Science on a shoestring: the researchers paid $15 a month
In the third episode of this seven-part Working Scientist podcast series about freedom and safety in science, researchers in Nigeria, Venezuela and Ukraine describe what it is like to live and work in...
12 Maj 202329min
Shielding science from politics: how Joe Biden’s research integrity drive is faring
In January 2022 the Biden administration announced its long-awaited strategy to safeguard scientific integrity across US federal research facilities and agencies.But 16 months on, do researchers worki...
5 Maj 202339min
Unlocking the mysteries of the brain’s neocortex
efJf Hawkins’ 2021 book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, focuses on the neocortex and how it helps us to understand the world around us, before examining the future of artificial intel...
3 Maj 202326min
How to keep Ukraine’s research hopes alive
In the first episode of a six-part podcast series about freedom and safety in science, Ukrainian neuroscientist Nana Voitenko relives how she and colleagues fled Kiev when war broke out in February 20...
28 Apr 202338min
How trauma’s effects can pass from generation to generation
Isabelle Mansuy’s neuroepigenetics lab researches the impact of life experiences and environmental factors on mental health, exploring if these impacts can be passed on to descendants.Epigenetic inher...
26 Apr 202317min
How deep brain stimulation is helping people with severe depression
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an experimental treatment strategy which uses an implanted device to help patients with severe depression who have reached a point where no other treatment works.But de...
21 Apr 202324min
Restoring the sense of smell to COVID-19 patients
Thomas Hummel, who researches smell and taste disorders at the Technical University of Dresden in Germany, describes international efforts to help patients who have lost their sense of smell, perhaps ...
14 Apr 202317min
Understanding the difference between the mind and the brain
In 2020 the forced isolation of pandemic-related lockdowns led many of us to attend virtual fitness classes and undertake home baking projects. Chantel Prat wondered why she wasn’t interested in takin...
7 Apr 202324min
