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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.

Latest Episodes:

A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work. What Does? Oct 04, 2023

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The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead.

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The State of Large Language Models Oct 02, 2023

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We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.

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Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses Sep 29, 2023

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An astronomy festival in Italy opted to make all of its events and workshops multisensory. The organizers wanted to see whether sound, touch and smell can, like sight, transmit the wonders of the cosmos.

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Song of the Stars, Part 2: Seeing in the Dark Sep 27, 2023

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A blind astronomer “sonified” the universe’s most explosive events: gamma-ray bursts. By listening to, rather than looking at, the data, she made a critical discovery and changed the field of astronomy.

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Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies Sep 25, 2023

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Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired.

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This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bombs--And Found Grim Clues That the Forest Is Dying Sep 22, 2023

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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.

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Should You Get a Blood Test For Alzheimer's? Sep 20, 2023

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Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really help patients that much—yet.

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Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Galilean Moon Sep 18, 2023

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the inspiration behind her poem, which will travel onboard the spacecraft.

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How the Woolly Bear Caterpillar Does Something Pretty Amazing to Survive the Winter Sep 15, 2023

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Caterpillars can’t regulate their body temperatures, so they have to come up with a totally different strategy to make it through the coldest months of the year.

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Bees 'Buzz' in More Ways Than You Might Think Sep 13, 2023

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A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.

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