Is that garbage can bear resistant? These bears will find out
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Is that garbage can bear resistant? These bears will find out

B1IntermediateOctober 22, 202618 min
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Have you ever wondered what it means for something to be bear resistant? How do manufacturers know that the cooler you take camping or the compost bin in your backyard will keep hungry bears out? Wonder no more! Journalist Alex Davies’ new book “Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering” takes you inside the workplace of the grizzly bears whose job it is to tear apart consumer goods. Davies joins Ira to discuss how bears do it, and other creative experiments to test the safety of jet engines, pill bottles and mor...

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Before we start the show, we are working on a story about a new trend in GLP1 medications, microdosing. And we want to hear from you. Have you tried microdosing a GLP1 drug?

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Call us with your story or questions about microdosing GLP1s at 877-4SIFRI. That's 877-4SIFRI. Hey, it's Ira, and you're listening to Science Friday. Now, here's a question you don't think about every day, but bear with me.

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