About this episode

This episode discusses the hantavirus outbreak, gene selection in Indigenous Andean populations, salmon exposure to cocaine, and new discoveries about ancient life on Mars.

This week, we discuss the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius. What are we beginning to learn? Plus, how potatoes were the driving force for advantageous gene selection in the Indigenous Andean population, the salmon being exposed to cocaine in polluted rivers, and what newly discovered molecules are teaching us about ancient life on Mars... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Host: The Naked Scientists

Topics covered

• hantavirus
• salmon
• pollution
• gene selection
• ancient life
• Mars

Keywords

• hantavirus
• salmon
• cocaine
• pollution
• potatoes
• gene selection
• Mars

Mentioned in this episode

Products: potatoes, cocaine

Places: MV Hondius, Andean, Mars

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