60-second Science
- Autor: Vários
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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
Episódios
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Twin Birth Proposed for Colliding Black Holes That Produced Gravitational Waves
30/03/2016 Duração: 03minA flash of light shortly after the detection of gravitational waves could mean that that historic event has an added wrinkle—the black holes that collided may have been born in the same collapsing massive star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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City Birds Outwit Country Counterparts
29/03/2016 Duração: 03minBirds that live in urban environments are brasher than rural birds, solve problems better and even have more robust immune systems. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Quasar Winds Clock In at a Fifth of Light Speed
28/03/2016 Duração: 02minQuasars can shape the evolution of their galaxies, by blasting 135-million-mph winds. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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The Fastball Gets Its Scientific Due in a New Documentary
25/03/2016 Duração: 02minThe new movie Fastball dissects the pitch from the perspective of pitchers, hitters, umpires—and scientists, who talk about everything from the physics governing the trajectory of the ball to the neuroscience of the batter’s perception and reaction—including how the ball can appear to vanish.
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Garbage Pickings Get Storks to Stop Migrating
23/03/2016 Duração: 01minSome white storks have stopped migrating from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa in the winter, because of the availability of food in landfills.
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Smart Glass Goes from Clear to Cloudy in a Jolt
22/03/2016 Duração: 03minResearchers say their prototype is cheaper and easier to make than other smart glass, and since it's flexible and foldable, could be used for camouflage. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Cuba–U.S. Thaw Should Ease Scientific Collaborations
21/03/2016 Duração: 02minCornell Laboratory of Ornithology researcher Eduardo Inigo-Elias, a veteran of efforts to work with Cuban researchers, talks about what improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba could mean for science and conservation.
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African Park Comeback Offers Ecological Optimism
18/03/2016 Duração: 04minA decade of modest financial investment has revitalized Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, explains biologist Sean B. Carroll in his new book The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discovery How Life Works and Why It Matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bring a Musician to Untangle Cocktail Party Din
17/03/2016 Duração: 02minMusicians are better at separating out one meaningful audio stream from a combination, a skill that could help decipher a single conversation in a crowd. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Our Noise Bothers Overlooked Seafloor Critters
15/03/2016 Duração: 02minCreatures that live on the seafloor play vital roles in marine ecosystems, but human-made noise can alter their behaviors.
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Eavesdrop on Echolocation to Count Bats
14/03/2016 Duração: 02minResearchers created a model that can accurately predict a cave's bat populations using audio alone. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Underground Eruptions Could Cause Quakes Months Later
11/03/2016 Duração: 03minWhen the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in January 2002, it set the geologic stage for earthquakes nine months later. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Raw Stone Age Meals Got Tenderizing Treatment
10/03/2016 Duração: 03minPounding and slicing meat and vegetables would have saved our ancestors millions of tough chews a year—potentially explaining the evolution of smaller jaws and teeth. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fear of Spiders Makes Them Look Bigger
09/03/2016 Duração: 03minArachnophobic study subjects estimated the size of spiders as bigger than did people who do not fear the eight-legged beasties. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Pro Baseball Player Tech Avatars Could Be a Hit
08/03/2016 Duração: 01minSmart Bat sensor captures swing data and reenacts the motion on a smartphone app. Larry Greenemeier reports.
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This Dragonfly Outmigrates Monarchs
07/03/2016 Duração: 02minThe dragonfly Pantala flavescens can travel 9,000 to 11,000 miles, and may interbreed across the globe. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Gators Guard Birds That Nest Nearby
04/03/2016 Duração: 01minWading birds in the Everglades prefer to nest near resident gators for protection. And the arrangement appears to be mutually beneficial. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Space "Treasure Map" Guides E.T. Search
03/03/2016 Duração: 03minA pair of astrophysicists advise searchers of intelligent life to look in the narrow band of galactic sky from which any alien observers would see Earth transit the sun—a method we use to detect exoplanets. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Milgram's Conformity Experiment Revisited in Lab and on Stage
02/03/2016 Duração: 02minA conversation following a play about the famous Milgram experiments about conformity and authority included mention of a just-published new version of the test.
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Bats Beat Ebola with Hypervigilant Immunity
29/02/2016 Duração: 01minThe immune systems in bats are in a continuous state of activation, which may explain why they can carry viruses like Ebola without harm. Christopher Intagliata reports.