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With the latest panic on Ebola melting away, it seems another feared disease has been contained and controlled. But why is it that, after all of our advance in medicine, we still rely on containment rather than cures? Michela Mazzon fills us in. | Read along while listening at our Medium: http://bit.ly/1Q3JKp4 | Narrated by Angus Waite | Music by Kai Engel and Dexter Britain | Michela is a Research Associate at UCL's Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, where she works on the development of a new broad-spectrum antiviral drug and tries to understand the molecular basis of the interaction between viruses and cells. She likes to spend her free time enjoying modern art, friends’ company, and a good sci-fi book.

Human memory is an intriguing thing. On the one hand, we forget things all the time. On the other, there are things we never seem to forget. How could this be though? Memory researcher Flavia Schechtman Belham explains. | Read along while listening at our Medium: bit.ly/1SaD3qO | Narrated by Vidish Athavale | Music by Kai Engel and Lee Rosevere | Flavia is a Brazilian biologist working on memory and ageing at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. When not busy with her research, she likes to get involved in the organization of science events and festivals in different cities. No less important, she has a love for monkeys, travelling and chocolate desserts.