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Science, Quickly
Leading science and tech journalists dive into a rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show. To view all of our archived material, go to: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast .
Leading science and tech journalists dive into a rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show. To view all of our archived material, go to: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast .
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Song of the Stars, Part 2: Seeing in the Dark
In 2014, a blind astronomer “sonified” the universe’s most explosive event: a gamma-ray burst. By listening to, rather than looking at, the data, she made a critical discovery and changed the field of astronomy.
27 Sep 2023
10 MINS
10:25
27 Sep 2023
This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bombs--And Found Grim Clues That the Forest Is ...
One researcher has been hiring planes to strafe the sky over the Amazon rain forest to collect the air coming off the trees, and what she is finding is cause for alarm.
22 Sep 2023
15 MINS
15:13
22 Sep 2023
This Lesbian Monkey Love Triangle Tells Us Something Really Interesting about Darwin's 'Paradox'
A “Darwinian paradox”is that homosexual activity occurs even though it does not lead to or aid inreproduction. Butif you visit three capuchin monkeys in Los Angeles, they’ll show you how beneficial their liaisonsare.
04 Sep 2023
13 MINS
13:38
04 Sep 2023
Migratory Birds Are in Peril, but Knowing Where They Are at Night Could Help Save Them
Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction.
28 Aug 2023
14 MINS
14:10
28 Aug 2023
Using Human-Sized Microphones and Hay Bales, They Unlocked the Mysteries of Bird Migration
For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty fieldwith hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear andwaited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured.
21 Aug 2023
15 MINS
15:25
21 Aug 2023
They Tap Into the Magical, Hidden Pulse of the Planet, but What is the Nighttime Bird Surveillance N...
On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness.
18 Aug 2023
09 MINS
09:02
18 Aug 2023