Science, Quickly

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Science, Quickly episodes

March 26, 2015 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
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4 min
March 25, 2015 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
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3 min
March 24, 2015 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
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3 min
March 23, 2015 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
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4 min
March 18, 2015 La Niña 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
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4 min
March 17, 2015 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

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3 min
March 16, 2015 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

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March 11, 2015 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
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3 min
March 10, 2015 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
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4 min
March 09, 2015 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

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4 min