The eLife Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

The eLife Podcast: outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

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The eLife Podcast

Episodes (101)

Feb 28th Moths hear plants, and what fingerprints do for touch
Nov 30, 2025 Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth
Sep 8, 2025 Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes

The eLife Podcast

Feb 28, 2026
38 minutes
35 MB

In this episode, how kangaroos alter their postures to store more energy in their Achilles tendons and boost movement efficiency, the moths that make a beeline when they hear plants "talking" to them, tracking how people pick up diseases from their surroundings, the contribution fingerprints make to touch sensation, and some forgotten female scientists are recognised at the Eiffel Tower, in France. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

The eLife Podcast

Moths hear plants, and what fingerprints do for touch

Dr Chris Smith

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