Immunity gets a boost from a surprising place — breakfast

About this episode

This episode discusses how breakfast can enhance the immune system and highlights recent research on nuclear disaster preparedness and cosmic-ray detection.

In this episode: 00:45 How eating can boost the immune system Research Article:  Kumar et al. 08:28 Research Highlights Nature:  Cosmic-ray detection heralds era of mega-observatories for neutrinos Nature:  Little ants groom big ones in a desert spa 10:53 The pressing need to plan for future nuclear disasters World View:  Forty years after Chornobyl, more nuclear disasters are inevitable — plan for them Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• immunity
• nutrition
• nuclear disasters
• cosmic-ray detection
• research highlights

Keywords

• immunity
• breakfast
• nuclear disasters
• cosmic-ray detection
• research highlights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Springer Nature Limited

Books & works: Research Article: Kumar et al., Nature, World View: Forty years after Chornobyl, more nuclear disasters are inevitable — plan for them

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