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Will We Ever Cure Food Allergies?

Allergies to food are becoming more common and more severe in modern times. We talk with members of the Food Allergy Science Initiative to discuss why that is, as well as the scientific work being done right now that may one day lead to a cure for food...
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Dr. Ashish Jha, Part One: How Did the Pandemic Start?

We feature an 'interview' with our virtual exhibit, Ask a Virtual Expert: COVID Conversations with Dr. Jha, to discover the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in this Pulsar podcast brought to you by #MOSatHome.
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How Do Scientists Choose Their Field of Study?

As part of our Faces of Science: Ambassadors for Equity project, we talk with graduate student Markia Smith about her research in cancer and genetics, understanding health disparities in historically marginalized populations, and why she chose these areas...
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Who Were the Blackwell Sisters?

Author Janice Nimura details the lives of Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell, who paved the way for women to study and practice medicine in 1800s America.
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Does Astronaut Food Taste Good?

We chat with Food Technologist Michelle Richardson about engineering healthy and appetizing meals for astronauts bound for Mars.
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Meet a Polio Pioneer

Listen in on a conversation with Heather and her mother Kathy, who was just 8 years old during the polio epidemic in the 1950s. Kathy became part of the ground-breaking study to find a polio vaccine, a first step in leading to the near-eradication in the...