. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0000 "Brainprints" Could Be Future Security ID full Scientific American We all emit slightly different brain waves in response to stimuli, and researchers say that an individual’s specific "brainprints" could be used to validate our identities. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We all emit slightly different brain waves in response to stimuli, and researchers say that an individual’s specific "brainprints" could be used to validate our identities. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 267 no Frenzy-Feeding Black Hole Makes Galaxy Most Luminous https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/frenzy-feeding-black-hole-makes-galaxy-most-luminous/ A galaxy 12.5 billion light-years away gives off the light of 300 trillion suns, because its feeding black hole produces enough heat to set the whole galaxy's dust glowing. Lee Billings reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:38:00 -0000 Frenzy-Feeding Black Hole Makes Galaxy Most Luminous full Scientific American A galaxy 12.5 billion light-years away gives off the light of 300 trillion suns, because its feeding black hole produces enough heat to set the whole galaxy's dust glowing. Lee Billings reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A galaxy 12.5 billion light-years away gives off the light of 300 trillion suns, because its feeding black hole produces enough heat to set the whole galaxy's dust glowing. Lee Billings reports

 

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]]> 191 no Vaccine Aims at Fly Host of Disease Parasite https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/vaccine-aims-at-fly-host-of-disease-parasite/ An experimental leishmaniasis vaccine relies on eliciting an immune response to a protein from the saliva of the sand fly that carries the leishmania parasite, rather than on anything from the parasite itself. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:58:00 -0000 Vaccine Aims at Fly Host of Disease Parasite full Scientific American An experimental leishmaniasis vaccine relies on eliciting an immune response to a protein from the saliva of the sand fly that carries the leishmania parasite, rather than on anything from the parasite itself. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An experimental leishmaniasis vaccine relies on eliciting an immune response to a protein from the saliva of the sand fly that carries the leishmania parasite, rather than on anything from the parasite itself. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 180 no Chimps Would "Cook" Food If They Could https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chimps-would-cook-food-if-they-could/ A new study suggests that chimps have the cognitive skills necessary for cooking—such as patience—even if they don't control fire. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:09:00 -0000 Chimps Would "Cook" Food If They Could full Scientific American A new study suggests that chimps have the cognitive skills necessary for cooking—such as patience—even if they don't control fire. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new study suggests that chimps have the cognitive skills necessary for cooking—such as patience—even if they don't control fire. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 245 no High Heels Heighten Health Hazard https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/high-heels-heighten-health-hazard/ Emergency room visits due to high heel shoe–related injuries doubled between 2002 and 2012. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:45:00 -0000 High Heels Heighten Health Hazard full Scientific American Emergency room visits due to high heel shoe–related injuries doubled between 2002 and 2012. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Emergency room visits due to high heel shoe–related injuries doubled between 2002 and 2012. Erika Beras reports

 

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]]> 182 no Parrotfish Build Islands with Their Poop https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/parrotfish-build-islands-with-their-poop/ Parrotfish munching on algae ingest coral and then eliminate the rocky substrate, creating island-building grade sediment in places like the Maldives. Julia Rosen reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 31 May 2015 21:15:00 -0000 Parrotfish Build Islands with Their Poop full Scientific American Parrotfish munching on algae ingest coral and then eliminate the rocky substrate, creating island-building grade sediment in places like the Maldives. Julia Rosen reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Parrotfish munching on algae ingest coral and then eliminate the rocky substrate, creating island-building grade sediment in places like the Maldives. Julia Rosen reports

 

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]]> 209 no Blood Pressure Vaccine Lengthens Rat Lives https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/blood-pressure-vaccine-lengthens-rat-lives/ A DNA-based vaccine gave rats six months of protection against high blood pressure as well as healthier hearts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 May 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Blood Pressure Vaccine Lengthens Rat Lives full Scientific American A DNA-based vaccine gave rats six months of protection against high blood pressure as well as healthier hearts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A DNA-based vaccine gave rats six months of protection against high blood pressure as well as healthier hearts. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 182 no CSI: Middle Pleistocene https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/csi-middle-pleistocene/ Skull fragments dating back 430,000 years appear to be those of the world's first known murder victim, based on the damage observed. Dina Maron reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 May 2015 11:55:00 -0000 CSI: Middle Pleistocene full Scientific American Skull fragments dating back 430,000 years appear to be those of the world's first known murder victim, based on the damage observed. Dina Maron reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Skull fragments dating back 430,000 years appear to be those of the world's first known murder victim, based on the damage observed. Dina Maron reports

 

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]]> 167 no Mummy Mavens Unwrap Preservation Methods https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mummy-mavens-unwrap-preservation-methods/ In 1994 researchers made a mummy. Now scientists have reverse engineered the process to figure out how it's done, with the mummy makers still around to tell them how they did. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 May 2015 17:57:00 -0000 Mummy Mavens Unwrap Preservation Methods full Scientific American In 1994 researchers made a mummy. Now scientists have reverse engineered the process to figure out how it's done, with the mummy makers still around to tell them how they did. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 1994 researchers made a mummy. Now scientists have reverse engineered the process to figure out how it's done, with the mummy makers still around to tell them how they did. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 168 no Smart Cane Could Help Blind ID Faces https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smart-cane-could-help-blind-id-faces/ High-tech sticks could help visually impaired people spot obstacles and even identify acquaintances as they approach. Larry Greenemeier reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Smart Cane Could Help Blind ID Faces full Scientific American High-tech sticks could help visually impaired people spot obstacles and even identify acquaintances as they approach. Larry Greenemeier reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices High-tech sticks could help visually impaired people spot obstacles and even identify acquaintances as they approach. Larry Greenemeier reports

 

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]]> 169 no Dolphin Deaths Linked to 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dolphin-deaths-linked-to-2010-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/ Unusual adrenal and lung conditions seen in dead dolphins in the months after the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill point to the oil as the cause. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 May 2015 19:28:00 -0000 Dolphin Deaths Linked to 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill full Scientific American Unusual adrenal and lung conditions seen in dead dolphins in the months after the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill point to the oil as the cause. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Unusual adrenal and lung conditions seen in dead dolphins in the months after the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill point to the oil as the cause. Steve Mirsky reports

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]]> 234 no Octopus Skin Senses Light, No Eyes or Brain Needed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/octopus-skin-senses-light-no-eyes-or-brain-needed/ The skin of a California octopus species has a molecular light-sensing mechanism that allows it to change color to match its surroundings with no input from the creature's eyes or brain. Dina Fine Maron reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 May 2015 18:00:00 -0000 Octopus Skin Senses Light, No Eyes or Brain Needed full Scientific American The skin of a California octopus species has a molecular light-sensing mechanism that allows it to change color to match its surroundings with no input from the creature's eyes or brain. Dina Fine Maron reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The skin of a California octopus species has a molecular light-sensing mechanism that allows it to change color to match its surroundings with no input from the creature's eyes or brain. Dina Fine Maron reports

 

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]]> 184 no First Woman MLBer Will Probably Pitch https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/first-woman-mlber-will-probably-pitch/ Contemporary women's baseball chronicler Jennifer Ring says the fastest women pitchers currently hit speeds in the 80s (mph) and it keeps going up. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 May 2015 21:40:00 -0000 First Woman MLBer Will Probably Pitch full Scientific American Contemporary women's baseball chronicler Jennifer Ring says the fastest women pitchers currently hit speeds in the 80s (mph) and it keeps going up. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Contemporary women's baseball chronicler Jennifer Ring says the fastest women pitchers currently hit speeds in the 80s (mph) and it keeps going up. Steve Mirsky reports

 

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]]> 195 no Seashell Shapes Show Strength for Safety https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/seashell-shapes-show-strength-for-safety1/ Analysis of clamshell and screw-shaped shells reveals the structures withstand much greater forces than would a simple sphere or cylinder. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 May 2015 15:38:00 -0000 Seashell Shapes Show Strength for Safety full Scientific American Analysis of clamshell and screw-shaped shells reveals the structures withstand much greater forces than would a simple sphere or cylinder. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Analysis of clamshell and screw-shaped shells reveals the structures withstand much greater forces than would a simple sphere or cylinder. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 151 no In the Future Robopets Won't Be Far-Fetched https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/in-the-future-robopets-won-t-be-far-fetched/ An animal behaviorist ponders a future where some Spots are robots. Larry Greenemeier reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 14 May 2015 12:56:00 -0000 In the Future Robopets Won't Be Far-Fetched full Scientific American An animal behaviorist ponders a future where some Spots are robots. Larry Greenemeier reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An animal behaviorist ponders a future where some Spots are robots. Larry Greenemeier reports

 

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]]> 173 no Crop Rotation Works in the Sea, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crop-rotation-works-in-the-sea-too/ Models show that leaving sea cucumbers unharvested in some underwater zones for two years at a time stabilizes the overall population and actually increases yield for fishers. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 May 2015 11:57:00 -0000 Crop Rotation Works in the Sea, Too full Scientific American Models show that leaving sea cucumbers unharvested in some underwater zones for two years at a time stabilizes the overall population and actually increases yield for fishers. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Models show that leaving sea cucumbers unharvested in some underwater zones for two years at a time stabilizes the overall population and actually increases yield for fishers. Cynthia Graber reports

 

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]]> 163 no Food for Sale Everywhere Fuels Obesity Epidemic https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/food-for-sale-everywhere-fuels-obesity-epidemic/ A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research blames 40 percent of the rise in obesity on the ubiquity of supercenters, warehouse clubs and restaurants. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 May 2015 19:35:00 -0000 Food for Sale Everywhere Fuels Obesity Epidemic full Scientific American A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research blames 40 percent of the rise in obesity on the ubiquity of supercenters, warehouse clubs and restaurants. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research blames 40 percent of the rise in obesity on the ubiquity of supercenters, warehouse clubs and restaurants. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports 

 

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]]> 158 no Netflix CEO Peers at Crystal Ball to See TV's Future https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/netflix-ceo-peers-at-crystal-ball-to-see-tv-s-future/ Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, gave his view of the next couple of decades in the evolution of TV-watching at the re:publica 15 digital culture conference in Berlin on May 5    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 11 May 2015 15:35:00 -0000 Netflix CEO Peers at Crystal Ball to See TV's Future full Scientific American Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, gave his view of the next couple of decades in the evolution of TV-watching at the re:publica 15 digital culture conference in Berlin on May 5    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, gave his view of the next couple of decades in the evolution of TV-watching at the re:publica 15 digital culture conference in Berlin on May 5 

 

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]]> 239 no May 9 Is Big Day for the Birds https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/may-9-is-big-day-for-the-birds/ Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Chris Wood explains the May 9 Global Big Day event, in which birders worldwide are invited to spot birds and upload their findings to the eBird database. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 May 2015 11:51:00 -0000 May 9 Is Big Day for the Birds full Scientific American Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Chris Wood explains the May 9 Global Big Day event, in which birders worldwide are invited to spot birds and upload their findings to the eBird database. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Chris Wood explains the May 9 Global Big Day event, in which birders worldwide are invited to spot birds and upload their findings to the eBird database. Steve Mirsky reports

 

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]]> 221 no Mars Travelers Could Suffer Radiation Brain Damage https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mars-travelers-could-suffer-radiation-brain-damage/ Mice exposed to radiation akin to what astronauts to Mars would receive experienced cognitive impairment. Lee Billings reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 07 May 2015 13:30:00 -0000 Mars Travelers Could Suffer Radiation Brain Damage full Scientific American Mice exposed to radiation akin to what astronauts to Mars would receive experienced cognitive impairment. Lee Billings reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice exposed to radiation akin to what astronauts to Mars would receive experienced cognitive impairment. Lee Billings reports

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]]> 178 no Wheat Genes Could Bring Back Chestnut https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/wheat-genes-could-bring-back-chestnut/ Scientists have introduced genes into the American chestnut from wheat that help disarm the fungus that killed almost all three billion of the trees in the eastern U.S. David Biello reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 May 2015 20:00:00 -0000 Wheat Genes Could Bring Back Chestnut full Scientific American Scientists have introduced genes into the American chestnut from wheat that help disarm the fungus that killed almost all three billion of the trees in the eastern U.S. David Biello reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientists have introduced genes into the American chestnut from wheat that help disarm the fungus that killed almost all three billion of the trees in the eastern U.S. David Biello reports

 

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]]> 171 no Pop Music Gets Its Fossil Record Analyzed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pop-music-gets-its-fossil-record-analyzed/ An investigation of more than 17,000 hit tunes suggests popular music undergoes periods of shifting diversity, and that new styles evolve in bursts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 May 2015 19:16:00 -0000 Pop Music Gets Its Fossil Record Analyzed full Scientific American An investigation of more than 17,000 hit tunes suggests popular music undergoes periods of shifting diversity, and that new styles evolve in bursts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An investigation of more than 17,000 hit tunes suggests popular music undergoes periods of shifting diversity, and that new styles evolve in bursts. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 282 no Space Supervoid Sucks Energy from Light https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/space-supervoid-sucks-energy-from-light/ A vast region of space colder than expected is also largely devoid of galaxies, and the two observations are no coincidence. Clara Moskowitz reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 May 2015 13:33:00 -0000 Space Supervoid Sucks Energy from Light full Scientific American A vast region of space colder than expected is also largely devoid of galaxies, and the two observations are no coincidence. Clara Moskowitz reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A vast region of space colder than expected is also largely devoid of galaxies, and the two observations are no coincidence. Clara Moskowitz reports

 

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]]> 184 no Latex Lining Could Quiet Plane Rides https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/latex-lining-could-quiet-plane-rides/ Engineers devised a latex-laced honeycomb material that could make an airplane cabin sound more like a quiet living room. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 May 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Latex Lining Could Quiet Plane Rides full Scientific American Engineers devised a latex-laced honeycomb material that could make an airplane cabin sound more like a quiet living room. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 196 no Parkinson's Pen Vibrates to Improve Legibility https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/parkinson-s-pen-vibrates-to-improve-legibility/ Device stimulates hand muscles to counteract writing issues experienced by some people with Parkinson’s. Larry Greenemeier reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:00:00 -0000 Parkinson's Pen Vibrates to Improve Legibility full Scientific American Device stimulates hand muscles to counteract writing issues experienced by some people with Parkinson’s. Larry Greenemeier reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Device stimulates hand muscles to counteract writing issues experienced by some people with Parkinson’s. Larry Greenemeier reports

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]]> 157 no Infants Already Glued to Multiple Screens https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/infants-already-glued-to-multiple-screens1/ A new survey suggests that most kids by age two are using tablets and smartphones, sometimes while watching TV. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Infants Already Glued to Multiple Screens full Scientific American A new survey suggests that most kids by age two are using tablets and smartphones, sometimes while watching TV. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 175 no Old Cats Can Get Seizures from Sound https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/old-cats-can-get-seizures-from-sound/ Feline audiogenic reflex seizures, or FARS, was discovered after a few cat owners reported the issue to an advocacy group   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:47:00 -0000 Old Cats Can Get Seizures from Sound full Scientific American Feline audiogenic reflex seizures, or FARS, was discovered after a few cat owners reported the issue to an advocacy group   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  

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]]> 183 no Musical Performance Activates Specific Genes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/musical-performance-activates-specific-genes/ Blood tests on 10 professional musicians before and after playing showed that specific genes got turned on by performance, some of which are also active in songbirds. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:35:00 -0000 Musical Performance Activates Specific Genes full Scientific American Blood tests on 10 professional musicians before and after playing showed that specific genes got turned on by performance, some of which are also active in songbirds. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Blood tests on 10 professional musicians before and after playing showed that specific genes got turned on by performance, some of which are also active in songbirds. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 175 no Shipwreck Champagne Reveals Old Wine Secrets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/shipwreck-champagne-reveals-old-wine-secrets/ Analysis of 168 bottles of bubbly that sat at the sea bottom for 170 years shows how the old-timers tweaked their champagne taste. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:37:00 -0000 Shipwreck Champagne Reveals Old Wine Secrets full Scientific American Analysis of 168 bottles of bubbly that sat at the sea bottom for 170 years shows how the old-timers tweaked their champagne taste. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Analysis of 168 bottles of bubbly that sat at the sea bottom for 170 years shows how the old-timers tweaked their champagne taste. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 163 no Small Screen Looks at an Electrified America https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/small-screen-looks-at-an-electrified-america/ Scientific American's David Biello hosts a new episode of the TV series Beyond the Light Switch, focusing on the means to and effects of a more electricity-powered country. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:24:00 -0000 Small Screen Looks at an Electrified America full Scientific American Scientific American's David Biello hosts a new episode of the TV series Beyond the Light Switch, focusing on the means to and effects of a more electricity-powered country. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American's David Biello hosts a new episode of the TV series Beyond the Light Switch, focusing on the means to and effects of a more electricity-powered country. Steve Mirsky reports

 

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]]> 221 no Taste Salty with Less Salt https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/taste-salty-with-less-salt/ Making salamis and cheeses with more pores might make them taste just as salty but with less added sodium finding its way into the body. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:51:00 -0000 Taste Salty with Less Salt full Scientific American Making salamis and cheeses with more pores might make them taste just as salty but with less added sodium finding its way into the body. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Making salamis and cheeses with more pores might make them taste just as salty but with less added sodium finding its way into the body. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 201 no Granular Materials Could Thwart Missiles https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/granular-materials-could-thwart-missiles/ The harder a projectile hits a granular substance like sand, the more that material acts like a solid, effectively repelling the intruder. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Granular Materials Could Thwart Missiles full Scientific American The harder a projectile hits a granular substance like sand, the more that material acts like a solid, effectively repelling the intruder. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 201 no A Few Hundred Smartphones Could Catch Earthquakes Early https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-few-hundred-smartphones-could-catch-earthquakes-early/ Thanks to their GPS systems, smartphones in an array could pick up movements indicating the onset of an earthquake and provide extra seconds of early warning. Cynthia Graber reports     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:43:00 -0000 A Few Hundred Smartphones Could Catch Earthquakes Early full Scientific American Thanks to their GPS systems, smartphones in an array could pick up movements indicating the onset of an earthquake and provide extra seconds of early warning. Cynthia Graber reports     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 173 no Martian Glaciers Equal Meter-Thick Planetary Ice Shell https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/martian-glaciers-equal-meter-thick-planetary-ice-shell/ Radar measurements and models of Earthly glacial ice flows led researchers to conclude that the glaciers spotted on Mars from orbiters contain nearly 150 billion cubic meters of water. Lee Billings reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:08:00 -0000 Martian Glaciers Equal Meter-Thick Planetary Ice Shell full Scientific American Radar measurements and models of Earthly glacial ice flows led researchers to conclude that the glaciers spotted on Mars from orbiters contain nearly 150 billion cubic meters of water. Lee Billings reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Radar measurements and models of Earthly glacial ice flows led researchers to conclude that the glaciers spotted on Mars from orbiters contain nearly 150 billion cubic meters of water. Lee Billings reports   

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]]> 186 no Nobelist Talks about Exercise and Chromosome Integrity https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nobelist-talks-about-exercise-and-chromosome-integrity/ In a Google Hangout Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discuss the relationship between exercise and telomere length, which is related to diseases of aging   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:48:00 -0000 Nobelist Talks about Exercise and Chromosome Integrity full Scientific American In a Google Hangout Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discuss the relationship between exercise and telomere length, which is related to diseases of aging   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discuss the relationship between exercise and telomere length, which is related to diseases of aging

 

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]]> 214 no Typing Style Reveals Fatigue or Disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/typing-style-reveals-fatigue-or-disease/ How a person types can reveal the state of their brain, according to a study that tracked keystrokes when the typist was alert or groggy. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Typing Style Reveals Fatigue or Disease full Scientific American How a person types can reveal the state of their brain, according to a study that tracked keystrokes when the typist was alert or groggy. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How a person types can reveal the state of their brain, according to a study that tracked keystrokes when the typist was alert or groggy. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 158 no App Provides Pocket Time Capsule https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/app-provides-pocket-time-capsule/ New app called Pivot will let gadget users see old and new images of sites as they walk past. Larry Greenemeier reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0000 App Provides Pocket Time Capsule full Scientific American New app called Pivot will let gadget users see old and new images of sites as they walk past. Larry Greenemeier reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 158 no Online Breast Milk Buyers May Get Cowed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/online-breast-milk-buyers-may-get-cowed/ An analysis of human breast milk bought online reveals that some 10 percent of the samples contained cow’s milk. Dina Fine Maron reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Apr 2015 07:00:00 -0000 Online Breast Milk Buyers May Get Cowed full Scientific American An analysis of human breast milk bought online reveals that some 10 percent of the samples contained cow’s milk. Dina Fine Maron reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 160 no B.O. Gives Up Its Stinky Secrets https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/b-o-gives-up-its-stinky-secrets/ Staphylococcus hominis is a key perpetrator of body odor—and researchers say selectively interfering with it could make for more effective deodorants. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:00:00 -0000 B.O. Gives Up Its Stinky Secrets full Scientific American Staphylococcus hominis is a key perpetrator of body odor—and researchers say selectively interfering with it could make for more effective deodorants. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Staphylococcus hominis is a key perpetrator of body odor—and researchers say selectively interfering with it could make for more effective deodorants. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 159 no Outdoor Exercise Worth Some Air Pollution Risk https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/outdoor-exercise-worth-some-air-pollution-risk/ A Danish study of more than 50,000 adults suggests that exercise lowers risk of death—even if you work out amidst urban air pollution. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Outdoor Exercise Worth Some Air Pollution Risk full Scientific American A Danish study of more than 50,000 adults suggests that exercise lowers risk of death—even if you work out amidst urban air pollution. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A Danish study of more than 50,000 adults suggests that exercise lowers risk of death—even if you work out amidst urban air pollution. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 188 no Diabetics Benefit by Biggest Meal Early https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/diabetics-benefit-by-biggest-meal-early/ A small study finds that diabetics who ate a big breakfast and small dinner had better glucose control than those who ate the opposite. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:43:00 -0000 Diabetics Benefit by Biggest Meal Early full Scientific American A small study finds that diabetics who ate a big breakfast and small dinner had better glucose control than those who ate the opposite. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 168 no Donate Your Health Data to Medical Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/donate-your-health-data-to-medical-science/ You can now share your genome, health and microbiome info, and viral infection data to crowdsourced medical research projects. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:52:00 -0000 Donate Your Health Data to Medical Science full Scientific American You can now share your genome, health and microbiome info, and viral infection data to crowdsourced medical research projects. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 162 no African-American Longevity Suffered after Great Migration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/african-american-longevity-suffered-after-great-migration/ The six million black people who left the South between 1910 and 1970 had better economic opportunity but a lower chance or reaching their 70s. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:01:00 -0000 African-American Longevity Suffered after Great Migration full Scientific American The six million black people who left the South between 1910 and 1970 had better economic opportunity but a lower chance or reaching their 70s. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 181 no Enceladus Might Be a Methane Hotspot https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/enceladus-might-be-a-methane-hotspot/ NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted a surprising amount of methane erupting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggesting it harbors more methane than we thought. Clara Moskowitz reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Enceladus Might Be a Methane Hotspot full Scientific American NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted a surprising amount of methane erupting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggesting it harbors more methane than we thought. Clara Moskowitz reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 172 no Malaria Parasite Attracts Mosquitoes with Perfume https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/malaria-parasite-attracts-mosquitoes-with-perfume/ The Plasmodium parasite uses an altered type of plant chloroplast to manufacture pine-and-lemon-scented chemicals, which lure in the bloodsuckers. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:01:00 -0000 Malaria Parasite Attracts Mosquitoes with Perfume full Scientific American The Plasmodium parasite uses an altered type of plant chloroplast to manufacture pine-and-lemon-scented chemicals, which lure in the bloodsuckers. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Plasmodium parasite uses an altered type of plant chloroplast to manufacture pine-and-lemon-scented chemicals, which lure in the bloodsuckers. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 171 no See Movement Better by Bicarb https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/see-movement-better-by-bicarb/ Bicarbonate, the chemical that transports CO2 through the blood, increases the "refresh rate" of rod cells in lab tests--which could mean better motion detection. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:05:00 -0000 See Movement Better by Bicarb full Scientific American Bicarbonate, the chemical that transports CO2 through the blood, increases the "refresh rate" of rod cells in lab tests--which could mean better motion detection. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 187 no Teotihuacán's Social Tensions Contributed to Its Fall https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/teotihuacan-s-social-tensions-contributed-to-its-fall/ The decline and abandonment of the Mexican metropolis may have been hastened by infighting among different cultural and socioeconomic groups. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:20:00 -0000 Teotihuacán's Social Tensions Contributed to Its Fall full Scientific American The decline and abandonment of the Mexican metropolis may have been hastened by infighting among different cultural and socioeconomic groups. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The decline and abandonment of the Mexican metropolis may have been hastened by infighting among different cultural and socioeconomic groups. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 173 no Music’s Physiological Effects Transcend Culture https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/music-s-physiological-effects-transcend-culture/ People in the Congo rainforests or in Montreal tended to react to the same piece of music in strikingly similar ways. Andrea Alfano reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:34:00 -0000 Music’s Physiological Effects Transcend Culture full Scientific American People in the Congo rainforests or in Montreal tended to react to the same piece of music in strikingly similar ways. Andrea Alfano reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices People in the Congo rainforests or in Montreal tended to react to the same piece of music in strikingly similar ways. Andrea Alfano reports

