EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #17

Hold on to your seats, because the EUSci podcast has a whole new format! We think you will like it, as it means less confusion about who is speaking and more of the two things that are essential: science, and puns. This week, our host Edward Duca guides us as we discuss underwater lasers, the relationship between Google and ecosystem collapse, the origin of allergies, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the newly minted number of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspapers over the past couple of weeks.

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What's in today's show:-



News:

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  Treating Heroin Addiction with Heroin Seems Viable


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  Laser Plane Tested for Real


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  Placebos Getting MORE Effective


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  Playing Tetris can Change your Brain


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  Super Mighty Velcro!

Correspondent Reports:

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  Underwater Laser Acoustics


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  Google Algorithm Predicts Ecosystem Collapse


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  'Hygiene Hypothesis' for Allergies Questioned

Feature:

Jess Smith interviews Baba Brinkman, creator and performer of The Rap Guide to Evolution.

EU-What?!

• Here's a story that you can really sink your teeth into: Biscuits can be dangerous. So says the Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation.

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