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The 200-Year Old Whale

Mar 10, 20267:05Science & Medicine

Bowhead whales can live for nearly 2 centuries, weigh as much as 22 elephants, and– surprisingly– rarely get cancer. So what’s their sea -cret? Sarah Lando from Genome BC brings us the splashy new genomic research behind...

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The 200-Year Old Whale is an episode from Nice Genes! by JAR Audio. Bowhead whales can live for nearly 2 centuries, weigh as much as 22 elephants, and– surprisingly– rarely get cancer. So what’s their sea -cret? Sarah Lando from Genome BC b...

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Published Mar 10, 2026, 7:05 long, audio available.

The 200-Year Old Whale

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