1 Jun 2022

Science: Omicron not 'milder' and sugar-hating cockroaches

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 1 June 2022

Science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about a new UK study which shows people infected with the omicron BA.2 variant reported more symptoms and experienced a great disruption to their daily activities than those with the BA.1 variant. She'll also look at what hiding poison in sugary bait to kill cockroaches is actually doing to their sexual behaviour and two new studies suggest we may be able to identify and track wildlife by sampling DNA from the air. 

Omicron variant, cockroaches, DNA

Siouxsie Wiles profiles new studies into the omicron variant's "mildness", sugar-hating cockroaches and DNA in the air and how it can be used to track wildlife. Photo: Pixabay/BeFunky