Science Talk

Science Talk

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September 27, 2016 Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons
When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned, high tidal stress may increase the chances that an earthquake will grow bigger than it otherwise might have been.

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4 min
September 26, 2016 They Do What?!: The Wide Wild World of Animal Sex
Carin Bondar talks about her new book Wild Sex, which covers the strange, surreal and sometimes scary sex lives of our animal cousins.

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30 min
September 26, 2016 They Do What?!: The Wide Wild World of Animal Sex
Carin Bondar talks about her new book Wild Sex, which covers the strange, surreal and sometimes scary sex lives of our animal cousins.

29 min
September 22, 2016 Clever Ants Have Backup Navigation Systems
An ant walking in the desert can gauge distance by footsteps and the sun's position, but an ant being carried can estimate distance by visual information perceived as it passed by.

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4 min
September 21, 2016 Ancient Biblical Scroll Gets Read While Wrapped
Researchers used high-tech visualization techniques to peer inside an ancient scroll too fragile to unwrap.

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5 min
September 20, 2016 Birch Trees Droop at Night with No Rays in Sight
The branches of birch trees in Europe sagged by as much as four inches at night compared with daytime.

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4 min
September 19, 2016 Some Malaria Mosquitoes May Prefer Cows to Us
A chromosomal rearrangement may cause one mosquito species to be lured to cows instead of humans for a blood meal. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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3 min
September 15, 2016 Drunk People Feel Soberer around Heavy Drinkers
Drinkers surrounded by even more inebriated people feel less drunk than a breathalyzer test indicates they actually are. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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4 min
September 14, 2016 Oldest Known Indigo Dye Found in Peru
Fabric dyed with indigo just found in Peru is some 1,600 years older than indigo-dyed fabrics that have been found in the Middle East.

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4 min
September 13, 2016 Road Noise Makes Birds' Lives Tougher
By playing road noise where there was no road, researchers were able to gauge the effect of the noise on bird behavior without having to deal with the effect of the road itself.

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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.