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Engineering safer football helmets, and the science behind drug overdoses

Science Magazine Podcast · February 5, 2026

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Engineering safer football helmets, and the science behind drug overdoses

Science Magazine Podcast

First up on the podcast, host Sarah Crespi and Staff Writer Adrian Cho talk football and the latest science behind helmets engineered to reduce head injuries. Have better materials and testing led to fewer concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in players? Next on the show, more than 100,000 people die from opioid overdoses in North America per year. Although much study has gone into addiction research, less attention has been paid to the biological details of overdose itself. John Strang, a professor in the National Addiction Centre at King’s College London, joins the podcast to discuss the questions researchers could be asking about overdose, and how to partner with drug addicted people to find solutions. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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First up on the podcast, host Sarah Crespi and Staff Writer Adrian Cho talk football and the latest science behind helmets engineered to reduce head injuries . Have better materials and testing led to fewer concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in players? Next on the show, more than 100,000 people die from opioid overdoses in North America per year. Although much study has gone into addiction research, less attention has been paid to the biological details of overdose itself. John Strang , a professor in the National Addiction Centre at King’s College London, joins the podcast to discuss the questions researchers could be asking about overdose , and how to partner with drug addicted people to find solutions. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 5, 2026
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