Science, Quickly

By Scientific American

Tune in every week for quick, fascinating new developments and dives in the world of science.... more

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September 04, 2023 This Lesbian Monkey Love Triangle Tells Us Something Really Interesting about Darwin's 'Paradox'
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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15min
September 01, 2023 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.
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12min
August 30, 2023 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.
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14min
August 28, 2023 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.
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16min
August 25, 2023 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.
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14min
August 23, 2023 Here's How You Go Birding in the Middle of the Night
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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13min
August 21, 2023 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.
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17min
August 18, 2023 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.
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11min
August 16, 2023 Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline
Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall.
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14min
August 14, 2023 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.
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10min

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