Audio long read: Lab mice go wild — making experiments more natural in order to decode the brain

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Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug

In this episode:00:46 Piecing together a biochemical puzzleResearch Article : Lombe et al.12:26 Research HighlightsNature: Electric-vehicle batteries toughen up to beat the heatNature: Live parrots were carried across the Andes before the Incas’ rise Hosted on Acast. See acast.co ...  Show more

Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game

00:26 Why researchers keep using Doom in their researchNature: How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for scienceSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast ...  Show more

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