The eLife Podcast

Dr Chris Smith
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The eLife Podcast

The eLife Podcast: outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

  1. Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

    1 NOV.

    Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

    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

    33 min
  2. Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

    10 SEP.

    Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

    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

    31 min
  3. How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases

    18 JUN.

    How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases

    This month, how human encroachment and conflict on nature drives emerging diseases, the role of "stigmergy" in guiding the nest-building feats of termites, a project to track infectious abortions in Africa, why people need to speak the same language around neurodiversity, and what fat flies are revealing about the way weight gain affects food-related recall... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

    34 min
  4. Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

    19 APR.

    Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

    This month, how animals hibernate and evidence that muscle myosin makes its own heat in the cold, brain scans to reveal how ketamine relieves resistant depression, the way the brain changes when animals build a bond, the evolution of flu outbreaks, and how aphantasia affects autobiographical memory. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

    38 min
  5. Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science

    8 MRT.

    Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science

    This month we hear what orangutans can tell us about the origins of human speech, we ask if science making life even harder for dyslexics, where do the scientists we train end up and do they stay in science, and new insights into the songs whales sing underwater... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

    36 min
  6. Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft

    30-11-2023

    Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft

    In the eLife Podcast this month, signs that bees are oblivious to pesticides in nectar, sea anemone stinging strategies, a new means of cell-cell communication to share growth factors and other signals, how plants make a comeback when ice sheets retreat, and how the world's biggest bird uses wind and waves to good effect to minimise the costs of takeoff... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

    35 min
  7. Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics

    29-09-2023

    Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics

    This month, how an extinct marine mammal made its haemoglobin work in the cold, how does learning compassion change the shape of the human brain, women publishing cautiously, how populations evolve to social distance in disease conditions, and can biochemical clocks accurately track ageing in children? Join Dr Chris Smith for a look at some of eLife's latest leading papers... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

    36 min
  8. How many friends for best brain health?

    31-07-2023

    How many friends for best brain health?

    This month join host Dr Chris Smith to hear how a nuclear power station provides the opportunity to test theories of the effects of global warming on how fish grow, evidence that personalised medicines have an added placebo effect, the genes for skin colour and skin cancer, why five friends is optimal for best brian health, and the role of the immune system in the ageing ovary... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

    31 min
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The eLife Podcast: outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

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    Dr Chris Smith
  • Jaren actief
    2013 - 2024
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    94
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