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Unexpected Elements

The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to wh... Read more

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Rwanda’s game changing coronavirus test

Rwanda’s game changing coronavirus test

African scientists have developed a reliable, quick and cheap testing method which could be used by worldwide as the bas... Read more

11 Jul 2020

1hr 8mins

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Covid -19, are you carrying the virus?

Covid -19, are you carrying the virus?

In Italy the entire population of a small town was tested for Covid 19. Of those infected, one in three people with no s... Read more

22 Mar 2020

1hr 6mins

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Covid -19 new hope from blood tests

Covid -19 new hope from blood tests

Research from New York examining the blood of people who have recovered from Covid – 19 shows the majority have produced... Read more

10 May 2020

1hr 15mins

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Trouble in Greenland

Trouble in Greenland

Has the loss from Greenland’s vast ice sheet reached a tipping point? According to glaciologist Michalea King, the rate ... Read more

23 Aug 2020

59mins

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Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans

Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans

All the farmed mink in Denmark are to be killed. Around 17 million. This is because they have SARS COV-2 coronavirus cir... Read more

8 Nov 2020

59mins

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Adapting California

Adapting California

Roland Pease is joined by California based science Journalist Molly Bentley as we examine the impact of earthquakes and ... Read more

5 Jan 2020

1hr 1min

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From batteries to distant worlds

From batteries to distant worlds

Nobel prizes this week went to a range of discoveries that you might be familiar with, in fact you might be using one of... Read more

13 Oct 2019

56mins

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Wuhan Coronavirus

Wuhan Coronavirus

The way in which a new virus has emerged in China is reminiscent of SARS, a highly infectious virus that spread rapidly.... Read more

26 Jan 2020

1hr 6mins

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Covid -19 hope for severe cases

Covid -19 hope for severe cases

A multi arm trial testing a range of drugs has shown that readily available steroids can be lifesaving for people severe... Read more

21 Jun 2020

1hr 11mins

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Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?

Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?

A quantum computer has performed a calculation considered impossible for conventional computers, but how meaningful is t... Read more

27 Oct 2019

1hr 12mins

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Climate in crisis

Climate in crisis

Pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are largely unachievable says a major audit of commitments to the Paris Clima... Read more

10 Nov 2019

1hr

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Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid

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 agency’s sampling mission... Read more

25 Oct 2020

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Vaccines – the Covid confusion

Vaccines – the Covid confusion

While developing new treatments drug companies usually release little useful information on how the clinical trials are ... Read more

29 Nov 2020

1hr 4mins

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Global climate inaction

Global climate inaction

This week’s IPCC report on the state of the world’s climate looks very much like their earlier reports on the subject. T... Read more

29 Sep 2019

1hr 4mins

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White Island volcano eruption

White Island volcano eruption

From the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, Roland Pease talks with Diana Roman of the Carnegie Institution fo... Read more

15 Dec 2019

56mins

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Politics and Amazonia’s fires

Politics and Amazonia’s fires

This year’s Amazon fires have been worse than since 2010, scientists blame a government attitude which they say has enco... Read more

24 Nov 2019

1hr 4mins

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Do Covid–19 mutations matter?

Do Covid–19 mutations matter?

Data from clinical investigations has suggested that a specific mutation in the SARS-Cov -2 virus has made it more trans... Read more

11 Oct 2020

1hr 10mins

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Mount Taal volcano

Mount Taal volcano

An experimental satellite called Aeolus, named after a Greek god of wind, which takes daily global measurements of the w... Read more

19 Jan 2020

1hr

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Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change

Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change

Attributing Australia's bush fires, a major study says man-made climate change was a big driver – making the fires at le... Read more

8 Mar 2020

1hr 2mins

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Embryoids from stem cells

Embryoids from stem cells

Scientists know very little about the first few days of the life of a human embryo, once it's been implanted in the womb... Read more

15 Sep 2019

1hr

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