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world of weird things podcast: fighting the covid bulge with science
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world of weird things podcast: fighting the covid bulge with science

The COVID 20 is the new Freshman 15, and snake oil salespeople are out in full force to cash in as people try to shed some weight and get active again.

what’s wrong with right to try laws
# science

what’s wrong with right to try laws

Giving terminally ill patients a chance to try experimental drugs also means protecting them from scammers.

when scientific ignorance turns deadly for everyone, literally
# science

when scientific ignorance turns deadly for everyone, literally

Years of constant nagging about growing antibiotic resistance and its dire consequences, the public and industry still act as if they're blissfully unaware and are overusing antibiotics at an alarming rate.

does evolution slack off in the bedroom?
# sex

does evolution slack off in the bedroom?

A widely covered study alleges that humans lost the penile bone and a certain measure of endurance in mating. But that finding seems to be at odds with other studies.

what plague doctors can teach us about doing science
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what plague doctors can teach us about doing science

Plague doctors have been wrongly put in the pantheon of quacks. In reality, they created the biohazard suit as we know it.

how not to get facts get in the way of righteously angry clickbait
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how not to get facts get in the way of righteously angry clickbait

Clickbait punditry is selling a story about a study into male birth control whose participants wimped out. But that's not at all what happened...

the city of berkley wants you to fear your smartphone
# tech

the city of berkley wants you to fear your smartphone

The City of Berkley took on science and the science lost because it was represented by a trade group that argued about free speech rights instead.

why there’s still a clear line between organ donation and organ harvesting
# science

why there’s still a clear line between organ donation and organ harvesting

Technology that can keep organs preserved and functioning outside a body are raising some thorny moral questions for ethicists.

when science, technology, and money clash
# tech

when science, technology, and money clash

Why is Theranos so secretive about its technology? It may be because it has no incentive to disclose its methods...

wiring your brain the painless and easy way
# tech

wiring your brain the painless and easy way

Researchers test a neural mesh that envelops the brain in electrodes without invasive, complex surgery in an exciting step forward in human-machine interfaces.

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