The places where HIV shows no sign of ending, and the parts of the human brain that are bigger —in bigger brains
Nigeria, Russia, and Florida seem like an odd set, but they all have one thing in common: growing caseloads of HIV. Science Staff Writer Jon Cohen joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about this week ’s big read on how the fight against HIV/AIDS is evolving in these diverse locations.
Sarah also talks with Armin Raznahan of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, about his group’s work measuring which parts of the human brain are bigger in bigger brains. Adult human b rains can vary as much as two times in size—and until now this expansion was thought to be evenly distributed. However, the team fo...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - June 14, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
