Emotional Breath this week on Science in Action we take a look at a study that focuses on how the exhalation of breath determines the emotional response. Cinema viewers, watching The Hunger Games, were monitored to see if researchers could tell the emotion of the crowd by measuring certain markers in their breath and looking…
When hurricane Ida struck the coast of Louisiana last weekend, almost to the day that Katrina did 16 years ago, comparisons between the two events were soon to follow. As the latest storm continues to wreak havoc and death further north in the US, Suzana Camargo of Columbia university talks to Roland Pease about the…
Indian authorities have approved the world’s first DNA Covid vaccine for emergency use. Not all the data that has led to the opening of the phase 3 trials is yet publicly available, but as public health policy expert Chandrakant Lahariya explains to Roland, it could be a real help in India’s, and the world’s, fight…
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has seen a new record for severe storms says Climatologist Michael Mann. He says warming oceans are one of the drivers. And Australia has seen spring temperatures hit new highs. Climate scientist Sarah Perkins – Kirkpatrick says it’s all the more remarkable as weather patterns are currently in a cycle…
Tests on patients for up to 8 months following their infection with SARS and CoV-2 suggests an immune response can persist. Alessandro Sette and Daniela Weiskopf at the La Jolla Institute in California are optimistic this could mean vaccines would also confer long lasting immunity. An analysis of samples from Kenya’s blood banks by Sophie…
Sea Lions and Science in Action hear how different dialects emerge in sperm whale societies through cultural learning. A new study suggests that processes similar to those underlying the formation of human cultures also operate in complex animal societies. Plus we explore a report that seals and sea lions might contribute significant amounts of toxic…
Fruit Flies: The nose of the common fruit fly could soon be used to detect drugs and explosives thanks to new research that has revealed the fly’s impressive ability to sniff out a range of hazardous chemicals. Professor Thomas Nowotny tells us more. Cyclone Hudhud: We report on the current situation in Andhra Pradesh and…