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]]> 171 no That's What Ya Call a 4-Star Planet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/that-s-what-ya-call-a-4-star-planet/ Astronomers report the discovery of only the second quadruple-star system known to host at least one planet. But they suspect there are a lot more such systems out there. Lee Billings reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:00:00 -0000 That's What Ya Call a 4-Star Planet full Scientific American Astronomers report the discovery of only the second quadruple-star system known to host at least one planet. But they suspect there are a lot more such systems out there. Lee Billings reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Astronomers report the discovery of only the second quadruple-star system known to host at least one planet. But they suspect there are a lot more such systems out there. Lee Billings reports

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]]> 204 no Smoke Makes Twisters More Likely to Strike https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/smoke-makes-twisters-more-likely-to-strike/ Smoke wafting north from the Gulf of Mexico worsened the already stormy weather brewing across the southeastern U.S. on April 27, 2011. Julia Rosen reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:02:00 -0000 Smoke Makes Twisters More Likely to Strike full Scientific American Smoke wafting north from the Gulf of Mexico worsened the already stormy weather brewing across the southeastern U.S. on April 27, 2011. Julia Rosen reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Smoke wafting north from the Gulf of Mexico worsened the already stormy weather brewing across the southeastern U.S. on April 27, 2011. Julia Rosen reports

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]]> 176 no La Niña Conditions Spin Up More Springtime Twisters https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/la-nina-conditions-spin-up-more-springtime-twisters/ Severe weather forecasters could incorporate El Niño and La Niña cycling to make springtime tornado and hail forecasts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:00:00 -0000 La Niña Conditions Spin Up More Springtime Twisters full Scientific American Severe weather forecasters could incorporate El Niño and La Niña cycling to make springtime tornado and hail forecasts. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 197 no Human Remains Double Known Rainforest Occupation Time https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/human-remains-double-known-rainforest-occupation-time/ Physical remains in Sri Lanka show that people lived in rainforests 20,000 years ago, at least 10,000 years earlier than previous evidence showed. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:54:00 -0000 Human Remains Double Known Rainforest Occupation Time full Scientific American Physical remains in Sri Lanka show that people lived in rainforests 20,000 years ago, at least 10,000 years earlier than previous evidence showed. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 160 no Crowd-Sourced Medical Research Gets Apple Assist https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crowd-sourced-medical-research-gets-apple-assist/ What’s called ResearchKit enables scientists to more easily write mobile apps that take advantage of iPhone sensors to study asthma, Parkinson’s and other diseases. Larry Greenemeier reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:39:00 -0000 Crowd-Sourced Medical Research Gets Apple Assist full Scientific American What’s called ResearchKit enables scientists to more easily write mobile apps that take advantage of iPhone sensors to study asthma, Parkinson’s and other diseases. Larry Greenemeier reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 173 no <i>Big Bang</i> Sitcom Stars <i>Scientific American</i> Tonight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-bang-sitcom-stars-scientific-american-tonight/ On the March 12 episode of The Big Bang Theory, a mock copy of Scientific American becomes a key part of the plot. The sitcom's science advisor, U.C.L.A. physicist David Saltzberg, talks about the show's reach to the lay public. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:31:00 -0000 <i>Big Bang</i> Sitcom Stars <i>Scientific American</i> Tonight full Scientific American On the March 12 episode of The Big Bang Theory, a mock copy of Scientific American becomes a key part of the plot. The sitcom's science advisor, U.C.L.A. physicist David Saltzberg, talks about the show's reach to the lay public. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On the March 12 episode of The Big Bang Theory, a mock copy of Scientific American becomes a key part of the plot. The sitcom's science advisor, U.C.L.A. physicist David Saltzberg, talks about the show's reach to the lay public. Steve Mirsky reports

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]]> 164 no Background Music Jams Memory in Older Adults https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/background-music-jams-memory-in-older-adults/ People of all ages find background sound distracting, but noise appears to impede memory formation in older people. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Background Music Jams Memory in Older Adults full Scientific American People of all ages find background sound distracting, but noise appears to impede memory formation in older people. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 168 no Some European Languages Came by Steppe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/some-european-languages-came-by-steppe/ A new genetic analysis reveals a massive migration from the central Asian grasslands into Europe 4,500 years ago—implying that some languages followed. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Some European Languages Came by Steppe full Scientific American A new genetic analysis reveals a massive migration from the central Asian grasslands into Europe 4,500 years ago—implying that some languages followed. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 193 no Animals Can Be Given False Memories https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/animals-can-be-given-false-memories/ Two studies, one with bees and one with mice, show that the brain can be manipulated into having a memory of an occurrence that did not in reality happen. Karen Hopkin reports     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:22:00 -0000 Animals Can Be Given False Memories full Scientific American Two studies, one with bees and one with mice, show that the brain can be manipulated into having a memory of an occurrence that did not in reality happen. Karen Hopkin reports     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 214 no Whale Grandmas' Longevity Linked to Knowledge https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/whale-grandmas-longevity-linked-to-knowledge/ Whale females, like humans, live well past menopause, a trait possibly selected for because their knowledge base can help their entire clan survive. Dina Fine Maron reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:01:00 -0000 Whale Grandmas' Longevity Linked to Knowledge full Scientific American Whale females, like humans, live well past menopause, a trait possibly selected for because their knowledge base can help their entire clan survive. Dina Fine Maron reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 171 no Salty Skin Boosts Mouse Wound Healing https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/salty-skin-boosts-mouse-wound-healing/ Mice fed a diet high in sodium had increased immune cell activity in their skin that helped ward off infection. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Salty Skin Boosts Mouse Wound Healing full Scientific American Mice fed a diet high in sodium had increased immune cell activity in their skin that helped ward off infection. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice fed a diet high in sodium had increased immune cell activity in their skin that helped ward off infection. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 152 no Titan Could Host Life "Not As We Know It" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/titan-could-host-life-not-as-we-know-it/ Saturn's moon Titan is too cold for cell membranes to form as they do on Earth. But researchers have come up with a cell membrane that could exist on Titan. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:15:00 -0000 Titan Could Host Life "Not As We Know It" full Scientific American Saturn's moon Titan is too cold for cell membranes to form as they do on Earth. But researchers have come up with a cell membrane that could exist on Titan. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 192 no Climate Skeptic Senator Burned after Snowball Stunt https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-skeptic-senator-burned-after-snowball-stunt/ Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe carried a snowball onto the Senate floor to insinuate that climate change was not real, after which Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse torched Inhofe's argument. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:21:00 -0000 Climate Skeptic Senator Burned after Snowball Stunt full Scientific American Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe carried a snowball onto the Senate floor to insinuate that climate change was not real, after which Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse torched Inhofe's argument. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 199 no Air Force Space Command General on Keeping Space Collision-Free https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/air-force-space-command-general-on-keeping-space-collision-free/ Gen. John Hyten, Commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command, talks about the task of tracking all the materials in orbit and keeping them from crashing into one another. Steve Mirsky and Larry Greenemeier report     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:08:00 -0000 Air Force Space Command General on Keeping Space Collision-Free full Scientific American Gen. John Hyten, Commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command, talks about the task of tracking all the materials in orbit and keeping them from crashing into one another. Steve Mirsky and Larry Greenemeier report     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 232 no Britain Imported Wheat 2,000 Years before Growing It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/britain-imported-wheat-2-000-years-before-growing-it/ Sediments at a Britsh archaeological site include wheat remains dating back 8,000 years, meaning that Britons were bringing in European wheat two millennia before they grew it. Cynthia Graber reports         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:25:00 -0000 Britain Imported Wheat 2,000 Years before Growing It full Scientific American Sediments at a Britsh archaeological site include wheat remains dating back 8,000 years, meaning that Britons were bringing in European wheat two millennia before they grew it. Cynthia Graber reports         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 166 no Fishes' Lateral Lines Sense Pressure and Predators https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fishes-lateral-lines-sense-pressure-and-predators/ Flow sensors on the bodies of many fishes act like a hydrodynamic antenna, picking up signals about the flow of water around them. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Fishes' Lateral Lines Sense Pressure and Predators full Scientific American Flow sensors on the bodies of many fishes act like a hydrodynamic antenna, picking up signals about the flow of water around them. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 159 no Science Wins at the Oscars https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/science-wins-at-the-oscars/ Science was in the spotlight at the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, from actors playing scientists to winners thanking them. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:24:00 -0000 Science Wins at the Oscars full Scientific American Science was in the spotlight at the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, from actors playing scientists to winners thanking them. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Science was in the spotlight at the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, from actors playing scientists to winners thanking them. Steve Mirsky reports

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]]> 156 no Beaver Teeth Have Iron Advantage https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beaver-teeth-have-iron-advantage/ Beaver enamel is rich in iron—which is even more effective than fluoride at staving off cavities. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Beaver Teeth Have Iron Advantage full Scientific American Beaver enamel is rich in iron—which is even more effective than fluoride at staving off cavities. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 184 no Nectar Helps Bees’ Medicine Go Down https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nectar-helps-bees-medicine-go-down/ In addition to fuel, nectar from various plant species contains chemical compounds that reduce the numbers of a common gut parasite in bumblebees. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Nectar Helps Bees’ Medicine Go Down full Scientific American In addition to fuel, nectar from various plant species contains chemical compounds that reduce the numbers of a common gut parasite in bumblebees. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In addition to fuel, nectar from various plant species contains chemical compounds that reduce the numbers of a common gut parasite in bumblebees. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 176 no Pot Munchies Explained By Re-Tasked Neurons https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pot-munchies-explained-by-re-tasked-neurons/ Marijuana boosts users' appetities by changing the signals brain cells produce from sated to still hungry. Karen Hopkin reports.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:18:00 -0000 Pot Munchies Explained By Re-Tasked Neurons full Scientific American Marijuana boosts users' appetities by changing the signals brain cells produce from sated to still hungry. Karen Hopkin reports.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Marijuana boosts users' appetities by changing the signals brain cells produce from sated to still hungry. Karen Hopkin reports.     

