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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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Just like People, Orangutans Get Smoker's Voice Jul 10, 2023

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New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health.

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Doctor AI Will See You Now Jul 07, 2023

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ChatGPT and other AI programs can offer medical advice. But how good are they?

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El Niño is Back. What Does That Mean For You? Jul 05, 2023

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The famous climate pattern El Niño could usher in a new hottest year on record and will have domino effects on the world’s weather.

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The Kavli Prize Presents: How Your Brain Maps the World [Sponsored] Jun 29, 2023

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John O’Keefe shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation.
This podcast was produced for the Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.

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The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, and Scientists Just Heard Them (Maybe) Jun 28, 2023

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Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time.

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Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea Jun 26, 2023

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Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake.

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These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are Jun 23, 2023

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Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.