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‘Perfection’: Facing the horror of little holes

Does the sight of a seed pod make you want to vomit? Do pancakes make your skin crawl? You might have what researchers call trypophobia– a feeling of disgust caused by clusters of little holes. In our next piece, Zara Hastie tries to get to the bottom of her aversion.

Audio report by Zara Hastie
 

Audio journalism students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism worked with mentors from All The Best radio to create content for Science Gallery Melbourne’s show on Perfection.

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