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Every 5 years, the FDA has to renegotiate billions of dollars in user fees with the drug and medical device companies it regulates. Congress has to...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:33
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This week on the show: As support drops for COVID-19 measures, the people who are violently opposed to them are gaining strength.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Omicron won't be a wave, it'll be a wall, says Germany's top virologist. And the best response is to lock things down — aga...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Forcing people to vaccinate is not an appealing option — at all. It might happen anyway.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: How do astronauts deal with their sex drives when they're up in space for months on end? And why is it so embarrassing to ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: The BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine works great on 5-to-11-year-olds — so why isn't Germany in a rush to vaccinate them? Also, if y...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Have you ever seen a video of someone floating, just like in space, except it looks like they're inside an airplane? Well,...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Will mutations change our vaccination strategy? Also, a controversial step in the fight against Alzheimer's, and how to tel...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: If you’ve happened to hear about an asthma medication that will ameliorate or perhaps prevent COVID-19, think twice before ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Just how high are the number of COVID-19 infections that happen inside compared to outside? So high that aerosol experts ar...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Have people really gained more weight during the pandemic? How did brain researchers predict stock movements (or, by extens...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Are there COVID-19 vaccines that don't require a needle? How, exactly, do feelings of boredom affect the spread of the coro...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Gabe makes a house call with Conor in quarantine to find out he's tested negative for the coronavirus. But he's not out of ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Can science help persuade those who are stubborn about rejecting science? What cat medicine have to do with developing a ne...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: I wish I could remember your phone number - Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German world...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Six months in, pregnancy & your confessions - In this episode, we take a look back at what we've learned about COVID-19 i...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Poo tests, steroids against COVID-19 & more - Listen to DW's 30-minute science show.be spotted first in wastewater? Als...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Consumer Choice Radio, Credit: Consumer Choice Center
Debut of Consumer Choice Radio: -But what do the Democratic presidential candidates really think about vaping? -Mr. Smith Goes to Davos, Part 2 -T...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:12
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This week on the show: Is this really the place to look back at gravitational waves, AI and gene editing advancements? No, it isn't. Instead, we ...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: New Peers Review takes on AI - Ever wondered what Sci-Fi movies have to do with AI and robots in real life? Or how AI a...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Lewis and Smokey
Smokey Bear was the most successful advertising campaign of all time. And the success of his message "Only YOU can prevent Forest Fires" might be a...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
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This week on the show: Sex, cats and race - Germans are having less sex. Wherefore? The memories of a dead cat can’t be transferred to a new, cl...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Hands and feet - You know what's better than five fingers? Six. We look at this strange new research and talk to a "po...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: In the heart of winter (at least in the northern hemisphere), we take a look this week at what the cold does to our bodies....

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Caption: NASA Spinoff 2016 Book, Credit: NASA
In its nearly five decades, NASA has created or improved thousands of technologies, processes and innovations. Dan Lockney is in charge of making ...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9