1 Sneeze, 1 Vote among African Wild Dogs
Individuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2017•4 min
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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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This Frog Can't Hear Its Own Calls
The frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2017•3 min
Building a Better Mirror for Telescopes
More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 22, 2017•3 min
Galaxies Far, Far Away Send Us Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays
A new study hints that the most energetic particles ever seen come from far beyond the Milky Way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 21, 2017•3 min
Springtime Now Arrives Earlier for Birds
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2017•4 min
Warming Puts Squeeze on Ancient Trees
As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2017•4 min
Rising CO2 Pushes Plants to Drink Sparingly
As carbon dioxide levels rise, plants are sipping water more efficiently—which could come in handy in a drier future. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 16, 2017•4 min
Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars
Cannibalistic caterpillars prevent disease from decimating their populations by removing infected individuals. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 12, 2017•3 min
Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump
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
Sep 11, 2017•3 min
Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 07, 2017•4 min
Wetlands Could Save Cities--and Money, Too
Using insurance industry models, researchers determined that wetlands prevented some $625 million in damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 06, 2017•3 min
Rabbit Relatives Reel from Climate Change
Pikas, a hampster-size rabbit relative, have disappeared from a 64-square-mile plot in the northern Sierra Nevada—and climate change is a likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 02, 2017•3 min
Winking Star 6 Centuries Ago Explained
A star that appeared and then vanished in A.D. 1437 was an explosion in a binary star system—which now reveals clues about the life cycle of certain stars. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 01, 2017•4 min
Grazing Cattle Trim the Menu for Birds
When cattle graze the desert's natural landscape, birds face changes in food availability—and some species are unable to adapt. Jason Goldman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2017•4 min
Climate Change Might Shrink Fish
Warmer water boosts fishes' demand for oxygen—and their bodies may shrink in response. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 29, 2017•3 min
A Fruitful Experiment in Land Conservation
In 1998 an orange juice maker dumped 12,000 tons of orange peels on degraded pastureland in Costa Rica—transforming it into vine-rich jungle. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25, 2017•4 min
Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses
Astronomers Without Borders wants to share your used eclipse glasses with kids in other parts of the world for the 2019 total solar eclipse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 23, 2017•3 min
Seeing 1 Solar Eclipse May Not Be Enough
David Baron, author of the new book American Eclipse, talks about how seeing his first total solar eclipse turned him into an eclipse chaser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 19, 2017•4 min
Solar Eclipse in 1097 May Be Rock-Carving Subject
A petroglyph spotted in Chaco Canyon may depict a total solar eclipse witnessed by the Pueblo people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 18, 2017•4 min
Social Media Sites Can Profile Your Contacts
Why you should think twice before you give an app access to your phone’s address book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 17, 2017•3 min
"Textalyzer" Aims at Deadly Distracted Driving
A new device promises to tell police when a driver has been sending messages while behind the wheel, but is it legal? Larry Greenemeier reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 14, 2017•3 min
Climate Change Fires Up Polar Bear Treadmill
Sea ice is drifting faster in the Arctic—which means polar bears need to walk farther to stay in their native range. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 10, 2017•3 min
No Bull: Lizards Flee When They See Red
Western fence lizards are more spooked by red and gray shirts than they are by blue ones—perhaps because the males have blue bellies themselves. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 09, 2017•4 min
Celebrities Tweet Like Bots
Celebrity Twitter accounts look a lot like Twitter bots: They tweet regularly, follow relatively few people, and upload a lot of content. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 05, 2017•3 min
Cold Snap Shapes Lizard Survivors
An epic bout of cold weather quickly altered a population of lizards—an example of natural selection in action. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 03, 2017•5 min
Mediterranean Diet Works--for Upper Crust
Italians who stuck closely to the heart-healthy diet had fewer heart attacks and strokes—but only if they were well-off and/or college educated. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 01, 2017•3 min
Screams Heard Round the Animal World
Humans appear well equipped to recognize the alarm calls of other animals—perhaps because sounds of distress tend to have higher frequencies. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 31, 2017•4 min
This Caterpillar Whistles While It Irks
The North American walnut sphinx caterpillar produces a whistle that sounds just like a songbird's alarm call--and the whistle seems to startle birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 28, 2017•3 min
To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Saving Time
Volunteers who used money to save themselves time were more content than volunteers who purchased themselves physical stuff. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2017•4 min
Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics
Exposure to existing antibiotics can imbue infectious bacteria with resistance that also kicks in against new drugs related to the originals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2017•3 min
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