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Hannah Devlin speaks toProf Paul Hunter about fatality rates; why different figures are being quoted across the media; how the rates are calculated; and is the fatality rate the only useful number to look at?
Physicist Brian Greene takes us on a journey through time and the cosmos on a quest to find meaning and purpose in human experience
Nicola Davis hears how insights into influenza might reveal how our bodies react once Covid-19 takes hold
In the third and final episode of our new series on gene editing, Common Threads, we talk about trust in power and how past controversies have led many to question gene editing, science and medicine.
Science Weekly will be exploring questions about what we do and don’t know about the new coronavirus outbreak with weekly bonus episodes. First: where in the body does it infect us, and what difference does this make?
In the second episode of our new series on gene editing, Common Threads, we talk about power. Who can speak for our species and make decisions? Who holds the power to inform us, and are we well informed?
Should we rewrite our DNA? In the first episode of our new series, Common Threads, we explore what makes us human
Cosmologist Dan Hooper winds the clock back to the birth of the universe, exploring mysteries from dark matter to the infinities of space
How did complex life on Earth begin? Hannah Devlin dives into the 12-year scientific odyssey that has revealed an important clue to one of our most difficult, and fundamental, questions
The ocean floor is teeming with life, from scaly-foot snails to giant spider crabs. But it is also home to metals and minerals. Nicola Davis explores what lurks in the deep