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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 13 hours 25 minutes
From the archives: the chemistry of crime fiction
In this episode from 2017, Nicola Davis sits down with Dr Kathryn Harkup to discuss a shared love of crime fiction and the chemistry contained within their poisonous plots
Covid-19: tracking the spread of a virus in real time
Nicola Davis speaks to Dr Estée Török about detecting viral genetic mutations in Covid-19 patient samples to investigate hospital outbreaks
The fight over the Hubble constant
Madeleine Finlay investigates one of cosmology’s biggest enigmas – the Hubble constant
Covid-19: does more testing always mean more cases?
Nicola Davis speaks to Prof Rowland Kao about the positivity rate, and what this value can tell us about a country’s epidemic
How Red Sea 'supercorals' are resisting the climate crisis
Ian Sample speaks to marine biologist Prof Maoz Fine about his surprising research on the relationship between increasing ocean temperatures and the Red Sea’s coral reefs
Covid-19: How risky is singing?
Nicola Davis speaks to Prof Jonathan Reid about uncovering the risks of singing and performing music in the spread of Covid-19
Are we in the midst of a new space race?
Ian Sample speaks to space policy veteran Prof John Logsdon about the past, present and future of global space policy.
Covid-19: what can sewage tell us?
Hannah Devlin speaks to Andrew Singer about using sewage to detect outbreaks of Covid-19
Booming blooms: how algae are turning the alps pink
Hannah Devlin speaks to Prof Marian Yallop about the growing numbers of algae blooms and what they could mean for melting glaciers and ice sheets
Covid-19: the relationship between antibodies and immunity
Nicola Davis talks to Prof Eleanor Riley about how best to test for antibodies and asks whether they are the only thing we should be looking for