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Finally, we find out who is unbeatable, unhateable, and unbreakable in the final five episodes of Battle Camp Season One. Host Chris Burns is joined by the multi-talented comedian Dana Moon to relive the cockroach mac & cheese, Trey’s drag debut, and the final wheel spin. The Season One Winner joins Chris to debrief on strategy and dish on game play. Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/WeHaveTheReceipts Text us at (929) 487-3621 DM Chris @FatCarrieBradshaw on Instagram Follow We Have The Receipts wherever you listen, so you never miss an episode. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.…

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80% of diseases are impacted by environment or lifestyle described as your exposome. Thomas Hartung expects information from studying the exposome will bring benefits on par with those brought by studying the human genome.

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Your exposome, Kavli awards and more improbable research

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Lab Notes: The plight of the southern right whales 13:46

2 days ago13:46

13:46

Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) were named by whalers because their high oil content made them the "right" ones to kill. In the decades since whaling was banned, southern right numbers increased — but a new study shows that population growth stalled, and might've dropped a bit, despite current numbers still far below what they were in pre-whaling times. So what's going on with the southern rights?…

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Aging halted in fruit flies. How about humans? 53:02

5 days ago53:02

53:02

David Walker at UCLA says he can halt aging in fruit flies. Can the same concepts be applied to humans? And two tertiary students and an artist describe combining science and artistic pursuits.

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Lab Notes: Why one man let deadly snakes bite him 200 times 14:05

9 days ago14:05

14:05

Cobras, taipans, black mambas — Tim Friede's been intentionally bitten more than 200 times by some of the most venomous snakes on Earth. And he survived, mostly because years of self-injecting venom let him develop immunity to them. (Please do not try this yourself!) Now his blood's been used to make a broad-spectrum antivenom that researchers say may protect against nearly 20 deadly snakes. But this is not how antivenom is usually made. So how are snake antivenoms produced, and where are we with a "universal" version?…

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A happy 99th birthday to a friend of The Science Show 54:05

12 days ago54:05

54:05

Mansi Kasliwal describes how she detects supernovae – the massive stellar explosions where elements are formed. We learn how dung beetles saved the Australian environment from the big problem, and David Attenborough shares his love for Birds-of-paradise.

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Lab Notes: Where's my needle-free vaccine? 14:01

16 days ago14:01

14:01

Hate getting needles? You're in good company — one in five people in Australia have needle fear.

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The wonder of sharks surviving for 500 million years 53:50

19 days ago53:50

53:50

Sharks have survived 500 million years while mass extinctions have wiped out other species. Now, sharks are under threat.

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Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy? 13:00

23 days ago13:00

13:00

Somewhere out past Mars in the early hours of Easter Monday, a space probe called Lucy whizzed by an asteroid named Donaldjohanson. Lucy then sent back images showing Donaldjohanson is about five kilometres wide and shaped like a peanut. It's one of a handful of asteroids on Lucy's 12-year itinerary. So what does the billion-dollar mission hope to achieve?…

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The power of palaeontology 52:38

26 days ago52:38

52:38

Palaeontology helps reveal why some animals are in desperate need of help while others thrive.

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Lab Notes: Why sprinting sensation Gout Gout is so fast 12:49

30 days ago12:49

12:49

Gout Gout is fast becoming the face of Australian athletics, regularly clocking blisteringly quick times over 100- and 200-metre sprints. And he's only 17. Many think the best is yet to come. So what is it about Gout that makes him such an impressive sprinter at such a young age?

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New findings show how genetic mutations drive autoimmunity. 54:05

5 weeks ago54:05

54:05

A protein in the immune system, DECTIN-1 - primarily responsible for defending the body against fungal infections, has been found to control the severity of autoimmune diseases such as irritable bowel disease (IBS), type 1 diabetes, eczema, and other chronic disorders.

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Lab Notes: How to decommission a nuclear power plant 13:47

5 weeks ago13:47

13:47

We've been hearing a lot about a certain proposal to get nuclear power up and running in Australia, but little's been said about what happens when plants reach the end of their life. Decommissioning a single nuclear power plant can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and take decades. So what's involved, and why is the process so long and expensive?…

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A new approach for democracy, tracing ancient dead stars and does the soil have a biome? 54:07

6 weeks ago54:07

54:07

Soils are too often neglected but caring for them brings many benefits for plant nutrition, human health and a boost for the farm economy.

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Lab Notes: Should we be putting pig parts in people? 13:27

6 weeks ago13:27

13:27

Hearts, kidneys and now livers — over the past couple of years, surgeons have taken all these from gene-edited pigs and put them in people.

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Net zero carbon emissions – a review of progress 53:17

7 weeks ago53:17

53:17

Nick Rowley reviews out progress towards net zero carbon emissions, Jared Diamond proposes mining the sea floor, and California’s legacy of Albert Einstein.

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Lab Notes: Why have Saturn's rings 'vanished'? 11:48

7 weeks ago11:48