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11/04/2024 GMT

Bird flu in Antarctica

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Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected along the Antarctic coast

Highly pathogenic bird flu detected along the Antarctic coast; Science in Action remembers physicist Peter Higgs; Anatomy of a science scandal; and an alga with superpowers.

The highly pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1, has arrived on the continent. Australian bird specialist Megan Dewar, from the Federation University of Australia, has led a mission aboard the research ship the Australis.  

Science in Action remembers physicist Peter Higgs 60 years after his Nobel prize winning theory of the Higgs particle.  

The unfolding scandal of manipulated data behind claims of incredible room-temperature superconductivity. Science writer Dan Garisto has seen the details in a Rochester University internal investigation. 

And the alga – single-celled seaweed – with superpowers. As well as capturing carbon from CO2 in the atmosphere, like other plants, this one can directly capture nitrogen too, essential for life, but which few organisms can do for themselves. We hear from the marine scientist who has revealed this evolutionary trick. 

Presenter: Roland Pease 
Producer: Jonathan Blackwell  
Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth 

(Image: KAPPA-FLU team selecting skua carcasses for post-mortem examination. Credit: Ben Wallis)

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