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| How Racism Might Be Accelerating Aging and Menopause | 04 Sep 2024 | 00:14:45 | |
Discrimination may be speeding up the aging process for people of color and other minoritized groups. Research is revealing that structural and interpersonal racism could be key factors in why these communities often age faster and face age-related diseases sooner. Alexis Reeves, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, studies how racism affects aging, with a focus on early menopause. In a conversation with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman, Reeves discusses how traditional research methods might be overlooking these critical disparities.
This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Recommended reading:
Discrimination May Hasten Menopause in Black and Hispanic Women
How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health
“Systematic Exclusion at Study Commencement Masks Earlier Menopause for Black Women in the Study of Women’s Health across the Nation (SWAN),” by Alexis Reeves et al., in International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 52, No. 5; October 2023
“Study Selection Bias and Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Age at Onset of Cardiometabolic Disease among Midlife Women in the US,” by Alexis Reeves et al, in JAMA Network Open, Vol. 5, No. 1, Article No. e2240665. Published online November 7, 2022
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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
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| In Sickness and Age: Changing Family Structures and Caregiving (Part 1) | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:19:47 | |
In this first episode of a two-part miniseries on caregiving, Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s senior editor of health and medicine, shares her personal experience with becoming a caregiver for her mother after her mom was diagnosed with a serious illness. Her journey inspired her to explore the broader challenges faced by caregivers. Lewis and her colleague Lauren J. Young, SciAm’s associate editor of health and medicine, reached out to listeners and investigated the stresses of caregiving, uncovering common experiences and insights. Lewis joins host Rachel Feltman to delve into the scope of the caregiving crisis.
This episode is part of “Health Equity Heroes,” an editorially independent special project that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Email us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!
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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was reported and co-hosted by Tanya Lewis. Lauren J. Young also contributed reporting. Marielle Issa, Emily Makowski, Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
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| Olympic Athletes Swim the Murky Seine, and Astronauts Are (Still) Stuck on the Space Station | 12 Aug 2024 | 00:09:35 | |
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris came to a close on Sunday—and swimmers swam the Seine as promised. The two astronauts sent to the International Space Station on a Boeing Starliner craft in June are still in limbo, with no set return flight. The EPA is acting quickly to suspend sales of products that contain the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate over safety concerns. Plus, we discuss a new theory of how the pyramids were built (and no, it doesn’t involve aliens).
Recommended reading:
Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cleaning-up-the-poop-polluted-seine-for-the-paris-olympics/
Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/egypts-famed-pyramids-overlooked-a-long-lost-branch-of-the-nile/
E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!
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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
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| Podcasts of the Year: What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery? | 20 Dec 2023 | 00:12:04 | |
We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the largest bird to ever fly the skies just flew to the top of the list.
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| Sheep's Face-Reading Skills Stand Out from the Flock | 08 Nov 2017 | 00:02:34 | |
With some training, sheep were able to select a celebrity's face over that of a stranger they'd never seen. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Nearby Exoplanets Invigorate the Search for E.T. | 07 Nov 2017 | 00:03:40 | |
SETI pioneer Jill Tarter and Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer talk about how the discovery of nearby exoplanets is inspiring new efforts to gain info about these galactic neighbors.
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| Bison Comeback Story Has a Bronx Accent | 04 Nov 2017 | 00:03:09 | |
On National Bison Day, a look at the role the Bronx played in reestablishing herds of bison on the American plains.
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| Mammoth Remains Seem Mostly Male | 03 Nov 2017 | 00:02:50 | |
In a sample of 98 woolly mammoth remains, researchers found that 70 percent were male—which suggests males were more likely to die accidentally. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Physics Phenomenon Reveals a Pyramid's Mystery | 02 Nov 2017 | 00:02:48 | |
Scientists used muons, a by-product of cosmic rays, to image the interior of the Great Pyramid—and found a previously unknown space inside. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| A Moth with a Potent Cocktail of Poison | 01 Nov 2017 | 00:03:39 | |
The wood tiger moth is the first species known in which fluids from various parts of the moth’s body each target a different type of predator. Jason Goldman reports.
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| Drought News Might Help Cut Water Waste | 27 Oct 2017 | 00:03:00 | |
As news coverage of California's most recent drought intensified, water use trends went down—suggesting news might inspire consumers to conserve. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Smog Casts a Shadow on China's Solar Farms | 25 Oct 2017 | 00:02:41 | |
The wintertime smog in China's northeastern provinces is so severe it blocks more than 20 percent of sunlight from reaching the region's solar panels. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Dogs Bow to Wolves as Cooperators | 24 Oct 2017 | 00:04:08 | |
Wolves appear to have better cooperation skills than dogs—unless the pups partner up with humans. Karen Hopkin reports.
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| California Gun Injuries Spike after Nevada Gun Shows | 23 Oct 2017 | 00:03:10 | |
Firearm deaths and injuries went up in California communities after gun shows in neighboring Nevada—but not after more strictly regulated California gun shows. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Are Orca Whales Friends or Foes? | 18 Dec 2023 | 00:16:05 | |
The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them
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| Mosquitoes to Other Flying Insects: Do You Even Generate Lift? | 20 Oct 2017 | 00:03:51 | |
Mosquitos stealthily float off us after filling up, by virtue of fast wingbeats that generate almost instant lift with only an imperceptible additional push from the legs.
