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EB
Jan 17, 2019
Digestible, informative, often fun science facts.
Anne
Aug 2, 2018
makes me feel smarter in a short pod.
Rebecca Y.
Jul 23, 2018
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Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite Too
00:02:30
When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Feb 16, 2019 |
Grazing Deer Alter Forest Acoustics
00:02:17
Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Feb 15, 2019 |
Elephant Weight Cycles with New Teeth
00:03:19
Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight.
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Feb 15, 2019 |
Finally Over for Mars Rover
00:01:51
The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.
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Feb 13, 2019 |
Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music
00:03:20
Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Feb 12, 2019 |
Biologists Track Tweets to Monitor Birds
00:02:05
Conservation biologists can track the whereabouts of endangered species by the sounds they make, avoiding cumbersome trackers and tags. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Feb 09, 2019 |
Desalination Could Cause Ecological Sea Change
00:02:33
An environmental assessment of the nation's largest desalination plant finds mixed results. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Feb 07, 2019 |
Different Humpback Whale Groups Meet to Jam
00:03:30
Humpback populations from the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet up south of Africa and trade song stylings.
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Feb 07, 2019 |
Targeting Certain Brain Cells Can Switch Off Pain
00:02:24
By turning off certain brain cells, researchers were able to make mice sense painful stimuli—but not the associated discomfort. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Feb 04, 2019 |
Neandertal Spears Were Surprisingly Deadly
00:02:49
Javelin throwers chucking replicas of Neandertal spears were able to hit targets farther away, and with greater force than previously thought to be possible. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Jan 31, 2019 |
"Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity
00:01:53
Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Jan 30, 2019 |
Science News Briefs from the World Over
00:02:13
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy.
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Jan 29, 2019 |
Cod Could Cope with Constrained Climate Change
00:03:22
Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees Celsius in their current spawning grounds.
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Jan 28, 2019 |
Intimate Hermit Crab Keeps Shell On
00:02:29
A species of hermit crab appears to have evolved a large penis to enable intercourse without leaving, and thus possibly losing, its adopted shell.
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Jan 26, 2019 |
Ecologists Eavesdrop with Bioacoustics
00:02:27
By coupling audio recordings with satellite data and camera traps, ecologists can keep their eyes—and ears—on protected tropical forests. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Jan 24, 2019 |