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Long Covid, Mosquitos and Formula 1

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode…. body scans give us new insights into long Covid. Scientists discover the switch that triggers a mosquito's bloodlust, but can we turn it off? And we'll take you on a whistlestop tour of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition. Plus... as the British Grand Prix prepares to get underway, one of the best in the business tells us what makes a Formula One car purr. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

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  Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

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  Titans of Science: David Baker

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  Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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  A gaming special & The best of 2024

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  OCD, Obesity, and Dark Comets

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  Nuclear power, AI weather forecasts, and Do crabs feel pain?

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  The ambition to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030

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  Vampire bats, Leeches, and Diet-conscious spiders

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  Weight loss jabs, COP29, and Brainy birds

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  Smartphones, Black holes, and Pompeii

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  Election interference, Mpox, and A lost city

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  Cancer, Clock changes, Life on Jupiter?

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  Vegan diets, New forms of insulin, and Meteor origins

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  Brain injuries, Man-eating lions, and the Nobel Prize

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  Lockdown legacy, Brian Cox, Electric car espionage?

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  Fruity vapes, Ancient cheese, and Cancer vaccines