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]]> 177 no Hot Chili Peppers Motivate Mice to Burn Fat https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/hot-chili-peppers-motivate-mice-to-burn-fat/ Rodents fed capsaicin voluntarily exercised more than their furry friends on a lower-heat diet. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:10:00 -0000 Hot Chili Peppers Motivate Mice to Burn Fat full Scientific American Rodents fed capsaicin voluntarily exercised more than their furry friends on a lower-heat diet. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 155 no Humans off the Hook for Alaskan Mastodon Extinction https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/humans-off-the-hook-for-alaskan-mastodon-extinction/ A reexamination of museum mastodon specimens provides evidence that that last ones were gone from what's called the Beringia region well before any humans showed up. Emily Schwing reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:07:00 -0000 Humans off the Hook for Alaskan Mastodon Extinction full Scientific American A reexamination of museum mastodon specimens provides evidence that that last ones were gone from what's called the Beringia region well before any humans showed up. Emily Schwing reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 211 no Triskaidekaphobia Plays Role in Paraskevidekatriaphobia https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/triskaidekaphobia-plays-role-in-paraskevidekatriaphobia/ Some random historical facts about the number 13 may be behind some people's irrational aversion to Friday the 13th. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:08:00 -0000 Triskaidekaphobia Plays Role in Paraskevidekatriaphobia full Scientific American Some random historical facts about the number 13 may be behind some people's irrational aversion to Friday the 13th. Karen Hopkin reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Some random historical facts about the number 13 may be behind some people's irrational aversion to Friday the 13th. Karen Hopkin reports. 

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]]> 190 no Contraception Could Prevent 15 Million Unwanted Pregnancies Annually https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/contraception-could-prevent-15-million-unwanted-pregnancies-annually/ Fifteen million unwanted pregnancies in 35 low- and middle-income countries could be avoided if women had access to and freedom to use contraception. Cynthia Graber reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:43:00 -0000 Contraception Could Prevent 15 Million Unwanted Pregnancies Annually full Scientific American Fifteen million unwanted pregnancies in 35 low- and middle-income countries could be avoided if women had access to and freedom to use contraception. Cynthia Graber reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 173 no Preindustrial Pollution Pestered Peru https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/preindustrial-pollution-pestered-peru/ Ice cores show a sudden rise in heavy metal air pollution in South America 240 years before the industrial revolution, probably due to metallurgy and mining. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:00:00 -0000 Preindustrial Pollution Pestered Peru full Scientific American Ice cores show a sudden rise in heavy metal air pollution in South America 240 years before the industrial revolution, probably due to metallurgy and mining. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 160 no Subway DNA Survey Finds Microbes, Mozzarella and Mystery https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/subway-dna-survey-finds-microbes-mozzarella-and-mystery/ Scientists sequenced genetic material found in all 468 New York City subway stations, and nearly half matched no known organism. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:00:00 -0000 Subway DNA Survey Finds Microbes, Mozzarella and Mystery full Scientific American Scientists sequenced genetic material found in all 468 New York City subway stations, and nearly half matched no known organism. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 208 no Newton Figured Out How Tree Sap Rises https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/newton-figured-out-how-tree-sap-rises/ Buried in one of Isaac Newton's college notebooks is a page on which he fairly accurately theorizes on the process of transpiration in plants, two centuries before the concept was elucidated. Karen Hopkin reports     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:53:00 -0000 Newton Figured Out How Tree Sap Rises full Scientific American Buried in one of Isaac Newton's college notebooks is a page on which he fairly accurately theorizes on the process of transpiration in plants, two centuries before the concept was elucidated. Karen Hopkin reports     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Buried in one of Isaac Newton's college notebooks is a page on which he fairly accurately theorizes on the process of transpiration in plants, two centuries before the concept was elucidated. Karen Hopkin reports    

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]]> 168 no Cities Could Win Economically by Losing Olympics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cities-could-win-economically-by-losing-olympics/ According to sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, most cities that win the right to host the Olympics will spend far more to prepare for the games than they estimate in their winning bid. Steve Mirsky reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:00:00 -0000 Cities Could Win Economically by Losing Olympics full Scientific American According to sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, most cities that win the right to host the Olympics will spend far more to prepare for the games than they estimate in their winning bid. Steve Mirsky reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 185 no Drones Spy On Birds in Flight https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/drones-spy-on-birds-in-flight/ Quadcopters appear to be a relatively benign tool to study the behavior and numbers of wetland birds. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:20:00 -0000 Drones Spy On Birds in Flight full Scientific American Quadcopters appear to be a relatively benign tool to study the behavior and numbers of wetland birds. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 210 no Save Libyan Archaeology Plea Issued https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/save-libyan-archaeology-plea-issued/ Savino di Lernia, director of the Archaeological Mission in the Sahara at the Sapienza University of Rome, says violence and unrest threaten World Heritage sites and researchers. Cynthia Graber reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:53:00 -0000 Save Libyan Archaeology Plea Issued full Scientific American Savino di Lernia, director of the Archaeological Mission in the Sahara at the Sapienza University of Rome, says violence and unrest threaten World Heritage sites and researchers. Cynthia Graber reports        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 164 no Super Bowl Team Cities See More Flu Deaths https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/super-bowl-team-cities-see-more-flu-deaths/ Regions that send a team to the Super Bowl saw on average an 18 percent increase in flu deaths among those over 65, probably because of increased transmission due to gatherings of people at parties during the height of the flu season. Karen Hopkin reports      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:36:00 -0000 Super Bowl Team Cities See More Flu Deaths full Scientific American Regions that send a team to the Super Bowl saw on average an 18 percent increase in flu deaths among those over 65, probably because of increased transmission due to gatherings of people at parties during the height of the flu season. Karen Hopkin reports      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Regions that send a team to the Super Bowl saw on average an 18 percent increase in flu deaths among those over 65, probably because of increased transmission due to gatherings of people at parties during the height of the flu season. Karen Hopkin reports     

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]]> 170 no Climate Influences Language Evolution https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/climate-influences-language-evolution/ The ease with which certain sounds are produced in different climes plays a role in the development of spoken languages. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:50:00 -0000 Climate Influences Language Evolution full Scientific American The ease with which certain sounds are produced in different climes plays a role in the development of spoken languages. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 197 no Gates CEO: Let's Shrink Maternal Mortality https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/gates-ceo-let-s-shrink-maternal-mortality/ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann talks about some of what needs to be done to make a reality of the foundation's aspiration to cut maternal mortality by two thirds by 2030       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:13:00 -0000 Gates CEO: Let's Shrink Maternal Mortality full Scientific American Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann talks about some of what needs to be done to make a reality of the foundation's aspiration to cut maternal mortality by two thirds by 2030       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 175 no Snail's Venom Puts Fish in Insulin Coma https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/snail-s-venom-puts-fish-in-insulin-coma/ The cone snail's venom contains not only neurotoxins, but insulin, too—which stuns the fish it preys on. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:25:00 -0000 Snail's Venom Puts Fish in Insulin Coma full Scientific American The cone snail's venom contains not only neurotoxins, but insulin, too—which stuns the fish it preys on. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 182 no Tech Consequences Voiced by Carnegie Mellon Prez https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tech-consequences-voiced-by-carnegie-mellon-prez/ At the World Economic Forum, Carnegie Mellon president Subra Suresh talks about dealing with the unintended consequences of ever more sophisticated intelligent devices   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:41:00 -0000 Tech Consequences Voiced by Carnegie Mellon Prez full Scientific American At the World Economic Forum, Carnegie Mellon president Subra Suresh talks about dealing with the unintended consequences of ever more sophisticated intelligent devices   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 173 no Diaper Material Expands Wee Microscope Views https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/diaper-material-expands-wee-microscope-views/ The absorbent material in disposable diapers can expand tissue samples, making more structure visible under light microscopes. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:50:00 -0000 Diaper Material Expands Wee Microscope Views full Scientific American The absorbent material in disposable diapers can expand tissue samples, making more structure visible under light microscopes. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 167 no Obama Talks Ebola and Climate in His SOTU https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/obama-talks-ebola-and-climate-in-his-sotu/ In his State of the Union address, the president talked about the need for frameworks to be in place to stop future pandemics and rising worldwide temperatures    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:53:00 -0000 Obama Talks Ebola and Climate in His SOTU full Scientific American In his State of the Union address, the president talked about the need for frameworks to be in place to stop future pandemics and rising worldwide temperatures    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 272 no Computer Snoopers Read Electromagnetic Emissions https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/computer-snoopers-read-electromagnetic-emissions/ Researchers were able to track the keystrokes of a nearby computer via fluctuations in its electromagnetic radiation output. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Computer Snoopers Read Electromagnetic Emissions full Scientific American Researchers were able to track the keystrokes of a nearby computer via fluctuations in its electromagnetic radiation output. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 173 no Ex-President Wins Campaign against Ghastly Guinea Worm https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ex-president-wins-campaign-against-ghastly-guinea-worm/ Jimmy Carter's efforts against the horribly painful guinea worm parasitic disease have helped lower the number of cases from 3.5 million in 1986 to just 126 last year. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:49:00 -0000 Ex-President Wins Campaign against Ghastly Guinea Worm full Scientific American Jimmy Carter's efforts against the horribly painful guinea worm parasitic disease have helped lower the number of cases from 3.5 million in 1986 to just 126 last year. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jimmy Carter's efforts against the horribly painful guinea worm parasitic disease have helped lower the number of cases from 3.5 million in 1986 to just 126 last year. Steve Mirsky reports

