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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Mar 22, 2024 • 16min
How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song
Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 20, 2024 • 10min
Why Short Naps Are Good for You
A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 18, 2024 • 9min
The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?
Our space and physics editors go head-to-head over a classic mind-bending question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 15, 2024 • 8min
The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs
Scientists have long wondered how baleen whales make their songs, and a new study has finally uncovered the anatomical workings behind their melodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2024 • 12min
Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 11, 2024 • 11min
Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades
Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life — and how these changes might be passed down to later generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 8, 2024 • 12min
These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt
On the African savanna, a single invasive ant species has upset the delicate balance between predator and prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 4, 2024 • 11min
Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?
Exploring the benefits and challenges of swabbing both the throat and nose for COVID testing, highlighting the accuracy differences between self-collected and healthcare worker-collected samples. Discussing the importance of timing in testing and the significance of using nose and throat swabs together for better outcomes.
Mar 1, 2024 • 16min
Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?
A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 28, 2024 • 14min
What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught
A recent GWAS investigation on risk-taking and bisexuality made some assumptions that some experts don’t agree with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
