{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/e0d2e2a6-1eaf-4ef1-84af-48d6a69197cc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Covid-19: Another Disease X 'could be around the corner’","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/61ba03af0285e10012120b12.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>A leading scientist says another<em>&nbsp;</em>pandemic-causing ‘Disease X’ could be around the corner. Mark Woolhouse from the University of Edinburgh says it's a matter of when, not if and this pandemic might be a virus they don’t even know about yet. Plus, there were signals on Twitter that Covid-19 was circulating before it was officially announced, earning more than $75K a year could buy you happiness, and scientists have created two more embryos of the world’s most endangered mammal.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to our other podcasts:</p><p><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/women-tech-charge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women Tech Charge</a>: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths</p><p><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/the-leader\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Leader</a>: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ask your Smart Speaker to ‘play the news from the Evening Standard'</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Visit <a href=\"http://standard.co.uk/tech\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">standard.co.uk/tech</a>&nbsp;for more tech news</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}