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These Hawks Have Figured Out How to See the Bat in the Swarm Oct 21, 2022

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New research shows that birds of prey attempting to grab a bat from a roiling mass of the flying mammals have developed a way to cope with the confusion.

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Naps Not Needed to Make New Memories Oct 14, 2022

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Rats kept awake after exploring novel objects remembered the original items but not where they’d seen those objects, raising interesting questions about human sleep.

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How the Pandemic Shortened Life Expectancy and New Drugs on the Horizon: COVID, Quickly, Episode 40 Oct 11, 2022

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In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are.

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Engineering the Treatment of Early-Stage Lung Cancer [SPONSORED] Oct 07, 2022

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Early-stage lung cancers are not only difficult to diagnose—they’ve also proved difficult to curatively treat.

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Rediscovered Red Wolf Genes May Help Conserve the Species Oct 05, 2022

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A surprising new gene discovery in coyotes may help conserve the critically endangered wolf.

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What the Disease Feels Like, and Presidents Can't End Pandemics: COVID, Quickly, Episode 39 Sep 27, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over.

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These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears Sep 23, 2022

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A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds—and that they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them.

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Chewing Consumes a Surprising Amount of Energy Sep 21, 2022

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Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws.

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These Bats Buzz like Bees to Save Their Own Lives Sep 16, 2022

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New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect—an acquired skill that could just save certain bats’ skin.

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Unvaxxed Kids and 8 Days a Week (of Isolation): COVID, Quickly, Episode 38 Sep 13, 2022

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This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually).

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