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On today’s episode: A breakthrough in our understanding of preeclampsia! And we celebrate the weird fringes of science by looking at this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes. All that and more today on All Around Science...
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In major breakthrough, Western, Brown researchers close in on preeclampsia cure Ig Nobel Prizes
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On today’s episode: Spicy foods might be more dangerous than we thought. And what happens when a parasite messes with the wrong organism? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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The room-temperature superconductor that wasn’t Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods FEATURE SOURCES https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36070203/
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36070203/
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000821
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0351_article
Australian woman found with python parasite in her brain
A world without parasites: exploring the hidden ecology of infection - PMC.
https://www.britannica.com/science/parasitic-disease/Parasite-life-cycles

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On today’s episode: Do opposites attract, or do birds of a feather flock together? Today we study our enemy… the fly… All that and more today on All Around Science...
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News flash: Opposites don't actually attract | CU Boulder Today Correlations between human mating partners: a comprehensive meta-analysis of 22 traits and raw data analysis of 133 traits in the UK Biobank How do flies find every stinky garbage dumpster? A biologist explains their sensory superpower From how far can flies smell food?
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On today’s episode: Apparently scientists have finally finished sequencing the human genome! Finally, for the fourth time. And speaking of hot research from the 90s…what’s up with stem cells lately? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Students built a little baby satellite with space brakes that can help it deorbit without expensive rockets or complex machinery Scientists solve the genetic puzzle of sex-related Y chromosome
Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Cell Therapy—Promise and Challenges
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359644618301405
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/144/11/1923/47944/Human-embryo-research-and-the-14-day-rule
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On today’s episode: AI unlocked the world for a woman who hasn’t spoken for 18 years. How does caffeine work? And why doesn’t it seem to work for everyone? All that and more today on All Around Science...
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How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back | UC San Francisco Sleep pressure; is this why we crash? 
Why Caffeine Affects People Differently | Discover
Why does coffee make me tired? | Medical News Today

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On today’s episode: More evidence that Mars was a great place for life to maybe happen… maybe… Nostalgia hurts, feels good, and could help make you a better person. All that and more today on All Around Science...
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Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/17/12/1131/6585517#384170666
https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/nostalgia#:~:text=Nostalgia%20by%20motivating%20us%20to,the%20road%20in%20the%20future.
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https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/nostalgia-cowbells-meaning-life
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-09150-001

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