Science Quickly

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June 27, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 24, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 23, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 22, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 21, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 20, 2016 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.

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5 min
June 19, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 16, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 15, 2016 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.

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4 min
June 13, 2016 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.

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4 min

About Science Quickly

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Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.