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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Re-release: Roman Concrete Magic, Virovore, Placebo Guilt
Description: Today you’ll learn about how ancient Roman concrete can heal itself, the recent discovery of a virovore, and how a new study looks into whether or not we can control feelings of guilt through the placebo effect. Roman Concrete Magic “Scientists may have found magic ingredient behind ancient Rome’s self-healing concrete” by Jacklin Kwan “Why modern mortar crumbles, but Roman concrete lasts millennia” by ZAHRA AHMAD Virovore “First "virovore" discovered: An organism that eats viruses” By Michael Irving “The consumption of viruses returns energy to food chains” by John P. DeLong et al. ...