Episodes of 'Science AF Shorts'

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Common Nonsense: Empathy is back!

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into a report that empathy is on the rise in America and maybe everything isn't as bad as everyone thinks.

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31s
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Carbon, Sucker!

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) finds hope in news of a giant scrubber plant designed to pull carbon out of the air!

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49s
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Plastic Balls

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) reports on the finding that micro-plastics have been found in most human organs, including most human testicles.

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38s
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Ferret Clones!

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into an effort to save the endangered black-footed ferret through cloning.

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49s
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Cocaine Sharks!

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into the finding that most sharks are amped up on uppers, and the fact that there's just cocaine everywhere.

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1m
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Apiary Technology!

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks at a new, very resilient robotic bee, as well as a new vaccine for honeybees!

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2m, 49s
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Space Madness: How do you weigh a Galaxy?

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) takes a close look into Uranus, and then check in on the difficult problem of how to weigh the heaviest things in existence,...

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1m, 6s
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Cognitive Economics

Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into the shocking new study that indicates that ultra-rich people score lower in average cognitive ability than us poo...

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42s
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Mammoth Meatballs!

An Australian company has produced lab-grown mammoth meat. What will happen when they eat it? Will they die? Turn into mammoths? No one knows!

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50s
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Gyno-Electro-Mechanical Systems!

The new "Vagina-on-a-microchip" is designed to mimic the human vaginal microbiome, as a way to test new drugs and chemicals without any cruelty to rea...

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Common Nonsense: Lensa Portrait App and The Inevitability of A.I.

Lensa is a Portrait Painting App that uses Artificial Intelligence and has sparked a fierce debate about whether it is stealing copyrighted work. It i...

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Space Madness: The Closest Black Hole

Astronomers have discovered the closest yet black hole to Earth at about 1600 lightyears away, so when you look at it, you're not looking at light tha...

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