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Episódios

  • Chimpanzees Show Altruism while Gathering around the Juice Fountain

    16/03/2021 Duração: 04min

    New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless

  • COVID, Quickly, Episode 2: Lessons from a Pandemic Year

    11/03/2021 Duração: 05min

    Today we bring you the second episode in a new 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.

  • That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You

    09/03/2021 Duração: 02min

    Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes

    04/03/2021 Duração: 04min

    New research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help.

  • COVID, Quickly, Episode 1: Vaccines, Variants and Diabetes

    26/02/2021 Duração: 04min

    Today we begin a new 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.

  • Machine Learning Pwns Old-School Atari Games

    25/02/2021 Duração: 07min

    You can call it the “revenge of the computer scientist.” An algorithm that made headlines for mastering the notoriously difficult Atari 2600 game Montezuma’s Revenge can now beat more games, achieving near perfect scores, and help robots explore real-world environments. Pakinam Amer reports.

  • E-Eggs Track Turtle Traffickers

    22/02/2021 Duração: 04min

    Decoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers.

  • Bromances Could Lead to More Romances for Male Hyenas

    10/02/2021 Duração: 03min

    Spotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game?

  • A Heroic Effort to Measure Helium

    05/02/2021 Duração: 04min

    After an intense game of cat and mouse with different particles, atomic physicists have measured the radius of the helium nucleus five times more precisely than before. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Science News Briefs from around the World

    01/02/2021 Duração: 02min

    Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Costa Rica about decoy sea turtle eggs with the potential to catch poachers.

  • Scientists Take a Cattle Head Count in India

    28/01/2021 Duração: 02min

    The research team determined that the city of Raipur in central India has at least one street cow for every 54 human residents. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Ancient Dogs Had Complex Genetic Histories

    21/01/2021 Duração: 04min

    Some dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ. 

  • Bees Use 'Bullshit' Defense to Keep Giant Hornets at Bay

    11/01/2021 Duração: 05min

    The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system

  • Humans May Have Befriended Wolves with Meat

    07/01/2021 Duração: 01min

    Unlike humans, wolves can subsist on protein alone for months—so scientists say we may have lobbed leaner leftovers their way. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • How to Avoid Becoming a Meal for a Cheetah

    06/01/2021 Duração: 04min

    Researchers help farmers in Namibia avoid costly cattle losses by tracking big cat hangouts

  • How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shaped Our Language in 2020

    01/01/2021 Duração: 02min

    Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Science News Briefs from around the Planet

    28/12/2020 Duração: 01min

    Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees.

  • Ravens Measure Up to Great Apes on Intelligence

    22/12/2020 Duração: 02min

    Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans in a battery of intelligence tests—except for assays of spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Baby Bees Deprive Caregivers of Sleep

    21/12/2020 Duração: 03min

    Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses.

  • How the Wolves Change the Forest

    17/12/2020 Duração: 05min

    New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems. Audio of wolves inside Voyageurs National Park, courtesy of Jacob Job. 

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