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Episode 56: April 2019

In this episode, we hear about multipartite viruses, brain maps of people without hands, measles vaccinations, reproducible science, and how to spot premature babies.
Episode 56: April 2019
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Chapters

  1. 0:38
    How the brain deals with a missing hand
    The brains of people who have lost a hand and those who were born without one are wired differently.
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    • Research Advance by Daan B Wesselink, Fiona MZ van den Heiligenberg ... Tamar R Makin
  2. 7:21
    Measles vaccination campaigns work
    Measles vaccination campaigns have saved the lives of about 50,000 Indian children in three years.
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  3. 14:19
    Spotting premature babies
    Lack of prenatal care can make it hard to detect babies born too early, but a blood test may be changing this.
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  4. 20:53
    The Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative
    Brazilian scientists are planning to test the reproducibility of the science done in their country.
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  5. 25:21
    The mystery of multipartite viruses
    How do viruses that split their genetic information between several viral particles reproduce?
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    • Short Report by Anne Sicard, Elodie Pirolles ... Stéphane Blanc