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1. 1. Neuroscience

   Developmental Language Disorder: What happens in the brain?

   Faye Smith, Timothy D Griffiths

   A new imaging method reveals previously undetected structural differences that may contribute to developmental language disorder.
2. 1. Cell Biology

   Centrioles: One master to rule them all

   Pablo Barbeito, Francesc R Garcia-Gonzalo

   Multiciliated cells rely on the same master regulator as dividing cells to amplify the number of centrioles needed to generate the hair-like structures that coat their cell surface.
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   Episode 82: September 2022

   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.

4. Living Science: The compliment sandwich

   Eve Marder

   What is the best way to ensure that scientific criticism is heard and understood?.
5. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Navigation: Where is that smell coming from?

   Samuel Brudner, Thierry Emonet

   Computational model reveals why pausing to sniff the air helps animals track a scent when they are far away from the source.
6. 1. Neuroscience

   Binge Drinking: How the brain regulates alcohol intake

   Leigh C Walker, Paulo Pinares-Garcia, Andrew J Lawrence

   A neural pathway involved in goal-oriented behaviours becomes dysregulated during binge drinking and alcohol use disorder.
7. 1. Genetics and Genomics

   Plant Microbiome: How hungry roots get their microbes

   Maggie R Wagner

   Maize genes influence which species of bacteria are recruited from the soil, especially in the absence of nitrogen supplied by fertilizer.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Blindness: Rethinking the representation of sound

   Łukasz Bola

   Blindness triggers a reorganization of the visual and auditory cortices in the brain.

9. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Mental health in medical and biomedical doctoral students during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and racial protests

   Allison Schad, Rebekah L Layton ... Jeanette Gowen Cook

   Biomedical doctoral students and those from historically excluded groups exhibit higher rates of mental distress, which worsened in 2020 for some populations.
10. 

    Career: Why I shrank my lab by half

    Anne E Carpenter

    A medical diagnosis sets a principal investigator on a new path.