Virtual library of LSD-like drugs could reveal new antidepressants
In this episode:00:46 A virtual chemical library uncovers potential antidepressantsCertain psychedelic drugs are of interest to researchers due to their promising antidepressant effects. To help speed...
5 Okt 202218min
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 been affected and the impacts on research are being...
3 Okt 202221min
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 have been studying the effects of these measures to...
30 Sep 202222min
A trove of ancient fish fossils helps trace the origin of jaws
In this episode:00:45 Piecing together the early history of jawed vertebratesA wealth of fossils discovered in southern China shed new light onto the diversity of jawed and jawless fish during the Sil...
28 Sep 202219min
Huge dataset shows 80% of US professors come from just 20% of institutions
00:46 Inequalities in US faculty hiringIn the US, where a person gained their PhD can have an outsized influence on their future career. Now, using a decade worth of data, researchers have shown there...
21 Sep 202219min
Complex synthetic cells bring scientists closer to artificial cellular life
00:46 Synthetic cells made from bacterial bitsFor years researchers have been interested in creating artificial cells, as they could be useful for manufacturing compounds and understanding how life wo...
14 Sep 202220min
Missing foot reveals world’s oldest amputation
00:46 Evidence of ancient surgeryA skeleton with an amputated foot discovered in Borneo has been dated to 31,000 years ago, suggesting that complex surgery might be much older than previously thought....
7 Sep 202221min
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. Proponents say that these systems are yielding import...
26 Aug 202223min
