Can "big data" from mobile phones pinpoint pockets of poverty? And a news roundup
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4.3 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2015
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, |
| 0:04.0 | the academic arm of the Mount Sinai health system in New York City, |
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| 0:10.7 | What are scientists and clinicians working on to improve medical care and health for women? |
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| 1:20.8 | Welcome to the science podcast for November 27, 2015. |
| 1:22.3 | I'm Sarah Crespi. |
| 1:25.9 | In this week's show, Suzanne Bard interviews Joshua Blumenstock about mobile phone usage and poverty prediction |
| 1:29.0 | in Rwanda. |
| 1:30.6 | And David Grimm is here with stories on gene drives, helpful parasites, and electric roses. |
| 1:39.2 | Support for the Science Podcast is provided by AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| 1:47.7 | Now we have David Grimm, editor for our daily news site. He's here to talk about some recent online |
| 1:52.8 | stories. I'm Sarah Crespi. First up, we have a story on a malaria eradication technique |
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