Sinopse
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Episódios
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Chimpanzees Show Altruism while Gathering around the Juice Fountain
16/03/2021 Duração: 04minNew research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless
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COVID, Quickly, Episode 2: Lessons from a Pandemic Year
11/03/2021 Duração: 05minToday 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.
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That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You
09/03/2021 Duração: 02minScientists 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.
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Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes
04/03/2021 Duração: 04minNew research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help.
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COVID, Quickly, Episode 1: Vaccines, Variants and Diabetes
26/02/2021 Duração: 04minToday 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.
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Machine Learning Pwns Old-School Atari Games
25/02/2021 Duração: 07minYou 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.
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E-Eggs Track Turtle Traffickers
22/02/2021 Duração: 04minDecoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers.
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Bromances Could Lead to More Romances for Male Hyenas
10/02/2021 Duração: 03minSpotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game?
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A Heroic Effort to Measure Helium
05/02/2021 Duração: 04minAfter 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.
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Science News Briefs from around the World
01/02/2021 Duração: 02minHere 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.
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Scientists Take a Cattle Head Count in India
28/01/2021 Duração: 02minThe 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.
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Ancient Dogs Had Complex Genetic Histories
21/01/2021 Duração: 04minSome dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ.
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Bees Use 'Bullshit' Defense to Keep Giant Hornets at Bay
11/01/2021 Duração: 05minThe prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system
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Humans May Have Befriended Wolves with Meat
07/01/2021 Duração: 01minUnlike humans, wolves can subsist on protein alone for months—so scientists say we may have lobbed leaner leftovers their way. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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How to Avoid Becoming a Meal for a Cheetah
06/01/2021 Duração: 04minResearchers help farmers in Namibia avoid costly cattle losses by tracking big cat hangouts
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How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shaped Our Language in 2020
01/01/2021 Duração: 02minLinguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Science News Briefs from around the Planet
28/12/2020 Duração: 01minHere are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees.
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Ravens Measure Up to Great Apes on Intelligence
22/12/2020 Duração: 02minJuvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans in a battery of intelligence tests—except for assays of spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Baby Bees Deprive Caregivers of Sleep
21/12/2020 Duração: 03minBee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses.
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How the Wolves Change the Forest
17/12/2020 Duração: 05minNew 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.