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Ancient DNA reveals family of Neanderthals living in Siberian cave
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00:54 Siberian cave offers first-ever glimpse into Neanderthal family
By analysing ancient DNA recovered from bone fragments found in …
3 years, 11 months ago
Human brain organoids implanted into rats could offer new way to model disease
In this episode:
00:45 Implanted brain organoids could offer new insights into disease
Brain organoids — lab-grown, self-organizing structures made of …
3 years, 11 months ago
Virtual library of LSD-like drugs could reveal new antidepressants
In this episode:
00:46 A virtual chemical library uncovers potential antidepressants
Certain psychedelic drugs are of interest to researchers due to th…
3 years, 11 months ago
Nature's Take: How the war in Ukraine is impacting science
The ongoing war in Ukraine has devastated the global economy, rocked geopolitics, killed thousands of people and displaced millions. Science too has …
4 years ago
Audio long read: What scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries introduced strict lockdowns to help prevent spread of the disease. Since then, researchers …
4 years ago
A trove of ancient fish fossils helps trace the origin of jaws
In this episode:
00:45 Piecing together the early history of jawed vertebrates
A wealth of fossils discovered in southern China shed new light onto the…
4 years ago
Huge dataset shows 80% of US professors come from just 20% of institutions
00:46 Inequalities in US faculty hiring
In the US, where a person gained their PhD can have an outsized influence on their future career. Now, using a…
4 years ago
Complex synthetic cells bring scientists closer to artificial cellular life
00:46 Synthetic cells made from bacterial bits
For years researchers have been interested in creating artificial cells, as they could be useful for ma…
4 years ago
Missing foot reveals world’s oldest amputation
00:46 Evidence of ancient surgery
A skeleton with an amputated foot discovered in Borneo has been dated to 31,000 years ago, suggesting that complex s…
4 years ago
Audio long read: Hybrid brains – the ethics of transplanting human neurons into animals
The development of brain chimaeras – made up of human and animal neurons – is an area of research that has hugely expanded in the past five years. Pr…
4 years, 1 month ago