Episode 1: June 2013

Chapters

1. 1:02

   The origins of multicellularity

   Bacteria might have influenced the origin of multicellularity in animals.
2. 7:40

   Genetics of the Irish potato famine

   Genome sequencing reveals the strain of P. infestans that caused the Great Famine in the late 1840s.
3. 15:01

   All about eLife

   eLife deputy editor Fiona Watt explains why eLife was launched and what it hopes to achieve.
4. 22:03

   A receptor for hepatitis viruses

   The hepatitis B and D viruses can bind to a receptor on the surface of human cells that normally plays a role in circulating bile salts around the body.
5. 29:03

   The effect of fog on car drivers

   Virtual reality experiments show that motorists slow down when driving in fog, but they speed up when visibility is reduced equally at all distances.
6. 35:26

   The evolution of chromatin

   Chromatin might have been involved in gene regulation before its role in DNA packaging evolved.