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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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Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained Apr 07, 2021

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Particles called muons are behaving weirdly, and that could mean a huge discovery.

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Boston's Pigeons Coo, 'Wicked'; New York's Birds Coo, 'Fuhgeddaboudit' Apr 05, 2021

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The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows.

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Imperiled Freshwater Turtles Are Eating Plastics--Science Is Just Revealing the Threat Mar 31, 2021

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We know a lot about how sea turtles are threatened by our trash, but new research has just uncovered an underreported threat hiding inside lakes and rivers.

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 3: Vaccine Inequality--plus Your Body the Variant Fighter Mar 26, 2021

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Today we bring you the third episode in a new 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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Using Dragonflies as Contamination Detectors Mar 24, 2021

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By collecting the larvae of the fast flyers, researchers have turned the insects into “biosentinels” that can track mercury pollution across the country. Berly McCoy reports.

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Smartphones Can Hear the Shape of Your Door Keys Mar 18, 2021

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Can you pick a lock with just a smartphone? New research shows that doing so is possible.

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Chimpanzees Show Altruism while Gathering around the Juice Fountain Mar 16, 2021

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New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 2: Lessons from a Pandemic Year Mar 11, 2021

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Today we bring you the second episode in a new 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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That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You Mar 09, 2021

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Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes Mar 04, 2021

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New research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help.

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