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How COVID-19 disease models shape shutdowns, and detecting emotions in mice

How COVID-19 disease models shape shutdowns, and detecting emotions in mice

Science Magazine Podcast · Science Magazine

April 2, 202031m 40s

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Show Notes

On this week’s show, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about modeling coronavirus spread and the role of forecasts in national lockdowns and other pandemic policies. They also talk about the launch of a global trial of promising treatments. See all of our News coverage of the pandemic here. See all of our Research and Editorials here.

 

Also this week, Nadine Gogolla, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, talks with Sarah about linking the facial expressions of mice to their emotional states using machine learning.

 

This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.

 

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[Image: Damien Roué/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

 

Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kai Kupferschmidt

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