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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Can We Patch Back Injuries The Way We Patch Holes In Car Tires?
Description: The Tension-Activated Repair Patch could help people with back injuries, and it works a little bit like how we patch flat tires on the road. Plus: The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is typically the start of a unique tradition in Albuquerque, New Mexico: making a snow person out of tumbleweeds!
New ‘patch’ uses natural body motion to fix disc herniation (University of Pennsylvania)
Tumbleweed Snowman (Atlas Obscura)
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