The eLife Podcast

By: Dr Chris Smith
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  • The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.
    The Naked Scientists
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Biological Sciences Hygiene & Healthy Living Natural History Physical Illness & Disease
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Episodes
  • Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum

    Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum
    Dec 20 2024
    Predicting how influenza viruses will evolve, how deserts decompose matter despite the dry, what worms are revealing about a gene linked to autism, and what makes mice fearful of cat smells. Dr Chris Smith talks to the authors of the latest leading research in eLife... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
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    31 mins
  • Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

    Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain
    Nov 1 2024
    This month, signs that cancers communicate with the brain to alter mood, why antibodies are unreliable in research, evidence that social training can cut stress and boost brain volume, and agents derived from birth products that suppress inflammation and kill pain... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
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    33 mins
  • Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

    Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight
    Sep 10 2024
    This month, Chris Smith hears how blood-thirsty bacteria sniff out wounds to trigger infections, how ants navigate at night, how male and female brains respond differently to starvation, and inflammation linked to premature labour... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
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    31 mins

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