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May 2021
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039 - Animal Brains w/ Dr. Niki

All Around Science
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On today’s episode: Honeybees are spreading viruses because of cannibalism. Psychadelics might reduce the effects of stress. And we talk to our real life scientist friend, Niki, about how we use animals to study brain injury.

All that and more today on All Around Science.

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