Science In Action Podcast
The 大象传媒 brings you all the week's science news.
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Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts
Thu 4 Aug 2022
Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells
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The first galaxies at the universe's dawn
Thu 28 Jul 2022
James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time
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Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?
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First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Thu 14 Jul 2022
A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Extreme heat death risk in Latin America
Thu 30 Jun 2022
New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities
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Monster microbe
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It鈥檚 the size and shape of an eyelash.
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Thirty years after the Earth Summit
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
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Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts
Thu 9 Jun 2022
A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.
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Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?
Thu 2 Jun 2022
Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
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Heat death by volcano and other stories
Thu 26 May 2022
New insights into Tonga鈥檚 cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
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Death in the rainforest
Thu 19 May 2022
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
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Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy鈥檚 heart
Thu 12 May 2022
Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
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Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100
Thu 5 May 2022
Vietnam鈥檚 vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
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The Indian subcontinent鈥檚 record-breaking heatwave
Thu 28 Apr 2022
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
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Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.
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How 鈥榤agic mushroom鈥� chemical treats depression
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
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Tsunami detective in Tonga
Thu 7 Apr 2022
What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
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Radioactive Red Forest
Thu 31 Mar 2022
Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
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Why are Covid-19 cases rising in Hong Kong?
Fri 11 Mar 2022
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
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Covid -19 origins
Fri 4 Mar 2022
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself
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Reforming the 鈥楥hina Initiative鈥�
Fri 25 Feb 2022
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
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Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
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Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
Thu 3 Feb 2022
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
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Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
Thu 13 Jan 2022
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
