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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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Insects Donate DNA to Unrelated Bugs 10.05.2017 2:56

Bacteria swap DNA among themselves. And that process may be more common in multicellular organisms than previously believed. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gophers versus the Volcano 09.05.2017 4:11

Pocket gophers survived the Mount Saint Helens eruption in their underground burrows and immediately went to work bringing back the ecosystem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wilderness Areas Suffer from Human Sound 07.05.2017 3:43

Human-produced noise doubles the background sound levels in 63 percent of protected areas, and raises it tenfold in 21 percent of such landscapes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pollution Peaks When Temperatures Top Out 03.05.2017 3:23

As temperatures rise, energy demands peak, with a corresponding increase in air pollutants. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hot Chilies Cool Down Gut Inflammation in Mice 02.05.2017 3:31

The spicy compound in chilies kicks off a chemical cascade that reduces gut inflammation and immune activity in mice. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bronx River's Cleanup Brings Herring Home 01.05.2017 3:59

Called an "open sewer" in the recent past, the Bronx River is now clean enough for a type of herring to once again be introduced and to make runs to the ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ancient Human DNA Found in Cave Dirt 28.04.2017 3:08

Scientists uncovered genetic traces of Neandertals and Denisovans by screening cave dirt for DNA. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gut Microbes Help Keep Starved Flies Fecund 26.04.2017 3:27

Microbes living in the guts of fruit flies appear to influence the flies' food choice—and promote egg production, even under a nutrient-poor diet. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Selective Breeding Molds Foxes into Pets 25.04.2017 3:23

Evolutionary biologist Lee Dugatkin talks about the six-decade Siberian experiment with foxes that has revealed details about domestication in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why One Researcher Marched for Science 22.04.2017 3:24

Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineering department at Rutgers University, commented on the March for Science at an April 21 talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Healthy Behavior Can Spread Like Illness 20.04.2017 3:40

If people run more in New York City, that can push their socially connected counterparts in San Diego to run more as well. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate 420 Million Years Ago Poised for Comeback 19.04.2017 4:01

Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traces of Genetic Trauma Can Be Tweaked 15.04.2017 3:52

Trauma can be passed down to offspring due to epigenetic changes in DNA. But positive experiences seem able to correct that. Erika Beras reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Species Split When Mountains Rise 13.04.2017 3:07

Plant species in China's Hengduan Mountains exploded in diversity eight million years ago—right when the mountains were built. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shoelace Study Untangles a Knotty Problem 12.04.2017 3:33

Researchers have trotted out data that show a combination of whipping and stomping forces is what causes laces to unravel without warning. Karen Hopkin reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Parkinson's Day Puts Spotlight on Condition 11.04.2017 4:04

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research CEO Todd Sherer, a neuroscientist, talks about the state of Parkinson's disease and research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cave Dwellers Battled Bed Bug Bites, Too 06.04.2017 2:58

Researchers have found the earliest evidence of bugs in the Cimex genus co-habitating with humans, in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extreme Storms Are Extreme Eroders 05.04.2017 3:52

The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spiders Gobble Gargantuan Numbers of Tiny Prey 03.04.2017 3:34

The low-end estimate for how much the world's spiders eat is some 400 million tons of mostly insects and springtails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Cat Thinks You're Cool 29.03.2017 3:46

A study of house cats and shelter cats found that the felines actually tended to choose human company over treats or toys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exoplanets Make Life Conversation Livelier 25.03.2017 3:33

Astronomer Caleb Scharf weighs what ever more exoplanets mean in the search for extraterrestrial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bring Bronx Zoo to Your Living Room 24.03.2017 2:58

Animal Planet's series The Zoo shows viewers the biological, veterinary and conservation science at a modern zoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UV Rays Strip Small Galaxies of Star Stuff 22.03.2017 3:33

Researchers measured the intensity of the universe's ultraviolet background radiation, and say it may be strong enough to strip small galaxies of star-forming gas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aggressed-Upon Monkeys Take Revenge on Aggressor's Cronies 21.03.2017 3:32

Japanese macaques at the receiving end of aggression tend to then take it out on a close associate or family member of the original aggressor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chaotic Orbits Could Cause Catastrophic Collision 20.03.2017 3:59

Researchers used ancient climate cycles to confirm the solar system’s chaotic planetary orbits. An Earth–Mars collision is one distant outcome. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices