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Recent Paper Decent Puzzle
by Dan Riskin
Recent Paper Decent Puzzle is a podcast with two parts: First, I pick apart a recent scientific journal article in enough detail that a non-expert listener would be able to speak intelligently about it. Then I present a decent puzzle, so the listener has something fun to work on until the answer is announced in the next episode.
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Eyes Before Flippers
A recent paper about how eyes got creatures onto land, and a puzzle about a disease called Stinky Stink. Note: This will be our last episode of the season - see you in September! (music: Bensound)
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Amazon: Floodplains and Uplands
Guest host Shelby Riskin: A recent paper about forests in the Amazon and how they dry out, and puzzle about finding phosphorus. Music: Bensound
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Kangaroo Rats Keep Their Cool
A recent paper about kangaroo rats staying stealthy around heat-seeking rattlesnakes, and a decent puzzle about cereal boxes Music: Bensound
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Flying Mosquitoes
A recent paper about mosquito flight that might even make you stop hating them for a second, and a decent puzzle about a martini. Music by Bensound
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Laughing Parrots
A recent paper about why laugh tracks would be good for parrot sitcoms, and a decent puzzle about a pentagon. music: Bensound
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Neanderthals With Food In Their Teeth
A recent paper about Neanderthal dental hygiene, and a puzzle comparing American coffee consumption to the flow of the Thames. Music: Bensound
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Beetles Pretending to be Ants
A recent paper about beetles pretending to be ants, and a romantic puzzle about Andy and Maria. music: bensound.com
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"I'm not left-handed either!"
A recent paper about left/right handedness in fish, of all things, and a decent puzzle about ten gloves. Music: Bensound
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Can Dark Feathers Protect Birds from Pollution?
A recent paper about how birds deal with heavy metal pollution, and a decent puzzle about two trees. Music: Bensound
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Why do Seals have Whiskers?
A recent paper about why harbour seals have whiskers, and a decent puzzle about your cow's new shed. Music: Bensound
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Madagascar's Most Mysterious Bat
A recent paper on the mystery of Madagascar's male microbats, and a decent puzzle about a cow, some grass, and a shed. Music: Bensound
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Does Seeing the Poor Make People More Generous?
A recent paper showing that exposure to the poor makes people less supportive of them, and a decent puzzle about birthdays. Music by bensound
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Surprisingly Popular!
A surprisingly popular paper about harnessing wisdom from crowds, and a decent puzzle about rolling a six. Music: Bensound.
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Fish Can Take a Vote Without Counting
A recent paper about fish schools democratically choosing where to go, and a decent puzzle about the province of Saskatchewan. Music: Bensound
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Cockroaches Divide Without Counting
A recent paper about how cockroaches can evenly share two hiding places without counting, and a puzzle about nails and string. Music: Bensound
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The Devil Drinks with its Skin
A recent paper about Australian lizards that use the cracks in their skin as drinking straws to their mouths. Also, a four-ball puzzle. Music: Bensound.com
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Balls Under Water
A recent paper about why buoyant balls held just under the surface launch further out of the water than those from deeper down. Also, a five-ball puzzle. Music by Bensound.com
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Bats and Wind Turbines
A recent paper about wind turbines killing bats, and a decent puzzle about what it's like at the tip of a turbine blade. Sound by Bensound.com
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Diving Birds Don't Break Their Necks
A recent paper about seabirds plunge-diving without breaking their necks, and a puzzle about throwing a baseball at the water. Music by Bensound.com
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Neurohacking Dogs
A recent paper about why drugs given to your dog can show up in your body, and a puzzle about clay and paint. Music: bensound.com
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Inevitability of Death
A recent paper deflating your hopes of living forever, and a puzzle about a tall building. music: bensound.com
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Sex to Die For
A recent paper about spiders that automatically die after sex, and a puzzle about a rectangular moat. music: bensound.com
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Stick it to the Man by Eating Well.mp3
A recent paper about making teens think differently about eating choices, and a decent puzzle about bats, cats, and rats. music: bensound.com
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Ten things you didn't know about Rosetta
Dan takes a break from making a TV show about Rosetta to tell us 10 things about Rosetta we might not know. Also, a cometary puzzle. Music: Bensound.com
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Nerds, Birds, and Convergent Evolution
A recent paper about birds that get worse at flying when they move to islands, and a decent puzzle about balls in a bucket. Music: Bensound.com
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The Botfly
My friend Sherri lets us listen in while she has a botfly removed from her ankle. Also, there's a puzzle about a five-pointed star. music: bensound.com
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I Scream You Scream
We announce the final results of our citizen science experiment about ice cream, some puzzle answers, and an Indiana Jones-themed Puzzle. music: bensound.com
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Please Eat Ice Cream for Science
We're doing an experiment this summer, and want your data. Music: bensound.com
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A Hurricane's Name makes it Deadlier
A recent paper about how a hurricane's name can determine how many people it kills, and a puzzle about a long rope. Music: bensound.com
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Mice from Hell
A recent paper about mice on Gough Island, and a coin-tossing game that will shatter your understanding of probabilities. music: www.bensound.com
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Carnivorous Bats
A recent paper about carnivorous bats, and a puzzle about a cube you break in the desert. music: www.bensound.com
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City Lizard, Country Lizard
A recent paper about lizard evolution, and a puzzle about edgy dice. music: www.bensound.com
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A Solar System with Rhythm
A recent paper about a solar system that's in sync, and a puzzle about a year in space. music: bensound.com
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Air Rage and Class Warfare
A recent paper about how the mere sight of first class sends people in economy into fits of rage, and a puzzle about cutting a post. music: bensound.com
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Adapting to Chernobyl
A recent paper about whether animals are adapting in Chernobyl and a decent puzzle about the corners of a cube. music: bensound.com
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Long-necked Dinos
A recent paper about dinosaur necks, and a decent puzzle about rolling dice. music: bensound.com
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Bats are Springs with Wings
A recent paper about bat flapping, and a decent puzzle about hollow cubes. music: bensound.com
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This Mite be a Little Fast
Out of the way, cheetah. A mite is the world's new fastest animal. Believe it. Music: bensound.com
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Kick-ass Birds
A recent paper about birds that kick venomous snakes in the face, and a puzzle about a very big chessboard. Music: bensound.com
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Gravitational Waves
A recent paper announcing that gravitational waves are real, and a decent puzzle about your $100,000 inheritance. Music: bensound.com
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New 9th Planet
Episode 1: A recent paper suggesting that there's a huge 9th planet out there past Pluto, and a decent puzzle about three coins. Music: www.bensound.com
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Recent Paper Decent Puzzle is a podcast with two parts: First, I pick apart a recent scientific journal article in enough detail that a non-expert listener would be able to speak intelligently about it. Then I present a decent puzzle, so the listener has something fun to work on until the answer is announced in the next episode.
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Dan Riskin
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