60-second Science
- Autor: Vários
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- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 118:48:21
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Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
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Three Times Eclipses Eclipsed Previous Science
05/04/2024 Duração: 18minFrom the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Humans Find Total Eclipses Startling. What About a Komodo Dragon?
03/04/2024 Duração: 11minEclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens during totality on April 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Inside the Race to Protect Artists from Artificial Intelligence
01/04/2024 Duração: 12minAI-generated art is creating new ethical issues—and competition—for digital artists. Nightshade and Glaze are two tools helping creators fight back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Tale of the Snail Slime Wrangler
29/03/2024 Duração: 11minMucus is a miracle of evolution, and some researchers are trying to re-create what nature makes naturally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mucus Saves Your Life Every Day
27/03/2024 Duração: 11minThe slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Magical Mucus: On the Benefits of Getting Slimed by a Hagfish
25/03/2024 Duração: 09minIf you take a journey into the depths of the slime all around us, you find yourself starting to understand that mucus is a miracle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song
22/03/2024 Duração: 15minMachine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why Short Naps Are Good for You
20/03/2024 Duração: 09minA quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?
18/03/2024 Duração: 09minOur space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs
15/03/2024 Duração: 08minScientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
14/03/2024 Duração: 11minMyalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades
11/03/2024 Duração: 10minEpigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt
08/03/2024 Duração: 11minOn the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?
04/03/2024 Duração: 10minNose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?
01/03/2024 Duração: 16minA newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught
28/02/2024 Duração: 14minA recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning?
23/02/2024 Duração: 14minA 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How to Close the Orgasm Gap for Heterosexual Couples
21/02/2024 Duração: 14minResearchers 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex Safely
16/02/2024 Duração: 13minResearch shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the general public catch up. Hosted by Meghan McDonough, this is part two of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science
14/02/2024 Duração: 13minPart one of a four-part series on the science of pleasure, hosted by Meghan McDonough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices