Science, Quickly

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 5: Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy, Blood Clots and Long-Haul Realities Apr 23, 2021

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Today we bring you the fifth 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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Beehives Are Held Together by Their Mutual Gut Microbes Apr 20, 2021

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New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell—and thus their ability to separate family from foe.

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These Endangered Birds Are Forgetting Their Songs Apr 16, 2021

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Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture—and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate.

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To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It Apr 12, 2021

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A fast-growing front in the battle against climate change is focused on developing green technologies aimed at reducing humankind’s carbon footprint, but many scientists say simply reducing emissions is no longer enough. We have to find new ways to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. A Maine start-up is looking to raise a sinkable carbon-capturing forest in the open ocean.

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids Apr 09, 2021

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Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new 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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Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained Apr 07, 2021

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Particles called muons are behaving weirdly, and that could mean a huge discovery.

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Boston's Pigeons Coo, 'Wicked'; New York's Birds Coo, 'Fuhgeddaboudit' Apr 05, 2021

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The two cities’ rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows.

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Imperiled Freshwater Turtles Are Eating Plastics--Science Is Just Revealing the Threat Mar 31, 2021

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We know a lot about how sea turtles are threatened by our trash, but new research has just uncovered an underreported threat hiding inside lakes and rivers.

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 3: Vaccine Inequality--plus Your Body the Variant Fighter Mar 26, 2021

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Today we bring you the third episode in a new 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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Using Dragonflies as Contamination Detectors Mar 24, 2021

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By collecting the larvae of the fast flyers, researchers have turned the insects into “biosentinels” that can track mercury pollution across the country. Berly McCoy reports.

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