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**Science, Quickly**

Tune in every week for quick, fascinating new developments and dives in the world of science.

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A Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Human Body, and It Is Still Working Aug 30, 2023

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Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right.

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Migratory Birds Are in Peril, but Knowing Where They Are at Night Could Help Save Them Aug 28, 2023

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Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Us 'See' Some of the Billions of Birds Migrating at Night Aug 25, 2023

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Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration.

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Here's How You Go Birding in the Middle of the Night Aug 23, 2023

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If you really want to challenging your bird identification skills, try using them at night, when bird calls are less than 100 milliseconds long.

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Using Human-Sized Microphones and Hay Bales, They Unlocked the Mysteries of Bird Migration Aug 21, 2023

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For thousands of years, no one truly knew how birds migrated—that is, until a few unlikely pioneers sat in an empty field with hundreds of pounds of kludged together recording gear and waited to hear sounds that no one had ever captured.

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They Tap Into the Magical, Hidden Pulse of the Planet, but What is the Nighttime Bird Surveillance Network? Aug 18, 2023

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On any given night, dense clouds of dark, ghostly figures pass over your head as you sleep. Maybe you never knew they were there, but there are people out there who are deciphering all the unseen movement that happens amid the darkness.

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Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline Aug 16, 2023

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Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall.

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In This Ancient Garden, Plants Can Cure or Kill You Aug 14, 2023

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Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure.

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The Fungi Economy, Part 3: Can Climate Modeling from Space Save Our Forests? Aug 09, 2023

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Here’s how scientists are planning on getting underground fungi data from space using satellites.

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The Fungi Economy, Part 2: Here's How Plants and Fungi Trade beneath Our Feet Aug 07, 2023

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Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt.

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