Radiolab

Everybody’s Got One

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29:21 | Aug 20th, 2021

3 recommendations

We all think we know the story of pregnancy. Sperm meets egg, followed by nine months of nurturing, nesting, and quiet incubation. But this story isn’t the nursery rhyme we think it is. In a way, it’s...Show More



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bigfoot_skeptic recommended:Aug 26th, 2021

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rmmiller364 recommended:Aug 24th, 2021

Wow! The placenta is grown by the embryo not the mother! It’s sort of an evolved descendent of an egg shell! When mammals developed placentas they no longer needed things like yolks! So many amazing facts!

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😲 Fascinating
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phocks recommended:Aug 22nd, 2021

A show all about the placenta. A fascinating and magical look at the miracle of life and everyone's most forgotten "organ". So good!

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🌅 A beautiful story
😲 Fascinating
🤓 Insightful
🧐 Intriguing
👍 Well-produced
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