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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: What If You Stopped Showering (w/ James Hamblin) and Are Some Trees Immortal?
Description: Physician James Hamblin, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains what would happen if you stopped showering — and other fun facts from the emerging science of the skin microbiome. Plus: are some trees really immortal?
Are some trees immortal? A new study says no by Grant Currin
Despite debate, even the world’s oldest trees are not immortal. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/cp-dde072020.phpÂ
Giaimo, C. (2020, July 27). Can Trees Live Forever? New Kindling for an Immortal Debate. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/science/trees-immortality.htmlÂ
Wang, L., Cui, J., Jin, B., Zhao, J., Xu, H., Lu...