The eLife Podcast
The eLife Podcast: outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.
- Update frequency
- every 44 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Spotlight on tropical diseases
In this special episode of the eLife Podcast, we discuss diseases common in tropical countries including tuberculosis, Zika, malaria and schistosomiasis. Get the references and the transcripts for th…
00:28:49 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Boosting your Intellect
This month in the eLife podcast, how yeast makes an important drug from a plant root, why worms want to kill of males, and are we gender neutral when we pick people to referee papers? Get the refer…
00:29:45 |
Thu 27 Apr 2017
How human handedness happens
In this episode we hear about helping people with paralysis to communicate, how exposing mice to nicotine can affect their sons, scaffold-building parasites, the origins of human handedness and plain…
00:30:32 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Epilepsy and Sushi
In this episode we hear about epilepsy, the sushi-belt model of transport in neurons, a mother in ancient Troy, the Amazon rainforest and bias in scientific reporting. Get the references and the tran…
00:28:51 |
Tue 21 Feb 2017
Footprints of the past
Unravelling the 6-million-year-long story of where we came from is a tricky business because palaeontologists have to rely on scarce, precious fossil remains that are hard to access and even harder t…
00:09:37 |
Thu 26 Jan 2017
Man's First Footsteps
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about fossil footprints, taking medical research to the clinic, sleepy flies, team-working ants and diversity in science. Get the references and the trans…
00:31:20 |
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Why don't Elephants get Cancer?
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about the first heartbeat, African sleeping sickness, elephant genetics, the rubber hand illusion and women in science. Get the references and the transcr…
00:31:19 |
Tue 15 Nov 2016
Proteins from Fossils
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about ancient proteins, aging mice, mosquito nets, resourceful plants and cocktail party conversations. Get the references and the transcripts for this pr…
00:28:50 |
Thu 06 Oct 2016
Who is tallest?
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about human height, fish joints, colour vision, chimpanzees using tools and open science. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from …
00:30:15 |
Mon 29 Aug 2016
Seeing pain in the brain
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about drug production, early career researchers, honeybees, human migrations and pain. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the…
00:30:51 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Microbiome mind control, epilepsy and parastic worms
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about parasitic worms, dog tumours, epilepsy, DNA sequencing classes and social behaviour in mice. Get the references and the transcripts for this program…
00:29:47 |
Tue 24 May 2016
From antibiotic resistance to artificial fingertips
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about aging, artificial fingertips, ancient DNA, antibiotic resistance and dengue fever. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from t…
00:27:19 |
Wed 23 Mar 2016
Monkeys that gamble
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about midnight snacking, X-ray imaging of fossils, hummingbirds, monkeys gambling and axolotls regenerating... Get the references and the transcripts for …
00:27:51 |
Tue 09 Feb 2016
Mosquitoes home in on heat
Heat-seeking behaviour in mosquitoes, mass spawning in coral reefs, social organization in ants, fear in rats and tissue regeneration in newts go under the microscope in Episode 26 of the eLife Podca…
00:28:41 |
Wed 23 Dec 2015
Sleep and Reward Boost Recall
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about deep-sea bacteria, cigarette smoke and lung disease, antibiotic resistance, unconscious perception, and the benefits of sleep. Get the references a…
00:28:08 |
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Escaping from Predators
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about Parkinson's Disease, depression, chickenpox, bats, beetles and how small prey can escape larger predators. Get the references and the transcripts fo…
00:31:06 |
Thu 01 Oct 2015
Homo naledi
Where we came from is, arguably, one of the most important questions facing mankind. This week the story has become even more intriguing: the well-preserved remains of 15 individuals from a new speci…
00:11:28 |
Wed 09 Sep 2015
Magnetic Nerve Cells
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about cancer, dengue fever, sperm DNA and neurons that are sensitive to magnetic fields. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from t…
00:24:00 |
Sun 26 Jul 2015
Tinnitus and Mouse Ultrasound
Tinnitus, hyperacusis, salamanders, chemical harpoons and the role of ultrasound and song in the mating rituals of mice and flies go under the microcope in this edition of the eLife Podcast. Get the …
00:28:05 |
Tue 23 Jun 2015
Do newborns feel pain?
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about echolocation, bacteriophages, babies and pain, a neural code for food abundance, and how zebrafish can make their own sunscreen. Get the references …
00:25:50 |
Tue 19 May 2015
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