Male Pill, Invisible Shrimp, & Fusion Power in Future?

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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week: the likelihood of commercial fusion power by 2040, male contraceptive pills, how shrimp use a trick of the light to disappear, and when our European ancestors first armed themselves with bows and arrows

26 Feb English United Kingdom Science

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