Podcast BBC - Science Hour

New Covid vaccine

Researchers at Imperial College have been working on a strategy that can make RNA vaccines...

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Saving the Northern White Rhino

Northern white rhinos are extinct in the wild and there are just two females in captivity in...

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Gravitational waves and black holes

After collecting data for more than twelve years the North American Nanohertz Observatory for...

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New variants of SARS-Cov2

Mutant strains of SARS-Cov2 have been identified not only in the UK, where it was first...

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Coping with Covid

This has been an incredible year for scientific advance and collaboration, epitomised by the roll...

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A year with Covid -19

It was the end of December 2019 when reports of a new flu like infection first came out of China....

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Covid -19 – Mutations are normal

This week the UK Health secretary raised concerns over a new variant of SARS- CoV-2 currently...

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The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus

Pictures of coffins and mass graves seen by satellites showed that Manaus has been badly affected...

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Freak weather getting even freakier

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has seen a new record for severe storms says Climatologist...

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Freak weather getting even freakier

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has seen a new record for severe storms says Climatologist...

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Vaccines – the Covid confusion

While developing new treatments drug companies usually release little useful information on how...

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Covid- 19 – Good news on immunity

Tests on patients for up to 8 months following their infection with SARS- CoV-2 suggests an...

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Covid-19 defeats US Marines

The WHO is working with China to try and pinpoint the source of SARS- COV-2. Sian Griffiths,...

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Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans

All the farmed mink in Denmark are to be killed. Around 17 million. This is because they have...

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Osiris Rex stows asteroid material

Last week NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission successfully touched down on asteroid Bennu’s crumbly...

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Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid

Science in Action talks to Nasa researcher Hannah Kaplan who is part of the team for the space...

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Covid -19 mortality

Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -29 between countries? A study of...

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Do Covid–19 mutations matter?

Data from clinical investigations has suggested that a specific mutation in the SARS-Cov -2 virus...

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Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders?

An analysis of Covid-19 data from South India shows children more than any other group are...

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Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission

While vaccines against Covid -19 are being developed at unprecedented speed, none of them have...

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