Nature Podcast

In this episode:

00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggests
Nature: Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people

04:15 Using AI to work out the rules of a long-forgotten board game
Scientific American: Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI

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In this episode:

00:46 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains
Nature: Cho et al.

10:21 Research Highlights
Nature: Beetle is locked into an eternal dance ― with an ant
Nature: Super-sniffer aeroplane finds oil fields’ hidden emissions

12:41 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion
Nature: Olalde et al.
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In this episode:

00:42 External, artificial-lung system keeps patient alive for transplant
Nature: 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant

06:22 How lung cancer in mice hijacks neurons to outwit the immune system
Nature: How tumours trick the brain into shutting down cancer-fighting cells

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00:46 Understanding how rete ridges form in the skin
Nature: Thompson et al.

09:32 Research Highlights
Nature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil
Nature: Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough

11:52 The open-source AI that performs scientific literature reviews
Nature: Asai et al.

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In this episode:

00:36 Study probes genetics of extreme longevity
Nature: Still working at 107: supercentenarian study probes genetics of extreme longevity

05:32 Controlling fluorescent proteins’ brightness with magnets
Nature: ‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cells

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