Painkillers, Crystals, and Giant Marine Viruses (Season 4: Episode 21)

Get ready for pain killing at the nerve level, solving an Earth science seismic anomaly, ocean giant virus genomes, the SAS Hackathon, a warning against scientific vibe coding, and a pilot study testing school lunches. Science On.References:The analgesic paracetamol metabolite AM404 acts peripherally to directly inhibit sodium channelsThe texture of the post-perovskite phase controls the characteristics of the D” seismic discontinuityExpansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant virusesSAS HackathonVibe coding with AI agents is not for scientistsRethinking Image FormatsHHS: A Research Study of Contaminants in School MealsR Packages:ggtime: Grammar of Graphics and Plot Helpers for Time Series Visualizationdiscovr: Interactive Tutorials and Data for "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio"rifttable: Results Tables to Bridge the Rift Between Epidemiologists and Their Data