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@aussmc.bsky.social🤔 Monday's episode of Off Embargo features an interview so interesting we had to make it extra long!
⏱️ But don't worry, it's still under 30 minutes!
🎧 Catch this special episode wherever you get your podcasts!
@aussmc.bsky.social🔥 British colonisation left the Australian landscape more prone to burning, amplifying the influence of climate change and propelling Australia’s bushfire crisis, according to new Aussie research
🗨️ @utas.edu.au @unimelb.edu.au experts respond
@aussmc.bsky.social💉 Having an HPV jab before pregnancy is linked with a reduced risk of major pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, and vaccination at an earlier age is most effective
#science #sciencenews #research #knowledge #sciencefacts #HPV #Vaccine #vaccination #pregnancy
@aussmc.bsky.social😸 Eevee and Pikachu help us explain our most popular story ever
🤔 Find out why we needed their help on the latest episode of Off Embargo
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@aussmc.bsky.social☣️ A Russian lab technician from the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia is reported to have died of pneumonia of “unknown” origin
🗨️ Professor Raina MacIntyre @kirbyinstitute.bsky.social responds
@aussmc.bsky.social🌅 Standard time is likely better for population health than daylight saving time, according to Canadian researchers
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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #daylightsavings #DST #AEDT #AEST
@aussmc.bsky.social🤧 As hay fever season begins, we have pointed our #ExpertSpotlight at @unimelb.edu.au's Dr Catriona Vi Nguyen-Robertson
🧬 Catriona's an expert in all things immune system, and you can often catch her singing her science
➡️ More info here: www.scimex.org/experts?name...
@aussmc.bsky.social😸 Countries with more cats tend to be happier, say international researchers
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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #cats #happiness
@aussmc.bsky.social🐬 Meet Bubbles the Dolphin: menace of the sea 🐟 Bubbles has been recorded pestering fish and stealing their food 🎧 Listen to our latest Off Embargo episode for more, as well as our most popular Scimex story of all time (🚨warning: NOT PG🚨) ➡️ Wherever you get your podcasts
@aussmc.bsky.social🤒 With the uptick in measles cases happening in Australia and overseas, we have pointed our #ExpertSpotlight at @thedohertyinst.bsky.social's Dr Danielle Anderson
➡️ Find more info about Dani here: www.scimex.org/experts?name...
@aussmc.bsky.social📱 Children who own smartphones by age 12 may be more likely to report eating disorder symptoms (like binge-eating and tying self-worth to weight)
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #eatingdisorder #smartphones #kidshealth #kidsmentalhealth
@aussmc.bsky.social💦 Things got a bit wet and wild on Off Embargo this week ⚡ Tune in Monday to hear what's got Pikachu so shocked 🎧 Catch episode 7 wherever you get your podcasts
@aussmc.bsky.socialAdditional comments from: @scienceanu.bsky.social @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @murdoch.edu.au @unimelb.edu.au
@aussmc.bsky.social🤖EXPERT REACTION: OpenAI agent hacks Medicare data
🗨️ @tobycmurray.bsky.social @latrobe.edu.au @sydney.edu.au @monashuniversity.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social
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#science #sciencenews #research #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #medicarehack #openAI
@aussmc.bsky.social💊 Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) pills taken during menopause increase the risk of serious blood clots
🗨️ @unimelb.edu.au experts respond to the research
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#science #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #HRT #menopause #clot #stroke #heartattack
@aussmc.bsky.social👩⚕️Hey doc, check out this rash! 🤔 Can you figure out what's going on in this case study? 🎧Tune in to the latest Off Embargo episode to see if you're right! Available wherever you get your podcasts
@aussmc.bsky.social🧯 EXPERT REACTION: Banned forever chemical PFOS may make us worse at fighting off viruses
🗨️ @drolijones.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social @dremmye.bsky.social respond
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#science #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #PFAS #foreverchemical
@aussmc.bsky.social📄EXPERT REACTION: Latest Fed Gov intergenerational report looks to Australia's next 40 years
🗨️ @anupress.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @uninewengland.bsky.social
@aussmc.bsky.social👩⚕️An anesthetic squirted into the uterus via the cervix is well tolerated and greatly reduces the pain involved with getting an intrauterine birth control device, commonly referred to as an IUD
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #iud #birthcontrol
@aussmc.bsky.social💉 EXPERT REACTION: Investigation claims the USA hushed up COVID-19 vaccine safety algorithm flaws
🗨️ @sydney.edu.au and @monashuniversity.bsky.social experts respond to the article
