60-Second Science
Scientific American
Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.
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Aug 12, 2016 • 4min
Remote Door Controls Are Car Security Flaw
Researchers found that a bad actor could cheaply and easily clone a remote keyless entry system to gain entry. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 11, 2016 • 4min
This Shark Is the Vertebrate Methuselah
Individual Greenland sharks appear to live perhaps a century longer than any other vertebrate, and might have life spans approaching 500 years.
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Aug 8, 2016 • 4min
Humans and Birds Cooperate to Share Beehive Bounty
The Yao people of Mozambique vocally signal honeyguide birds to show them the location of hives, which the people harvest and share with the birds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 4, 2016 • 3min
Pesticides Act as Honeybee Contraceptives
Environmental concentrations of certain insecticides slashed honeybee drones' living sperm counts. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 1, 2016 • 4min
Cut Road Deaths with Mountain Lions
Reintroducing mountain lions to the eastern U.S. could save human lives and reduce injuries by lowering deer populations and preventing car–deer collisions.
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Jul 29, 2016 • 4min
Silk Road Transported Goods--and Disease
A 2,000-year-old latrine in China provides the first hard evidence that people carried diseases long distances along the ancient trading route.
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Jul 28, 2016 • 3min
Inbred Songbirds Croon out of Tune
Inbred canaries sang songs with less pure tones, and at slightly different pitches, than their outbred cousins—and female canaries seemed to be able to tell the difference.
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Jul 27, 2016 • 4min
Great Red Spot Helps Explain Jupiter's Warm Upper Atmosphere
A thermal spike linked to the solar system’s largest storm explains weather on gas-giant planets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2016 • 4min
Beaver Dams Strengthened by Humans Help Fish Rebound
Fish flourished in creeks in which human engineers helped shore up beaver dams made weak by poor timber availability.
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Jul 23, 2016 • 4min
Frigate Bird Flights Last Months
Great frigate birds may stay aloft for up to two months, eating and sleeping on the wing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
