About this episode

The episode discusses Europe's record-breaking June temperatures due to a heat dome, declining HPV vaccine rates, and features guests Martin Rees and Sonia Shah.

Coming up, most of Europe smashes June temperature records. But what is the 'heat dome' that's driving this extreme weather? Plus, why HPV vaccine rates are declining despite a huge reduction in cervical cancer deaths; Sonia Shah on her book The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years; and former Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, on aliens. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

People in this episode

Host: The Naked Scientists

Guests: Martin Rees, Sonia Shah

Topics covered

• heat dome
• extreme weather
• HPV vaccine
• cervical cancer
• malaria
• aliens

Keywords

• heat dome
• Europe
• HPV vaccine
• cervical cancer
• malaria
• aliens
• Martin Rees
• Sonia Shah

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HPV

Books & works: The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

Places: Europe

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