Episode 100
Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth
Plus the signals that draw sperm to eggs, how cells measure their telomeres, and recreating Darwin's warm little pond...
November 30, 202540m 6s
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Show Notes
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
Topics
nocebo effectplacebo effectvisual systemvisual developmenttelomeretelomerasespermmammalian eggdarwinorigin of lifewarm little pond