How do we stave off burnout while working from home? Should we use fans when temperatures rise? And do we need eggs to create mRNA vaccines? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

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COVID-19 FAQs on eggs, burnout & fans

As the pandemic takes bigger bites out of nations' economies, jobs and livelihoods are vanishing. Financial worries are a kind of stress that requires its own "medicine". Financial therapist Nicole Iacovoni helps us get sorted out when it comes to money. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

Financial therapy, or 'Can we still make rent?'

Listen to DW's 30-minute science show. Feeling down? Join the (global) club! In this episode we tackle some of the pandemic-induced mental health issues facing so many of us. We talk financial therapy, how to stay healthy without human touch, and how lockdown has been especially painful for Indians.

Weekly roundup — Eggs, fans, burnout & more cases in Germany

It enacted one of the world's strictest lockdowns. Yet now, India tops the charts in new daily infections. What happened? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

A checkup on India

Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German world champion. Also, how to keep your phone's most intimate… stuff locked away from those who want it, and sci-fi's contribution to that shiny thing in your pocket.

Spectrum: I wish I could remember your phone number

We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today. So... should we? Would it explain why they died just 40,000 years ago? Join us in a German valley, at site of "Neanderthal 1," to track the rise — and perplexing fall — of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis.

Spectrum: What would you ask a Neanderthal?

Science unscripted is off for a couple weeks, but that doesn't mean you can't interact with us and catch up on our past episodes.

On holiday — be back soon!

Listen to DW's 30-minute science show. In this episode, we look at how the coronavirus — and the human body's reaction to it — changes over time: New research shows antibody levels mysteriously plummeting, a virus whose genetic code is mutating and (in better news) novel vaccines that will hopefully address both.

Weekly roundup — Vanishing antibodies, new vaccines & a mutating virus

If you've had COVID-19, how long will you be immune for? How likely are kids to get the coronavirus and what do their symptoms look like? And are more people getting divorced? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

COVID-19 FAQs on kids, divorce rates & immunity

With many vaccines in development, mRNA or DNA vaccines offer some promising benefits, including the speed and cost at which they can be produced. So how does this new type of vaccine actually work and will one of them offer a solution to the coronavirus? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

New kid on the block

Men and women experience many diseases differently, but for a long time, women have been left out of the conversation in medicine. That's also true in the current pandemic. But things are beginning to change. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

No longer an afterthought

Listen to DW's 30-minute science show. In this episode, we take a look back at what we've learned about COVID-19 in the past six months. We also talk to an obstetrician about what expecting parents should expect during the pandemic and we hear some confessions from Germans of how they've broken the rules.

Weekly roundup — Six months in, pregnancy & your confessions

Due to a tiny genetic change, a more infectious strain of the coronavirus spread across the globe. Will it happen again? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

When the coronavirus mutated

How often do expectant mothers get COVID-19? What happens if they do? And is it safe to breastfeed? An obstetrician answers. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

Pregnant and scared

Germans are usually pretty good at following the rules. But some have confessions to share when it comes to following the rules meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

Coronavirus confessions

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