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Rare earths. A term you鈥檒l have heard a lot of in the news this week. What are they and why do we want them? And new research bringing together ME and long covid.
President Trump has his sights set on Greenland. If he succeeds, what mineral wealth will he find there? Adrian Finch, Professor of Geology at St Andrews University has been visiting Greenland for more than 3 decades and explains what so called 鈥榬are earth elements鈥� are found in Greenland and why.
Professor Danny Altmann talks to Tom Whipple about a new project to understand the genetic and metabolic similarities between two illnesses; Long Covid and ME.
And Lizzie Gibney, senior physics reporter at Nature brings her pick of the best new science this week.
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