Episode 59
Astronauts, geese and realistic retinas
How geese make it over the Himalayas, life aboard the ISS and organoids recreate a retina in a dish...
September 26, 201940m 25s
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Show Notes
This month, doctors doing U-turns: the medical practices without much evidence to prop them up, wind-tunnel experiments reveal how geese fly at extreme altitudes, why mating makes bees go blind, stress remodelling the brain's myelin, and what goes on during a stint aboard the International Space Station? Join Chris Smith for a look inside the latest papers in eLife... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
Topics
clinical evidenceevidence-based medicineVinay Prasadjessica meirastronautinternational space stationbar-headed geesealtitude physiologymyelindepressionstressretinal organoidsbeessocial insects