If you like things orderly, we have bad news for you – our universe is lopsided. Based on everything we know about gravity and the early universe, we鈥檇 expect galaxies to be distributed symmetrically – but they鈥檙e not. Something spooky鈥檚 going on, and the team searches for answers.
The activity of the Sun may be affecting our heart health. Sometimes the weather on the Sun gets a little chaotic, and the team discusses new research that suggests these solar storms are messing with our heart rhythms, raising the risk of heart attacks.
African pouched rats are being trained as heroes. Donning special little backpacks, they will use their keen sense of smell to go on search and rescue missions. The team explains why they鈥檝e been chosen for the task.
Last September El Salvador became the first country to make cryptocurrency legal tender. But with the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plummeting, the team examines what the future holds.
Covid-19 is proving resilient, and as new variants of omicron emerge, infection rates still remain high. As omicron is milder than its predecessors, the team asks whether we should still be worried about the disease, and they find out how it may continue to evolve.
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