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The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'

Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have used microchips to help blind patients regain the ability to read.

Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have used microchips to help blind patients regain the ability to read.

Also, the woman who played the clarinet during brain surgery, helping the doctors fine tune their treatment for Parkinson's, Thailand's water buffalo beauty contest, and how polystyrene boxes that keep fish fresh are being replaced - using mushrooms.

Presenter: Jannat Jalil
Music: Iona Hampson

(Photo: Credit: PA)

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