The Happy Pod: Life-saving rat retires

快乐舱:救命鼠退休

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2025-04-12

26 分钟
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Meet the rat with a life-saving sense of smell. Carolina has correctly identified thousands of cases of Tuberculosis. Also: the Malaria vaccine providing hope in Uganda and, what is the UK tea time alarm? Presenter: Oliver Conway. Music composed by Iona Hampson
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  • This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.

  • Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

  • And in this edition, you know, she was saving life.

  • She saved the life.

  • She saved a lot of lives.

  • We meet Carolina, the rat who's retiring after using her sense of smell to detect a buccalosis.

  • The new vaccine, providing hope in Uganda's fight against malaria.

  • It's estimated that this vaccine rollout will prevent around 800 cases of severe malaria every day.

  • The man who set a world record for running barefoot on ice.

  • They helped me understand myself more.

  • I wish everybody to have a chance to to get connected to ourselves and.