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Episode 33: November 2016

In this episode we hear about the first heartbeat, African sleeping sickness, elephant genetics, the rubber hand illusion and women in science.
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Episode 33: November 2016

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  1. 0:33
    Time to beat
    The heart starts to beat earlier than previously thought.
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  2. 6:42
    Lurking in the skin
    The parasites that cause African sleeping sickness can hide in the skin of healthy people.
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    • Short Report by Paul Capewell, Christelle Cren-Travaillé ... Annette MacLeod
    • Insight by Aitor Casas-Sánchez, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano
  3. 12:49
    Why don't elephants get cancer?
    Elephants have extra copies of a gene that protects against cancer.
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Michael Sulak, Lindsey Fong ... Vincent J Lynch
    • Insight by Stephen J Gaughran, Evlyn Pless, Stephen C Stearns
  4. 18:34
    Out of control
    The rubber hand illusion and feelings of disembodiment.
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    • Short Report by Francesco della Gatta, Francesca Garbarini ... Paola Borroni
    • Insight by Luke Miller, Alessandro Farnè
  5. 24:32
    A woman in science
    Indira Raman offers her perspective on being a scientist.
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Related

    1. Developmental Biology

    Calcium handling precedes cardiac differentiation to initiate the first heartbeat

    Richard CV Tyser, Antonio MA Miranda ... Paul R Riley
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The skin is a significant but overlooked anatomical reservoir for vector-borne African trypanosomes

    Paul Capewell, Christelle Cren-Travaillé ... Annette MacLeod
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants

    Michael Sulak, Lindsey Fong ... Vincent J Lynch
    1. Neuroscience

    Decreased motor cortex excitability mirrors own hand disembodiment during the rubber hand illusion

    Francesco della Gatta, Francesca Garbarini ... Paola Borroni

  5. Living Science: The truth is in the distribution

    Indira M Raman