New COVID-19 variants, robotic fish and snakebites: #RAZOR full episode
Razor • 30m
In this week's episode of #RAZOR, we explore the new SARS-Cov-2 variants which are causing alarm from South Africa and Brazil to the UK and Germany. 🦠
We know fish swim in schools to avoid predators but new research from scientists in Germany, China and Hungary suggest that may not be the only reason for their group dynamic. 🐟
And lastly, scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine are racing to produce a universal snakebite anti-venom that could save tens of thousands of lives a year. 🐍
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