Wendy Zukerman (Host)

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Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus. So there are a lot of scientific papers out there that you will never read and that I will never read, and only nerds really know about them. But every now and then, there is a scientific paper that will break out of the ivory tower and go viral.

Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus. So there are a lot of scientific papers out there that you will never read and that I will never read, and only nerds really know about them. But every now and then, there is a scientific paper that will break out of the ivory tower and go viral.

You see it all over the news, it's all over your feed, and sometimes these papers make these very extraordinary claims. that, I don't know, maybe sound a touch dodgy. It's hard to know what to make of them. And that is where our brand new segment, Viral Papers, comes in. And here with our very first viral paper is Science vs. Senior Producer, Rose Rimbler.

You see it all over the news, it's all over your feed, and sometimes these papers make these very extraordinary claims. that, I don't know, maybe sound a touch dodgy. It's hard to know what to make of them. And that is where our brand new segment, Viral Papers, comes in. And here with our very first viral paper is Science vs. Senior Producer, Rose Rimbler.

Oh, that was just a suggestion. I didn't think it was going to be the... A good idea is a good idea, you know?

Oh, that was just a suggestion. I didn't think it was going to be the... A good idea is a good idea, you know?

Yeah, this was everywhere. New York Times, CNN.

Yeah, this was everywhere. New York Times, CNN.

Yeah, I mean, the idea that a plastic spoon is sitting in our brains, yeah, very potentially scary. What's it doing in there? How is it affecting our behavior, our health?

Yeah, I mean, the idea that a plastic spoon is sitting in our brains, yeah, very potentially scary. What's it doing in there? How is it affecting our behavior, our health?

So let's get into it. What is going on? Do we all have an entire spoon's worth of plastic lodged into our brain? Coming up after the break. Do you want to sing us out with the jingle, Rose?

So let's get into it. What is going on? Do we all have an entire spoon's worth of plastic lodged into our brain? Coming up after the break. Do you want to sing us out with the jingle, Rose?

Welcome back. Today on the show, Rose Rimler, senior producer, has been smelling something fishy in a scientific paper that claimed to find a lot of plastic swimming around in human brains. So where do we begin?

Welcome back. Today on the show, Rose Rimler, senior producer, has been smelling something fishy in a scientific paper that claimed to find a lot of plastic swimming around in human brains. So where do we begin?

Like our old friend Rose here.

Like our old friend Rose here.