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]]> 203 no Antibiotics in Blood Can Make Malaria Mosquitoes Mightier https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/antibiotics-in-blood-can-make-malaria-mosquitoes-mightier/ The drugs disrupt mosquitoes' gut bacteria, which appears to make the insects more effective malaria vectors. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:10:00 -0000 Antibiotics in Blood Can Make Malaria Mosquitoes Mightier full Scientific American The drugs disrupt mosquitoes' gut bacteria, which appears to make the insects more effective malaria vectors. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 196 no Health and Conservation Reminders Cut Consumer Energy Use https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/health-and-conservation-reminders-cut-consumer-energy-use/ Households that got weekly messages about the lower pollution they generated via efficiency cut energy use much more than did residents who were told how much money they were saving. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:22:00 -0000 Health and Conservation Reminders Cut Consumer Energy Use full Scientific American Households that got weekly messages about the lower pollution they generated via efficiency cut energy use much more than did residents who were told how much money they were saving. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 173 no Active Sun at Birth Cut Historical Life Spans https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/active-sun-at-birth-cut-historical-life-spans/ High UV radiation during solar maxima may have degraded expectant mothers' stores of folate, a vitamin essential to development. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:40:00 -0000 Active Sun at Birth Cut Historical Life Spans full Scientific American High UV radiation during solar maxima may have degraded expectant mothers' stores of folate, a vitamin essential to development. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices High UV radiation during solar maxima may have degraded expectant mothers' stores of folate, a vitamin essential to development. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 196 no Making Evolution Make Microbes Make Products https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/making-evolution-make-microbes-make-products/ By selecting for bacteria that can survive only if they make a particular product of interest over multiple iterations, researchers vastly improved yields and decreased production times. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:10:00 -0000 Making Evolution Make Microbes Make Products full Scientific American By selecting for bacteria that can survive only if they make a particular product of interest over multiple iterations, researchers vastly improved yields and decreased production times. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 177 no Human Eye Sometimes Sees the Unseeable https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/human-eye-sometimes-sees-the-unseeable/ Under certain conditions people can catch a glimpse of usually invisible infrared light. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Jan 2015 09:00:00 -0000 Human Eye Sometimes Sees the Unseeable full Scientific American Under certain conditions people can catch a glimpse of usually invisible infrared light. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 162 no E.T. May Reveal Itself with Vibration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/e-t-may-reveal-itself-with-vibration/ Looking for movement could complement chemical searches for extraterrestrial life. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:00:00 -0000 E.T. May Reveal Itself with Vibration full Scientific American Looking for movement could complement chemical searches for extraterrestrial life. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 184 no Large Carnivores Getting Comfy in Europe https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/large-carnivores-getting-comfy-in-europe/ Populations of big carnivores such as brown bears, Eurasian lynx, grey wolves and wolverines are stable or increasing in a substantial part of Europe. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 Jan 2015 08:00:00 -0000 Large Carnivores Getting Comfy in Europe full Scientific American Populations of big carnivores such as brown bears, Eurasian lynx, grey wolves and wolverines are stable or increasing in a substantial part of Europe. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 172 no Lyme Helps Spread Other Tick Infections https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lyme-helps-spread-other-tick-infections/ Mice infected with Lyme and the Babesia parasite are more likely to pass on babesiosis than mice infected with babesiosis alone. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:00:00 -0000 Lyme Helps Spread Other Tick Infections full Scientific American Mice infected with Lyme and the Babesia parasite are more likely to pass on babesiosis than mice infected with babesiosis alone. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice infected with Lyme and the Babesia parasite are more likely to pass on babesiosis than mice infected with babesiosis alone. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 176 no Lightning May Sink Mountain Summits https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lightning-may-sink-mountain-summits/ Magnetic anomalies in rocks indicate that lightning may be a major player in weathering mountains. Julia Rosen reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:49:00 -0000 Lightning May Sink Mountain Summits full Scientific American Magnetic anomalies in rocks indicate that lightning may be a major player in weathering mountains. Julia Rosen reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  

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]]> 161 no Budget Bill Stealthily Affects Environment and Energy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/budget-bill-stealthily-affects-environment-and-energy/ Congress took advantage of the pressure to pass a budget bill by adding riders that change rules concerning the environment and energy. Josh Fischman reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:08:00 -0000 Budget Bill Stealthily Affects Environment and Energy full Scientific American Congress took advantage of the pressure to pass a budget bill by adding riders that change rules concerning the environment and energy. Josh Fischman reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Congress took advantage of the pressure to pass a budget bill by adding riders that change rules concerning the environment and energy. Josh Fischman reports

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]]> 177 no Plankton Pee May Alter Ocean's Chemistry https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plankton-pee-may-alter-ocean-s-chemistry/ The urine of a vast army of tiny fish, jellies and shrimpy things may play an important role in the ocean's nitrogen cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:00:00 -0000 Plankton Pee May Alter Ocean's Chemistry full Scientific American The urine of a vast army of tiny fish, jellies and shrimpy things may play an important role in the ocean's nitrogen cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The urine of a vast army of tiny fish, jellies and shrimpy things may play an important role in the ocean's nitrogen cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 178 no Penicillins Reveal Additional Antibacterial Power https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/penicillins-reveal-additional-antibacterial-power/ Penicillin and its relatives have been in wide use since the 1940s, but researchers have only now discovered another way that it thwarts bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:43:00 -0000 Penicillins Reveal Additional Antibacterial Power full Scientific American Penicillin and its relatives have been in wide use since the 1940s, but researchers have only now discovered another way that it thwarts bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 172 no Short-Term Fasting Made Mice Healthier https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/short-term-fasting-made-mice-healthier/ Mice that ate their entire food for the day in an eight-to-12-hour window had better markers for health than did mice free to eat whenever they wanted. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:50:00 -0000 Short-Term Fasting Made Mice Healthier full Scientific American Mice that ate their entire food for the day in an eight-to-12-hour window had better markers for health than did mice free to eat whenever they wanted. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  

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]]> 184 no Laser Zap Determines Fruit Ripeness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/laser-zap-determines-fruit-ripeness/ The way fruit reflects and absorbs laser light may be a good measure of its progression toward peak ripeness. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:30:00 -0000 Laser Zap Determines Fruit Ripeness full Scientific American The way fruit reflects and absorbs laser light may be a good measure of its progression toward peak ripeness. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 175 no Birds Roost on New Evolutionary Tree https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/birds-roost-on-new-evolutionary-tree/ In a massive first-of-its-kind whole-genome analysis involving 48 bird species, researchers have created a new avian evolutionary tree. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:00:00 -0000 Birds Roost on New Evolutionary Tree full Scientific American In a massive first-of-its-kind whole-genome analysis involving 48 bird species, researchers have created a new avian evolutionary tree. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 255 no Canary out, Smartphone in for Gas Detection https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/canary-out-smartphone-in-for-gas-detection/ By using tiny carbon nanotubes tuned electronically to particular gases, researchers turned smartphones into toxin sensors. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:19:00 -0000 Canary out, Smartphone in for Gas Detection full Scientific American By using tiny carbon nanotubes tuned electronically to particular gases, researchers turned smartphones into toxin sensors. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 156 no Quarter-Million Tons of Plastic Plague Oceans https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/quarter-million-tons-of-plastic-plague-oceans/ Based on trawling samples and visual observations of plastic debris, computer models calculate that some 5.25 trillion particles of plastic—about 269,000 tons—may litter the world's oceans. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:25:00 -0000 Quarter-Million Tons of Plastic Plague Oceans full Scientific American Based on trawling samples and visual observations of plastic debris, computer models calculate that some 5.25 trillion particles of plastic—about 269,000 tons—may litter the world's oceans. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 187 no Dumpster Diving Provides Drinking Data https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dumpster-diving-provides-drinking-data/ Researchers estimated alcohol consumption at a senior center by putting out recycling bins and counting the bottle contents. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:20:00 -0000 Dumpster Diving Provides Drinking Data full Scientific American Researchers estimated alcohol consumption at a senior center by putting out recycling bins and counting the bottle contents. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 164 no Summer Teen Jobs Cut Violence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/summer-teen-jobs-cut-violence/ A study following teens who had summer jobs found violent crime in that population almost cut in half, during and following the employment. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:10:00 -0000 Summer Teen Jobs Cut Violence full Scientific American A study following teens who had summer jobs found violent crime in that population almost cut in half, during and following the employment. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 156 no Poorer Kids May Be Too Respectful at School https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/poorer-kids-may-be-too-respectful-at-school/ Working-class kids ask for help from teachers less often and less aggressively than do their middle-class counterparts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:18:00 -0000 Poorer Kids May Be Too Respectful at School full Scientific American Working-class kids ask for help from teachers less often and less aggressively than do their middle-class counterparts   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 157 no Big Apple's Insects Eat Streets Clean https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-apple-insects-eat-streets-clean/ Researchers working in New York City found that hungry urban arthropods help dispose of tons of edible trash. Allie Wilkinson reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:23:00 -0000 Big Apple's Insects Eat Streets Clean full Scientific American Researchers working in New York City found that hungry urban arthropods help dispose of tons of edible trash. Allie Wilkinson reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers working in New York City found that hungry urban arthropods help dispose of tons of edible trash. Allie Wilkinson reports

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]]> 160 no <i>Scientific American</i>'s 1930 Football Study Found Little Actual Action https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/scientific-american-s-1930-football-study-found-little-actual-action/ The Wall Street Journal found in 2010 that an NFL game has just 11 minutes of actual action. Eight decades earlier, Scientific American found just about the same thing   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:30:00 -0000 <i>Scientific American</i>'s 1930 Football Study Found Little Actual Action full Scientific American The Wall Street Journal found in 2010 that an NFL game has just 11 minutes of actual action. Eight decades earlier, Scientific American found just about the same thing   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wall Street Journal found in 2010 that an NFL game has just 11 minutes of actual action. Eight decades earlier, Scientific American found just about the same thing
 

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]]> 211 no Looking Back on 40 Years of Lucy https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/looking-back-on-40-years-of-lucy/ Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson's first glimpse of Lucy came on November 24, 1974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:45:00 -0000 Looking Back on 40 Years of Lucy full Scientific American Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson's first glimpse of Lucy came on November 24, 1974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson's first glimpse of Lucy came on November 24, 1974

