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BBC Inside Science: Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths

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Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths

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Coronavirus variants, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and clothes moths.

A huge surge in  Covid-19 in India has led to talk of a  "double mutant Indian" variant. Inside Science investigates. Also climate change resistant coffee and clothes moths.

This week has seen a huge surge in Covid- 19 in India leading to  concern of a "double mutant" variant, but what do we know about this B.1.617 as it is otherwise known. It was first described in October and is now in other countries including the UK. Virologist Dr Muge Cevik looks at the emerging evidence around vaccines and new variants.
Climate change threatens coffee crops so it's exciting to know that researchers have found an ancient coffee variety that is drought resistant and can tolerate higher temperatures than the highly prized Arabica coffee used to make  your latte - but it wasn't easy to find. In Sierra Leone Daniel Sarmu spent 4 years searching for it and Dr Aaron Davis from Kew helped to track it down using historic  samples from the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Clothes moths do enormous damage  to our jumpers and carpets, Marnie finds out how best to protect your clothes. And we hear from Mark Miodownik about the right to repair.

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