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Science Magazine Podcast

Can math apps benefit kids? And a daily news roundup

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3842 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2015

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Talia Berkowitz discusses the use of a math app at home to boost math achievement at school, Catherine Matacic talks about the fate of animals near Chernobyl, a potential kitty contraceptive, and where spiders got their knees. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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,

0:07.5

and one of America's leading research medical schools.

0:10.7

What are scientists and clinicians working on to improve medical care and health for women?

0:15.5

Find out in a special supplement to Science magazine prepared by the Icon School of Medicine

0:20.0

and Mount Sinai in partnership

0:21.6

with science. Visit our website at www.science.org and search for Frontiers of Medical

0:27.5

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0:33.7

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1:20.5

Welcome to the science podcast for October 9, 2015.

1:21.9

I'm Sarah Crespi.

1:27.0

In this week's show, Talia Berkowitz discusses the benefits of a math app for kids, and Catherine Mattisick is here with some of our latest online news stories.

1:35.4

Support for the Science Podcast is provided by AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

1:47.0

Now we have Catherine Mattisick. She's here to talk about some recent online news stories. I'm Sarah Crespi.

1:53.0

First up, we have a story on the effects of radiation on animal populations.

1:58.0

Wild tales from the exclusion zone around Chernobyl abound. I've heard of six-legged

2:03.4

horses, and I've heard that it's not dangerous to go there. Basically, the internet is rife

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