In this episode we hear about opioid overdoses, a new technique for studying teamwork in animals, making the most of fMRI data, how childhood adversity blunts the fear response in later life, and the neuroscientists looking to link patterns of brain activity to specific thought processes - by performing brain scans on people as they watch movies.
In this episode, we hear about predicting the evolution of influenza viruses, how deserts decompose matter, what worms are revealing about a gene linked to autism, and how mice detect the smell of cats.
In this episode, we hear about cancer and mental health, efforts to make antibodies more reliable, exercises that can reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and the possibility that products from human birth tissue could be used to treat post-surgical pain.
In this episode, we hear about bacterial vampirism, how ants use moonlight to navigate, spontaneous preterm birth, and the different responses of male and female mice to food restriction.
In this episode, we hear about food-related memories, termite nests, the importance of monitoring livestock abortions, monkey malaria, and how a common language is important in neurodiversity research.
In this episode, we hear about hibernation, the evolution of flu epidemics, aphantasia, the effects of ketamine, and how the brain changes when animals form sexual bonds.
In this episode, we hear about what orangutans can tell us about the origins of human speech, the challenges of being dyslexic in an academic environment, changing tunes in fin whales, ancient botanical drugs and alternative career paths of science graduates.
In this episode, we hear about bees and pesticides, plants in the Arctic, stinging strategies in sea anemones, communication between cancer cells, and the biomechanics of albatrosses.
