Keys, wallet, phone: the neuroscience behind working memory
In this episode: 00:46 Mysterious methane emission from a cool brown dwarfThe James Webb...
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The 'ghost roads' driving tropical deforestation
In this episode: 00:46 Mapping ‘ghost roads’ in tropical forestsAcross the world, huge numbers...
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Audio long read: Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say
Around the world, rates of cancers that typically affect older adults are increasing in those...
17:51
Pregnancy's effect on 'biological' age, polite birds, and the carbon cost of home-grown veg
In this episode: 00:35 Pregnancy advances your ‘biological’ age — but giving birth turns it...
25:54
How climate change is affecting global timekeeping
In this episode: 01:28 Inflammation’s role in memoryHow memories are stored is an ongoing...
27:48
AI hears hidden X factor in zebra finch love songs
In this episode: 00:48 How mysterious skyrmions could power next-generation computersSkyrmions...
31:06
Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why
In this episode: 00:45 Making a map of the human heartThe human heart consists of multiple,...
29:37
These tiny fish combine electric pulses to probe the environment
In this episode: 00:48 Bumblebees can learn from each other new tricksOne behaviour thought...
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Could this one-time ‘epigenetic’ treatment control cholesterol?
In this episode: 00:49 What caused the Universe to become fully transparent?Around 13 billion...
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Audio long read: Chimpanzees are dying from our colds — these scientists are trying to save them
The phenomenon of animals catching diseases from humans, called reverse zoonoses, has had a...
24:39
How whales sing without drowning, an anatomical mystery solved
The deep haunting tones of the world's largest animals, baleen whales, are iconic - but how the...
15:08
Why are we nice? Altruism's origins are put to the test
In this episode: 00:45 Why are humans so helpful?Humans are notable for their cooperation and...
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Why are we nice? Altruism's origins put to the test
In this episode: 00:45 Why are humans so helpful?Humans are notable for their cooperation and...
22:39
Smoking changes your immune system, even years after quitting
00:45 Smoking's long-term effects on immunityIt's well-known that smoking is bad for health and...
22:35
Why we need to rethink how we talk about cancer
For over a century, cancer has been classified by areas of the body - lung cancer, breast cancer,...
15:12
Cancer's power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells
In this episode: 0:46 Borrowing tricks from cancer could help improve immunotherapyT cell...
36:01
Cervical cancer could be eliminated: here's how
Cervical cancer is both treatable and preventable, and the WHO has called for countries to come...
18:21
Ancient DNA solves the mystery of who made a set of stone tools
In this episode: 0:48 How hominins spread through EuropeAncient stone tools are often...
29:26
Audio long read: Long COVID is a double curse in low-income nations — here’s why
Evidence so far suggests that the prevalence of long COVID in low- and middle-income countries...
13:45
Toxic red mud could be turned into 'green' steel
In this episode: 0:46 Turning a toxic by-product into ironRed mud is a toxic by-product of...
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