Science Quickly

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This Maine Farm Is Harvesting the Sun's Power while it Picks the Blueberries Feb 22, 2022

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In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush.

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Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again: COVID Quickly, Episode 24 Feb 15, 2022

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Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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The Romantic Temptation of the Monogamous Prairie Vole Feb 14, 2022

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The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab.

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Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly? Feb 11, 2022

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Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne.

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More Kids Get COVID, Long Haulers and a Vaccine Milestone: COVID Quickly, Episode 23 Feb 04, 2022

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What Is the Shape of This Word? Feb 02, 2022

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What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language.

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Tiger Sharks, Tracked over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts with Ocean Warming Jan 25, 2022

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Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over the past 40 years.

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How Marine Wildlife Can Coexist with Offshore Wind [Sponsored] Jan 20, 2022

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Harnessing the wind to blow back emissions is not without its own impacts, so researchers are developing technologies to coexist with whales and other ocean-dwelling species.

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COVID Quickly, Episode 22: Colds Build COVID Immunity and the Omicron Vaccine Delay Jan 19, 2022

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The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping Jan 10, 2022

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You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can.

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