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How to Make a Mass Extinction
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01/30/20 • 41 min
Journalist and author Peter Brannen talks about his book The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions.
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Bread Science: A Yeasty Conversation
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08/24/20 • 46 min
“Baking is applied microbiology,” according to the book Modernist Bread. During pandemic lockdowns, many people started baking their own bread. Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs talks about Modernist Bread, for which he was a writer and editor.
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08/29/20 • 32 min
We look back at some highlights, midlights and lowlights of the history of Scientific American, featuring former editor in chief John Rennie. Astrophysicist Alan Guth also appears in a sponsored segment.
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Shakespeare and Science, Part 1
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08/19/14 • 33 min
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The First Nuclear Arms Race: Churchill's Bomb, Part 2
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04/24/14 • 23 min
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Scientific American after Sandy
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10/31/12 • 7 min
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The Deepest Dive to Find the Secrets of the Whales
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04/22/21 • 27 min
On Earth Day, Scientific American sits down with National Geographic underwater photographer Brian Skerry to talk about free diving with whales and filming the giant mammals within five meters or less.
“We have to get within a few meters of our subject to get good pictures,” Skerry says. “I can't use a 1,000-millimeter lens underwater. Also, the sun has to be out because I can’t light a whale underwater; they're too big.”
Skerry has been tracking whales, their hidden lives, their feeding rituals and hunting practices—strategies that differ dramatically from one whale pod to another—for nearly four decades. Both his new book Secrets of the Whales, released on April 6, and Disney+ series with the same title, a four-episode documentary that is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and premieres today, boast jaw-dropping moments.
A visual feast of magnificent scenery, the book and streaming series show humpback whales breaching the water surface to catch herring, orcas trailing ancient pathways, narwhals flicking their giant tusks to sting their prey and ghost-white beluga whales frolicking in shallow waters with their young—some of them only a few days old and still dragging around their umbilical cord.
The footage that Skerry filmed takes the audience on a tour of whale cultures across Antarctica, Norway, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Alaska and other places. It tells stories of resilience, familial bonding and intimacy, generational knowledge sharing and deadly encounters—along with rich lives and complex behaviors that are reminiscent of humans and that were sometimes captured on camera for the first time.
“If we look at the ocean, through the lens of culture, these animals are doing so many things in many ways that mirror human culture,” Skerry says.
The Disney+ series, however, doesn’t only dwell on the magic and wonder of this world. It also warns against the effects of pollution and the ongoing climate emergency on a very delicate and interconnected marine ecosystem.
Secrets of the Whales was a perfect story to showcase both aspects, Skerry says, because it lives at the confluence of cutting-edge science and conservation. “I like to say, ‘It's not a conservation story,’” he adds. “And yet it could be the most important conservation story ever because if we can see these animals through that lens of culture, it changes how we perceive nature and our relation to it.”
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The Mind's Hidden Switches
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11/22/11 • 29 min
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The Messenger Is the Message
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06/25/20 • 37 min
Behavioral scientist Stephen Martin and psychologist Joseph Marks talk about their book Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why.
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04/27/12 • 15 min
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FAQ
How many episodes does Science Quickly have?
Science Quickly currently has 2296 episodes available.
What topics does Science Quickly cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Science Quickly?
The episode title 'How to Make a Mass Extinction' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Science Quickly?
The average episode length on Science Quickly is 11 minutes.
How often are episodes of Science Quickly released?
Episodes of Science Quickly are typically released every 1 day, 20 hours.
When was the first episode of Science Quickly?
The first episode of Science Quickly was released on Feb 8, 2006.
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