Science Quickly

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March 18, 2024 The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?
Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question.

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10 min
March 15, 2024 The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs
Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies.

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9 min
March 14, 2024 Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.

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12 min
March 11, 2024 Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades
Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations.

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11 min
March 08, 2024 These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt
On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey.

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12 min
March 04, 2024 Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?
Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too.

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11 min
March 01, 2024 Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?
A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan.

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17 min
February 28, 2024 What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught
A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with.

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15 min
February 23, 2024 Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning?
A grassroots online movement has helped shift the way scientists think about asexuality. But much is still unknown. This is part four of a four-part series on the science of pleasure.

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15 min
February 21, 2024 How to Close the Orgasm Gap for Heterosexual Couples
Researchers once faced death threats for asking women what gives them pleasure. Now they’re helping individuals and couples figure it out themselves. Part three of a four-part series on the science of pleasure.

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15 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.