Episodes
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Ships at Sea Stoke Lightning Strikes
· 00:02:47 · 60-Second ScienceExhaust fumes from oceangoing vessels lead to an almost doubling of lightning activity over shipping lanes compared to adjacent areas of the sea.
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Gamers Wanted to Attack Food Toxin
· 00:02:49 · 60-Second ScienceBy playing the online game Foldit, players might help design an enzyme that can stop aflatoxins from making millions sick.
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Even Jellyfish Need a Nap
· 00:03:05 · 60-Second ScienceJellyfish exhibit signs of a sleep state, which could mean that sleep predates the evolutionary development of central nervous systems.
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Squirrels Chunk Their Buried Treasure
· 00:02:57 · 60-Second ScienceUnder certain circumstances squirrels will bury all of the same kind of nut near one another, a mnemonic strategy known as chunking.
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Cougar Calls Get Big Bear Reactions
· 00:02:09 · 60-Second ScienceBlack bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily.
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Biometric Identifies You in a Heartbeat
· 00:01:46 · 60-Second ScienceLike fingerprints and facial recognition, the shape and beat of your heart can be used to verify your identity. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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When We Fly to Mars, Microbes Will, Too
· 00:01:56 · 60-Second ScienceThe microbes that live in and on our bodies will colonize a human-manned spacecraft to Mars—but will the spacecraft's microbiome be safe? Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Nobel in Chemistry for Seeing Biomolecules in Action
· 00:02:01 · 60-Second ScienceThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution.
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Nobel in Physics for Detecting Gravitational Waves
· 00:02:55 · 60-Second ScienceThe Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
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Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for Our Inner Clocks
· 00:02:13 · 60-Second ScienceThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.
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Electric Eels Increase Shock by Leaving Water
· 00:02:43 · 60-Second ScienceSubmerged electric eels lose current to water, so they apparently leap into the air to minimize their contact with water and maximize their shock value.
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Australian Bird Dips Its Dinner
· 00:02:38 · 60-Second ScienceA chance observation led researchers to add the Australian Magpie to the short list of birds that dunk their food in water before eating.
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Tsunami Sent Species on a Transoceanic Trip
· 00:01:59 · 60-Second ScienceThe 2011 east Japan tsunami swept huge amounts of wreckage out to sea—and Japanese species hitchhiked across the Pacific on the debris. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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1 Sneeze, 1 Vote among African Wild Dogs
· 00:02:29 · 60-Second ScienceIndividuals in packs of African wild dogs appear to sneeze to make their wishes known regarding when to get up and hunt.
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This Frog Can't Hear Its Own Calls
· 00:02:13 · 60-Second ScienceThe frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports.
