The eLife Podcast

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

Author: Dr Chris Smith

The eLife Podcast, from eLife, the researcher-led, open access digital publication for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.
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Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth
Episode 100
Sunday, 30 November, 2025

This month, compelling evidence for why some species keep their eyes closed for sometimes several weeks after birth, scientists prove that the "nocebo" effect is more potent than a placebo, researchers report what happens when fish eggs and mouse sperm mix, the signals that cells use to measure the lengths of their telomeres, and some clever physics reveals the workings of Darwin's "warm little pond"... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website