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Tiny Vampires

Tiny Vampires

Raven Forrest Fruscalzo

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Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/35d. Total Eps: 54

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Ever wonder how we genetically modify mosquitoes? Curious about the parasites? Have questions about how tick bites cause meat allergies? Tiny Vampires is a show about insects that transmit disease and the scientists that are fighting them. Each episode is guided by questions sent in by listeners. The question is answered with background information and the story of how scientists were able to shine a light on that particular mystery.

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Agoraphobia 5

dimanche 31 octobre 2021 • Duration 19:55

Happy Halloween everyone!! And welcome to the Tiny Vampires Agoraphobia special. Every year I put together a story written from an insect’s perspective. This year is a horror story from the deadliest war in history and even though it is obviously a work of fiction, the facts are true. So even though we’re just having a little festive fun, you’ll still get your dose of insect science you come to count on from Tiny Vampires.

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Episode 45: Our shared history with leeches

Episode 45

vendredi 1 octobre 2021 • Duration 18:57

For thousands of years Egypt, India, China, the Middle East, Europe, and the US, one after another all saw leeches as the answer to their problems. They were exercisers of demons, relievers of pain, bringers of balance, and a source of income.

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Episode 40: The emergence of a new kind of childhood paralysis

Episode 40

dimanche 30 août 2020 • Duration 19:53

The African continent was declared polio-free just a couple of days ago, which means that we are, once again, coming close to eradicating it from the globe. Yet, in 2014 children started to go limp, losing control over their arms and legs over the course of weeks, this polio-like condition is called Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Since then, there has been a larger and larger outbreak of the condition every other year, and that’s not the only strange thing about it.

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Episode 39: The world of obscure mosquito-borne viruses

Episode 39

vendredi 31 juillet 2020 • Duration 14:30

The CDC has a catalog of 537 viruses that are transmitted by insects or their relatives around the world. This number can be overwhelming and scary but the more we learn about the world of obscure viruses the better we’re equipped to fight them.

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Episode 38: Guinea Worms and Human Nature

Episode 38

jeudi 30 avril 2020 • Duration 17:34

The symbol for medicine, a serpent wrapped around a staff, is displayed on everything from the World Health Organization logo to your doctor’s name tag, depicts the treatment of a single disease, the removal of a Guinea Worm from the patient by slowly wrapping it around a stick over the course of days. This disease is famous for another reason, it is about to be the second disease eradicated from the face of the earth.

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Episode 37: What are those fog trucks spraying?

Episode 37

lundi 16 mars 2020 • Duration 21:45

A truck slowly drives by your house at night with a cloud of fog coming out from behind it. It might seem creepy but that fog is effectively synthetic chrysanthemums water that is engineered to target mosquitoes based on their flight patterns.

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Episode 36: How could one tiny tick paralyze a person?

Episode 36

vendredi 31 janvier 2020 • Duration 24:01

Bloodsuckers can be hijacked by viruses and parasites, but some ticks are lethal all on their own. The Australian Paralysis tick paralyzes 10 thousand dogs and cats a year. We didn’t know how their venom worked until some researchers squirted some mouthwash on some ticks and made a discovery.

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Episode 35: Busting Myths about Flies

Episode 35

vendredi 10 janvier 2020 • Duration 45:31

Author and fly researcher Dr. Erica McAlister helps bust myths about mosquitoes and other flies

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Episode 34: How do mosquito control devices work? Wait, do they work?!

Episode 34

jeudi 5 décembre 2019 • Duration 16:14

Who needs bug spray when you have phone apps, bug zappers, barbecue grill sized rigs to keep the mosquitoes away? Mosquito control devices might hurt your bank account but their worth it...right?

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Episode 33: Blood-Sucking Insects You Have Never Heard of

Episode 33

mercredi 30 octobre 2019 • Duration 23:17

You may have heard of mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and lice but there are other blood suckers out there, like tsetse flies, floor maggots, toe fleas, and kissing bugs. The race of the victims may have everything to do with the reason you have never heard of them. 

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