Whistling Worms, A Computer that Can Identify Beauty, and More: 60 Second Science Podcasts
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Channel: Scientific American · 2017 · Science & Technology
Listen and learn about the insects that make their way into our bodies after we die, a computer that can suggest beautiful destinations to visit, how buying time might make us happier, how MRSA might have historically developed and what that might mean for drug-resistant diseases, a whistling worm that can defend itself against several bird species, and how humans are good at identifying emotional calls across the animal kingdom. Reported by Steve Mirsky, Christopher Intagliata, and Karen Hopkin. For more Scientific American Podcasts, visit https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcasts Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SciAmerican Studies reported: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01708 http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/7/170170 https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-017-1252-9 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/07/18/1706541114.full http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1859/20170990
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