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    Wind Blown Microbes

    • Episode 948 • Release 218

    Certain times of the year, we hear about Saharan dust reaching the US from Africa, carried by high atmospheric winds. And now a new study tells us something more worrying can be carried great distances by the wind: disease causing microbes.

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    What Pregnancy Does to the Brain

    • Episode 947 • Release 218

    To understand changes in the brain during pregnancy, a neuroscientist chose to be regularly scanned with an MRI throughout her pregnancy. Dr. Elizabeth Chrastil, who co-authored a study of the findings was scanned three weeks before conceiving, during pregnancy, and for two years after her son was born in 2020.

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    Painting Could Be Risky

    • Episode 946 • Release 217

    When chemists analyzed the paint used in a masterpiece painting from four centuries ago, they found a list of toxic ingredients. The massive masterpiece displayed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is The Night Watch which measures 12 by 15 feet.

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    Brain Scanning Shows That Gender and Sex Are Different

    • Episode 945 • Release 217

    Even though as a society, we debate how to treat a person's sex and gender, research suggests the two use distinct communication networks in the brain. Sex divides us into male and female groups based on our biology such as sex organs and genetics. Gender though is based on culture and society.

  • mosquito biting human

    Not Another One

    • Episode 944 • Release 217

    Most likely, you've never heard of the sloth virus. It's also called the Oropouche Virus, and more than 20 cases were recently found for the first time in the US.

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