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Podcast: Science Quickly
Episode: Hobbit Disappearance Explained, Second-Hottest Year Looms, New Mpox Variant Found
Description: In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into how the European Union’s latest Copernicus Climate Change Service bulletin shows that 2025 is on track to become the second-hottest year on record, explore what a newly detected mpox strain could mean for global health, examine why more parents are refusing vitamin K injections for newborns—and uncover fresh evidence about why Homo floresiensis, the so-called hobbits of Indonesia, mysteriously disappeared.
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