eLife podcast

Latest episodes

  1. 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.
  2. Albatrosses at sea

    Episode 90: December 2023

    In this episode, we hear about bees and pesticides, plants in the Arctic, stinging strategies in sea anemones, communication between cancer cells, and the biomechanics of albatrosses.
  3. Episode 89: September 2023

    In this episode, we hear about adapting to life in cold water, animals keeping their distance when pathogens are present, why women are reluctant to submit to elite journals, how learning compassion changes the structure of the brain, and biological ageing in children.
  4. A shoal of fish

    Episode 88: July 2023

    In this episode, we hear about a natural climate-change experiment, the placebo effect in personalised medicine, ancestry and skin pigmentation, friendship and mental health, and the ovarian immune system.
  5. Episode 87: May 2023

    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.
  6. An EBSD image of a Rhea (Palaeognathae) eggshell

    Episode 86: April 2023

    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”.
  7. Episode 85: February 2023

    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.
  8. Artistic recreation of the dinosaur Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

    Episode 84: December 2022

    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.