Vaccines, squirrels with leprosy, and exoplanet atmospheres

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In the news pod, the nanotechnology enabling the production of a new vaccine to immunise against future coronaviruses. Then, how we can use psychedelic treatments without giving patients an unwanted trip, and how it was discovered that squirrels and humans were both living with leprosy in medieval England. Plus, what does the latest exoplanet discovery tell us about how far the closest habitable planet might be? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Halifax presents, bad move, good move.
0:03.5	Bad move, trusting your other half to put up shelves to hold the China your lovely Nan left you.
0:09.0	Oh yeah, jobs are gooden. Oops.
0:15.0	Good move.
0:17.0	Joining the one in five first-time buyers who choose a Halifax mortgage.
0:20.0	Halifax, the home of first-time buyers.
0:23.0	Halifax first-time buyer mortgage completion volume is a percentage of total market,
0:27.0	December 2022 to November 2023. All engine running, running,
0:36.5	absolutely genius.
0:37.5	Get this.
0:38.5	Welcome.
0:39.5	It's the show where we bring science.
0:41.5	What that essentially that means is
0:44.0	Discovery is advances research technology
0:46.0	unbelievable
0:47.0	without further ado
0:48.0	this is the naked scientists
0:50.0	Hello welcome to this week's naked scientists the show where we strive to bring you the
0:54.8	latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine. I'm Chris Smith and coming up, a vaccine developed
1:01.1	by Cambridge scientist to help you build immunity against infections that may not even exist yet.
1:06.0	Also, why you might not have to lick a toad to alleviate depression in the future,
1:11.0	and the Super Earth Exoplanet called 55 Kancri E space scientists have discovered
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