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17 October 2019: Mapping childhood mortality, and evolving ‘de novo’ genes
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Oct 16, 2019
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This week, investigating child mortality rates at a local level, and building genes from non-coding DNA.In this episode:00:43 A regional view of childhood mortalityResearchers map countries' progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goals. Research Article: Burstein et al.; World View: Data on child deaths are a call for justice; Editorial: Protect the census07:22 Research HighlightsAstronomers identify a second visitor from beyond the solar system, and extreme snowfall stifles animal breeding in Greenland. Research Highlight: The comet that came in from interstellar space; Research Highlight: Extreme winter leads to an Arctic reproductive collapse09:22 Evolving genes from the ground upNatural selection's creative way to evolve new genes. News Feature: How evolution builds genes from scratch15:43 News ChatA spate of vaping-related deaths in the US, and Japan’s import of the Ebola virus. News: Scientists chase cause of mysterious vaping illness as death toll rises; News: Why Japan imported Ebola ahead of the 2020 Olympics For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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Oct 16, 2019
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