Animals at the Wuhan Market

Published: March 24, 2023, 12:41 p.m.

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DNA has revealed potential animal COVID carriers at the Wuhan market, but what does that tell us about the start of the pandemic? Roland talks to two of the experts behind the new analysis: Dr Florence D\\xe9barre and Professor Eddie Holmes.

Also, we look into Europe\\u2019s grand new space ambitions. ESA director general Josef Aschbacher gives Roland the details of the space agency\\u2019s out-of-this-world plans.

And Beethoven's last DNA: a hairy story of his family and genetic afflictions. Dr Tristan Begg shares how the composer\\u2019s tresses unlocked new information about his life and death.

Image credit: Eddie Holmes

Producer: Roland Pease \\nAssistant producer: Sophie Ormiston

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