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[BONUS] A shark’s ‘jelly-filled canals’ and deadly cyanide in clovers: Tiny Show and Tell Us #8

October 9, 2024— The Ampullae of Lorenzini allow sharks to detect their prey and cyanide is a surprisingly popular poison in the plant kingdom. READ MORE »

Vaping vs. smoking: What does decades of research tell us?

October 2, 2024— E-cigarettes or “vapes” were invented in the early 2000s to help people quit smoking. But are they safer? READ MORE »

[BONUS] How the moon causes tides and ancient viruses lurking in your DNA: Tiny Show and Tell Us #7

September 25, 2024— The complicated science of tides and how ancient viral DNA is making cancer harder to treat. READ MORE »

Extinction: Rethinking the dodo's demise, and could a supervolcano threaten humanity's future?

September 18, 2024— Debunking the dodo’s demise and exploring the future threat of supervolcanoes. READ MORE »

[BONUS] We think your dog loves you and an intriguing molecule hitches a ride on space dust: Tiny Show and Tell Us #6

September 11, 2024— What fMRI studies tell us about our dogs’ brains and a space polymer that could have been key to life on Earth. READ MORE »

From ‘punch drunk’ to today, how this devastating disease is finally being taken seriously

September 4, 2024— CTE is a neurodegenerative disease long known to exist but, until more recently, poorly defined and even ignored. READ MORE »

[BONUS] Cleaning up brain junk while you sleep and new neurons from exercise: Tiny Show and Tell Us #5

August 28, 2024— The link between exercise and neurogenesis and the role cerebrospinal fluid plays in cleaning up your brain. READ MORE »

Pig hearts in people: Xenotransplantation's long history, current promise, and the ethical use of brain-dead people in research

August 21, 2024— Xenotransplantation has the potential of saving millions of lives each year. READ MORE »

[BONUS] 1930s (inebriated) chemist poetry and a new organelle: Tiny Show and Tell Us #4

August 14, 2024— Scientists have discovered a new organelle and a listener wrote in with some highly entertaining chemistry poetry from the 1930s. READ MORE »

Could most of our food, medication, and clothing come from...bacteria?

August 7, 2024— Precision fermentation is being used to produce everyday products including collagens in lotion, insulin, and dairy-free milk. READ MORE »

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