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]]> 219 no Better Barley Let People Settle Tibetan Plateau https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/better-barley-let-people-settle-tibetan-plateau/ Importation of a frost-resistant barley from the Fertile Crescent to Tibet some 3,600 years ago is associated with the advent of settlements at 3,000 meters and more above sea level. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:03:00 -0000 Better Barley Let People Settle Tibetan Plateau full Scientific American Importation of a frost-resistant barley from the Fertile Crescent to Tibet some 3,600 years ago is associated with the advent of settlements at 3,000 meters and more above sea level. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Importation of a frost-resistant barley from the Fertile Crescent to Tibet some 3,600 years ago is associated with the advent of settlements at 3,000 meters and more above sea level. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 155 no Worse Than the Bite https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/worse-than-the-bite/ A new study suggests bed bugs can transmit Chagas disease to mice—but the same thing is unlikely to happen in humans. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:45:00 -0000 Worse Than the Bite full Scientific American A new study suggests bed bugs can transmit Chagas disease to mice—but the same thing is unlikely to happen in humans. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 219 no Semen Protects HIV from Microbicide Attack https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/semen-protects-hiv-from-microbicide-attack/ Microbicides that kill HIV in the lab often fail in clinical trials. A study finds that semen may be the culprit. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:31:00 -0000 Semen Protects HIV from Microbicide Attack full Scientific American Microbicides that kill HIV in the lab often fail in clinical trials. A study finds that semen may be the culprit. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 153 no Select Few Can Truly Drink to Their Health https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/select-few-can-truly-drink-to-their-health/ Alcohol's supposed benefit to the heart may only be available to people with the right genes. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:00:00 -0000 Select Few Can Truly Drink to Their Health full Scientific American Alcohol's supposed benefit to the heart may only be available to people with the right genes. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 201 no "We Are on the Comet!" https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/we-are-on-the-comet/ Some sounds from the Rosetta Mission team today after they succeeded in landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:10:00 -0000 "We Are on the Comet!" full Scientific American Some sounds from the Rosetta Mission team today after they succeeded in landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 151 no Microbiome Studies Contaminated by Sequencing Supplies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/microbiome-studies-contaminated-by-sequencing-supplies/ Nonsterile lab reagents and DNA extraction kits add their own assortment of DNA to microbiome samples. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:00:00 -0000 Microbiome Studies Contaminated by Sequencing Supplies full Scientific American Nonsterile lab reagents and DNA extraction kits add their own assortment of DNA to microbiome samples. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nonsterile lab reagents and DNA extraction kits add their own assortment of DNA to microbiome samples. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 188 no Young Earth May Have Been All Wet https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/young-earth-may-have-been-all-wet/ Because the chemical signature of water on Earth matches the signature of water in an ancient group of asteroids called eucrites, it means that Earth might have had water much earlier than previously thought. Julia Rosen reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:50:00 -0000 Young Earth May Have Been All Wet full Scientific American Because the chemical signature of water on Earth matches the signature of water in an ancient group of asteroids called eucrites, it means that Earth might have had water much earlier than previously thought. Julia Rosen reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 170 no Chimps Hit Sack with Breakfast Plans https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chimps-hit-sack-with-breakfast-plans/ Chimps choose an overnight camp site based on the likelihood of finding calorically rich food nearby. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:13:00 -0000 Chimps Hit Sack with Breakfast Plans full Scientific American Chimps choose an overnight camp site based on the likelihood of finding calorically rich food nearby. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 151 no Bats Jam Rivals’ Sonar to Steal a Meal https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bats-jam-rivals-sonar-to-steal-a-meal/ Mexican free-tailed bats make calls that interfere with fellow bats’ echolocation, causing them to miss their insect targets. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:01:00 -0000 Bats Jam Rivals’ Sonar to Steal a Meal full Scientific American Mexican free-tailed bats make calls that interfere with fellow bats’ echolocation, causing them to miss their insect targets. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mexican free-tailed bats make calls that interfere with fellow bats’ echolocation, causing them to miss their insect targets. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 207 no Half-Century Anniversary of a Mars Mishap https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/50th-anniversary-of-a-mars-mishap/ November 5th marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Mariner 3, America’s first mission to Mars, which was lost in space. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:00:00 -0000 Half-Century Anniversary of a Mars Mishap full Scientific American November 5th marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Mariner 3, America’s first mission to Mars, which was lost in space. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 171 no Button Battery Coating Lessens Risk If Swallowed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/button-battery-coating-lessens-risk-if-swallowed/ Thousands of small children swallow tiny batteries each year. A new battery coating could protect kids from internal burns and still allow the batteries to work. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:08:00 -0000 Button Battery Coating Lessens Risk If Swallowed full Scientific American Thousands of small children swallow tiny batteries each year. A new battery coating could protect kids from internal burns and still allow the batteries to work. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 169 no Bacteria Lowers Mosquito Transmission of Malaria, Dengue https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bacteria-lowers-mosquito-transmission-malaria-dengue/ Mosquitoes that harbor a soil microbe called Chromobacterium Csp_P have a harder time catching dengue virus and the malarial parasite. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:00:00 -0000 Bacteria Lowers Mosquito Transmission of Malaria, Dengue full Scientific American Mosquitoes that harbor a soil microbe called Chromobacterium Csp_P have a harder time catching dengue virus and the malarial parasite. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mosquitoes that harbor a soil microbe called Chromobacterium Csp_P have a harder time catching dengue virus and the malarial parasite. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 180 no Mammals Might Have Slept Through Dino Destroyer https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mammals-might-have-slept-through-dino-destroyer/ The ability to engage in extended hibernation might be what saved ancestral mammals from extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:40:00 -0000 Mammals Might Have Slept Through Dino Destroyer full Scientific American The ability to engage in extended hibernation might be what saved ancestral mammals from extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 158 no Online Personalization Means Prices Are Tailored to You, Too https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/online-personalization-means-prices-are-tailored-to-you-too/ Christo Wilson, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, says prices online are "super subjective" and vary according to your past clicks and purchases or whether you are shopping on a mobile phone. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:05:00 -0000 Online Personalization Means Prices Are Tailored to You, Too full Scientific American Christo Wilson, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, says prices online are "super subjective" and vary according to your past clicks and purchases or whether you are shopping on a mobile phone. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Christo Wilson, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, says prices online are "super subjective" and vary according to your past clicks and purchases or whether you are shopping on a mobile phone. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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]]> 191 no Fecal Transplanters Fish Out Key Ingredient https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fecal-transplanters-fish-out-key-ingredient/ The bacterium Clostridium scindens, a member of the gut’s microbiome, appears to ward off the hospital-acquired infection C. difficile. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:50:00 -0000 Fecal Transplanters Fish Out Key Ingredient full Scientific American The bacterium Clostridium scindens, a member of the gut’s microbiome, appears to ward off the hospital-acquired infection C. difficile. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The bacterium Clostridium scindens, a member of the gut’s microbiome, appears to ward off the hospital-acquired infection C. difficile. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 194 no Coyote Size Forces Smartness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/coyote-size-forces-smartness/ Topping out at about 20 kilograms, a coyote has to be able to hunt both smaller and bigger prey, and avoid being prey itself, a combination that selects for intelligence. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:24:00 -0000 Coyote Size Forces Smartness full Scientific American Topping out at about 20 kilograms, a coyote has to be able to hunt both smaller and bigger prey, and avoid being prey itself, a combination that selects for intelligence. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 220 no Plant Thorns Increase When Defense Needed https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plant-thorns-increase-when-defense-needed/ In areas with few herbivores acacia plants don't bother to churn out many of the off-putting thorns. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:19:00 -0000 Plant Thorns Increase When Defense Needed full Scientific American In areas with few herbivores acacia plants don't bother to churn out many of the off-putting thorns. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In areas with few herbivores acacia plants don't bother to churn out many of the off-putting thorns. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 156 no Lemur Latrine Trees Serve as Community Bulletin Boards https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lemur-latrine-trees-serve-as-community-bulletin-boards/ Primatologists spent almost 1,100 hours watching lemurs do their business on their designated tree and concluded that urine and glandular secretions serve as posted messages. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:30:00 -0000 Lemur Latrine Trees Serve as Community Bulletin Boards full Scientific American Primatologists spent almost 1,100 hours watching lemurs do their business on their designated tree and concluded that urine and glandular secretions serve as posted messages. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Primatologists spent almost 1,100 hours watching lemurs do their business on their designated tree and concluded that urine and glandular secretions serve as posted messages. Steve Mirsky reports

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]]> 187 no Carnivorous Plant Inspires Anticlotting Medical Devices https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/carnivorous-plant-inspires-anticlotting-medical-devices/ By copying aspects of the slick surfaces of insect-catching pitcher plants, researchers created tubes that can carry blood without promoting the formation of blood clots or bacterial attachment. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:25:00 -0000 Carnivorous Plant Inspires Anticlotting Medical Devices full Scientific American By copying aspects of the slick surfaces of insect-catching pitcher plants, researchers created tubes that can carry blood without promoting the formation of blood clots or bacterial attachment. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 154 no Less Well-Off Donate Bigger Income Percentage https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/less-well-off-donate-bigger-income-percentage/ Wealthier people on average gave a lower percentage to charity in 2012 than they did in 2006, while the less affluent increased their giving. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:06:00 -0000 Less Well-Off Donate Bigger Income Percentage full Scientific American Wealthier people on average gave a lower percentage to charity in 2012 than they did in 2006, while the less affluent increased their giving. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 163 no To Walk, You Have to Fall in Step https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/to-walk-you-have-to-fall-in-step/ Motion-capture technology reveals that the body falls forward and sideways as we walk, and the feet come down to restore balance. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:20:00 -0000 To Walk, You Have to Fall in Step full Scientific American Motion-capture technology reveals that the body falls forward and sideways as we walk, and the feet come down to restore balance. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Motion-capture technology reveals that the body falls forward and sideways as we walk, and the feet come down to restore balance. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 152 no 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2014-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/ Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner share the 2014 chemistry Nobel for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, which has enabled the study of single molecules in ongoing chemical reactions in living cells. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:22:00 -0000 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry full Scientific American Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner share the 2014 chemistry Nobel for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, which has enabled the study of single molecules in ongoing chemical reactions in living cells. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 195 no 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2014-nobel-prize-in-physics/ Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura share the physics Nobel for the invention of efficient blue light–emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:06:00 -0000 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics full Scientific American Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura share the physics Nobel for the invention of efficient blue light–emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 191 no 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2014-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine/ John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser share the prize for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:08:00 -0000 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine full Scientific American John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser share the prize for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 223 no Reindeer Spit Smacks Down Plant Toxins https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/reindeer-spit-smacks-down-plant-toxins/ Compounds in reindeer and moose saliva interfere with the production of toxins in plants that ordinarily stop animals from dining on the vegetation. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:28:00 -0000 Reindeer Spit Smacks Down Plant Toxins full Scientific American Compounds in reindeer and moose saliva interfere with the production of toxins in plants that ordinarily stop animals from dining on the vegetation. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 157 no Good Palm Oil Yields Could Be Bad News https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/good-palm-oil-yields-could-be-bad-news/ Increased palm oil yields could unintentionally have the effect of creating a bigger demand for land for even more palm oil planting. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:58:00 -0000 Good Palm Oil Yields Could Be Bad News full Scientific American Increased palm oil yields could unintentionally have the effect of creating a bigger demand for land for even more palm oil planting. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 149 no Central Park Features Worldwide Soil Microbes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/central-park-features-worldwide-soil-microbes/ The soil in Manhattan's Central Park contains microbial life that also exists in deserts, frozen tundra, forests, rainforests and prairies. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:10:00 -0000 Central Park Features Worldwide Soil Microbes full Scientific American The soil in Manhattan's Central Park contains microbial life that also exists in deserts, frozen tundra, forests, rainforests and prairies. Steve Mirsky reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The soil in Manhattan's Central Park contains microbial life that also exists in deserts, frozen tundra, forests, rainforests and prairies. Steve Mirsky reports

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]]> 172 no Sea Garbage Shows Ocean Boundaries https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sea-garbage-shows-ocean-boundaries/ Floating refuse reveals ocean currents that in turn show where the world's oceans mix and where they stay relatively discrete. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:20:00 -0000 Sea Garbage Shows Ocean Boundaries full Scientific American Floating refuse reveals ocean currents that in turn show where the world's oceans mix and where they stay relatively discrete. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 153 no Yeast Coaxed to Make Morphine https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/yeast-coaxed-to-make-morphine/ Genetically manipulated yeast can produce morphine that could help get around the problems with poppy crops, which include climate, disease and war. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:23:00 -0000 Yeast Coaxed to Make Morphine full Scientific American Genetically manipulated yeast can produce morphine that could help get around the problems with poppy crops, which include climate, disease and war. Karen Hopkin reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 159 no Crustal Chemistry May Aid in Earthquake Prediction https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crustal-chemistry-may-aid-in-earthquake-prediction/ Researchers say chemical changes in groundwater may someday be used to predict quakes four to six months in advance. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 25 Sep 2014 23:42:00 -0000 Crustal Chemistry May Aid in Earthquake Prediction full Scientific American Researchers say chemical changes in groundwater may someday be used to predict quakes four to six months in advance. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers say chemical changes in groundwater may someday be used to predict quakes four to six months in advance. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 194 no Fire Cooked Up Early Human Culture https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/fire-cooked-up-early-human-culture/ An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:15:00 -0000 Fire Cooked Up Early Human Culture full Scientific American An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 154 no I Got Rhythm, I Got Reading https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/i-got-rhythm-i-got-reading/ Kids who could keep a beat had superior skills related to reading and language than did those whose rhythm strayed. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:03:00 -0000 I Got Rhythm, I Got Reading full Scientific American Kids who could keep a beat had superior skills related to reading and language than did those whose rhythm strayed. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Kids who could keep a beat had superior skills related to reading and language than did those whose rhythm strayed. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 159 no Dino Devastator Also Ravaged Veggies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dino-devastator-also-ravaged-veggies1/ After the Chicxulub meteorite, more than half the plant species in temperate North America perished along with the dinosaurs, and the composition of post-impact vegetation changed markedly. Christopher Intagliata reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:47:00 -0000 Dino Devastator Also Ravaged Veggies full Scientific American After the Chicxulub meteorite, more than half the plant species in temperate North America perished along with the dinosaurs, and the composition of post-impact vegetation changed markedly. Christopher Intagliata reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 179 no Genius Grant Goes to Science Historian https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/genius-grant-goes-to-science-historian/ New MacArthur Fellow Pamela Long studies the scientific revolution as a result of the interactions of academics and hands-on infrastructure engineers in the 15th and 16th centuries. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:07:00 -0000 Genius Grant Goes to Science Historian full Scientific American New MacArthur Fellow Pamela Long studies the scientific revolution as a result of the interactions of academics and hands-on infrastructure engineers in the 15th and 16th centuries. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 181 no Leopards Wolf Down Fido in India Ag Area https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/leopards-wolf-down-fido-in-india-ag-area/ A study of leopard droppings in agricultural western India reveals that the cats primarily eat domestic animals, mostly dogs, but only a small amount of livestock. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:30:00 -0000 Leopards Wolf Down Fido in India Ag Area full Scientific American A study of leopard droppings in agricultural western India reveals that the cats primarily eat domestic animals, mostly dogs, but only a small amount of livestock. Steve Mirsky reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 169 no Bio-Spleen Sucks Pathogens and Toxins from Blood https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bio-spleen-sucks-pathogens-and-toxins-from-blood/ The new device rids the blood of bacteria, fungi, viruses and toxins using nanoscale-size magnetic beads. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:40:00 -0000 Bio-Spleen Sucks Pathogens and Toxins from Blood full Scientific American The new device rids the blood of bacteria, fungi, viruses and toxins using nanoscale-size magnetic beads. Cynthia Graber reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The new device rids the blood of bacteria, fungi, viruses and toxins using nanoscale-size magnetic beads. Cynthia Graber reports

