Science In Action Episodes Episode guide
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Why are Covid-19 cases rising in Hong Kong?
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
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Covid -19 origins
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself
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Reforming the 鈥楥hina Initiative鈥�
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
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Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
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Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab
The inside story of Wuhan鈥檚 coronavirus lab
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Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
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The roots of Long Covid
Detecting the early signals for long Covid
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Tonga eruption 鈥� how it happened
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
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Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
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Corbevax 鈥� A vaccine for the world?
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?
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2021: The year of variants
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?
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Omicron 鈥� mild or monster?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far 鈥� but that鈥檚 not the whole story
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Omicron鈥檚 rapid replication rate
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
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Can the weather trigger a volcano?
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
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Omicron, racism and trust
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
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Deliberately doomed dart
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
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The end for coal power?
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
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Bambi got Covid
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
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Jet fuel from thin air
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases
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Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
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Red blood cells鈥� surprising immune function
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body鈥檚 immune defence.
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Wetlands under attack
The invasive cordgrass taking over China鈥檚 coastal wetlands.
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Youngest rock samples from the moon
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang鈥檈-5 mission
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Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
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New evidence for Sars-CoV-2鈥檚 origin in bats
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
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
Unexploited oil, gas and coal reserves must stay in the ground to avert temperature rise
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Hurricane season intensifies
Climate change increases the havoc caused by Hurricane Ida across parts of the US.
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World鈥檚 first DNA Covid vaccine
Authorities in India approve a new type of needle-free triple-dose vaccine
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Seismic citizen science in Hispaniola
Is there more to come from the Haitian earthquake fault system?
