Sinopse
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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The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping
10/01/2022 Duração: 06minYou might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can.
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Salvador Dali's Creative Secret Is Backed by Science
03/01/2022 Duração: 04minThe painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity.
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A Growing Force of Fiery Zombies Threatens Cold Northern Forests
27/12/2021 Duração: 10minWildfires, appearing dead in winter, are actually smoldering and then bouncing back to life in spring to consume increasingly more land in the Far North.
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Listen to This New Podcast: Lost Women of Science
21/12/2021 Duração: 04minA new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung female scientists from oblivion.
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Canary Islands Eruption Resets Volcano Forecasts
20/12/2021 Duração: 02minA volcanologist says the eruption on the island of La Palma is a unique window into the “personality” of basaltic volcanoes.
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COVID Quickly, Episode 21: Vaccines against Omicron and Pandemic Progress
17/12/2021 Duração: 05minToday we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.
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As Forests Burn, a Climate Puzzle Materializes in the Far North
14/12/2021 Duração: 08minA 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding.
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Astronomers Spot Two Dust Bunnies Hiding in the Early Universe
08/12/2021 Duração: 02minThe scientists found several previously hidden galaxies that date back to 13 billion years ago—and many more might be missing from our current census of the early universe.
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COVID Quickly, Episode 20: The Omicron Scare, and Anti-COVID Pills Are Coming
03/12/2021 Duração: 06minToday we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.
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To Better Persuade a Human, a Robot Should Use This Trick
01/12/2021 Duração: 12minA new study finds that, for robots, overlords are less persuasive than peers.
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Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades
26/11/2021 Duração: 05minThe Miller-Urey experiment showed that the conditions of early Earth could be simulated in a glass flask. New research finds the flask itself played an underappreciated, though outsize, role.
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COVID Quickly, Episode 19: Mandate Roadblocks, Boosters for All and Sickness in the Zoo
19/11/2021 Duração: 09minToday we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.
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Flocking Together May Have Helped Dinosaurs Dominate the Earth
12/11/2021 Duração: 02minA fossil bed in Patagonia provides evidence of complex social structure in dinosaurs as early as 193 million years ago. And scientists say that herding behavior could have been key to the beasts’ success.
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Engineered Bacteria Use Air Bubbles as Acoustically Detonated Tumor TNT
10/11/2021 Duração: 08minUltrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside.
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COVID Quickly, Episode 18: Vaccines for Kids and the Limits of Natural Immunity
05/11/2021 Duração: 06minToday we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.
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These Bugs Produce Smelly Defenses That Need to Be Heard to Be Believed
31/10/2021 Duração: 07minYou read that right. Researchers have taken the chemical defenses of some insects and turned them into sounds, which, it turns out, repel people just as well.
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For Some Parents, Hiding a Dead Body Shows How Much You Care
28/10/2021 Duração: 06minOver millions of years of evolution, some beetles have learned to dampen the stench of decay to help their young thrive.
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Date of the Vikings' First Atlantic Crossing Revealed by Rays from Space
25/10/2021 Duração: 02minBy dating the remnants of trees felled in Newfoundland, scientists have determined that the Norse people likely first set foot in the Americas in the year A.D. 1021.
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COVID Quickly, Episode 17: Vaccine Lies and Protecting Immunocompromised People
22/10/2021 Duração: 06minToday we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. You can listen to all past episodes here.
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How Can an Elephant Squeak Like a Mouse?
20/10/2021 Duração: 05minNew research using a camera that can “see" sound” shows some elephants can produce high-pitched buzzing with their lips.