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This week, we discuss the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius. What are we beginning to learn? Plus, how potatoes were the driving force for advantageous gene selection in the Indigenous Andean population, the salmon being exposed to cocaine in polluted rivers, and what newly discovered molecules are teaching us about ancient life on Mars... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Previous episodes
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1255 - Hantavirus outbreak, and salmon on cocaineFri, 08 May 2026
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1254 - Meningitis under the microscopeTue, 05 May 2026
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1253 - Chernobyl 40 years on, and countering ash dieback diseaseFri, 01 May 2026
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1252 - Giant leaps in astronomy: the telescopes taking us furtherTue, 28 Apr 2026
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1251 - Microbiome links to Parkinson's, and a massive laser boostFri, 24 Apr 2026
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1250 - What is flooding? And how do we tackle it?Tue, 21 Apr 2026
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1249 - Alzheimer's drugs & tackling HIVFri, 17 Apr 2026
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1248 - Oil, gas & what comes nextTue, 14 Apr 2026
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1247 - Space travel alters the body, and chronic pain on the mindFri, 10 Apr 2026
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1246 - What is time?Tue, 07 Apr 2026
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1245 - Artemis II launch, and tackling physical inactivityFri, 03 Apr 2026
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1244 - Nature frozen in timeTue, 31 Mar 2026
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1243 - Social media addiction, and the famous honeybee danceFri, 27 Mar 2026
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1242 - Return to the MoonTue, 24 Mar 2026
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1241 - Meningitis in Kent, and sonic hedgehogsFri, 20 Mar 2026
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1240 - Understanding endometriosisTue, 17 Mar 2026
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1239 - War and the environment, and Neanderthal-human interbreedingFri, 13 Mar 2026
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1238 - Eradicating polioTue, 10 Mar 2026
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1237 - Immune reprogramming for cancer, and squeaky shoe scienceFri, 06 Mar 2026
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1236 - Titans of Science: Mike WooldridgeTue, 03 Mar 2026
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1235 - Brain fats cleared during sleep, and bird poo powered PeruFri, 27 Feb 2026
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1234 - Titans of Science: Jane CarltonTue, 24 Feb 2026
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1233 - Navalny's dart frog poisoning, and cat cancer genomicsFri, 20 Feb 2026
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1232 - Heart failure: can you mend a broken heart?Tue, 17 Feb 2026
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1231 - A nasal spray for flu, and is this how life began on Earth?Fri, 13 Feb 2026
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1230 - The mosquito: the world's deadliest animalTue, 10 Feb 2026
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1229 - Shingles vaccine delays dementia, and chatting AI botsFri, 06 Feb 2026
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1228 - Motor neurone disease: what does the science say?Tue, 03 Feb 2026
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1227 - Cracking cancer's code, and the cow that scratches its backFri, 30 Jan 2026
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1226 - Titans of Science: John ZarneckiTue, 27 Jan 2026
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1225 - Alzheimer's fingerprick test, and space debris sonic boomsFri, 23 Jan 2026
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1224 - Generation New Era: The UK's new birth cohort studyTue, 20 Jan 2026
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1223 - China's new London embassy, and screen-time retards speechSun, 18 Jan 2026
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1222 - Science leads the way at DavosTue, 13 Jan 2026
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1221 - Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed MaduroFri, 09 Jan 2026
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1220 - Titans of Science: Ed Wild & Sarah TabriziTue, 06 Jan 2026
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1219 - Best Science Stories of 2025Mon, 22 Dec 2025
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1218 - MI6 pushes cyber security, and WHO warns of fat jab shortageFri, 19 Dec 2025
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1217 - What's a white Christmas, and will we get one this year?Tue, 16 Dec 2025
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1216 - New monkeypox virus strain, and Chernobyl's dome damagedFri, 12 Dec 2025
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1215 - Titans of Science: Paul DaviesTue, 09 Dec 2025
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1214 - Facial recognition tech, and Russia destroys launchpadFri, 05 Dec 2025
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1213 - Titans of Science: Georgina LongTue, 02 Dec 2025
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1212 - Prostate cancer screening, and DNA building blocks in BennuFri, 28 Nov 2025
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1211 - New ways to combat the Antibiotic ApocalypseTue, 25 Nov 2025
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1210 - Small modular reactors for Wales, and moss survives in spaceFri, 21 Nov 2025
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1209 - A climate COP out?Tue, 18 Nov 2025
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1208 - Flu season starts early, and staving off hungry seagullsFri, 14 Nov 2025
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1207 - 80 years of nuclear weaponsTue, 11 Nov 2025
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1206 - Vaping rates surge, and space race to deliver economic boonFri, 07 Nov 2025
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