All Around Science

274 - Science We Missed in 2025

All Around Science

Show Notes

On today’s episode: This year’s been big for advances in cancer vaccines! Good chocolate might be all about the right bacteria. If you DON’T think bats are terrifying animals… you just wait… We didn’t invent booze, and we’re not the only species consuming it. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/progress-cancer-vaccines-really https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-vaccine-pancreatic-cancer.html https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/surprising-finding-could-pave-way-for-universal-cancer-vaccine https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cancer-immunotherapy-mrna-covid-vaccines What makes chocolate taste so good? It’s the microbes Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing In the wild, chimps likely ingest the equivalent of several alcoholic drinks every day - Berkeley News

CREDITS: Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong Booking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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