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Science, Quickly Scientific American
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4.4 • 127 Ratings
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Tune in every week for quick, fascinating new developments and dives in the world of science.
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A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon
After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.
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Will the Amazon Help Save the Planet?
Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.
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How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?
Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.
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How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes
Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska.
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Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?
These marine mammals are very hard to observe, but in the past two decades the roughly 20 or so people in the world who study sperm whales have found some compelling evidence of culture among them.
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Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary
Today we’re going to look at how measles—a disease that was practically eliminated in the U.S.—has resurged in recent months, because people basically forgot how bad it was and got complacent about vaccines.
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Who asked for a multiple week series on sexuality? No other topic has had so many episodes in a row, with no other subject to break it up. I wasn’t even interested in one episode on the topic, but this is ridiculous. I’m unsubscribing until it’s over.
The vast majority of the positive ratings are for the truly excellent 60-second science, not this incarnation, which is mostly padding to justify the length of ads.
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