60-second Science
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
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- Duration: 85:39:19
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Synopsis
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
Episodes
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Indigenous Amazonians Managed Valuable Plant Life
04/03/2020 Duration: 02minStudies on very old vegetation in the Amazon basin show active management hundreds of years ago on species such as Brazil nut and cocoa trees.
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Computers Confirm Beethoven's Influence
03/03/2020 Duration: 02minBy breaking 900 classical piano compositions into musical chunks, researchers could track Ludwig van Beethoven’s influence on the composers who followed him. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Science News Briefs from around the World
02/03/2020 Duration: 03minHere are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from off the California coast about the first heart rate measurement done on a blue whale.
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Jet Altitude Changes Cut Climate-Changing Contrails
25/02/2020 Duration: 03minIncreasing or decreasing the altitude of aircraft by a few thousand feet to avoid thin layers of humidity could make a major reduction to contrails’ contribution to climate change.
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Thoroughbred Horses Are Increasingly Inbred
24/02/2020 Duration: 02minInbreeding in Thoroughbreds has increased significantly in the past 45 years, with the greatest rise occurring in the past 15 or so of them.
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Pablo Escobar's Hippos Could Endanger Colombian Ecology
20/02/2020 Duration: 04minHippos that escaped from drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s private zoo are reproducing in the wild. And with increasing numbers, they could threaten ecosystems.
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Wasp Nests Help Date Aboriginal Art
19/02/2020 Duration: 04minArt created by Australian Aboriginal people used organic carbon-free pigments, but wasp nests above or below the art can be used for radiocarbon dating that supplies boundaries for the age of artworks.
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Industrial Revolution Pollution Found in Himalayan Glacier
18/02/2020 Duration: 03minIce cores from a Tibetan glacier reveal the first deposits of industrial revolution pollution, starting in layers dated to about 1780.
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Fight-or-Flight Nerves Make Mice Go Gray
15/02/2020 Duration: 03minA new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Espresso May Be Better when Ground Coarser
13/02/2020 Duration: 04minA very fine grind can actually hamper espresso brewing, because particles may clump more than larger particles will.
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Feral Dogs Respond to Human Hand Cues
11/02/2020 Duration: 04minMost feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training.
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Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams
07/02/2020 Duration: 03minNeandertals ate clams and then modified the hard shells into tools for cutting and scraping.
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Fingering Fake Whiskeys with Isotopes
06/02/2020 Duration: 03minWhiskeys claimed to be from the 19th century are revealed to be made with much more recently grown barley, thanks to the unique isotopic fingerprint of the nuclear-testing era.
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Having an Albatross around Your Boat
05/02/2020 Duration: 02minBy outfitting 169 albatrosses with GPS data loggers, scientists were able to track fishing boats apparently trying to hide their location. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Science News Briefs from All Over
03/02/2020 Duration: 02minHere are a few brief reports about international science and technology from around the world, including one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a toad that has evolved coloring that makes it look like a deadly snake’s head.
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Facts about Groundhogs Other Than Their Poor Meteorology
02/02/2020 Duration: 03minGroundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nonetheless pretty interesting critters.
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Did Animal Calls Start in the Dark?
01/02/2020 Duration: 02minOne hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries
30/01/2020 Duration: 04minWell more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages.
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Docs Given Updated Opioid Prescribing Habit
26/01/2020 Duration: 02minResearchers dialed down the default number of opioids in two hospitals’ prescription systems—and doctors ended up prescribing fewer pills. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Some Wolf Pups Show Innate Fetching Talent
25/01/2020 Duration: 01minSome wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication.