Science In Action Podcast
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ brings you all the week's science news.
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Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
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Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
Thu 3 Feb 2022
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
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Tonga eruption – how it happened
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
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Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
Thu 13 Jan 2022
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
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Corbevax – A vaccine for the world?
Thu 6 Jan 2022
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?
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2021: The year of variants
Thu 30 Dec 2021
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?
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Omicron – mild or monster?
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
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Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
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Can the weather trigger a volcano?
Thu 9 Dec 2021
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
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Omicron, racism and trust
Thu 2 Dec 2021
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
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Deliberately doomed dart
Thu 25 Nov 2021
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
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The end for coal power?
Thu 18 Nov 2021
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
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Bambi got Covid
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
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Jet fuel from thin air
Thu 4 Nov 2021
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases
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Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
Thu 28 Oct 2021
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
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Red blood cells’ surprising immune function
Thu 21 Oct 2021
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence.
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Wetlands under attack
Thu 14 Oct 2021
The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands.
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Youngest rock samples from the moon
Thu 7 Oct 2021
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang’e-5 mission
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Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
Thu 30 Sep 2021
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
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New evidence for Sars-CoV-2’s origin in bats
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to Sars-CoV-2
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Ebola can remain dormant for five years
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks
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Keep most fossil fuel in ground to meet 1.5 degree goal
Thu 9 Sep 2021
Unexploited oil, gas and coal reserves must stay in the ground to avert temperature rise
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Hurricane season intensifies
Thu 2 Sep 2021
Climate change increases the havoc caused by Hurricane Ida across parts of the US.
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World’s first DNA Covid vaccine
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Authorities in India approve a new type of needle-free triple-dose vaccine
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Seismic citizen science in Hispaniola
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Is there more to come from the Haitian earthquake fault system?
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Methane: A climate solution?
Thu 12 Aug 2021
Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?
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The earliest traces of animal life on earth.
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before?