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Brain-reading implants turn thoughts into speech
In this episode:
00:47 The brain-computer interfaces that help restore communication
People with certain neurological conditions can lose the ability t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Fruit flies' ability to sense magnetic fields thrown into doubt
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00:49 The search for animals’ magnetic sense sufferers a potential setback
Exactly how animals sense Earth’s magnetic field has long e…
3 years, 1 month ago
Racism in health: the roots of the US Black maternal mortality crisis
A perfect storm of factors has led to huge racial disparities in maternal healthcare. In the USA, as abortion clinics continue to close, this inequit…
3 years, 1 month ago
How welcome are refugees in Europe? A giant study has some answers
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00:46 A measure of refugees’ welcome in Europe
With repeated humanitarian crises displacing millions of people, researchers have been …
3 years, 1 month ago
How to get more women in science, with Athene Donald
In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, physicist Athene Donald joins us to discuss her book Not just for the boys, why we need more women in…
3 years, 2 months ago
Audio long read: Lab mice go wild — making experiments more natural in order to decode the brain
Neuroscientists are creating more naturalistic experiments that they hope will provide a more nuanced understanding of animal — and human — behaviour…
3 years, 2 months ago
Facebook ‘echo chamber’ has little impact on polarized views, according to study
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How tweaking social media algorithms affects polarization
Societies are becoming increasingly polarized, with people reportedly shunni…
3 years, 2 months ago
AI-enhanced night-vision lets users see in the dark
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00:46 How to see in the dark like it’s daytime
There are many methods for better night-vision, but often these rely on enhancing light…
3 years, 2 months ago
Disrupting snail food-chain curbs parasitic disease in Senegal
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00:45 A sustainable solution for schistosomiasis control
Schistosomiasis is a serious parasitic disease that affects millions of peopl…
3 years, 2 months ago
ChatGPT can write a paper in an hour — but there are downsides
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00:23 Using ChatGPT to generate a research paper from scratch
A pair of scientists have produced a research paper in less than an hour…
3 years, 2 months ago