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| Keep Your Wi-Fi off KRACK | 19 Oct 2017 | 00:03:11 | |
Up-to-date software, apps, browsers and router software offer the best protection against a potential flaw in wi-fi security called a key reinstallation attack, or KRACK.
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| Ships at Sea Stoke Lightning Strikes | 17 Oct 2017 | 00:04:02 | |
Exhaust 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 | 16 Oct 2017 | 00:04:04 | |
By 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 | 13 Oct 2017 | 00:04:20 | |
Jellyfish 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 | 12 Oct 2017 | 00:04:12 | |
Under 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 | 11 Oct 2017 | 00:03:24 | |
Black bears and cougars share the Vancouver countryside, but not happily.
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| Biometric Identifies You in a Heartbeat | 06 Oct 2017 | 00:03:01 | |
Like 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 | 05 Oct 2017 | 00:03:11 | |
The 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 | 04 Oct 2017 | 00:03:16 | |
The 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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| Turns Out Undersea Kelp Forests Are Crucial to Salmon | 15 Dec 2023 | 00:09:48 | |
The beloved fish that feed orcas and humans depend on kelp forests’ unique habitat.
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| Nobel in Physics for Detecting Gravitational Waves | 03 Oct 2017 | 00:04:10 | |
The 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 | 02 Oct 2017 | 00:03:28 | |
The 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 | 01 Oct 2017 | 00:03:58 | |
Submerged 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 | 29 Sep 2017 | 00:03:53 | |
A 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 | 28 Sep 2017 | 00:03:14 | |
The 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 | 27 Sep 2017 | 00:03:44 | |
Individuals 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 | 24 Sep 2017 | 00:03:28 | |
The frogs' calls are too high-pitched for the frog to detect, which may be an artifact of evolution. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Building a Better Mirror for Telescopes | 22 Sep 2017 | 00:03:15 | |
More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Galaxies Far, Far Away Send Us Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays | 21 Sep 2017 | 00:03:25 | |
A new study hints that the most energetic particles ever seen come from far beyond the Milky Way.
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| Springtime Now Arrives Earlier for Birds | 20 Sep 2017 | 00:04:01 | |
A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Julia Rosen reports.
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| Researchers Just Created the World's First Permafrost Atlas of the Entire Arctic | 13 Dec 2023 | 00:08:35 | |
The Arctic Permafrost Atlas, which took years to create, is both beautiful and sobering, given the pace of climate change.
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| Warming Puts Squeeze on Ancient Trees | 17 Sep 2017 | 00:03:48 | |
As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope. But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster-colonizing neighbors. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Rising CO2 Pushes Plants to Drink Sparingly | 16 Sep 2017 | 00:03:46 | |
As carbon dioxide levels rise, plants are sipping water more efficiently—which could come in handy in a drier future. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars | 12 Sep 2017 | 00:03:22 | |
Cannibalistic caterpillars prevent disease from decimating their populations by removing infected individuals. Emily Schwing reports.
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| Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump | 11 Sep 2017 | 00:03:18 | |
Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports.
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| Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities | 07 Sep 2017 | 00:03:40 | |
Smooth vertical surfaces like windows reflect sound waves away from bats—meaning bats can't "see" windows and similar obstacles with echolocation. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Wetlands Could Save Cities--and Money, Too | 06 Sep 2017 | 00:03:28 | |
Using insurance industry models, researchers determined that wetlands prevented some $625 million in damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Rabbit Relatives Reel from Climate Change | 02 Sep 2017 | 00:03:25 | |
Pikas, a hampster-size rabbit relative, have disappeared from a 64-square-mile plot in the northern Sierra Nevada—and climate change is a likely culprit. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Winking Star 6 Centuries Ago Explained | 01 Sep 2017 | 00:04:04 | |
A star that appeared and then vanished in A.D. 1437 was an explosion in a binary star system—which now reveals clues about the life cycle of certain stars. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Grazing Cattle Trim the Menu for Birds | 30 Aug 2017 | 00:03:57 | |
When cattle graze the desert's natural landscape, birds face changes in food availability—and some species are unable to adapt. Jason Goldman reports.
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| Climate Change Might Shrink Fish | 29 Aug 2017 | 00:02:50 | |
Warmer water boosts fishes' demand for oxygen—and their bodies may shrink in response. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| A New Type of Heart Disease is on the Rise | 11 Dec 2023 | 00:09:04 | |
Problems with the heart, kidneys and metabolic health are all connected
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| A Fruitful Experiment in Land Conservation | 25 Aug 2017 | 00:03:55 | |
In 1998 an orange juice maker dumped 12,000 tons of orange peels on degraded pastureland in Costa Rica—transforming it into vine-rich jungle. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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| Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses | 23 Aug 2017 | 00:03:02 | |
Astronomers Without Borders wants to share your used eclipse glasses with kids in other parts of the world for the 2019 total solar eclipse.
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