Bird Flu, Brain Aging, and Transparent Skin

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This chapter discusses the first human case of bird flu in Missouri and its implications, along with a study showing significant brain aging in adolescent girls during the COVID pandemic. It also explores a groundbreaking technique using food dye to temporarily render skin transparent, its potential medical applications, safety concerns, and the resurgence of bird flu among various animal species.

Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have made headlines this week, from a new technique that uses food colouring to make skin transparent, to the first case of bird flu in a person with no known contact with sick animals, and a study looking at premature brain ageing in young people during Covid. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod