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New research suggests that an experiment in geothermal energy may be linked to an earthquake that hit the town of Pohang in South Korea last year. The usually geologically stable country also experienced another quake the year before. Roland Pease speaks to The University of Glasgow鈥檚 Rob Westaway is a hydraulics engineer who was involved in the geothermal operations and is now part of the team who have been looking to see if that was connected to the unexpected seismicity.

Improving the Take-Up of Vaccinations
This week is World Immunization Week 鈥� designed to concentrate efforts to improve the take-up of vaccinations. Claudia Hammond talks to Gretchen Chapman who is Professor of Social and Decision Science at Carnegie Mellon University in the US. She explains how simple things, like reminders, are the best way to boost vaccination numbers.

Shrimp Power Waves
Could tiny little brine shrimps and their crustacean cousins actually change the currents in the seas? Roland Pease has been to the beach to find out more. Joining him was Isabel Houghton, who did the experiments, and krill enthusiast Angus Atkinson.

One More Spore Could Kill Europe鈥檚 Ash trees
New genetic analysis of the pathogen than causes Ash dieback shows that just one more deadly spore entering Europe from Asia could wipe out European ash trees altogether. The data shows that the current disease 鈥� which has killed 95% of the continents ash 鈥� could have been caused by just one or two tiny mushroom like fruiting bodies imported from Asia. We hear from the Natural History Museum鈥檚 Matthew Clark.

Surgeon Performance Benefits From 鈥榃arm-Up鈥�
New research from the UK shows that skilled surgeons speed up after the first operation of the day - especially if they repeat the same procedure on the next patient. Claudia Hammond spoke to Dr Faisal Mushtaq, a cognitive neuroscientist from the University of Leeds and Tom Pike, a surgeon at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield. They looked at the data and now want to create a warm-up routine for surgeons.

The VR Documentary That Explores Grief
Lisa Elin and Aaron Bradbury discuss how their VR documentary 鈥淰estige鈥� tells the story of Lisa鈥檚 grief.

A New Citizen Science Project for Dog Lovers
When a puppy is born, we often ask what breed it is 鈥� especially if it is a mongrel. And when we think we know what it is, we make assumptions about how that dog will behave. But do our perceptions of the dog's breed change the way it behaves? That is the question of a new citizen science project called MuttMix which asks you to guess the ancestry of various mongrels. Adam Rutherford spoke to Elinor Karlson from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

The Science Hour was presented by Roland Pease with comments from medical reporter at New Scientist, Clare Wilson

(Photo: The geothermal drilling site near Pohang in South Korea - credit: Rob Westaway)

Producer: Katy Takatsuki

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