University English Podcast

This is a podcast which picks up a few interesting things that have appeared in the news in recent weeks. In this episode we have something from health, the environment, and science. In health, we learn that Japanese researchers have found that a medication used for dizziness may give new insights to helping people with illnesses such as Alzheimer’s Disease. You can find out more about this here. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/09/national/science-health/japanese-team-discovers-dizziness-drug-can-improve-poor-long-term-memory/ In the environment, we look at the introduction of iguanas to Santiago Island in the Galapagos Islands. It is the first time in over 200 years that iguanas have lived on Santiago You can read more about iguanas on Santiago here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/galapagos-island-gets-its-first-iguanas-since-darwin-after-mass-release And in science, we see that NASA has received signals from a spacecraft more than 6 billion km away. You can learn more about this h