Science, Quickly

By Scientific AmericanScience

Science, Quickly episodes

April 14, 2016 Bearcats Naturally Pass the Popcorn
Researchers have uncovered the chemistry that makes the urine of bearcats smell like freshly cooked popcorn.

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4 min
April 13, 2016 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.
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4 min
April 11, 2016 Frogs Signal Visually in Noisy Environments
The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.

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4 min
April 05, 2016 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.

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5 min
April 04, 2016 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.
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April 01, 2016 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.
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March 28, 2016 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.
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March 25, 2016 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.

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5 min
March 23, 2016 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.

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March 21, 2016 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.

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4 min