Science, Quickly

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Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34 Jul 12, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead?

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A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant? Jun 30, 2022

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Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.

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Kids' Vaccines at Last and Challenges in Making New Drugs: COVID, Quickly, Episode 33 Jun 27, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we discuss some parents breathing a collective sigh of relief and the paradox of how effective vaccines can make it harder to create new drugs to treat patients who get the coronavirus.

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How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas Jun 24, 2022

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Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species.

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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration [Sponsored] Jun 17, 2022

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Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders.

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Female CEOs Change How Firms Talk about Women Jun 16, 2022

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Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold.

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COVID Death Rates Explained, Dismal Booster Stats and New Vaccines Jun 13, 2022

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On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we clear up some data misconceptions, get to the bottom of the booster uptake issue and talk Novavax.

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Hedgehogs Host the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Jun 08, 2022

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Bacteria resistant to methicillin emerged in hedgehogs long before the drug was prescribed to treat infections.

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Meerkats Are Getting Climate Sick Jun 03, 2022

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For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis.

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'Where Are Vaccines for Little Kids?' and the Latest on Long COVID May 31, 2022

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Today we bring you a new episode in our 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.

You can listen to all past episodes here.

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