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  UnexplainableA 150-year-old human

  Two scientists. A billion-dollar wager. One unanswered question: Is the first human who will live to 150 already alive? The technology to make that happen may already be in development. But if it works, there will be new, unsettling questions for humankind to answer.For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainableIt’s a great...

  Travis

  "Super fascinating. Especially the 2nd half of the episode when it talks about the implications on society of living an extra long life. "

  Travis

  "Super fascinating. Especially the 2nd half of the episode when it talks about the implications on society of living an extra long life. "
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  Lab NotesThe novelist and the scientist

  When neuroscientist Christina Kim published an important research study, her close friend, novelist Yaa Gyasi, wanted to understand more about her friend’s work, so she asked to shadow her in the lab. That experience eventually formed the basis for Gyasi’s moving novel about addiction and mental illness, Transcendent Kingdom....

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  Lab NotesSCANning for coronavirus

  In the winter of 2019, a series of storms dubbed “Snowpocalypse” dumped more than 20 inches of snow on the Seattle area, forcing the closure of schools and businesses. This weather-induced social-distancing caused flu cases to plummet. What researchers learned from these snowstorms helped prepare them for the coronavirus pandemic...

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  Lab NotesA face mask that detects coronavirus

  What if there were a face mask that could tell you you're infected with coronavirus before you ever show symptoms? In this episode we chat with Allen Distinguished Investigator Jim Collins from MIT and the Wyss Institute, about a wearable diagnostic that could help in the fight to trace and...

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  The APsolute RecAP: Biology EditionThe APsolute Recap: Biology Edition - Population Ecology

  Population ecology is the study of factors that affect a population and how and why a population changes over time. Individual organisms interact with one another and with the environment in very complex ways (1:40). Population growth dynamics depend on a number of factors (2:30) and may result in exponential...

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  Lab NotesFire Inside: The quest to understand & prevent rheumatoid arthritis

  In the early '80s, Linda Sloate was a 30-year old mom raising three little kids when she became one of an estimated 20 million people worldwide living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been a 40-year struggle filled with dozens of treatments and surgeries. Today there is new hope for...

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  Lab NotesStarved but unable to eat: Life with Crohn's

  Aldan Beaubien was in high school when a smorgasbord of bagels, cream cheese and apple juice left him in agony. Months later, doctors diagnosed him with Crohn's disease. Now an IT engineer at a research institute studying the disease, Aldan has new hope for better treatments or even a cure....

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  Lab NotesTaming the Beast

  When the first U.S. COVID-19 cases began arriving at the hospital, doctors nicknamed the illness "The Beast" because of the way it attacked the body. Dr. Ryan Padgett treated several patients before he himself became infected and nearly died. How can this beast be tamed? A team of researchers in...

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  The APsolute RecAP: Biology EditionThe APsolute Recap: Biology Edition - Carbohydrates

  Formed by autotrophs and disassembled by nearly all living things - carbohydrates are the primary source of chemical energy for the cell. The elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are generally found in a 1:2:1 ratio in a carbohydrate (1:00). Carbohydrates primary function is to serve as a cellular fuel as...