Can gasses other than oxygen be fuel for fire? What happens to your internal organs after giving birth? How does copper work? How do other animals deal with umbilical cords? What would happen if we got our tailbones removed? …Hank and Deboki have answers!
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Apr 2025
Q&A #7 | Pitting oedema, intracranial pressure, Alport disease, and more!
What could cause the pressure in our skull to rise? Why do we get oedema? And how does Alport disease effect our kidneys? Plus listener mail!Want to send us a question or topic? Email: admin@drmattdrmike.com.auYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMattDrMike/Instagram: @drmiketodor ... Show More
1h 9m
May 2023
Should We Care About the Finite Supply of Helium?
Helium is the only truly non-renewable resource, and it's essential for things like MRI machines and nuclear reactors, but should we be worried? And, we turn air into food, so why can’t we get carbon to leave the atmosphere – or helium to stay? In this episode, Cosmos Science Jou ... Show More
7m 54s
Apr 2018
Radiology (X-RAY VISION) with Varshana Gurusamy
<p>Hey, kiddo, it's what's INSIDE that matters -- like your guts and bones and squishy brain and intestines and stuff. Meet Dr. Varshana Gurusamy: diagnostic radiology resident, Texan and amazing person with great stories. You'll learn the difference between an MRI and an ultraso ... Show More
1h 10m
Sep 2
Ep 186 Hypothermia Part 1: How it hurts
For all our wondrous adaptations as a species - our big brains, our capacity for language, our opposable thumbs - we humans are not well-equipped to deal with the cold. Take us out of our insulated dwellings, take away our winter clothes, and things can get dicey fast. From frost ... Show More
57m 35s