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**Science, Quickly**

Tune in every week for quick, fascinating new developments and dives in the world of science.

Latest Episodes:

Smartphones Can Hear the Shape of Your Door Keys Mar 18, 2021

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Can you pick a lock with just a smartphone? New research shows that doing so is possible.

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Chimpanzees Show Altruism while Gathering around the Juice Fountain Mar 16, 2021

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New research tries to tease out whether our closest animal relatives can be selfless

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 2: Lessons from a Pandemic Year Mar 11, 2021

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Today we bring you the second 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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That Mouse in Your House--It's Smarter, Thanks to You Mar 09, 2021

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Scientists studied three varieties of house mice and found that those who had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes Mar 04, 2021

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New research shows that when faced with an impossible task, the marsupials look to humans for help.

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 1: Vaccines, Variants and Diabetes Feb 26, 2021

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Today we begin 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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Machine Learning Pwns Old-School Atari Games Feb 25, 2021

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You can call it the “revenge of the computer scientist.” An algorithm that made headlines for mastering the notoriously difficult Atari 2600 game Montezuma’s Revenge can now beat more games, achieving near perfect scores, and help robots explore real-world environments. Pakinam Amer reports.

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E-Eggs Track Turtle Traffickers Feb 22, 2021

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Decoy sea turtle eggs containing tracking tech are new weapons against beach poachers and traffickers.

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Bromances Could Lead to More Romances for Male Hyenas Feb 10, 2021

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Spotted hyena males do not fight for mates, so how are certain males shut out of the mating game?

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A Heroic Effort to Measure Helium Feb 05, 2021

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After an intense game of cat and mouse with different particles, atomic physicists have measured the radius of the helium nucleus five times more precisely than before. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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