Climate change and covid, and wearable stress detectors
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English - February 09, 2021 22:50 - 8 minutes - 7.67 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at two new Covid-related study, including one that provides evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could've played a role in the emergence of Covid-19, a new study into coral bleaching that could have application for rebuilding coral reefs and a wearable system that can continually measure stress hormone in humans. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland.