logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2021
5m 13s

Night Flights Are No Sweat for Tropical ...

Scientific American
About this episode

New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up next
Yesterday
Why Do We Sing? Musicologists and Neuroscientists Seek an Answer
Last year Science Quickly looked across disciplines to piece apart the science of singing. To understand why humans sing, musicologists collaborated on an international study of folk music. To understand how we sing, neuroscientists differentiated how our brain processes speech a ... Show More
24m 49s
Jul 9
What Does an Ailing Coral Reef Sound Like?
Sick coral reefs are visually striking—bleached and lifeless, far from the vibrancy we’ve come to expect. But what does an unhealthy coral system sound like? In this rerun, conservation bioacoustics researcher Isla Keesje Davidson tells Science Quickly all about the changing soun ... Show More
16m 51s
Jul 7
An Astronaut Shares His Passion for Space Photography—Live, from the ISS Cupola
Ten months ago Science Quickly made space history by conducting the first-ever live interview from the cupola of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Matthew Dominick spoke with Rachel Feltman about his work on the ISS and the stunning space photography that first cau ... Show More
17m 35s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2021
The power of night
Lucy Cooke meets some of the animal kingdom’s nocturnal inhabitants to understand why it pays to stir once the sun goes down.She examines some of the extraordinary nocturnal adaptations from the largest group of mammals, the bats, to the mysterious long fingered lemur, the Aye Ay ... Show More
27m 26s
Apr 2023
Are You a Night Owl?
Here are the words we talk about in this episode! For a more systematic learning experience, please visit us at https://talktomeinkorean.com 감사합니다! 밤 밤하늘 밤바다 밤거리 밤바람 밤을 새우다 밤 새다 올빼미 올빼미족 Korean Verbs with Multiple Meanings: https://bit.ly/3HpyTtJ 심야 야간 심야 영화 심야 데이트 야간 데이트 야간 열차 야 ... Show More
16m 42s
Nov 2023
Good Night, Two Night Catching Rabbits🐰
🐰 Little White Rabbit & Little Black Rabbit tried to catch the NIGHT! They used sacks, pits, even balloons filled with darkness! 😂 😴 After a tiring night, they gave in to sleep. Remember this epic adventure next time it's too dark to snooze! 🌌 Good night, night-catching heroe ... Show More
8m 29s
Jun 2024
Dark matter and dark energy: mapping the dark universe
This week on The Naked Scientists, we are looking at attempts to map the dark universe. As the new space telescope Euclid seeks to unlock the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, we ask why their secrets have eluded us for so long... Like this podcast? Please help us by supp ... Show More
31m 38s
May 2020
BrainStuff Classics: How Does Night Vision Work?
Sure, night vision looks cool in the movies - but what is it, exactly? Learn how can a scope or a pair of goggles help you see in near-absolute darkness in this classic episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.c ... Show More
3m 48s
May 2024
The luminous mystery of fireflies | Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh
There are more than 2,000 firefly species, found on every continent except for Antarctica — an astonishing diversity of movement and light. Firefly scientist Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh explores the mysteries of these little beetles that light up the night and details her quest to di ... Show More
13m 18s