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This week on the show: New research from Germany suggests that letting people choose whether or not to vaccinate may ultimately improve the overal...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Get ready to roll up that sleeve again, because early data makes a clear case for a 3rd injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech va...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Have you ever seen a video of someone floating, just like in space, except it looks like they're inside an airplane? Well,...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Among those who haven't vaccinated (but also among some who have), there's a real fear that COVID-19 vaccines could have s...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Will mutations change our vaccination strategy? Also, a controversial step in the fight against Alzheimer's, and how to tel...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: If you don't vaccinate, you will get COVID-19 at some point. That's a fact. There's also the social argument. But a lot of ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: What is "black fungus," and how is it related to COVID-19? What are the arguments for — or against — vaccinating pregnant w...

  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Have an ear for birdsong? Neither do we. But with a couple clues (and a digital tool), we think you can solve our bird quiz...

  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: The more people who vaccinate, the quicker life goes back to normal. But is there a (proven) way to convince the "on the fe...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: From a risk/reward standpoint, does it make sense to fly to another country to get vaccinated there? Also, is it OK to brea...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Who owns space? - We dive deep into outer space. Who owns space? Who owns mineral resources and water? The race is on — i...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
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This week on the show: If you’ve happened to hear about an asthma medication that will ameliorate or perhaps prevent COVID-19, think twice before ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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Health care in America has always run at a high cost. In Utah, hospitals are taking action to make pharmaceuticals affordable for all.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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This week on the show: Just how high are the number of COVID-19 infections that happen inside compared to outside? So high that aerosol experts ar...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: What is going wrong in the minds of conspiracy theorists when they end up jumping to false conclusions? Also, why are peopl...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: After months of lockdown and a few weeks of reprieve, Germany's heading right back into what might be the hardest lockdown ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Have people really gained more weight during the pandemic? How did brain researchers predict stock movements (or, by extens...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Are there COVID-19 vaccines that don't require a needle? How, exactly, do feelings of boredom affect the spread of the coro...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Efficacy, side effects, dosage, intervals: It seems like every day we're bombarded with new information about COVID-19 vac...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Are parents planning to vaccinate their kids? And are there any reasons not to? Also, a study reaches the strange conclusi...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Of all the COVID-19 vaccines out there, do any work well against the B.1.351 variant that's spread around the globe? And wh...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: At this point in the pandemic, shouldn't we be able to stop the spread of COVID-19 inside nursing homes? And for those of y...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Remember those jokes about "2020 vision"? Well a new study suggests that stay-at-home measures during that year may have ca...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: As Germany doubles down on the lockdown, new data suggests vaccines will keep us all safe for a long, long time. But even a...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: In late January 2020, a doctor in Munich made a startling discovery about COVID-19 with major implications. It ended up be...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 30:00