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Aug 10, 2022 • 7min

For Some Dolphins, the Key to Mating is Rolling with a Tight, Noisy Crew

A pair of studies show that male bottlenose dolphins rely on wingmen when wooing mates—and that they cultivate these friendships by being vocal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 3, 2022 • 12min

A Source of Integrative Support for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients [Sponsored]

Celebrating those who are making a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Care Award. We spoke with the 2021 winner, Unite for HER’s founder and CEO Sue Weldon, to hear more about what’s happened since her organization received the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 2, 2022 • 9min

How Common Are Reinfections? And How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 29, 2022 • 12min

The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Molecules [Sponsored]

Jacob Sagiv is a chemist who studies properties of self-assembled monolayers. This year, he shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 27, 2022 • 10min

Transforming the Trajectory of Lung Cancer [Sponsored]

Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer deaths in the world. But how many lives would be saved if doctors could diagnose and treat it before it progresses? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 22, 2022 • 5min

Polar Bears That Persist

A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 12, 2022 • 8min

Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 30, 2022 • 4min

A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant?

Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 27, 2022 • 10min

Kids' Vaccines at Last and Challenges in Making New Drugs: COVID, Quickly, Episode 33

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we discuss some parents breathing a collective sigh of relief and the paradox of how effective vaccines can make it harder to create new drugs to treat patients who get the coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 24, 2022 • 6min

How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas

Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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