Emerging Viruses: Monkeypox on the up

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Emerging viral infections go under our microscope this week, including the recent surge in monkeypox, the world's largest bird flu outbreak to date, and learning points from Covid-19. Plus, in the news, the biggest bacterium ever seen, brain training - or brain draining - apps, polio circulating in London, and signs we make friends with people who smell like we do! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running,
0:03.0	running, I'm so genius.
0:04.0	Get this.
0:05.0	Welcome.
0:06.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:08.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:10.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:14.0	Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:17.0	Hello, welcome to The Naked Scientists.
0:19.0	This is the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:23.4	I'm Chris Smith and I'm Julia Ravi and this week scientists discover the world's
0:28.9	biggest bacterium. Do brain training apps really work and evidence that we pick our friends based on how they smell?
0:35.6	Well that's research not to be sniffed at isn't it.
0:38.0	Also this week with polio in London, monkeypox across 40 countries and COVID still on the rampage, emerging
0:44.6	infections is going under our microscope. Where are these outbreaks coming from and
0:50.1	why? The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:55.0	UK. What's about two centimeters long looks like a piece of spaghetti and clings to a leaf?
1:10.4	Now that sounds like a joke but it's not. It's actually the description of the world's largest
1:16.2	bacterium and yes you did hear that correctly. These are bacteria that are bigger than some insects.
1:24.0	Jean-Marie Voland at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been studying them.
1:28.8	He got these ones through the post from Guardloop in tubes.
1:32.4	They were clinging to bits of mangrove leaf.
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