Science has answers to all the whys, sometimes it´s just hard to find them. Or find someone who will explain them to you. Fear not! Raul is the smart one, Agata a bit less, but together they will make sure that you get why the sea is salty or airplanes can fly. Join us on our very new podcast with the right amount of smart and a bit too much of funny.
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Science has answers to all the whys, sometimes it´s just hard to find them. Or find someone who will explain them to you. Fear not! Raul is the smart one, Agata a bit less, but together they will make sure that you get why the sea is salty or airplanes can fly. Join us on our very new podcast with the right amount of smart and a bit too much of funny.
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March 3, 2022
#21 Why HIV could be cured
<p>HIV caused panic in the 80s, but nowadays one can have a perfectly normal life with HIV, enjoy safe sex, and have healthy children. But lately a new treatment has revealed that HIV can be erased from the body. Listen to this episode to learn how it is possible! -- Sources: About HIV. CDC (2021) / Kumar Gupta et al. (2020): Evidence for HIV-1 cure[...]: a case report. The Lancet / Michelle Roberts (2020): Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors. BBC / HIV: First woman in world believed to be cured of virus. BBC (2022)</p>
February 22, 2022
#20 Why pregnancy will not be necessary
Pregnancy is not a piece of cake. It can be hard and full of complications, and your baby can face a tough time, too, when you least expect it. So many things can go wrong that science has to do something about it. On this episode we discuss the future of pregnancy and a new technology to help premature babies to survive. -- Sources: Jenny Kleeman (2020): ‘Parents can look at their foetus in real time’: are artificial wombs the future? The Guardian / Is this the future of human birth? BBC (2022)
February 7, 2022
#19 Why rocket science is not rocket science
Rocket science and brain surgery are among the most difficult professions, so people working in them must be super intelligent, or are they? Find out why you (yeah, you!) could be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon if you wanted to! -- Sources: Inga Usher et al. (2021): “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery”—“It’s a walk in the park”: prospective comparative study.” British Medical Journal / Giovanni Sala, Alexander P. Burgoyne, et al.(2017):"Checking the “Academic Selection” argument. Chess players outperform non-chess players in cognitive skills related to intelligence: A meta-analysis." Intelligence.
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