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**Science Quickly**

Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.

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The World's Most Frightening Animal Sounds like This Oct 27, 2023

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Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills.

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The Tale of the Rotifer That Came Back to Life after 25,000 Years in an Icy Tomb Oct 25, 2023

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Can something spring back to life if it last moved around when woolly mammoths roamed the earth? The answer appears to be yes.

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Generative AI Models Are Sucking Up Data from All Over the Internet, Yours Included Oct 23, 2023

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In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well.

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Some Parents Show Their Kids They Care with a Corpse Oct 20, 2023

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If you’re a silphid beetle, a dead body is all your children really want, and it’s your job—no matter how difficult—to get one for them.

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How to Handle This New COVID Season Oct 18, 2023

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The dangerous virus is still here. Here’s how you can stay safe.

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As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go Oct 16, 2023

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Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north?

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Scientists Argue Conservation Is under Threat in Indonesia Oct 13, 2023

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Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions.

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A Soggy Mission to Sniff Out a Greenhouse Gas 'Bomb' in the High Arctic Oct 11, 2023

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A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below.

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This Indigenous Community Records the Climate Change That Is Causing Its Town to Erode Away Oct 09, 2023

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In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands.

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Journey to the Thawing Edge of Climate Change Oct 06, 2023

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What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood.

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