The eLife Podcast
By Dr Chris Smith
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The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.
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Moths hear plants, and what fingerprints do for touch
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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How many friends for best brain health?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Social media and febrile fish
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Ancient Genes and Trust in New Tech
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Right handedness, and genes for hairiness
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Rebuilding Dinosaurs and Stress from Siblings
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Babies cry in utero, and pushing preprints
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Urban microbiomes, and crushed cancers
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Does Vaping Inflame the Brain?
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Animal handedness, diabetes and dinosaurs
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May 06, 2022 |
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Human birth trigger genes, and clam cancer
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Sediba's backbone, and antibacterial bacteria
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Can Corals Resist Bleaching?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Does stress turn your hair grey?
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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The widowhood effect, and clapped out baboons
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Motherless gorillas and how hummingbirds hum
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May 28, 2021 |
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Psychedelic drugs and river water bugs
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Egyptian baboons and overlooked COVID genes
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Sea slugs and anti-sickness drugs
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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AI for infertility, and scar-free healing
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Prostate cancer prediction and bonobo culture
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Ears, hearts, and halting Huntington's
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Sugar on the brain, HIV, and science sex bias
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Sparrows, cavefish and fighting fungus
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Why do bats carry so many dread diseases?
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The plants with three parents
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Zika immunity and falling body temperatures
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Tardigrades and the Ten Commandments
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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How many new mutations from Mum and Dad?
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Astronauts, geese and realistic retinas
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Brain basis of blindsight
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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Malaria and Myrmecophiles
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May 30, 2019 |
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Vaccines and viral swarms
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Weaponised insulin
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Dodgy cells and big neurons
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Insect Farmers and oxytocin
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Fossil Flowers, and Fur Seal Parasites
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Transmissible Tumours and LSD Receptors
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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Inside Your Microbiome
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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Pigeon patterning and stiff lungs
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Aug 19, 2018 |
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Bugs and Drugs, and Chocolate Cake
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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BatNav, TB and Aspirin
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May 30, 2018 |
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Robin Hood and Autism
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Ant Undertakers and the Human Cell Atlas
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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Sperm Competitions
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Jan 16, 2018 |
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Is science getting harder to understand?
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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eLife at Five
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Oct 23, 2017 |
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Fish Recognise Fish Faces
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Sep 10, 2017 |
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Glowing Squid, and Electric Anxiety
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Jul 17, 2017 |
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Spotlight on tropical diseases
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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Boosting your Intellect
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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How human handedness happens
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Epilepsy and Sushi
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Feb 21, 2017 |
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Footprints of the past
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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Man's First Footsteps
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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Why don't Elephants get Cancer?
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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Proteins from Fossils
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Who is tallest?
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Aug 29, 2016 |
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Seeing pain in the brain
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Jun 29, 2016 |
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Microbiome mind control, epilepsy and parastic worms
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May 24, 2016 |
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From antibiotic resistance to artificial fingertips
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Mar 23, 2016 |
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Monkeys that gamble
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Feb 09, 2016 |
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Mosquitoes home in on heat
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Dec 23, 2015 |
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Sleep and Reward Boost Recall
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Nov 11, 2015 |
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Escaping from Predators
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Oct 01, 2015 |
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Homo naledi
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Sep 09, 2015 |
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Magnetic Nerve Cells
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Jul 26, 2015 |
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Tinnitus and Mouse Ultrasound
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Jun 23, 2015 |
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Do newborns feel pain?
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May 19, 2015 |
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Herpes vaccine, and flies with brain damage
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Apr 16, 2015 |
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TB, and a Handshake
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Mar 09, 2015 |
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Stress, fertility and remote-controlled sperm
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Feb 06, 2015 |
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Synthetic cells, antivirals and sex pheromones
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Dec 23, 2014 |
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Flu, Cannabis and HIV
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Oct 31, 2014 |
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Cost of corruption, and Ebola
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Sep 29, 2014 |
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Making blind mice see and mosquitoes resistant to malaria
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Jul 30, 2014 |
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Why we don't (often) bite our tongues
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Jun 10, 2014 |
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Pain, gene therapy, and regenerating worms
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Apr 29, 2014 |
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Radiation, Anti-aphrodisiacs and Glowing Squid
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Mar 30, 2014 |
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Redeye, Spies and Bacteria
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Feb 28, 2014 |
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Rats won't rat on rats
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Jan 31, 2014 |
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Sedatives, Maths and Evolution
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Jan 06, 2014 |
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Bacteria and Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Nov 29, 2013 |
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Human Sperm, Gut Bugs and Decomposition
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Oct 30, 2013 |
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Undead Cells
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Oct 06, 2013 |
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Now hear this!
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Aug 15, 2013 |
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Plants keep Thyme, cancer drug resistance and clear corneas
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Jul 15, 2013 |
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Multicellular life, potato blight and Hepatitis B
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Jun 15, 2013 |