The eLife Podcast podcast

The eLife Podcast

The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

 

#100

Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth

This month, compelling evidence for why some species keep their eyes closed for sometimes ... more

30 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:06

30 Nov 2025


#99

Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes

This month, as the eLife Podcast hits its century, we hear how getting frog dads to cross-... more

08 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:15

08 Sep 2025


#98

Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth

In the eLife podcast, a university compost heap has turned up Finland's first documented "... more

19 Jun 2025

38 MINS

38:48

19 Jun 2025


#97

Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain

What is the impact of an extra year at school on the brain? Also, how poison dart frogs co... more

24 Apr 2025

35 MINS

35:28

24 Apr 2025


#96

Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts

This month, how films are helping neuroscientists link brain activity patterns to specific... more

26 Feb 2025

40 MINS

40:51

26 Feb 2025


#95

Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum

Predicting how influenza viruses will evolve, how deserts decompose matter despite the dry... more

20 Dec 2024

30 MINS

30:59

20 Dec 2024


#94

Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

This month, signs that cancers communicate with the brain to alter mood, why antibodies ar... more

01 Nov 2024

33 MINS

33:06

01 Nov 2024


#93

Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

This month, Chris Smith hears how blood-thirsty bacteria sniff out wounds to trigger infec... more

10 Sep 2024

30 MINS

30:50

10 Sep 2024


#92

How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases

This month, how human encroachment and conflict on nature drives emerging diseases, the ro... more

18 Jun 2024

34 MINS

34:28

18 Jun 2024


#91

Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

This month, how animals hibernate and evidence that muscle myosin makes its own heat in th... more

19 Apr 2024

37 MINS

37:53

19 Apr 2024


#90

Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science

This month we hear what orangutans can tell us about the origins of human speech, we ask i... more

08 Mar 2024

36 MINS

36:04

08 Mar 2024


#89

Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft

In the eLife Podcast this month, signs that bees are oblivious to pesticides in nectar, se... more

30 Nov 2023

34 MINS

34:46

30 Nov 2023


#88

Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics

This month, how an extinct marine mammal made its haemoglobin work in the cold, how does l... more

29 Sep 2023

35 MINS

35:35

29 Sep 2023


#87

How many friends for best brain health?

This month join host Dr Chris Smith to hear how a nuclear power station provides the oppor... more

31 Jul 2023

31 MINS

31:02

31 Jul 2023


#86

Social media and febrile fish

This month we look at a method to raise the bar on the quality and trustworthiness of info... more

06 Jun 2023

36 MINS

36:50

06 Jun 2023


#85

Ancient Genes and Trust in New Tech

This month, the genetic variants inherited from millions of years back that protect from d... more

11 Apr 2023

39 MINS

39:18

11 Apr 2023


#84

Right handedness, and genes for hairiness

Why are 90% of humans right handed and where did we get this from; genes for how - and whe... more

01 Mar 2023

36 MINS

36:55

01 Mar 2023


#83

Rebuilding Dinosaurs and Stress from Siblings

The ability to recreate dinosaurs inside computers means the true nature of the spinosauru... more

15 Dec 2022

30 MINS

30:05

15 Dec 2022


#82

Babies cry in utero, and pushing preprints

This month, what ultrasound scans are revealing about how primates learn to cry before bir... more

11 Nov 2022

33 MINS

33:01

11 Nov 2022


#81

Urban microbiomes, and crushed cancers

This month, what happens to the microbiomes of wild animals when they share cities with hu... more

16 Sep 2022

32 MINS

32:22

16 Sep 2022