Plague and pestilence on the show this week, as we talk about the bacterium that caused the Black Death. Plus, local knowledge helps scientists in the Arctic, and the genome of the naked mole rat – ugly as sin, but long-lived and cancer-resistant.
For more on science in a cold climate, check out Nature’s Arctic special.
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