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This is the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.

And that's we me Chris Smith and

with Phil Sansom. This week we're celebrating the great Scottish tradition of

Burns' night but with a special dose of science. We've got Hagus history and

hip-hop. Well, a Cayley anyway.

Plus an update on China's virus outbreak, the Earth's oldest meteor crater, and...

Scientists recreate the voice of a 3,000 year old Egyptian mummy.

The Naked Scientists Podcast picked up in China. The disease was first picked up by

Chinese authorities right at the beginning of December and the source appears to be

a food market in Wuhan City. The virus itself is a newly identified member of a viral family called

coronaviruses. Chris recently spoke to epidemiologist Neil Ferguson from

Imperial College London. The severity of that disease varies from person to person who gets it all away from very severe.

Some deaths have been caused so far, to apparently really quite mild.

We just don't know at the moment

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