60-second Science

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Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast

Episodes

  • Squirrels Chunk Their Buried Treasure

    12/10/2017 Duration: 02min

    Under certain circumstances squirrels will bury all of the same kind of nut near one another, a mnemonic strategy known as chunking.  

  • Cougar Calls Get Big Bear Reactions

    11/10/2017 Duration: 02min

    Black bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily.

  • Biometric Identifies You in a Heartbeat

    06/10/2017 Duration: 01min

    Like fingerprints and facial recognition, the shape and beat of your heart can be used to verify your identity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • When We Fly to Mars, Microbes Will, Too

    05/10/2017 Duration: 01min

    The microbes that live in and on our bodies will colonize a human-manned spacecraft to Mars—but will the spacecraft's microbiome be safe? Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Nobel in Chemistry for Seeing Biomolecules in Action

    04/10/2017 Duration: 02min

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.  

  • Nobel in Physics for Detecting Gravitational Waves

    03/10/2017 Duration: 02min

    The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".  

  • Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for Our Inner Clocks

    02/10/2017 Duration: 02min

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.  

  • Electric Eels Increase Shock by Leaving Water

    01/10/2017 Duration: 02min

    Submerged electric eels lose current to water, so they apparently leap into the air to minimize their contact with water and maximize their shock value.  

  • Australian Bird Dips Its Dinner

    29/09/2017 Duration: 03min

    A chance observation led researchers to add the Australian Magpie to the short list of birds that dunk their food in water before eating.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tsunami Sent Species on a Transoceanic Trip

    28/09/2017 Duration: 01min

    The 2011 east Japan tsunami swept huge amounts of wreckage out to sea—and Japanese species hitchhiked across the Pacific on the debris. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • 1 Sneeze, 1 Vote among African Wild Dogs

    27/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    Individuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt.

  • This Frog Can't Hear Its Own Calls

    24/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    The frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Building a Better Mirror for Telescopes

    22/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Galaxies Far, Far Away Send Us Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays

    21/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    A new study hints that the most energetic particles ever seen come from far beyond the Milky Way.  

  • Springtime Now Arrives Earlier for Birds

    20/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Julia Rosen reports.

  • Warming Puts Squeeze on Ancient Trees

    17/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Rising CO2 Pushes Plants to Drink Sparingly

    16/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    As carbon dioxide levels rise, plants are sipping water more efficiently—which could come in handy in a drier future. Christopher Intagliata reports.

  • Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars

    12/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    Cannibalistic caterpillars prevent disease from decimating their populations by removing infected individuals. Emily Schwing reports.

  • Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump

    11/09/2017 Duration: 03min

    Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities

    07/09/2017 Duration: 02min

    Smooth vertical surfaces like windows reflect sound waves away from bats—meaning bats can't "see" windows and similar obstacles with echolocation. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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