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Ros Russell, the Editor of the Evening Standard’s Vaccine for the World project, takes over the Tech and Science Daily this week, to bring you the people behind the scenes tackling Covid-19.With a fourth Covid wave around the corner, Malawi has stepped up its mobile vaccination campaigns. Today we’re joined by Charles Pensulo, a journalist based in the city of Blantyre in Malawi. In an effort to increase the uptake of vaccines, Malawian health workers are taking jabs out to communities. Charles has followed one of the minibuses carrying doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. He updates us on Malawi’s vaccine rollout and why the country is struggling in the face of the Omicron variant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we’re joined by Natasha McEnroe, Keeper of Medicine at the Science Museum in London. The Science Museum has been collecting items throughout the pandemic, and is launching a major global exhibition about the Covid vaccine next year.Natasha explains why these projects are so important and how she has learned the lessons of history - especially from the Spanish flu pandemic of the early 20th century. The Science Museum's aim is to educate the public during this and future pandemics, as well as to promote a better understanding of vaccines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ros Russell, the Editor of the Evening Standard’s Vaccine for the World project, takes over the Tech and Science Daily this week, to bring you the people behind the scenes tackling Covid-19.Today we’re joined by Professor Samba Sow, Director of CVD-Mali, a medical doctor and epidemiologist. In 2020, he was appointed WHO Special Envoy for Covid-19 in West Africa.As richer countries move on to delivering booster vaccinations against Covid, millions of people in the developing world are still waiting for their first jab. Professor Sow tells us about his role during the pandemic, his warnings about the virus threat before this one arrived, vaccine hesitancy in Africa and why it’s so important that drug companies help poorer nations by sharing science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ros Russell, the Editor of the Evening Standard’s Vaccine for the World project, takes over the Tech and Science Daily this week, to bring you the people behind the scenes tackling Covid-19.Today we’re joined by Professor Teresa Lambe OBE, co creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.  The team at the University of Oxford lept into action to develop a vaccine in January 2020, before the virus reached the UK in March.  Professor Lambe tells us about her journey through creating the vaccine ‘on a Friday night’, the struggles her team faced and how she felt once she knew that they had successfully created the UK’s first coronavirus vaccine.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sit down, relax and let us take you on a journey to discover the Science of Santa.Now, if you're like us then you'll be fascinated by Santa Claus. Every year he launches the largest delivery operation in the world. But with the rotation of the Earth only giving him 31 hours, how does he do it?To investigate we've spoken to one of the world's leading scientists, Professor Don Lincoln. Professor Lincoln is also a physicist and through his studies has worked out what he believes could be the answer.And with Covid-19, can we help Santa out in any way? Well, we've even spoken to experts from NASA, researchers in quantum physics, and we even take him for a ride in a Tesla. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Children with peanut allergies across the country will be the first in Europe to receive a new life-changing treatment. NHS England has secured a deal for Palforzia, an oral treatment, which helps to reduce the severity of symptoms including anaphylaxis, after a reaction to peanuts. Early evidence suggests that omicron is a milder variant of covid and the Pfizer jab is approved for use in vulnerable primary school children. Plus, the muscle layer in the human jaw which has just been identified, how ancient mass migration transformed Britons' DNA, and the US investigation into Tesla cars about in-car gameplay. TikTok beats Google to become the ‘most visited’ website of 2021, proof that Christmas carol concerts make you happier and astronomers discover 170 ‘rogue planets’ in the dark universe. Also, the new TV that you can taste… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re one step closer to flying taxis becoming a reality. A new Inmarsat satellite due to launch today is set to boost infrastructure networks, in-flight WiFi on planes and secure communications. The British firm says the coverage it will provide in remote areas could also be used to connect autonomous vehicles and the sensors used for flying taxis in the future. In England, the isolation period for people who test positive for covid has been cut from ten to seven days - as long as you test negative on a lateral flow on the 6th and 7th days. Also, new research shows why children seem to have less severe reactions to the virus. A 66-million-years plus dinosaur embryo has been found inside a fossilised egg and why mother seals can recognise their pups' voice from just two days old. Plus the James Webb Telescope launch has been delayed until at least Christmas day - we speak to a member of the development team about what kind of research it will help further… and we find out why wise old elephants keep the younger ones calm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boeing and Airbus Americas are asking the White House to delay 5G rollout in the States in an on-going row over whether or not the tech can crash planes. The companies says “interference could adversely affect the ability of aircraft to safely operate”. The wireless industry group CTIA says 5G is safe and is accusing the aviation industry of fearmongering and distorting facts. WHO Boss Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says 2022 must be the year the pandemic ends. He also warned governments across the globe that they “should invest in preventing a future disaster on this scale". Also, Giant millipedes as big as cars that once roamed northern England have been identified; Airbnb’s clamping down on New Year’s Eve house parties; and what do you buy a lion for Christmas? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists are sending human muscle tissue to the International Space Station to find out why it weakens in zero-G. It follows decades of research into the physical consequences of travelling out of the atmosphere, with astronauts experiencing temporary ageing-like effects.Final preparations are underway for the much-anticipated, and very delayed, launch of Nasa’s most powerful telescope ever on Christmas Eve. The James Webb was due to head into space in 2007, but technical problems have led to it remaining firmly on Earth. Also, the Omicron variant’s ability to dodge vaccines may be the reason it’s less effective at harming people’s lungs; apparently, not even Microsoft itself can get hold of an XBox Series X right now and why the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth may have been cold-blooded like lizards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Using machine learning a new study’s found Artificial Intelligence can predict with up to 92% accuracy if a person will develop dementia within two years. TikTok school threat warning: Some US schools are cancelling classes. How the vikings were no match for climate change in Greenland. Good news for creators: Snapchat reveals a new dedicated mobile video editing app. A TikToker has traded her way up from a hairpin to a house. Meta blocks surveillance firms targeting people on Facebook, and the Oxford Union show off AI which can debate for and against its ideas. Plus, experts in Australia have discovered a millipede with 1,306 legs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.