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World Service,·333 episodes
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
23 Apr 2022,·67 mins
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
16 Apr 2022,·74 mins
What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
09 Apr 2022,·61 mins
Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
02 Apr 2022,·58 mins
Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?
20 Mar 2022,·58 mins
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
13 Mar 2022,·64 mins
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself.
06 Mar 2022,·57 mins
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
27 Feb 2022,·58 mins
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
20 Feb 2022,·64 mins
The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab,
13 Feb 2022,·65 mins
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
06 Feb 2022,·63 mins
Detecting the early signals for long Covid
30 Jan 2022,·56 mins
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
23 Jan 2022,·59 mins
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
16 Jan 2022,·57 mins
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Coivd19 end the pandemic?
08 Jan 2022,·57 mins
The year began with Alpha and ends with Omicron, what have we learnt?
01 Jan 2022,·67 mins
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
25 Dec 2021,·60 mins
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
19 Dec 2021,·63 mins
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
12 Dec 2021,·69 mins
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
05 Dec 2021,·62 mins
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
28 Nov 2021,·62 mins
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
20 Nov 2021,·57 mins
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
13 Nov 2021,·53 mins
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel by extracting gases from air
06 Nov 2021,·73 mins
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
30 Oct 2021,·62 mins
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence.
23 Oct 2021,·53 mins
The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands.
16 Oct 2021,·58 mins
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang’e-5 mission
09 Oct 2021,·63 mins
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
02 Oct 2021,·61 mins
Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to SARS-CoV-2
25 Sep 2021,·63 mins
