On today’s episode: If less is more, then why are we always adding more things? Robots! Made of cells! Ants get stressed about quarantine too.  All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: When asked to fix something, we don't even think of removing parts
• ARTICLE: Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots
• ARTICLE: Xenobots 2.0: These Living Robots Elf-Assemble From Frog Skin Cells
• ARTICLE: Ant responses to social isolation resemble those in humans

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On today’s episode: In an epic struggle between plants and insects, one agent has stolen genetic secrets from the other side! Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? Can you see music and taste words? You might have synesthesia! All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins
• ARTICLE: Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins
• ARTICLE: Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New research says no

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On today’s episode: New bacteria found on the international space station. Solar canals in California could solve multiple environmental problems simultaneously. Can you see a sunset in your mind? Don’t take it for granted, because not everyone can! All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: New strains of bacteria found on the international space station
• ARTICLE: New analysis shows potential for 'solar canals' in California
• ARTICLE: I ain't afraid of no ghosts: People with mind-blindness not so easily spooked
• VVIQ Questionnairre for aphantasia

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On today’s episode: A cleverly designed study digs into the effects of small doses of psychedelics. New climate models reveal that by 2100 we may not be eating deep fried oreos on ferris wheels anymore! And we explore the effects of shrinking arctic ice on the resilient underdogs of arctic ecosystems.  All that and more today on All Around Science...

• ARTICLE: Traces of psychedelics make you feel good, but so does placebo, finds unusual 'self-blinding' study
• ARTICLE: Northern hemisphere summers may last nearly half the year by 2100

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On today’s episode: People are driving less during the pandemic, but traffic fatalities are increasing. Some SARS COV 2 variants are figuring out how to dodge our immune response, and mRNA has been hogging the biological spotlight… let’s talk about tRNA... All that and more today on All Around Science...

• ARTICLE: U.S. Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2020, Even as People Stayed Off the Road
• ARTICLE: New Study of Coronavirus Variants Predicts Virus Evolving to Escape Current Vaccines, Treatments
• ARTICLE: Covid-19: Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials
• ARTICLE: Origin of Life: The chicken-and-egg problem

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On today’s episode: Under hundreds of meters of sediment, microbes are thriving thanks to radiation from space. Why were there so few dinosaurs?... Teenagers… Worried about the polar vortex? Wait until you hear about sudden stratospheric warming!  All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process
• ARTICLE: Did teenage 'tyrants' outcompete other dinosaurs?
• ARTICLE: On the sudden stratospheric warming and polar vortex of early 2021

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On today’s episode: Dreaming might be critical for learning to be scared of the right things. Earth’s water may have been locally sourced. And magnetic field reversals might be leading to mass extinctions!  All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: Sleep is vital to associating emotion with memory, study finds
• ARTICLE: The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth
• ARTICLE: A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contributed to mass extinctions

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On today’s episode: It’s tourism season at the red planet; China and UAE have successfully sent orbiters to Mars. Why do we care so much about water on Mars? The Perseverance rover is an incredible instrument of interplanetary science! All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission
• ARTICLE: Spectacular video released from China's first Mars mission - Spaceflight Now

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On today’s episode: Life on Venus? Mmmmmmaybe not. An AI learns to play the piano just by watching someone’s hands! Let’s talk about how bad your memory really is. All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: Scientific community on report of a strange chemical at Venus: Probably not
• ARTICLE: 'Audeo' teaches artificial intelligence to play piano

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On today’s episode: Cats love catnip, and mosquitoes hate it! How does COVID get into the brain? And we dig into what happens inside the brains of those suffering from addiction. All that and more today on All Around Science.

• ARTICLE: Why cats are crazy for catnip
• ARTICLE: COVID-19 virus enters the brain, research strongly suggests
• ARTICLE: Understanding Addiction | Harvard Health
• READING: The Neurobiology of Substance Use, Misuse, and Addiction

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