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Lab Notes: Accents in animals, allergies may have ties to birthdays and more
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Mar 31, 2016
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Lab Notes: Accents in animals, allergies may have ties to birthdays and more
KPCC's Sanden Totten joins us for his bi-monthly segment Lab Notes to discuss all the wild and crazy things going on in the world of science.
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KPCC's Sanden Totten joins us for his bi-monthly segment Lab Notes to discuss all the wild and crazy things going on in the world of science.

On this week's segment of lab notes:

  • Are allergies driving you nuts lately? Your sensitivity to stuff in the air may have something to with when you were born.

  • What we might and might not inherit from our parents: A new study out this week has some good news.

  • Accents in animals? Swedish scientists think cats might have accents.

As always, Sanden Totten, KPCC's science reporter, joined the show to break down the latest in science news.

To hear the full segment, click the blue play button above.