The Slightly Scientific Podcast The Slightly Scientific Podcast

AHHHHHH- wait, stop screaming! Here it is, my complete guide to one of the hardest topics in the GCSE Biology course.

Indulge, enjoy, and quench your thirst for revision with this 6 minute crash course taking you through everything you NEED TO KNOW about excretion and the kidney!

PS DYOR

Good luck!


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I think we have all wanted to know - Did that dirt you ate as a child build you a stronger immune system? Should you use antibiotics every time you get a bacterial infection?

As antibiotic use grows, we are seeing a rapid decline in the diversity of our microbiomes and a rapid increase in OBESITY, DIABETES, ALLERGIES, and AUTISM. WHAT even is a MICROBIOME? WHY is it so CRUCIAL to our HEALTH? Can we use POOP to cure our ‘modern plagues’? I believe this is going to be the challenge our generation faces.

In this episode, Oliver and Honor interview eminent scientist and author of 'Missing Microbes', Dr. Martin Blaser, MD leading the research on the microbiome and the drastic, real-world effects that antibiotics have been having on it.

To read more about The Invisible Extinction:

https://www.theinvisibleextinction.com/

For updates and questions, you can follow us on Twitter here:

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From fingerprints to footprints, from forensic strategies to crime scene realities, from our meeting on zoom to your living room, Ms Rebecca Flanagan, an ex-crime scene investigator for the West Midlands Police and now a lecturer in forensic science at the University of Wolverhampton, gives a rundown of what is like working in the field, in the lab, and in the community. If you have ever wondered 'What crime scenes actually look like?' or 'How to analyse DNA?' you've clicked on the right episode!

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes who helped produce this podcast including Finley, Matthew, and Honor. And of course, I must thank Ms Taylor for our everyday corridor conversations and all the time she puts into helping us with the show.



You can follow Ms Flanagan on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/RealCSI_WLV_Uni



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In this episode, Oliver, Honor and Finley interview Dr Jemeen Sreedharan, a neurologist at King's College London who specialises in neurodegenerative diseases. In the interview, Dr Jemeen Sreedharan breaks down the complicated inner workings of motor neurone disease and explains the negative effect that the protein TDP-43 can cause.

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes who helped produce this podcast. Thank you to Raya, Charlotte, Emma and Matthew for all of their hard work researching the topic. Lastly, I would like to give a massive thank you to Miss Taylor for all of her continuous support.


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In this exciting new start to the second year of the podcast, Oliver, Raya and Finley interview Mark Webb, an influencer with multiple sclerosis who is trying to change the way people think about the disabled community and disabilities. Mark Webb explains what it is like living with multiple sclerosis as well as how it exactly works and how people deal with it. He currently works at shift.ms, a charity focussed on connecting people with multiple sclerosis to help spread awareness of the disease and to help people make sense of it.

Thank you to everyone behind the scenes who helped produce this podcast. Thank you to Honor, Charlotte, Emma and Matthew for all of their hard work researching the topic and to Raya for organising the interview. Lastly, thank you to Miss Taylor for all of her continuous support.

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In this episode Oliver, Finley and Stacy interview Dr. Stephen McCarthy who has been researching how to make painkillers from peptides found in spider venom. Dr. Stephen McCarthy explains what pain is, how you feel it and his research on a peptide called Protoxin-II. They also learn how painkillers are trialed and tested.

For updates and questions, you can follow us on Twitter here:

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Our website:

slightlyscientific.co.uk 


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