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Episode 76: October 2021

In this episode, we hear about the ways that junk food affects monkeys, grey hair, empathetic rats, using smart phones to fight COVID-19, and how the slave trade spread disease.
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Episode 76: October 2021
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Chapters

  1. 0:36
    Smart phones
    Mobile phones could be used to test for COVID-19
    This chapter is based on the following content
  2. 6:49
    Does stress turn your hair grey?
    Adverse events can lead to a temporary change in the colour of your hair
    This chapter is based on the following content
  3. 13:44
    Feeding inflammation
    Junk food causes continuous inflammation and bad behaviour in monkeys
    This chapter is based on the following content
  4. 18:58
    Empathetic rodents
    Rats tend to help members of their own social group over strangers
    This chapter is based on the following content
  5. 25:24
    How the slave trade spread viruses
    The transatlantic slave trade introduced dangerous human pathogens into Mexico
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Axel A Guzmán-Solís, Viridiana Villa-Islas ... María C Ávila Arcos
    • Insight by Ville N Pimenoff, Charlotte J Houldcroft

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