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Science with Sam: Why can’t we stay awake indefinitely?

We spend one-third of our lives asleep, but why is it so essential? In this episode, we explain the science of sleep and why we can’t stay awake indefinitely.

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Parasites may make dogs smell good to disease-spreading sandflies

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Parasites may make dogs smell good to disease-spreading sandflies

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What is the placebo effect?

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The placebo effect

How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

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Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work

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Social distancing in a park

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Are pets at risk of getting covid-19 and can they spread it to people?

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Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

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Coronavirus: US has no cohesive plan to tackle massive second wave

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lyme disease vaccine

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Lyme disease vaccine found to be safe and effective in clinical trial

A vaccine against Lyme disease that is safe and stimulated immune protection in 82 to 96 per cent of clinical trial participants could be available by 2025

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Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

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Coronavirus vaccine hope rises after a flurry of positive results

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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

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Alzheimer’s disease may start in the gut and spread to the brain

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