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Hey Shortwaveers, Emily Quong here with Regina Barber.

And Ari Shapiro.

The one and only Ari Shapiro.

Hello, dropping in.

Hey, on a break from hosting all things considered to hang out with us.

And help us close out the week with another Science News Roundup.

Thank you so much for joining us.

What an honor to be here.

Thanks, Ari.

And as always, we've been combing through the headlines,

looking at the latest journals and social media.

And we've picked out three science stories to talk about.

OK, so I'm looking at the list here.

Building houses, yeast cells, and gummy candy.

Should listeners try to guess a theme?

There is a hidden logic.

I promise all of these have to do with structure about how things get built

and become greater than the sum of their parts.

It's like a metaphor for life.

Love a theme.

Ari, we hope you're ready to unwrap and snack on some science news with us.

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