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Episode 28 Season 7: Bone, Printed While You Wait and The Giving Mood

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Imagine fixing a fracture with a steady hand and a smart pen. We open the lab door on a handheld “bone printer” that lays down bio‑ink directly at the injury site, promising faster healing, fewer imaging steps, and the chance to customize strength and shape in minutes. If you’ve ever waited days for scans and fabrication, the appeal is obvious: hydroxyapatite to encourage bone growth, PCL as a biocompatible scaffold that melts at low heat, cools fast, and slowly yields to living tissue. Early tests on rabbit femurs outperformed bone cement and showed no infections over 12 weeks, and the potential to embed antibiotics or growth factors hints at on‑the‑spot, personalized implants that could transform orthopedics, trauma care, and remote medicine.
Then we pivot from bones to benevolence with one big question: do pets change how people give? Using a decade of 787,877,198 donation transactions, we map the patterns. Non‑pet owners tend to donate larger totals, yet pet owners give more frequently, keeping support flowing between big gifts. Cat owners spread donations across more causes and contribute more overall than dog owners, while dog people still outpace non‑owners in cadence. A machine‑learning model puts pet ownership as the fourth strongest predictor of giving—behind income, education, and gender—suggesting pets reflect social ties and daily acts of care that nudge generosity. We also unpack identity signals and what they mean for smarter, kinder fundraising that respects budgets and habits.
It’s a journey from bio‑materials to behavioral data, but the throughline is practical empathy: tools that speed healing, and insights that make community support steadier and more inclusive. If you enjoy science that touches daily life—medicine you can hold, and generosity you can measure—this one’s for you.

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Chapters

1. Opening, Context, And Strike Talk (00:00:00)

2. Science News Setup: 3D Printing (00:01:44)

3. What The Bone Printer Does (00:02:19)

4. Bio‑Ink Materials And How They Heal (00:04:10)

5. Speed, Heat, Safety, And Rabbit Results (00:06:25)

6. Potential Add‑Ons And Future Clinical Use (00:09:13)

7. Pet Science: Do Pets Affect Giving (00:10:45)

8. Who Gives More And How Often (00:12:47)

9. Costs Of Pets, Models, And Key Predictors (00:15:05)

10. Identity, Politics, And Social Ties (00:17:12)

11. Fundraisers, Real‑Life Giving, And Limits (00:19:10)

12. Closing Thanks And Patreon Top Dogs (00:20:34)

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