Episode Details

We discuss how digital media affects parents and caregivers, how friends often have similar body odor, and the cancer-sniffing abilities of locusts. 

Parents & Screens 

• “Using digital media to relax is related to lower-quality parenting” by Media Relations, University of Waterloo
  • https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/using-digital-media-relax-related-lower-quality-parenting
• “Parents attached to digital devices more likely to yell at their kids, are less ‘present’ in their lives” By Chris Melore
  • https://studyfinds.org/digital-media-lousy-parents/

BFFs Smell the Same

• “Scent of a friend: Similarities in body odor may contribute to social bonding” by Noah Sobel
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220627125010.htm

Locusts Find Cancer 

• “Locusts can 'sniff' out human cancer” by Matt Davenport
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220805154405.htm
• “Locusts Can Smell Cancer, And It Could Give Us A Brilliant New Way to Save Lives” by David Nield
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/locusts-are-actually-great-at-sniffing-out-cancer-scientists-find

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