This month in the eLife podcast, how yeast makes an important drug from a plant root, why worms want to kill of males, and are we gender neutral when we pick people to referee papers? Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode we hear about helping people with paralysis to communicate, how exposing mice to nicotine can affect their sons, scaffold-building parasites, the origins of human handedness and plain-language summaries of research. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode we hear about epilepsy, the sushi-belt model of transport in neurons, a mother in ancient Troy, the Amazon rainforest and bias in scientific reporting. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
Unravelling the 6-million-year-long story of where we came from is a tricky business because palaeontologists have to rely on scarce, precious fossil remains that are hard to access and even harder to find in the first place. And there's a limit to what pieces of bone and teeth can reveal about our ancestors. But, occasionally, serendipity affords us a special glimpse into our past like it did in Laetoli, Tanzania, where a nearby erupting volcano captured the footsteps millions of years ago of a...
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about fossil footprints, taking medical research to the clinic, sleepy flies, team-working ants and diversity in science. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about the first heartbeat, African sleeping sickness, elephant genetics, the rubber hand illusion and women in science. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about ancient proteins, aging mice, mosquito nets, resourceful plants and cocktail party conversations. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about human height, fish joints, colour vision, chimpanzees using tools and open science. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about drug production, early career researchers, honeybees, human migrations and pain. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about parasitic worms, dog tumours, epilepsy, DNA sequencing classes and social behaviour in mice. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about aging, artificial fingertips, ancient DNA, antibiotic resistance and dengue fever. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about midnight snacking, X-ray imaging of fossils, hummingbirds, monkeys gambling and axolotls regenerating... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
Heat-seeking behaviour in mosquitoes, mass spawning in coral reefs, social organization in ants, fear in rats and tissue regeneration in newts go under the microscope in Episode 26 of the eLife Podcast... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about deep-sea bacteria, cigarette smoke and lung disease, antibiotic resistance, unconscious perception, and the benefits of sleep. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about Parkinson's Disease, depression, chickenpox, bats, beetles and how small prey can escape larger predators. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
Where we came from is, arguably, one of the most important questions facing mankind. This week the story has become even more intriguing: the well-preserved remains of 15 individuals from a new species of human ancestor, called Homo naledi, have been unveiled by scientists in South Africa. The name means "star" in the local language and it's a nod to the rising star cave system where the remains - part of a spectacular assemblage of more than 1500 specimens - were uncovered. The finds also harbo...
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about cancer, dengue fever, sperm DNA and neurons that are sensitive to magnetic fields. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
Tinnitus, hyperacusis, salamanders, chemical harpoons and the role of ultrasound and song in the mating rituals of mice and flies go under the microcope in this edition of the eLife Podcast. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about echolocation, bacteriophages, babies and pain, a neural code for food abundance, and how zebrafish can make their own sunscreen. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about herpes, breweries, model organisms, social interactions in rats and traumatic brain injuries in flies. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about TB, HIV, social behaviour in ants, genetics in baboons and a surprising twist to the handshake. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about controlling sperm by optogenetics, hibernation, body clocks, enzyme structure, and a way to overcome stress-induced infertility. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
n this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about reproducibility, drug resistance, cells without walls, gene transfer, interspecies signalling, and stem cells. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about influenza pandemics, eating too much, cannabis and the brain, HIV cure research, and the evolution of sea squirts... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about the spread of the Ebola virus, the financial costs of research misconduct, aging in yeast, grooming in flies, and symbiosis between bacteria and fungal cells. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about using photographs to diagnose rare genetic disorders, an unexpected benefit of exercise, hybridizing fish species, the mysteries of the MECP2 gene, and the risks and benefits of using gene drives to alter wild populations. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast, the neuroscience of chewing, African sleeping sickness, skin cancer, and an ancient protein complex called TSET. eLife editor-in-chief Randy Schekman also shares his thoughts on scientific publishing... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about neuropathic pain, gene therapy, insulin production, ageing in worms, and how flatworms grow new body parts. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about the mating habits of flies, radiation resistance in bacteria, how insects learned to smell, and the Hawaiian bobtail squid... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
In this episode of the eLife podcast we learn more about sleep, super Spy chaperones, swimming bacteria, orphan genes and the neuroscience of birdsong. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
