Science, Quickly

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 13: Vaccine Approval, Breakthrough Infections, Boosters Aug 27, 2021

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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.

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Flexible Microprocessor Could Enable an 'Internet of Everything' Aug 24, 2021

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Researchers have developed a microprocessor built on high-performance plastic rather than silicon—and they say it could enable smarter food labels and supply chain management.

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Years Before COVID-19, Zombies Helped Prepare One Hospital System for the Real Pandemic Aug 20, 2021

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An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real

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The Incredible, Reanimated 24,000-Year-Old Rotifer Aug 17, 2021

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The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, woolly mammoths roamed the earth.

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Astronomers Find an Unexpected Bumper Crop of Black Holes Aug 12, 2021

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In trying to explain the spectacular star trails of the star cluster Palomar 5, astronomers stumbled on a very large trove of black holes.

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Inside Millions of Invisible Droplets, Potential Superbug Killers Grow Aug 10, 2021

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New research has created microscopic antibiotic factories in droplets that measure a trillionth of liter in volume.

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The Secret behind Songbirds' Magnetic Migratory Sense Aug 04, 2021

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A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light.

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 12: Masking Up Again and Why People Refuse Shots Jul 30, 2021

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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Touch [Sponsored] Jul 22, 2021

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Ardem Patapoutian shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2020 for answering a basic question: How does touch actually work?

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Moths Have an Acoustic Invisibility Cloak to Stay under Bats' Radar Jul 21, 2021

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New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings