Getting Rid of Mosquitoes (w/ Timothy Winegard), the Sargasso Sea, and Leonid Rogozov
Learn about how we might get rid of mosquitoes in the future, with author Tim Winegard; why the Sargasso Sea has no coastline; and, the story of how Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov removed his own appendix.
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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- There Is One Sea on Earth with No Coastline \u2014 https://curiosity.im/2SxCNpH
- This Russian Surgeon Removed His Own Appendix \u2014 https://curiosity.im/2YuFfTy
Additional resources from Timothy Winegard:
- Pick up \u201cThe Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator\u201d on Amazon \u2014 https://amazon.com
- Colorado Mesa University faculty bio \u2014 https://www.coloradomesa.edu/directory/social-behavioral-sciences/timothy-winegard.html
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