Learn about what's going on with the new COVID-19 variants — and whether you should worry about them — with Dr. Syra Madad, nationally recognized epidemiologist and the senior director of the pathogens program at NYC Health and Hospitals. Then, learn about a new theory on how our planets formed.

Additional resources from Dr. Syra Madad and #ConqueringCOVID:

• Official website https://scty.org/syra
• Follow @SyraMadad on Twitter https://twitter.com/syramadad
• The Vaccine: Conquering COVID https://press.discovery.com/us/sci/programs/vaccine-conquering-covid/
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New theory on how our planets formed by Grant Currin

• How our planets were formed. (2021). Ethz.ch. https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/01/how-our-planets-were-formed.html
• Lichtenberg, T., Dra̧żkowskaJ., Schönbächler, M., Golabek, G. J., & Hands, T. O. (2021). Bifurcation of planetary building blocks during Solar System formation. Science, 371(6527), 365–370. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3091

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