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May 26, 2020 25 mins

Simon and Rach consider listener suggestions for human body improvements. This week, adjustable digestive tracts, floral farts, and retractable testicles.

 

In the news

Elon Musk’s baby: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52557291

Ocean warming: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242786-a-japanese-nuclear-power-plant-created-a-habitat-for-tropical-fish/

Golden tongue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52683468

Wound healing blue-green algae: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243352-wound-healing-patch-of-blue-green-algae-mends-skin-quickly/


Listener suggestions

@TraceyH100 - retractable breasts and testicles

@KJames_IntBio - a pause button for the digestive tract

@sheencr - floral farts


Check out…

In mice twitter account: https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice

Kangaroos penis and testicles the other way round: https://grist.org/animals/kangaroo-genitals-are-weirder-than-you-ever-thought-possible-2/

Face lice with no anuses: https://www.livescience.com/65533-your-face-mites-never-poop.html

Miracle berry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum

Clare Jonas’s blog article: https://www.thatthinkingfeeling.co.uk/blog/smell-language-difficult-to-describe

Does it fart?: https://amzn.to/2TkflxU


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