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Episode 471. Topic: Medical response dogs. Theme: Working animals.
What else can dogs be trained to do? How can dogs alert someone to allergens in food or medicines? Can a dog detect low blood sugar in a human? Can they detect oncoming seizures? What are the benefits and limits to medical response dogs?
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Episode 470. Topic: Guide dogs. Theme: Working animals.
How old is the use of guide dogs for the visually impaired? How is training performed today? How expensive are guide dogs? How long do they work?
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Episode 469. Investigating myself. Topic: Fanconi anemia.
What is anemia and what causes it? What is Fanconi anemia? How common is this condition and how is is treated? Can you find out if you carry this disease on a common commercial genetic test? What about the 18 other genes involved?
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Episode 468. Topic: Antimatter. Theme: Atomic physics.
Is an up quark the antiparticle of the down quark? What are antiprotons? What is antihelium? What happens when matter and antimatter meet? Where is all the antimatter anyway?
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Episode 467. Topic: Subatomic particles. Theme: Atomic physics.
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons made from? What are subatomic particles or elementary particles? How are they described? How do they form matter? How were they discovered? Do they answer all questions about the universe?
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Episode 466. Topic: Radioactive decay. Theme: Atomic physics.
What is radioactive decay? What are alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays? What are examples of these decay types? Which is the most dangerous?
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Episode 465. Topic: Radiocarbon dating. Theme: Atomic physics.
What are isotopes? What are the common isotopes of carbon and how do they form? How is carbon-14 used to date organic material? What are the limits to radiocarbon dating? How are billion-year-old objects dated?
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Episode 464. Topic: Discovering atoms. Theme: Atomic physics.
What are elements and how are they defined? What are atoms? How was the atom discovered? How did scientists uncover the basic structure of the atom? How were neutrons discovered?
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Episode 463. Investigating myself. Topic: Ataxia–telangiectasia.
Is all DNA damage bad? What does ATM do? What happens when both copies of ATM are mutated? What is Ataxia? What is telangiectasia? What are the symptoms and treatments for this genetic disease? Why is it not routinely screened for in commercial tests?
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Episode 462. Topic: Halloween. Theme: Holiday Origins.
What are the origins of Halloween? Is it Christian or pagan in origin? How is it celebrated around the world? How are turnips involved?
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