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Over to You: Has science coverage lost out its diversity of topics to Coronavirus?

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25/07/2020 GMT

Has science coverage lost out its diversity of topics to Coronavirus?

BBC World Service - Over to You, Has science coverage lost out its diversity of topics to Coronavirus?

Listeners ask if coverage of Covid 19 has been to the detriment of other science topics?

Has coverage of Covid 19 has been to the detriment of other science topics? Plus a twist on a legendary format but what’s the objective of James Naughtie’s Letter To America?

Listeners discuss how well science coverage on the BBC World Service has tackled Covid 19 - and whether this has been to the detriment of other topics? We talk to the World Service science editor.

Plus a twist on a legendary radio format: but what is the objective of James Naughtie’s Letter to America?

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon

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