Your Paw-some Question | Why do we have germs on our hands?
Send us a textCosmo and I learn about microbes, thanks to Eric Lofrgren, an infectious disease expert at WSU.Resources you can use:hear what microbes arewhere they live in the environmenthow some skin bacteria help us outwhat biofilms are...and check out this bellybutton bacteria scientists studyOh, and wash your paws! =^..^= As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.
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How Do You Science | Meet a Pharmacist
Send us a textIn this episode, I learn all about what it means to be a pharmacist with my friend, Damianne Brand-Eubanks. She's a pharmacist and professor at Washington State University.Hear about:different kinds of pharmacistsrad new ways to receive medications or shots (like patches that feel like a cat's tongue and jet injectors like you see on Star Trek)why reading and writing are amazing for pharmacists, scientists and everybodyResources you can use:Check out this CrashCourse about how scientists make new medicines—called drug discoveryFind out what it's like to be a community pharmacist, a hospital pharmacist, a manufacturing pharmacist, a medical affairs pharmacist intern, or an informatics pharmacistGet some advice about medicine from a dog (who's probably cool even though he's not a cat) As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.
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Your Paw-some Question | How are wisdom teeth removed?
Send us a textWhat happens if you need your third molars removed? Cosmo and I find out, after talking to our friend David Carsten. He's a dentist anesthesiologist who studied at Washington State University and now teaches at Oregon Health and Science University.Find out the real tooth here.Resources you can use:Find out what it's like to be a dentist, a dental hygienist or a dental assistant, thanks to Teeth Talk GirlLearn more about early humans' big jaws with Ted-EdGet the official word on wisdom teeth from the American Dental AssociationSound effects courtesy Zapsplat and Pixabay As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.
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Your Paw-some Question | Should I be scared of bugs?
Send us a textCan Cosmo and I help a cool kid like you face their fear of bugs? Join us—and our friend Paul Strand, psychologist at Washington State University—as we dig into why things freak us out and how to beat-le those fears.Resources you can use:See some beautiful bugs and relatives with All Bugs Go to KevinLearn about parts of the brain like the prefrontal cortexFeeling anxious about something? Let's make a planTry a relaxation trick like this color sorting appSound effects courtesy Zapsplat and Pixabay As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.
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How Do You Science | Meet a Polar Scientist
Send us a textToday I'm talking with Von Walden, an atmospheric scientist at Washington State University.Hear about Earth's bubble of gases AKA the atmosphereLearn why clouds can be weird in the polar regionsFind out what an expert thinks about climate change—and how optimistic he is about the futureResources You Can UseCheck out AMNH's climate change resourcesWatch these polar bear camsLearn more about the polar regionsFind out more about clouds and make a cloud in a jar As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.
Join Dr. Universe and her friends at Washington State University as they investigate science questions from kids around the world. Know a kid with a curious science question? Help them submit it at askDrUniverse.wsu.edu for a chance to be featured on a future episode.
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