which killed ms hutchins in october. now, it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it s nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that s currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on crypto currency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house o
hello and welcome to the programme. it s emerged that the omicron strain of coronavirus may have been spreading around the world earlier than previously thought. tests show it was present in a sample taken in the netherlands on the 19th of november. that s five days before it was first reported to the world health organization by south africa. dutch officials say they believe at least one person was infected without having travelled to that region. meanwhile the boss of one of the biggest covid vaccine producing companies has warned that he doesn t think the currentjabs will be as effective against the new strain as they have been against the previous ones. sara monetta reports. as the omicron strain continues to spread around the world, with cases detected across europe, in canada, and now injapan, the question being asked is, how effective will the existing vaccines be against it? the answer, according to the boss of moderna, which produces one of the most widely used jabs,
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