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Episode 57: May 2019

In this episode, we hear about a 99 million-year-old beetle, the consequences of early-life inflammation, malaria's DNA passport, redesigning images in biology and Mike Eisen's vision for science.
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Episode 57: May 2019
Colour pencil on paper, 2018, Gemma Anderson (based on collaborative drawings with James Wakefield) (CC BY 4.0)

Chapters

  1. 0:34
    An 99 million-year-old impostor
    Beetles exploiting ant colonies is a tale as old as time.
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  2. 6:54
    Taking your breath away
    Inflammation in newborns disrupts how their nervous system makes breathing adjustments later in life.
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  3. 13:44
    Malaria's DNA passport
    Genetic analyses help to pinpoint where people got infected with malaria, enabling better interventions on the ground.
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  4. 19:36
    Drawing biology
    A biologist, an artist and a philosopher explore drawing as a tool to rethink biological processes.
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  5. 25:31
    Mike Eisen
    New eLife editor-in-chief Mike Eisen shares his vision of how science should be communicated.

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