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**Science, Quickly**

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

Latest Episodes:

The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation Aug 04, 2023

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Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency.

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Could Weight-Loss Drugs Curb Addiction? Your Health, Quickly, Episode 12 Aug 02, 2023

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Drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic might help people tackle substance abuse as well as shed pounds.

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How to Roll a Joint Perfectly, according to Science Jul 31, 2023

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Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff.

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Here's How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy Jul 28, 2023

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New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.

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Here's Why Actors Are So Worried about AI Jul 26, 2023

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Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.”

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Are You a Lucid Dreamer? Jul 24, 2023

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A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their head.

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Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--And Wrong--About Nuclear History Jul 21, 2023

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Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb.

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How Stress Messes With Your Gut Jul 19, 2023

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Inflammatory bowel disease flare-ups can be traced to mental stress

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Should We Care About AI's Emergent Abilities? Jul 17, 2023

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Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.

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What That Jazz Beat Tells Us about Hearing and The Brain Jul 14, 2023

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Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species.