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Why is yawning contagious?
14 June 2024
Presented by Chris Smith with Clarence Ford, 567 CapeTalk. 

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Dr Chris Smith answers listener science questions; what factors impact the onset of glycosuria? Might we have contaminated Mars with organisms from Earth? Why did the universe form the way that it did?

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