Why COVID-19 poses a special risk during pregnancy, and how hair can split steel

Why COVID-19 poses a special risk during pregnancy, and how hair can split steel

Staff Writer Meredith Wadman joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the risk of the novel coronavirus infection to pregnant women. Early data suggest expectant women are more likely to get severe forms of the infection and require hospitalization. Meredith describes how the biology of pregnancy—such as changes to the maternal immune system and added stress on the heart and lungs—might explain the harsher effects of the virus. Also this week, Sarah talks with Gianluca Roscioli about his experiments with commercial razor blades and real human hair. By using a scanning electron microscope, he was able to show how something relatively soft like hair is able to damage something 50 times harder like stainless steel. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). [Image: G. Roscioli et al., Science 2020; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Authors: Sarah Crespi; Meredith Wadman Episode page: https://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/why-covid-19-poses-special-risk-during-pregnancy-and-how-hair-can-split-steel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New insights into endometriosis, and mapping dengue in Latin America

New insights into endometriosis, and mapping dengue in Latin America

First up on the podcast, Staff Writer Meredith Wadman joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss recent advances in understanding endometriosis—a disease where tissue that resembles the lining of the uterus g...

21 Elo 202532min

Why chatbots lie, and can synthetic organs and AI replace animal testing?

Why chatbots lie, and can synthetic organs and AI replace animal testing?

First up on the podcast, producer Meagan Cantwell and Contributing Correspondent Sara Reardon discuss alternative approaches to animal testing, from a heart on a chip to a miniorgan in a dish.   Ne...

14 Elo 202531min

Why anteaters keep evolving, and how giant whales get enough food to live

Why anteaters keep evolving, and how giant whales get enough food to live

First up on the podcast, Online News Editor David Grimm brings stories on peacock feathers’ ability to emit laser light, how anteaters have evolved at least 12 times, and why we should be thanking ket...

7 Elo 202528min

Wartime science in Ukraine, what Neanderthals really ate, and visiting the city of the dead

Wartime science in Ukraine, what Neanderthals really ate, and visiting the city of the dead

First up on the podcast, Contributing Correspondent Richard Stone joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the toll of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and how researchers have been mobilized to help the ...

31 Heinä 202551min

Robots that eat other robots, and an ancient hot spot of early human relatives

Robots that eat other robots, and an ancient hot spot of early human relatives

First up on the podcast, South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind is home to the world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, including our own genus, Homo, Australopithecus, and a more robust...

24 Heinä 202534min

Studying a shark-haunted island, and upgrading our microbiomes with engineered bacteria

Studying a shark-haunted island, and upgrading our microbiomes with engineered bacteria

First up on the podcast, Réunion Island had a shark attack crisis in 2011 and closed its beaches for more than a decade. Former News Intern Alexa Robles-Gil joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how r...

17 Heinä 202536min

A tardi party for the ScienceAdviser newsletter, and sled dog genomes

A tardi party for the ScienceAdviser newsletter, and sled dog genomes

First up on the podcast, Newsletter Editor Christie Wilcox joins host Sarah Crespi to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of ScienceAdviser with many stories about the amazing water bear. They also discu...

10 Heinä 202525min

Losing years of progress against HIV, and farming plastic on Mars

Losing years of progress against HIV, and farming plastic on Mars

First up on the podcast, U.S. aid helped two African countries rein in HIV. Then came President Donald Trump. Senior News Correspondent Jon Cohen talks with producer Kevin McLean about how in Lesotho ...

3 Heinä 202531min

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