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The eLife Podcast

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 Biological Sciences Hygiene & Healthy Living Nature & Ecology Physical Illness & Disease Science
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  • Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth

    Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth
    Nov 30 2025
    This month, compelling evidence for why some species keep their eyes closed for sometimes several weeks after birth, scientists prove that the "nocebo" effect is more potent than a placebo, researchers report what happens when fish eggs and mouse sperm mix, the signals that cells use to measure the lengths of their telomeres, and some clever physics reveals the workings of Darwin's "warm little pond"... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
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    40 mins
  • Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes

    Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes
    Sep 8 2025
    This month, as the eLife Podcast hits its century, we hear how getting frog dads to cross-foster tadpoles has revealed the way in which some frogs come by their microbiomes, the ants that do gene therapy, signs that disease causes a breakdown in nutrient exchange between the elements of the microbiome, how fungi reprogram immune cells to cause over-reactions in sepsis, and new insights into how tapeworm larvae in the brain cause seizures... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
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    43 mins
  • Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth

    Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth
    Jun 19 2025
    In the eLife podcast, a university compost heap has turned up Finland's first documented "giant virus". Also, why monkeys de-sand their supper, and how learning more languages actually makes brain tissue thinner. Then, the link between sugar and neonatal sepsis, and how a cancer controls its hydra host by bestowing it with extra tentacles... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
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    39 mins
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