Cancer, Space Suits, Balloons
An episode of the How Your World Works podcast, hosted by Popular Mechanics / Panoply, titled "Cancer, Space Suits, Balloons" was published on November 6, 2015 and runs 25 minutes.
November 6, 2015 ·25m · How Your World Works
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Episode Description
In this round table episode we talk to contributing writer Kira Peikoff about her story on a new form of cancer treatment that finds promise in patients with abnormally positive responses to otherwise unsuccessful trial drugs. Then we float theories on helium, save Neil Armstrong's space suit from disintegration, and consider the merits (or folly) of The Drinking Jacket.
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