Science Quickly

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October 03, 2014 Reindeer Spit Smacks Down Plant Toxins
Compounds in reindeer and moose saliva interfere with the production of toxins in plants that ordinarily stop animals from dining on the vegetation. Karen Hopkin reports

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3 min
October 02, 2014 Good Palm Oil Yields Could Be Bad News
Increased palm oil yields could unintentionally have the effect of creating a bigger demand for land for even more palm oil planting. Cynthia Graber reports

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3 min
October 01, 2014 Central Park Features Worldwide Soil Microbes
The soil in Manhattan's Central Park contains microbial life that also exists in deserts, frozen tundra, forests, rainforests and prairies. Steve Mirsky reports

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3 min
September 30, 2014 Sea Garbage Shows Ocean Boundaries
Floating refuse reveals ocean currents that in turn show where the world's oceans mix and where they stay relatively discrete. Karen Hopkin reports

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3 min
September 29, 2014 Yeast Coaxed to Make Morphine
Genetically manipulated yeast can produce morphine that could help get around the problems with poppy crops, which include climate, disease and war. Karen Hopkin reports

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3 min
September 25, 2014 Crustal Chemistry May Aid in Earthquake Prediction
Researchers say chemical changes in groundwater may someday be used to predict quakes four to six months in advance. Christopher Intagliata reports

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4 min
September 24, 2014 Fire Cooked Up Early Human Culture
An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports

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3 min
September 23, 2014 I Got Rhythm, I Got Reading
Kids who could keep a beat had superior skills related to reading and language than did those whose rhythm strayed. Cynthia Graber reports

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3 min
September 19, 2014 Dino Devastator Also Ravaged Veggies
After the Chicxulub meteorite, more than half the plant species in temperate North America perished along with the dinosaurs, and the composition of post-impact vegetation changed markedly. Christopher Intagliata reports

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3 min
September 17, 2014 Genius Grant Goes to Science Historian
New MacArthur Fellow Pamela Long studies the scientific revolution as a result of the interactions of academics and hands-on infrastructure engineers in the 15th and 16th centuries. Steve Mirsky reports

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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.