Recent Paper Decent Puzzle
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 9:18:18
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Sinopse
Recent Paper Decent Puzzle is a podcast with two parts. First, Dan explains a recent scientific journal article in enough detail for non-experts to get a good sense of the science. Then, he presents a decent puzzle, so you have something to think about until you get the answer in the next episode. Ready? Set? Listen!
Episódios
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Eyes Before Flippers
08/05/2017 Duração: 15minA recent paper about how eyes got creatures onto land, and a puzzle about a disease called Stinky Stink. Note: This will be our last episode of the season - see you in September! (music: Bensound)
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Amazon: Floodplains and Uplands
01/05/2017 Duração: 18minGuest host Shelby Riskin: A recent paper about forests in the Amazon and how they dry out, and puzzle about finding phosphorus. Music: Bensound
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Kangaroo Rats Keep Their Cool
24/04/2017 Duração: 18minA recent paper about kangaroo rats staying stealthy around heat-seeking rattlesnakes, and a decent puzzle about cereal boxes Music: Bensound
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Flying Mosquitoes
17/04/2017 Duração: 15minA recent paper about mosquito flight that might even make you stop hating them for a second, and a decent puzzle about a martini. Music by Bensound
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Laughing Parrots
10/04/2017 Duração: 12minA recent paper about why laugh tracks would be good for parrot sitcoms, and a decent puzzle about a pentagon. music: Bensound
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Neanderthals With Food In Their Teeth
03/04/2017 Duração: 10minA recent paper about Neanderthal dental hygiene, and a puzzle comparing American coffee consumption to the flow of the Thames. Music: Bensound
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Beetles Pretending to be Ants
27/03/2017 Duração: 13minA recent paper about beetles pretending to be ants, and a romantic puzzle about Andy and Maria. music: bensound.com
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"I'm not left-handed either!"
20/03/2017 Duração: 13minA recent paper about left/right handedness in fish, of all things, and a decent puzzle about ten gloves. Music: Bensound
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Can Dark Feathers Protect Birds from Pollution?
13/03/2017 Duração: 14minA recent paper about how birds deal with heavy metal pollution, and a decent puzzle about two trees. Music: Bensound
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Why do Seals have Whiskers?
06/03/2017 Duração: 10minA recent paper about why harbour seals have whiskers, and a decent puzzle about your cow's new shed. Music: Bensound
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Madagascar's Most Mysterious Bat
27/02/2017 Duração: 16minA recent paper on the mystery of Madagascar's male microbats, and a decent puzzle about a cow, some grass, and a shed. Music: Bensound
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Does Seeing the Poor Make People More Generous?
20/02/2017 Duração: 14minA recent paper showing that exposure to the poor makes people less supportive of them, and a decent puzzle about birthdays. Music by bensound
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Surprisingly Popular!
13/02/2017 Duração: 14minA surprisingly popular paper about harnessing wisdom from crowds, and a decent puzzle about rolling a six. Music: Bensound.
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Fish Can Take a Vote Without Counting
06/02/2017 Duração: 16minA recent paper about fish schools democratically choosing where to go, and a decent puzzle about the province of Saskatchewan. Music: Bensound
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Cockroaches Divide Without Counting
30/01/2017 Duração: 13minA recent paper about how cockroaches can evenly share two hiding places without counting, and a puzzle about nails and string. Music: Bensound
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The Devil Drinks with its Skin
28/11/2016 Duração: 11minA recent paper about Australian lizards that use the cracks in their skin as drinking straws to their mouths. Also, a four-ball puzzle. Music: Bensound.com
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Balls Under Water
21/11/2016 Duração: 13minA recent paper about why buoyant balls held just under the surface launch further out of the water than those from deeper down. Also, a five-ball puzzle. Music by Bensound.com
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Bats and Wind Turbines
14/11/2016 Duração: 13minA recent paper about wind turbines killing bats, and a decent puzzle about what it's like at the tip of a turbine blade. Sound by Bensound.com
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Diving Birds Don't Break Their Necks
07/11/2016 Duração: 16minA recent paper about seabirds plunge-diving without breaking their necks, and a puzzle about throwing a baseball at the water. Music by Bensound.com
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Neurohacking Dogs
31/10/2016 Duração: 13minA recent paper about why drugs given to your dog can show up in your body, and a puzzle about clay and paint. Music: bensound.com