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]]> 164 no Synthetic Fabrics Host More Stench-Producing Bacteria https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/synthetic-fabrics-host-more-stench-producing-bacteria/ Micrococcus bacteria thrive on the open-air lattice of synthetic fibers—where they sit chomping on the fatty acids in our sweat, turning them into shorter, stinkier molecules. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:00:00 -0000 Synthetic Fabrics Host More Stench-Producing Bacteria full Scientific American Micrococcus bacteria thrive on the open-air lattice of synthetic fibers—where they sit chomping on the fatty acids in our sweat, turning them into shorter, stinkier molecules. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Micrococcus bacteria thrive on the open-air lattice of synthetic fibers—where they sit chomping on the fatty acids in our sweat, turning them into shorter, stinkier molecules. Christopher Intagliata reports

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]]> 168 no Turtles Not Among the "Silent Majority" of Reptiles https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/turtles-not-among-the-silent-majority-of-reptiles/ Biologists have identified at least 11 different sounds in the turtle repertoire—but they still have no idea what they mean. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:00:00 -0000 Turtles Not Among the "Silent Majority" of Reptiles full Scientific American Biologists have identified at least 11 different sounds in the turtle repertoire—but they still have no idea what they mean. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 160 no Chimp Chatter Now up for Eavesdropping https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/chimp-chatter-now-up-for-eavesdropping/ Researchers from the Netherlands have made available online a digitized catalogue of more than 10 hours’ worth of chimpanzee calls. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:45:00 -0000 Chimp Chatter Now up for Eavesdropping full Scientific American Researchers from the Netherlands have made available online a digitized catalogue of more than 10 hours’ worth of chimpanzee calls. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Researchers from the Netherlands have made available online a digitized catalogue of more than 10 hours’ worth of chimpanzee calls. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 166 no Most Tibetans Genetically Adapted to the High Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/most-tibetans-genetically-adapted-to-the-high-life/ Ninety percent of Tibetans share a genetic mutation that prevents their blood from becoming dangerously clogged with red blood cells at high altitudes—a response that can be deadly for non-native mountaineers. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:40:00 -0000 Most Tibetans Genetically Adapted to the High Life full Scientific American Ninety percent of Tibetans share a genetic mutation that prevents their blood from becoming dangerously clogged with red blood cells at high altitudes—a response that can be deadly for non-native mountaineers. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ninety percent of Tibetans share a genetic mutation that prevents their blood from becoming dangerously clogged with red blood cells at high altitudes—a response that can be deadly for non-native mountaineers. Karen Hopkin reports.

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]]> 157 no Narcissists Self-Involved Enough to Recognize Their Narcissism https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/narcissists-self-involved-enough-to-recognize-their-narcissism/ The simple question “To what extent do you agree with this statement: I am a narcissist” is about as good at identifying narcissists as a 40-question clinical assessment. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:00:00 -0000 Narcissists Self-Involved Enough to Recognize Their Narcissism full Scientific American The simple question “To what extent do you agree with this statement: I am a narcissist” is about as good at identifying narcissists as a 40-question clinical assessment. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The simple question “To what extent do you agree with this statement: I am a narcissist” is about as good at identifying narcissists as a 40-question clinical assessment. Erika Beras reports

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]]> 159 no How Asteroid 1950 DA Keeps It Together https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-asteroid-1950-da-keeps-it-together/ The kilometer-size rubble pile appears to be held together by van der Waals forces. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0000 How Asteroid 1950 DA Keeps It Together full Scientific American The kilometer-size rubble pile appears to be held together by van der Waals forces. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The kilometer-size rubble pile appears to be held together by van der Waals forces. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 168 no Pump Up the Bass—and Maybe Your Confidence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pump-up-the-bass-and-maybe-your-confidence/ Study volunteers who had listened to bass-heavy music were more likely to act dominant or aggressive in games and debates. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0000 Pump Up the Bass—and Maybe Your Confidence full Scientific American Study volunteers who had listened to bass-heavy music were more likely to act dominant or aggressive in games and debates. Erika Beras reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Study volunteers who had listened to bass-heavy music were more likely to act dominant or aggressive in games and debates. Erika Beras reports

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]]> 184 no Stressed Women Burn Fewer Comfort Food Calories https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/stressed-women-burn-fewer-comfort-food-calories/ Women who reported feeling stressed or depressed burned fewer calories after a calorie-packed meal than mellow women. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:00:00 -0000 Stressed Women Burn Fewer Comfort Food Calories full Scientific American Women who reported feeling stressed or depressed burned fewer calories after a calorie-packed meal than mellow women. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Women who reported feeling stressed or depressed burned fewer calories after a calorie-packed meal than mellow women. Erika Beras reports.

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]]> 164 no Habitat Loss a Real Buzzkill for Invertebrates https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/habitat-loss-a-real-buzzkill-for-invertebrates/ The number of invertebrates has fallen by nearly half over the past 35 years—the same period of time in which the human population has doubled. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:00:00 -0000 Habitat Loss a Real Buzzkill for Invertebrates full Scientific American The number of invertebrates has fallen by nearly half over the past 35 years—the same period of time in which the human population has doubled. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The number of invertebrates has fallen by nearly half over the past 35 years—the same period of time in which the human population has doubled. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 157 no Soccer Goalies Ignore Basic Rule of Probability https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/soccer-goalies-ignore-basic-rule-of-probability/ When penalty shots repeatedly head in one direction, world-class goalkeepers are more likely to lunge the other way. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:00:00 -0000 Soccer Goalies Ignore Basic Rule of Probability full Scientific American When penalty shots repeatedly head in one direction, world-class goalkeepers are more likely to lunge the other way. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When penalty shots repeatedly head in one direction, world-class goalkeepers are more likely to lunge the other way. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 157 no Finally, an Algorithm to Sort Your Beatles Albums https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/finally-an-algorithm-to-sort-your-beatles-albums/ By analyzing the evolving structure of the Beatles’ music, the computer program was able to correctly place the Fab Four’s albums in chronological order. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:00:00 -0000 Finally, an Algorithm to Sort Your Beatles Albums full Scientific American By analyzing the evolving structure of the Beatles’ music, the computer program was able to correctly place the Fab Four’s albums in chronological order. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 194 no Sack Sulfates to Preserve Sewers https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sack-sulfates-to-preserve-sewers/ Sulfates used in water treatment become sulfuric acid in our sewers, eating away at the concrete infrastructure. Cynthia Graber reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:28:00 -0000 Sack Sulfates to Preserve Sewers full Scientific American Sulfates used in water treatment become sulfuric acid in our sewers, eating away at the concrete infrastructure. Cynthia Graber reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sulfates used in water treatment become sulfuric acid in our sewers, eating away at the concrete infrastructure. Cynthia Graber reports. 

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]]> 155 no Bio-Battery Produces Power from Your Perspiration https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bio-battery-produces-power-from-your-perspiration/ Exercising in the future could make dirty clothes and some clean energy. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Aug 2014 07:00:00 -0000 Bio-Battery Produces Power from Your Perspiration full Scientific American Exercising in the future could make dirty clothes and some clean energy. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Exercising in the future could make dirty clothes and some clean energy. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 156 no Lose Your Job? Good for the Rest of Us https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/lose-your-job-good-for-the-rest-of-us/ Recession lowers mortality in the population overall—even as the out-of-work individual’s risk of death rises. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:00:00 -0000 Lose Your Job? Good for the Rest of Us full Scientific American Recession lowers mortality in the population overall—even as the out-of-work individual’s risk of death rises. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Recession lowers mortality in the population overall—even as the out-of-work individual’s risk of death rises. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 154 no Nose Knows What the Mind Tells It https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/nose-knows-what-the-mind-tells-it/ When people with asthma think they’re smelling something noxious, their airways become inflamed—even when the odor is harmless. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:00:00 -0000 Nose Knows What the Mind Tells It full Scientific American When people with asthma think they’re smelling something noxious, their airways become inflamed—even when the odor is harmless. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 156 no Tiny Toe Tools Ensure Gecko Traction https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tiny-toe-tools-insure-gecko-traction/ To activate or loosen their grip on a surface, geckos extend and angle or retract tiny toe hairs that create contact points. Clara Moskowitz reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:08:00 -0000 Tiny Toe Tools Ensure Gecko Traction full Scientific American To activate or loosen their grip on a surface, geckos extend and angle or retract tiny toe hairs that create contact points. Clara Moskowitz reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 156 no Guys Prefer Electric Shocks to Boredom https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/guys-prefer-electric-shocks-to-boredom/ Guys would rather zap themselves with electricity than be left alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:00:00 -0000 Guys Prefer Electric Shocks to Boredom full Scientific American Guys would rather zap themselves with electricity than be left alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Guys would rather zap themselves with electricity than be left alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 154 no Google Searches Linked to Stock Market Moves https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/google-searches-linked-to-stock-market-moves/ When Web searches related to business and politics go up, the market tends to take a dive—although that connection may already be fading. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:30:00 -0000 Google Searches Linked to Stock Market Moves full Scientific American When Web searches related to business and politics go up, the market tends to take a dive—although that connection may already be fading. Christopher Intagliata reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 182 no Andromeda Snickers at Milky Way Mass https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/andromeda-snickers-at-milky-way-mass/ A new estimate finds that the Milky Way, once thought to be twice as massive as Andromeda, may actually only have half our neighbor galaxy's mass. Christopher Intagliata reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:00:00 -0000 Andromeda Snickers at Milky Way Mass full Scientific American A new estimate finds that the Milky Way, once thought to be twice as massive as Andromeda, may actually only have half our neighbor galaxy's mass. Christopher Intagliata reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 175 no Spider's Scat Disguise May Be Its Salvation https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/spider-s-scat-disguise-may-be-its-salvation/ Masquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:00:00 -0000 Spider's Scat Disguise May Be Its Salvation full Scientific American Masquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 155 no System Converts Solar Efficiently to Steam https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/system-converts-solar-efficiently-to-steam/ A graphite disk resting on carbon foam collects sunlight to heat water directly to steam with 85 percent efficiency. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:00:00 -0000 System Converts Solar Efficiently to Steam full Scientific American A graphite disk resting on carbon foam collects sunlight to heat water directly to steam with 85 percent efficiency. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 151 no Environment Has Beef with Beef https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/environment-has-beef-with-beef/ Raising beef uses 28 times more land, 11 times more water and six times more fertilizer than the average expenditures for other livestock. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:00:00 -0000 Environment Has Beef with Beef full Scientific American Raising beef uses 28 times more land, 11 times more water and six times more fertilizer than the average expenditures for other livestock. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 161 no Pack Rats Expand Diet with New Gut Bacteria https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/pack-rats-expand-diet-with-new-gut-bacteria/ Pack rats given the right gut bacteria via a fecal transplant from other pack rats can then digest foods that they formerly could not, but the donors could. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:00:00 -0000 Pack Rats Expand Diet with New Gut Bacteria full Scientific American Pack rats given the right gut bacteria via a fecal transplant from other pack rats can then digest foods that they formerly could not, but the donors could. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 157 no Colorful Birds Can Also Belt Tunes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beautiful-birds-also-belt-tunes/ A survey of the tanagers reveals that birds do not have to choose between colorful plumage and a melodious song. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:19:00 -0000 Colorful Birds Can Also Belt Tunes full Scientific American A survey of the tanagers reveals that birds do not have to choose between colorful plumage and a melodious song. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 165 no Roach Reactions to Venom Point to Targeted Pesticides https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cockroach-reactions-specific-pesticides/ Small changes in the protein sequence of sodium channels of American compared with German cockroaches leave the latter susceptible to a venom that has little effect on the former. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:00:00 -0000 Roach Reactions to Venom Point to Targeted Pesticides full Scientific American Small changes in the protein sequence of sodium channels of American compared with German cockroaches leave the latter susceptible to a venom that has little effect on the former. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 161 no Ocean Plastic Particles Could Get in Gills https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/ocean-plastic-trapped-in-gills/ Sea creatures eat plastic dumped in the ocean, but they also might be accumulating plastic by sucking up tiny particles with their siphons and gills. Christopher Intagliata reports  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:00:00 -0000 Ocean Plastic Particles Could Get in Gills full Scientific American Sea creatures eat plastic dumped in the ocean, but they also might be accumulating plastic by sucking up tiny particles with their siphons and gills. Christopher Intagliata reports  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sea creatures eat plastic dumped in the ocean, but they also might be accumulating plastic by sucking up tiny particles with their siphons and gills. Christopher Intagliata reports 

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]]> 170 no Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/salmonella-fav-food/ Salmonella's primary fuel source is the molecule fructose-asparagine. Starving it of that fuel in an infected person could kill it without harming beneficial gut bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:36:00 -0000 Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel full Scientific American Salmonella's primary fuel source is the molecule fructose-asparagine. Starving it of that fuel in an infected person could kill it without harming beneficial gut bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 156 no Education Level Linked to Nearsightedness https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/education-linked-to-nearsightedness/ In a German study, half of those with a university degree were myopic compared with less than a quarter of folks who quit after high school or secondary school. Karen Hopkin reports  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:26:00 -0000 Education Level Linked to Nearsightedness full Scientific American In a German study, half of those with a university degree were myopic compared with less than a quarter of folks who quit after high school or secondary school. Karen Hopkin reports  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a German study, half of those with a university degree were myopic compared with less than a quarter of folks who quit after high school or secondary school. Karen Hopkin reports 

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]]> 152 no Give Us This Day the Bread Wheat Genome https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/give-us-this-day-the-bread-wheat-genome1/ A preliminary map of the bread wheat genome includes the locations of more than 75,000 genes. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:52:00 -0000 Give Us This Day the Bread Wheat Genome full Scientific American A preliminary map of the bread wheat genome includes the locations of more than 75,000 genes. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 152 no Supercooled Organs Could Stretch Time to Transplant https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/supercooled-organs-could-stretch-time-to-transplant/ Liver transplant time from human donor to patient is limited to 12 hours, but rats that got livers specially stored for three days were going strong three months later. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:47:00 -0000 Supercooled Organs Could Stretch Time to Transplant full Scientific American Liver transplant time from human donor to patient is limited to 12 hours, but rats that got livers specially stored for three days were going strong three months later. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 147 no Space-Based Data Collection Better Predicts Floods https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/satellite-flood-prediction/ Satellite data can help geologists predict major floods up to 11 months in advance in areas where snow melt or groundwater is a significant contributor. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 08 Jul 2014 20:52:00 -0000 Space-Based Data Collection Better Predicts Floods full Scientific American Satellite data can help geologists predict major floods up to 11 months in advance in areas where snow melt or groundwater is a significant contributor. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 152 no Mobile Phones Carry Owners' Microbiomes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mobile-phones-carry-owners-microbiomes/ The bacteria found on someone's mobile phone is a good match for the most common kinds of bacteria that live on their hands. Christopher Intagliata reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:11:00 -0000 Mobile Phones Carry Owners' Microbiomes full Scientific American The bacteria found on someone's mobile phone is a good match for the most common kinds of bacteria that live on their hands. Christopher Intagliata reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 166 no Malarial Mice Smell Better to Mosquitoes https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/malarial-mice-smell-better-to-mosquitoes/ Mice infected with the parasites that cause their type of malaria produce odorous compounds that attract mosquitoes, increasing the odds that the parasites will be spread to the next victims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:15:00 -0000 Malarial Mice Smell Better to Mosquitoes full Scientific American Mice infected with the parasites that cause their type of malaria produce odorous compounds that attract mosquitoes, increasing the odds that the parasites will be spread to the next victims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mice infected with the parasites that cause their type of malaria produce odorous compounds that attract mosquitoes, increasing the odds that the parasites will be spread to the next victims

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]]> 153 no Neandertal Diners Had Side of Veggies https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/neandertal-diners-had-side-of-veggies/ By analyzing what came out of Neandertals, researchers have verified that at least some of them mixed vegetation into their meaty diet. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:47:00 -0000 Neandertal Diners Had Side of Veggies full Scientific American By analyzing what came out of Neandertals, researchers have verified that at least some of them mixed vegetation into their meaty diet. Cynthia Graber reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 149 no 21-Second Rule Governs Mammal Micturition https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/21-second-rule-mammal-urination/ All mammals that weigh more than about six-and-a-half pounds take about the same time to urinate, thanks to the structure of the urethra. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:45:00 -0000 21-Second Rule Governs Mammal Micturition full Scientific American All mammals that weigh more than about six-and-a-half pounds take about the same time to urinate, thanks to the structure of the urethra. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 166 no Dwarf Galaxies Really Cooking with Gas https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/dwarf-galaxies-really-cooking-with-gas/ The smallest galaxies in the universe gave rise to an unexpectedly large proportion of stars. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:09:00 -0000 Dwarf Galaxies Really Cooking with Gas full Scientific American The smallest galaxies in the universe gave rise to an unexpectedly large proportion of stars. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 167 no Cool Kids Get Schooled with Age https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cool-kids-get-schooled-with-age/ Kids deemed cool in early adolescence have a poor chance to keep that status by their early 20s, because their behavior gets old. Erika Beras reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:27:00 -0000 Cool Kids Get Schooled with Age full Scientific American Kids deemed cool in early adolescence have a poor chance to keep that status by their early 20s, because their behavior gets old. Erika Beras reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 155 no White Bread May Actually Build Strong Bodies 1 Way https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/white-bread-may-actually-build-strong-bodies-1-way/ The guts of white bread eaters appear to contain more lactobacillus, a type of bacteria that wards off digestive disorders. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:40:00 -0000 White Bread May Actually Build Strong Bodies 1 Way full Scientific American The guts of white bread eaters appear to contain more lactobacillus, a type of bacteria that wards off digestive disorders. Karen Hopkin reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 158 no Plant Spores Hitch Long-Distance Feather Rides https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/spores-hit-feather-rides/ Tiny spores from mosses, algae and lichens can stick in bird feathers, travel from the Arctic to the bottom of South America and grow into whole new specimens. Erika Beras reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:40:00 -0000 Plant Spores Hitch Long-Distance Feather Rides full Scientific American Tiny spores from mosses, algae and lichens can stick in bird feathers, travel from the Arctic to the bottom of South America and grow into whole new specimens. Erika Beras reports    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 159 no Jellyfish Galaxies Get Guts Ripped Out https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/jellyfish-galaxies/ Recently discovered galaxies shaped like jellyfish leave a long trail of hot gas and dust, victims of even hotter gas from their surrounding cluster of galaxies   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:41:00 -0000 Jellyfish Galaxies Get Guts Ripped Out full Scientific American Recently discovered galaxies shaped like jellyfish leave a long trail of hot gas and dust, victims of even hotter gas from their surrounding cluster of galaxies   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 165 no 2-Face Moon Tells How It Got That Way https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2-face-moon-tells-how-it-got-that-way/ A new analysis says that the asymmetry between the two faces of the moon is due to crust thickness differences that resulted from variable cooling rates after the molten formation of our companion. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:40:00 -0000 2-Face Moon Tells How It Got That Way full Scientific American A new analysis says that the asymmetry between the two faces of the moon is due to crust thickness differences that resulted from variable cooling rates after the molten formation of our companion. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new analysis says that the asymmetry between the two faces of the moon is due to crust thickness differences that resulted from variable cooling rates after the molten formation of our companion. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 163 no Classroom Decorations Can Distract Young Students https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/classroom-decorations-distract-kids/ Five-year-olds in highly decorated classrooms were less able to hold their focus, spent more time off-task and had smaller learning gains than kids in bare rooms. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:59:00 -0000 Classroom Decorations Can Distract Young Students full Scientific American Five-year-olds in highly decorated classrooms were less able to hold their focus, spent more time off-task and had smaller learning gains than kids in bare rooms. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 162 no Kid Scientist Finds Sweet Pest Control https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/kid-scientist-finds-sweet-insecticide/ Eleven-year-old Simon Kaschock-Marenda's science fair project led to a publication about the insecticidal effects of the sweetener Truvia. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:41:00 -0000 Kid Scientist Finds Sweet Pest Control full Scientific American Eleven-year-old Simon Kaschock-Marenda's science fair project led to a publication about the insecticidal effects of the sweetener Truvia. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Eleven-year-old Simon Kaschock-Marenda's science fair project led to a publication about the insecticidal effects of the sweetener Truvia. Karen Hopkin reports

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]]> 152 no Light Colors Become Fashion Rage for Northern Europe's Insects https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/light-colors-become-fashion-rage-for-northern-europe-s-insects/ As northern Europe warms, the light-colored butterflies and dragonflies typically found in the Mediterranean are moving north, and outcompeting their darker-colored rivals. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:27:00 -0000 Light Colors Become Fashion Rage for Northern Europe's Insects full Scientific American As northern Europe warms, the light-colored butterflies and dragonflies typically found in the Mediterranean are moving north, and outcompeting their darker-colored rivals. Erika Beras reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  

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]]> 183 no London Fish Chip Away at Historical Unknowns https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/london-fish-chip-away-at-historical-unknowns/ Isotope composition within fish tails found in London archaeological digs shows that the city began importing cod from northern Scandinavia some 800 years ago. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:09:00 -0000 London Fish Chip Away at Historical Unknowns full Scientific American Isotope composition within fish tails found in London archaeological digs shows that the city began importing cod from northern Scandinavia some 800 years ago. Cynthia Graber reports   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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]]> 148 no Meteor Storm Went from Sizzle to Fizzle https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/meteor-storm-went-from-sizzle-to-fizzle1/ The May Camelopardalids meteor outburst turned out to be a dud, because meteor storm prediction is not a sure thing, unlike, for example, calculating the next eclipse   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:30:00 -0000 Meteor Storm Went from Sizzle to Fizzle full Scientific American The May Camelopardalids meteor outburst turned out to be a dud, because meteor storm prediction is not a sure thing, unlike, for example, calculating the next eclipse   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
 

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