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Welcome to the first episode of The Conversation Weekly, a new podcast from The Conversation’s global network. In this episode, we find out why February 2021 is such a big month for Mars. Three different missions from three different countries – the United Arab Emirates, China and the U.S. – are due to arrive at the red planet within a few weeks of each other. We talk to Jim Bell, Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, who is leading one of the camera teams for NASA’s Perseverance Rover. He explains how these missions are looking for sign...

Rapidly spreading coronavirus variants; growing vaccine nationalism; insurrection at the US Capitol followed by a peaceful transfer of power; a tense election in Uganda. It’s been quite a start to 2021. And a reminder that reliable information is critical as we seek to make sense of what is happening in the world. Misinformation continues to do enormous damage just as much of the world’s population remains critically vulnerable. The stakes couldn’t be higher – for public health, for the environment, for science and for democracy and human rights. The Conversation works with academic e...