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Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
Feb 13, 2026In this episode: 00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggestsNature: Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people 04:15 Using AI to work out the rules...
These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
Feb 11, 2026In this episode: 00:46 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brainsNature: Cho et al. 10:21 Research HighlightsNature: Beetle is locked into an eternal dance ― with an ant Nature: S...
Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
Feb 06, 2026In this episode: 00:42 External, artificial-lung system keeps patient alive for transplantNature: 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant 06:22 How lung cancer in mi...
These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
Feb 04, 202600:46 Understanding how rete ridges form in the skinNature: Thompson et al. 09:32 Research HighlightsNature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil Nature: Largest gala...
Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of ageing
Jan 30, 2026In this episode: 00:36 Study probes genetics of extreme longevityNature: Still working at 107: supercentenarian study probes genetics of extreme longevity 05:32 Controlling fluorescent proteins’ bri...
How your brain chemistry rewards hard work
Jan 28, 202600:46 Why completing difficult tasks feels rewardingNature: Touponse et al. 11:34 Research HighlightsNature: Disappearing ‘planet’ reveals a solar system’s turbulent times Nature: Getting to the (squ...
Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
Jan 26, 2026This is an audio version of our Feature: ‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes
Jan 23, 2026In this episode: 00:24 How babies share their gut microbesNature: Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiome 05:25 First evidence of tool use in cattleScience: No bull: This Aust...
The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition
Jan 21, 202600:46 Protein-sized superposition surpasses previous experimentsNature: Pedalino et al. News: Schrödinger's cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever 'superposition' 11:46 Research ...
Briefing Chat: Can NASA return rocks from Mars? And why dogs have long ears
Jan 16, 2026In this episode: 00:40 The rock samples destined to remain on MarsNature: NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost 05:24 The genetics of dogs’ droopy earsNa...