Covid-19

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What ideas for a green recovery might be effective, and what are less promising?

Global carbon emissions dropped by 17% at the peak of the lockdown - but are going right back up again...

Listener Alice has already been infected with the coronavirus. What happens if she is exposed to it again?

The NHS contact tracing app has failed to materialise. What's the delay, and why are Apple now involved?

How do you cut emissions, kill the coronavirus, and rescue the economy all at the same time?

Does a mirror multiply light, and is climate change down to us, or natural temperature cycles?

Could members of the camel family help scientists find a Covid-19 treatment?

Some of the templates used for coronavirus tests no longer match sequences of the virus itself...

Antibodies to other human coronaviruses are gone within a year of infection, so what is the prospect for long-term...

Also, ventilators and Covid-19, have you seen your brain, and is sunlight stronger in summer?

Where are we now, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic? Two virologists discuss...

The age-old but newly-relevant topic of feeling alone in the time of COVID-19...

Phase 2 of the hydroxychloroquine debacle, and did Covid come out of a lab?

Australian aboriginal people have used them as bush medicine - but might they help against the coronavirus?

A key study covered in last week’s show has been retracted by the authors, who couldn't verify the data...

It's best to go shopping when the stores are quietest. We test out an app that helps you find out...

An in-depth review of the science so far suggests physical distancing, facemasks, and eye protection help...

Is there any research on the antiviral properties of saponins?

Well, we consider two suggestions anyway: microwaves and steam...

How rapidly is Covid-19 mutating, and what do these mutations mean for the future of the pandemic?

How do we know about the incidence of Covid-19? And what progress has been made towards a vaccine...

Why is it so hard to make a coronavirus vaccine?