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Micro Wave: Mighty Mice, Drugs And Hopes For Space Voyagers

Short Wave

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4.76K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton gives us an update on those mighty mice that went into space this past winter. The results could have big implications for the future of space travel.

Check out the study to learn more about the results.

Also, since it's a Micro Wave, we hear some listener mail from you! Which you can always send us by emailing [email protected].

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, Maddie, Sify here with the indisputable John Hamilton science correspondent.

0:14.3

Hey John.

0:15.3

Hey, always a pleasure, Maddie.

0:16.9

So we've pulled you in for one of our short segments stacked with science facts, which

0:21.4

we call microwaves.

0:23.0

Ooh, clever.

0:24.0

Good thing it's not nano waves or we'd be done already.

0:28.2

John, I like that nerd energy.

0:29.4

Keep that for the rest of the show.

0:30.8

OK.

0:32.0

I'm really excited about this episode, John, because we're doing something that we don't

0:36.6

always get to do on the show.

0:38.5

We're going to revisit an experiment we talked about from earlier in the year, which now

0:43.1

has some sweet, sweet peer-reviewed results.

0:46.2

Yeah, that is right, Maddie.

0:47.5

You know, back in January, you and I were talking about these genetically modified mice,

0:51.5

the ones that have these huge muscles.

0:53.9

They had just come back from space, and now the researchers who created these mice,

0:58.1

they have published their findings, which are most excellent.

1:01.8

So today on the show, what researchers have learned from the mighty mice who traveled

1:06.2

to space.

1:07.4

And what it could mean for astronauts making long journeys into the great unknown.

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