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Pixar Shorties #4 – Day & Night (2010), La Luna (2011), The Blue Umbrella (2013) & Lava (2014)

Buckle up because our penultimate episode of our limited series run of Pixar Shorties is here! This week we take a deep dive into Pixar Shorties #4 – Day & Night (2010), La Luna (2011), The Blue Umbrella (2013) & Lava (2014).

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E29: Coexisting in periodic environments with Alexa Scott

There are always competitive pressures in nature. Alexa Scott studies how species in competition with each other are affected by environments that have a natural cycle, like the tide or seasons, at the University of Guelph. Katie and Vinny talk about attracting mosquitos and what a supercomputer has to do with the moon’s origin.

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E22: Designing new cancer treatments with Vanessa Ruscetta

Medicinal chemistry is the study of building synthetic medicine in the lab. Our guest, Vanessa Ruscetta, researches how to synthetically copy an already existing successful cancer treatment drug that will be effective, safe, and affordable. Katie and Vinny talk about the distance to the moon and butterfly wings.

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E20: Making Insulin Using Stem Cells with Emily McGaugh

Too much sugar in the blood can lead to all sorts of health problems, including diabetes, and we rely on insulin to properly process it in our bodies. But that’s…

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E19: Scaring Lamprey Using Sound with Victoria Heath

Sea Lamprey are an invasive species in the Great Lakes. Our guest Victoria Heath works in marine labs doing research into chasing them out of sensitive areas using sounds that don’t harm the environment. Vinny and Katie share the latest research about babies and moon dirt.

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E33 – One Small Step for Punch Up (Neil Armstrong Moon Landing x2, Pride and Prejudice)

On this week’s Punch Up Chelsea “Pay Me” Fahey returns! Together the gang discovers Earth with an alligator and a ticking deadline, We see what Pride & Prejudice would have been like with more Space Worms and we get a new and improved Moon Boots commercial.

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