Science Quickly

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March 08, 2016 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.

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3 min
March 07, 2016 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.

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4 min
March 04, 2016 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.

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4 min
March 03, 2016 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.

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4 min
March 03, 2016 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.

3 min
March 02, 2016 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.

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4 min
March 01, 2016 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.
2 min
February 29, 2016 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.

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4 min
February 25, 2016 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.

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4 min
February 24, 2016 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.

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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.