In this episode, we hear about ways to combat online misinformation, what fish reveal about fighting infections, the eating habits of bats, plumage patterns in birds, and how spiders came by their venoms.
In this episode, we hear about ancient genes and disease, trustworthiness, sexual maturity and life expectancy in mice, the ancient secrets of eggshells, and “doughnut academia”.
In this episode, we hear about a possible link between mitochondrial DNA and personality, why humans are mostly right-handed, circadian clocks and sunflowers, hairless mammals, and how some herbivores deal with plant toxins.
In this episode, we hear about fish-eating dinosaurs, the benefits of intercropping, mobile phones and health in Africa, and stress and siblings in bonobos.
In this episode, we hear about neonatal communication in marmosets, a potential link between language development disorders and myelin, the evolution of the lung, and eLife’s new approach to publishing.
In this episode, we hear about ancient populations, wild animals in cities, tumour cells under pressure, smell and mating in moths, and Africa’s potential for neuroscience.
In this episode, we hear about insulin and the body clock, communication in baboons, the sleep patterns of animals in the wild, a new species of dinosaur, and how Covid antibodies produced in response to vaccines and infection compare.