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The eLife Podcast

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

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Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft

Bees can't taste pesticides, and how albatrosses get aloft

In the eLife Podcast this month, signs that bees are oblivious to pesticides in nectar, sea anemone stinging strategies,... Read more

30 Nov 2023

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Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics

Cold haemoglobin, and teaching old dogs new ethics

This month, how an extinct marine mammal made its haemoglobin work in the cold, how does learning compassion change the ... Read more

29 Sep 2023

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