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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Cow Slime, City Rainfall, Golden Lettuce
Description: Today, you’ll learn about the synthetic slime that might help people heal from back surgery, how cities tend to get more rain than the rural areas around them, and a new genetically engineered golden lettuce packed with vitamins. Cow Slime “Cow slime can help disc herniation patients after surgery.” EurekAlert! 2024. “Preserving the Immune-Privileged Niche of the Nucleus Pulposus: Safeguarding Intervertebral Discs from Degeneration after Discectomy with Synthetic Mucin Hydrogel Injection.” by Huan Wang, et al. 2024. City Rainfall “Unprecedented global study shows that most cities receive more rainfall than surrou...