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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Caesarean stops measles jab response, and quantum navigation

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In the news pod, geneticist Henrik Salje tells us about the relative ineffectiveness of the measles vaccine for infants born via c-section. Also, the incredible memory-making abilities of Eurasian jays with Nicky Clayton, and Ramsey Faragher relates how quantum-based navigation can overcome the vulnerabilities of GPS. Then, Ulf Buntgen explains how tree rings have revealed that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in 2000 years in the northern hemisphere, and Toby Wiseman explains the marvel of our working theory of everything. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Welcome.

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This is the show where we bring you science.

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What that essentially means is discovery is

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advances, research, technology, unbelievable.

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Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.

0:17.8

Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists.

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This is the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.

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I'm Chris Smith.

0:25.8

And coming up this week, evidence that kids born by a Cesarean section are much less likely

0:31.1

to respond to measles jabs, signs that members of the Crow family think a lot like we do,

0:37.0

and how ancient trees have revealed that last summer was the hottest for 2,000 years.

0:43.0

From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,

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this is the Naked Scientists. First this week researchers at the University of Cambridge and Fudan University in China have found

1:01.6

that the first dose of their measles jab

1:04.3

is almost three times more likely to be completely ineffective in children born

1:09.3

by a sizarian section compared to those born vaginally.

1:13.0

Henric Salge, from the University of Cambridge's Department of Genetics, suspects that differences in the

1:18.0

micro-biomes of babies born via the two different routes might be at the heart of it.

1:23.6

And as measles cases continue to rise around the world, it's a very important health issue

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