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🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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0:00.0 | Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in. |
0:05.8 | Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years. |
0:11.0 | Yachtold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program. |
0:20.1 | To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co. |
0:22.6 | .jp. That's Y-A-K-U-Lt.c-O.jp. When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacolt. |
0:31.6 | The night skies have fascinated humans for as long as we've been around. |
0:42.3 | Celestial bodies have become actors in our myths and folklore. |
0:47.3 | And from the stars and heavens, we draw inspiration and even religion. |
0:51.3 | But the night skies have also taught us how to keep time and coordinate our days and seasons. |
0:57.0 | We have long used the night skies to live our lives more predictably and make our way through the world more purposefully. |
1:04.0 | But we're not the only ones. |
1:09.0 | I'm Jacob Job and you're listening to Scientific Americans Science Quickly. |
1:14.2 | Today, part four of our five-part series on the Nighttime Bird Surveillance Network, |
1:19.2 | an informal but important global audio dragnet that tracks some of the billions of migratory birds |
1:25.0 | as they fly through the night. |
1:26.8 | If you're lucky, and it's a clear night and the moon is illuminated, |
1:30.3 | there are so many birds migrating on average on these nights that |
1:34.3 | if you use a telescope and look at the moon for a few minutes, |
1:38.3 | you're likely to see a bird high overhead flying and silhouetted it in front of the face of the moon. |
1:43.3 | Seeing birds fly in front of the moon or hearing the calls from above, |
1:48.0 | I found really thrilling because it felt like I was tapping into this vast, |
1:53.0 | mysterious pulse of the planet phenomenon that was just so much bigger than me. |
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