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Episode 91: February 2024

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.
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Episode 91: February 2024
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Chapters

  1. 0:32
    Sounds familiar
    The calls made by wild orangutans are similar to human communications in some ways
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  2. 9:29
    Academic and dyslexic
    The education system does not meet the needs of students with dyslexia and other learning differences
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  3. 17:30
    Ancient apothecaries
    People used taste to predict the medicinal properties of ancient botanical drugs
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  4. 24:04
    Changing career paths for scientists
    An analysis of the career paths of more than 2000 PhDs and postdocs provides insights into the evolving career landscape for life scientists
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  5. 29:00
    Underwater songs
    Underwater recordings of fin whales reveal new details about the evolution of song in this species
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    Recursive self-embedded vocal motifs in wild orangutans

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    1. Neuroscience

    Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Marginalising dyslexic researchers is bad for science

    Helen Taylor, Arash Zaghi, Sara Rankin
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Medicine

    Taste shaped the use of botanical drugs

    Marco Leonti, Joanna Baker ... Julie Hawkins

  4. Meta-Research: The changing career paths of PhDs and postdocs trained at EMBL

    Junyan Lu, Britta Velten ... Rachel Coulthard-Graf
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Fin whale song evolution in the North Atlantic

    Miriam Romagosa, Sharon Nieukirk ... Mónica A Silva