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The Friday Five: A Surprising Health Benefit for People Who Have Kids

The Friday Five: A Surprising Health Benefit for People Who Have Kids

FromMaking Sense of Science


The Friday Five: A Surprising Health Benefit for People Who Have Kids

FromMaking Sense of Science

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Friday Five covers five stories in research that you may have missed this week. There are plenty of controversies and troubling ethical issues in science – and we get into many of them in our online magazine – but this news roundup focuses on scientific creativity and progress to give you a therapeutic dose of inspiration headed into the weekend.Here are the promising studies covered in this week's Friday Five:- Kids stressing you out? They could be protecting your health.- A new device unlocks the heart's secrets- Super-ager gene transplants- Surgeons could 3D print your organs before operations- A skull cap looks into the brain like an fMRILeaps.org is a not-for-profit initiative that publishes award-winning journalism, popularizes scientific progress on social media, and hosts events about bioethics and the future of humanity. Visit the platform at www.leaps.org. Podcast host Matt Fuchs is editor-in-chief of Leaps.org.
Released:
Jan 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Making Sense of Science features interviews with leading medical and scientific experts about the latest developments in health innovation and the big ethical and social questions they raise. The podcast is hosted by journalist Matt Fuchs, editor of the award-winning science outlet Leaps.org.