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Why it pays to scratch that itch, and science at the start of the second Trump administration
Manage episode 464051016 series 110382
First up this week, we catch up with the editor of ScienceInsider, Jocelyn Kaiser. She talks about changes at the major science agencies that came about with the transition to President Donald Trump’s second administration, such as hiring freezes at the National Institutes of Health and the United States’s departure from the World Health Organization.
Next, producer Kevin McLean talks with Dan Kaplan, a professor in the departments of immunology and dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh, about why it sometimes pays to scratch that itch. It turns out scratching may be our bodies’ end run around pests and pathogens attempting to steal blood or invade the body.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kevin McLean; Jocelyn Kaiser
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
669 episodes
Manage episode 464051016 series 110382
First up this week, we catch up with the editor of ScienceInsider, Jocelyn Kaiser. She talks about changes at the major science agencies that came about with the transition to President Donald Trump’s second administration, such as hiring freezes at the National Institutes of Health and the United States’s departure from the World Health Organization.
Next, producer Kevin McLean talks with Dan Kaplan, a professor in the departments of immunology and dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh, about why it sometimes pays to scratch that itch. It turns out scratching may be our bodies’ end run around pests and pathogens attempting to steal blood or invade the body.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kevin McLean; Jocelyn Kaiser
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
669 episodes
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