The week in science (24/2/22)

The Cosmos Podcast

Feb 23, 2022•17 min

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Episode description

In this episode of our weekly series where journalists from the Cosmos newsroom bring you their highlights from the week in science, we hear that not all carbon capture is as good as it sounds, why your kitchen sponge is a bacterial wonderland, and how a genetic risk variant for severe COVID-19 actually protects against HIV. Our journalists today are Amalyah Hart, Imma Perfetto and Ellen Phiddian.

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