Science Talk

Science Talk

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December 01, 2017 Republican Voters Not in Denial about Climate
An analysis of voter opinions finds that half of Republican voters think climate change is happening, and would support regulating CO2 as a pollutant. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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3 min
November 30, 2017 Tech Honcho Wants Innovation for the Bottom Billion
At the World Conference of Science Journalists in October, Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, charged innovation outfits with changing the lives of the world's most disadvantaged.

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4 min
November 29, 2017 Bumper Stickers Make Highways More Social
A social scientist studies how car stickers turn the roads into actual information highways.

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4 min
November 27, 2017 Chimps Able to Apprehend Another Chimp's Mind-Set
By listening to the calls of their brethren, chimps seem to be able to understand the mind-sets and perspectives of other chimps. Jason Goldman reports.

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4 min
November 27, 2017 Your Brain Is So Easily Fooled
Journalist Erik Vance talks about his first book, Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain’s Ability to Deceive, Transform and Heal.

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34 min
November 27, 2017 Your Brain Is So Easily Fooled
Journalist Erik Vance talks about his first book, Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain’s Ability to Deceive, Transform and Heal .

33 min
November 26, 2017 Even without Hands Honeybees Show Handedness
About half the honeybees in a test exhibited no sidedness, but the other half was split 50–50 between righties and lefties—perhaps to navigate obstacles more efficiently.

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4 min
November 25, 2017 Humpback Whale Flippers Do More Than Maneuver
Researchers attached cameras to humpback whales and found that they flap their flippers to help power forward swimming.

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4 min
November 22, 2017 A New Recipe for Counting Cranberries
Estimating cranberry harvests involves tedious hand-counting. But microwave analysis could change all that. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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4 min
November 21, 2017 How Fit Is Bitcoin?
A new analysis treats bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies as species in an evolutionary model—and finds bitcoin has no selective advantage. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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4 min

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Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.