Unexpected Elements Episodes Episode guide
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NASA rover heads for Mars ancient lake
NASA 2020 rover launched on fresh search for life on Mars
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Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people
The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year.
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How long do Covid-19 antibodies last?
New research on how long our defences against the coronavirus last.
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Rwanda鈥檚 game changing coronavirus test
African scientists have developed a reliable, quicker and cheaper mass testing method
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Covid-19 and children
Why a minority become gravely ill is still a mystery
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Record high temperatures 鈥� in the Arctic
Siberia has seen 38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit
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Covid -19 hope for severe cases
A readily available drug prevents some deaths, and others may also be useful
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Food security, locusts and Covid -19
Efforts to irradiate locust swarms and save harvests continue despite the pandemic
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The medical complexity of Covid -19
Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart
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Brazil鈥檚 Covid chaos
Numbers of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show
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Covid -19 Vaccines
More than a hundred vaccines are in development to fight the virus
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Loosening lockdown
Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key.
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Covid -19 new hope from blood tests
Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19
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Ebola drug offers hope for Covid-19
Early trials suggest Remdesivir can aid recovery
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Presidents and pandemics
Why they don鈥檛 mix
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Italy, getting Covid 19 under control
Tentative steps to relax the lockdown
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The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
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Covid 19 鈥� The fightback in Africa begins
As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19 ?
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The science of social distancing
Research shows most important measure in limiting spread of Covid 19 is social distancing
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Covid -19, are you carrying the virus?
Research from Italy and China, shows many people have the coronavirus but no symptoms
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Covid -19 how infectious is it really?
As numbers continue to rise we look at pattern of transmission & prospects for treatments
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Australia鈥檚 fires - fuelled by climate change
A study shows fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind鈥檚 influence on the climate.
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Tracking coronavirus spread
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
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Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
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CoVid-19: Mapping the outbreak
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading.
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Coronavirus, prospects for treatment?
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
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Understanding the Wuhan coronavirus
Analysis of the impact of the new virus.
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Wuhan Coronavirus
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
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Mount Taal volcano
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
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Australia鈥檚 extreme fire season
2019 was Australia鈥檚 hottest year on record, a major factor behind continued bushfires
