The eLife Podcast

Science Podcasts

The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

Episodes

Individuality, and non-monogamy boosts chickadee cognition

Gorilla sperm, and subversive gambling machines

Genetic cancer sensors, and why crabs walk sideways

Moths hear plants, and what fingerprints do for touch

Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth

Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes

Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth

Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain

Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts

Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum

Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases

Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science

Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft

Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics

How many friends for best brain health?

Social media and febrile fish

Ancient Genes and Trust in New Tech