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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

Episodios

  • Evolution Ed Defenders Make Rapids Progress in Grand Canyon

    11/07/2016 Duración: 03min

    The National Center for Science Education's annual Colorado River trip through the Grand Canyon highlights the differences between the scientific and creationist outlooks.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Wildlife Can Bear with Hunters and Hikers

    08/07/2016 Duración: 02min

    A new study suggests the best predictor of wildlife abundance in public lands is not human activity, but factors like forest connectivity and nearby housing density. Jason G. Goldman reports.

  • Cats' Cunning Extends beyond the Hunt

    07/07/2016 Duración: 03min

    New research suggests that our feline companions understand the principle of cause and effect. Jason G. Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Farmed Trout Bred to Fatten Up Fast

    06/07/2016 Duración: 01min

    An aquaculturist used selective breeding to create strains of farmed fish that fatten up fast on cheap, plentiful feeds such as soybeans and corn. Emily Schwing reports.

  • This Algorithm Can Predict Relationship Trouble

    05/07/2016 Duración: 03min

    By analyzing the vocal patterns of couples in therapy, an algorithm was able to predict whether a relationship would get worse or improve. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Is Mars Missing a Moon?

    04/07/2016 Duración: 03min

    A new theory suggests the Red Planet once had a spectacular lunar system. Lee Billings reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Human Ears Can Hear Better-Than-CD Quality (Just Barely)

    01/07/2016 Duración: 03min

    Listeners can tell the difference between CD-quality music and better-than-CD quality—but only if they train their ears first. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Highway Sounds Might Mask Life-Saving Birdcalls

    30/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    The call of the tufted titmouse conveys important information about the presence of potential predators. But only if other birds can hear it. Karen Hopkin reports.

  • City Lights Trick Trees into an Earlier Spring

    29/06/2016 Duración: 03min

    Urban light pollution in the U.K. is pushing tree springtime behavior a full week earlier than usual. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Made Ya Look, Monkey

    28/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    Over their lifetimes, macaques follow the same trajectory as humans in the amount of interest they have in observing what another individual is looking at.  

  • Drowsy Driving Kills 6,400 Americans Annually

    27/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    Charles Czeisler, director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talked about the dangers of drowsy driving at a recent Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Forum called Asleep at the Wheel.      

  • Social Spider Groups Need Bold and Shy Members

    24/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    Social spiders in artificially assembled groups of all bold or all shy members fared less well against predators than a group with some shy and some bold members.     

  • Chocolate Makers Cut Fat with Electricity

    23/06/2016 Duración: 03min

    Reducing fat from chocolate can gum up manufacturing equipment, making low-fat chocolate hard to produce—but an electric field can help. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Viruses Hijack the Body's Response to Mosquito Bites

    22/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    When immune cells rush to the site of a mosquito bite, viruses hijack the cells and turn them into viral factories—in mice, at least. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Mongooses Pile on Warthogs--to Groom Them

    21/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    In the first known example of a mutualistic relationship between two mammal species in which neither is a primate, mongooses feast on ticks and other parasites infesting warthogs.  

  • Lizard Stripes May Mess Up Predators' Timing

    20/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    A lizard's stripes may make them look like they’re moving slower than they really are, confusing predators that tend to aim at the head but may wind up with the tail.    

  • Air Pollution Gives Storm Clouds a Stronger, Longer Life

    19/06/2016 Duración: 01min

    More particulate matter in the air can build stronger, longer-lasting thunderstorms over the tropics, leading to more extreme storms. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Microbes May Contribute to Wine's "Character"

    16/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    The microbes found in crushed grapes were linked to certain chemical fingerprints in the finished wine. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Fat Gets Gut Bacteria Working against the Waistline

    15/06/2016 Duración: 03min

    In mice, intestinal microbes respond to a high-fat diet by producing acetate, which triggers the release of a hormone that makes mammals feel hungry, causing them to eat even more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Arctic Researcher Bears Up for Science

    13/06/2016 Duración: 02min

    Wildlife researcher Joel Berger dons a polar bear outfit to study the reactions of musk oxen to the threat of bears increasingly driven onto the land for food.  

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