60-Second Science

Mucus Saves Your Life Every Day

Hinzugefügt: 27. März 2024

The slimy substance is so powerful that doctors once made hog stomach mucus milkshakes to treat ulcers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magical Mucus: On the Benefits of Getting Slimed by a Hagfish

Hinzugefügt: 25. März 2024

If you take a journey into the depths of the slime all around us, you find yourself starting to understand that mucus is a miracle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Artificial Intelligence Helped Write this Award-Winning Song

Hinzugefügt: 22. März 2024

Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Short Naps Are Good for You

Hinzugefügt: 20. März 2024

A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Great Debate: Could We Ever Travel through Time?

Hinzugefügt: 18. März 2024

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

The Science behind Humpback Whales’ Eerie Songs

Hinzugefügt: 15. März 2024

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...

Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes

Hinzugefügt: 14. März 2024

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....

Hunger in Gaza Could Affect Survivors' Health for Decades

Hinzugefügt: 11. März 2024

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...

These Invasive Ants Are Changing How Lions Hunt

Hinzugefügt: 9. März 2024

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

Should You Swab Your Throat Plus Your Nose for COVID?

Hinzugefügt: 4. März 2024

Nose-plus-throat could increase test accuracy—but could create problems too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is This the Earliest Evidence of Human Cannibalism?

Hinzugefügt: 1. März 2024

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

What Do You Mean, Bisexual People Are ‘Risk-Taking’? Why Genetic Studies about Sexuality Can Be Fraught

Hinzugefügt: 28. Februar 2024

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

Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning?

Hinzugefügt: 23. Februar 2024

A grassroots online movement has helped shift the way scientists think about asexuality. But much is still unknown. This is part four of a four-part series on the science of pleasure. Learn more...

How to Close the Orgasm Gap for Heterosexual Couples

Hinzugefügt: 21. Februar 2024

Researchers once faced death threats for asking women what gives them pleasure. Now they’re helping individuals and couples figure it out themselves. Part three of a four-part series on the science...

Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex Safely

Hinzugefügt: 16. Februar 2024

Research shows rough sex is becoming more common. Dominatrices are helping the general public catch up. Hosted by Meghan McDonough, this is part two of a four-part series on the science of...

How to Explore Your Sexuality, according to Science

Hinzugefügt: 14. Februar 2024

Part one of a four-part series on the science of pleasure, hosted by Meghan McDonough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You Can't Fix Burnout With Self-Care

Hinzugefügt: 12. Februar 2024

Individual interventions for burnout don’t work. Researchers explain why. Hosted by Shayla Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How April’s Eclipse Will Solve Solar Mysteries

Hinzugefügt: 9. Februar 2024

On April 8, we’re in for a treat. A total solar eclipse will be visible across a broad swath of North America, giving us a view of the edges of the sun as the moon passes in front of its face. ...

When Will We Finally Have Sex In Space?

Hinzugefügt: 7. Februar 2024

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How Is This Ancient Cattle Breed Fighting Wildfires in Portugal?

Hinzugefügt: 5. Februar 2024

Portugal is one of the most vulnerable countries in Europe to climate change. Straddling the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic regions, it’s part of a climate change hot spot. Some of the biggest...