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How Earth’s rotation could predict giant quakes, gene therapy’s new hope, and how carbon monoxide helps deep-diving seals
How Earth’s rotation could predict giant quakes, gene therapy’s new hope, and how carbon monoxide helps deep-diving seals
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
This week we hear stories on how the sloshing of Earth’s core may spike major earthquakes, carbon monoxide’s role in keeping deep diving elephant seals oxygenated, and a festival celebrating heavily researched yet completely nonsensical theories with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi interviews staff writer Jocelyn Kaiser about the status of gene therapy, including a newly tested gene-delivering virus that may give scientists a new way to treat devastating spinal and brain diseases.
Listen to previous podcasts.
[Image: Robert Schwemmer, CINMS, NOAA; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Sarah Crespi interviews staff writer Jocelyn Kaiser about the status of gene therapy, including a newly tested gene-delivering virus that may give scientists a new way to treat devastating spinal and brain diseases.
Listen to previous podcasts.
[Image: Robert Schwemmer, CINMS, NOAA; Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Released:
Nov 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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