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In this edition: What links Trump voters, how we\\u2019re going to investigate Jupiter\\u2019s moons, and why it\\u2019s a good idea to ask if a medical trial is fair.

News: Surface COVID transmission and the sounds of space \\u2013 We hear about the first evidence of COVID-19 transmission occurring through hands and surfaces within households, and find out how the public can help space research by listening to the sounds of plasma.

Who votes for Donald Trump? \\u2013 We chat to Sanaz Talaifar, who recently collaborated on research about who voted for Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. She talks about how areas with higher neuroticism and those suffering more economically were more likely to vote for Trump \\u2013 a continuation of a pattern of populist voting throughout history.

On the way to Jupiter \\u2013 Before the JUICE mission successfully launched on its way to study Jupiter\\u2019s moons and their potential for hosting life, we caught up with magnetometer instrument lead Professor Michele Dougherty.

A fair trial \\u2013 Medical programmes are often assessed by whether they \\u2018work\\u2019 \\u2013 whether they save lives and money \\u2013 but what about whether they are \\u2018fair\\u2019? We talk to Dr Jonathan Clarke, an Imperial researcher who looked into this dimension for a pulse oximeter trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.