The eLife Podcast

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

Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain
Apr 24, 2025 – 00:35:28
Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts
Feb 26, 2025 – 00:40:51
Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum
Dec 20, 2024 – 00:30:59
Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain
Nov 1, 2024 – 00:33:06
Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight
Sep 10, 2024 – 00:30:50
How termites build their nests, and drivers of new diseases
Jun 18, 2024 – 00:34:28
Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia
Apr 19, 2024 – 00:37:53
Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science
Mar 8, 2024 – 00:36:04
Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft
Nov 30, 2023 – 00:34:46
Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics
Sep 29, 2023 – 00:35:35
How many friends for best brain health?
Jul 31, 2023 – 00:31:02
Social media and febrile fish
Jun 6, 2023 – 00:36:50
Ancient Genes and Trust in New Tech
Apr 11, 2023 – 00:39:18
Right handedness, and genes for hairiness
Mar 1, 2023 – 00:36:55
Rebuilding Dinosaurs and Stress from Siblings
Dec 15, 2022 – 00:30:05
Babies cry in utero, and pushing preprints
Nov 11, 2022 – 00:33:01
Urban microbiomes, and crushed cancers
Sep 16, 2022 – 00:32:22
Does Vaping Inflame the Brain?
Jul 4, 2022 – 00:29:28
Animal handedness, diabetes and dinosaurs
May 6, 2022 – 00:36:22
Human birth trigger genes, and clam cancer
Mar 17, 2022 – 00:36:57
Sediba's backbone, and antibacterial bacteria
Feb 7, 2022 – 00:38:14
Can Corals Resist Bleaching?
Dec 14, 2021 – 00:33:51
Does stress turn your hair grey?
Oct 18, 2021 – 00:33:47
The widowhood effect, and clapped out baboons
Jun 30, 2021 – 00:34:30
Motherless gorillas and how hummingbirds hum
May 28, 2021 – 00:27:17
Psychedelic drugs and river water bugs
Apr 15, 2021 – 00:31:26
Egyptian baboons and overlooked COVID genes
Feb 23, 2021 – 00:35:44
Sea slugs and anti-sickness drugs
Dec 17, 2020 – 00:32:47
AI for infertility, and scar-free healing
Nov 13, 2020 – 00:31:09
Prostate cancer prediction and bonobo culture
Oct 8, 2020 – 00:35:20
Ears, hearts, and halting Huntington's
Sep 4, 2020 – 00:32:35
Sugar on the brain, HIV, and science sex bias
Jun 30, 2020 – 00:36:25
Sparrows, cavefish and fighting fungus
Jun 1, 2020 – 00:31:25
Why do bats carry so many dread diseases?
Apr 3, 2020 – 00:29:36
The plants with three parents
Mar 6, 2020 – 00:35:47
Zika immunity and falling body temperatures
Feb 6, 2020 – 00:35:56
Tardigrades and the Ten Commandments
Dec 20, 2019 – 00:31:31
How many new mutations from Mum and Dad?
Oct 31, 2019 – 00:35:41
Astronauts, geese and realistic retinas
Sep 26, 2019 – 00:40:25
Brain basis of blindsight
Jul 9, 2019 – 00:34:21
Malaria and Myrmecophiles
May 31, 2019 – 00:31:49
Vaccines and viral swarms
Apr 26, 2019 – 00:32:33
Weaponised insulin
Mar 29, 2019 – 00:27:08
Dodgy cells and big neurons
Feb 26, 2019 – 00:34:20
Insect Farmers and oxytocin
Jan 29, 2019 – 00:36:10
Fossil Flowers, and Fur Seal Parasites
Dec 19, 2018 – 00:31:53
Transmissible Tumours and LSD Receptors
Nov 13, 2018 – 00:34:16
Inside Your Microbiome
Oct 8, 2018 – 00:31:57
Pigeon patterning and stiff lungs
Aug 20, 2018 – 00:28:49
Bugs and Drugs, and Chocolate Cake
Jul 4, 2018 – 00:31:30

Recent Reviews

Catahdin

Informative and interesting

Great podcast and great program. Really learn a lot about current research and make my science-based classes more relevant. Thanks and please keep posting.