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Podcast for 7 September 2012
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS – A new drug that could block heroin addiction, how mice could speed up AIDS research, and why we’re more prone to cancer than our closest living relatives. Also: the two brain chemicals behind sleep paralysis.
Endless Summer Roundup
By manipulating how plants respond to the shorter days in the fall, researchers hope to get crops to produce fruit longer.
Chimps and Punishment
Chimps exhibit many human-like social behaviors, but punishing the crimes of others isn’t one of them.
Addiction Blocker
A drug called (+)-naloxone blocks the brain’s addiction to heroin and other opiates.