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 Nature & Ecology Physical Illness & Disease
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Episodes
  • 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
  • How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases

    How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases
    Jun 18 2024
    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
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    34 mins

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