159 - Parasites

On today’s episode: Spicy foods might be more dangerous than we thought. And what happens when a parasite messes with the wrong organism? All that and more today on All Around Science...

SOURCES

• The room-temperature superconductor that wasn’t
• Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods
• FEATURE SOURCES

  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36070203/

  • https://futurism.com/the-most-horrifying-parasite-cymothoa-exigua-2

  • https://www.britannica.com/science/parasitic-disease/Parasite-life-cycles

  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36070203/

  • https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000821

  • https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0351_article

  • Australian woman found with python parasite in her brain

  • A world without parasites: exploring the hidden ecology of infection - PMC.

  • https://www.britannica.com/science/parasitic-disease/Parasite-life-cycles

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