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Hantavirus update, PCOS name change, ‘cheeky’ fish behavior

Hantavirus update, PCOS name change, ‘cheeky’ fish behavior

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What you should know about hantavirus, why PCOS is getting a new name, and how some fish hide in an unusual spot

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In this episode of Science Quickly, we get the latest on the
hantavirus outbreak with Tanya Lewis, Scientific American’s senior
desk editor for health and medicine. We also unpack why the common
health condition previously named polycystic ovary syndrome, or
PCOS, is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or
PMOS. Then SciAm’s chief newsletter editor Andrea Gawrylewski
shares an interesting story about subatomic particles from this
month’s issue of the magazine. And finally, we dive into the
phenomenon known as “cloacal diving”—wherein one fish hides in
another animal’s “butthole.” Recommended Reading: Can hantavirus
spread through the air? What we do and don’t know Why hantavirus
takes so long to show symptoms and what that means for containment
Doubts grow over theory that bird-watchers’ trip to Argentine
landfill sparked hantavirus outbreak ‘PCOS is inaccurate’—why
scientists renamed polycystic ovary syndrome Mining companies are
using cosmic rays to find critical minerals Sucker fish are hiding
in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals E-mail us at
sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or
ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday:
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Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This
episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna
Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic
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