Science In Action Podcast
The 蜜芽传媒 brings you all the week's science news.
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What peat can tell us about our future
Thu 3 Nov 2022
Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.
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Seismic events on Mars
Thu 27 Oct 2022
New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars鈥� origin and evolution.
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The most powerful explosion ever recorded
Thu 20 Oct 2022
A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed
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Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders
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Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners
Thu 6 Oct 2022
We meet the winners behind this week鈥檚 Nobel Prize announcements
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The final moments of DART
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Reflections on NASA鈥檚 latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth
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Should we mine the deep sea?
Thu 22 Sep 2022
A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.
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Science and the causes behind Pakistan鈥檚 floods
Thu 15 Sep 2022
A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.
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The genetics of human intelligence
Sun 11 Sep 2022
A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development
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The China heatwave and the new normal
Thu 1 Sep 2022
The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere
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Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed
Thu 25 Aug 2022
The latest analysis of Nasa鈥檚 perseverance discoveries confounds scientists鈥� expectations
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Icelandic volcano erupts again
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption.
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Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts
Thu 4 Aug 2022
Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells
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The first galaxies at the universe's dawn
Thu 28 Jul 2022
James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time
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Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?
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First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Thu 14 Jul 2022
A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Extreme heat death risk in Latin America
Thu 30 Jun 2022
New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities
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Monster microbe
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It鈥檚 the size and shape of an eyelash.
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Thirty years after the Earth Summit
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
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Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts
Thu 9 Jun 2022
A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.
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Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?
Thu 2 Jun 2022
Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
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Heat death by volcano and other stories
Thu 26 May 2022
New insights into Tonga鈥檚 cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
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Death in the rainforest
Thu 19 May 2022
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
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Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy鈥檚 heart
Thu 12 May 2022
Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
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Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100
Thu 5 May 2022
Vietnam鈥檚 vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
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The Indian subcontinent鈥檚 record-breaking heatwave
Thu 28 Apr 2022
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
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Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.
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How 鈥榤agic mushroom鈥� chemical treats depression
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
