Hantavirus outbreak, and salmon on cocaine

This week, we discuss the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius. What are we beginning to learn? Plus, how potatoes were the driving force for advantageous gene selection in the Indigenous Andean population, the salmon being exposed to cocaine in polluted rivers, and what newly discovered molecules are teaching us about ancient life on Mars... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Hantavirus outbreak, and salmon on cocaine is an episode from The Naked Scientists Podcast by Dr Chris Smith.

This episode is 00:33:19 long.

This episode was published on May 8, 2026.

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