In the eLife podcast, a university compost heap has turned up Finland's first documented "giant virus". Also, why monkeys de-sand their supper, and how learning more languages actually makes brain tissue thinner. Then, the link between sugar and neonatal sepsis, and how a cancer controls its hydra host by bestowing it with extra tentacles... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme  <a href="https://www.thenakedscientists.com/elife">from the Naked Scientists website</a>

The eLife Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth

JUN 19, 202538 MIN
The eLife Podcast

Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth

JUN 19, 202538 MIN

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In the eLife podcast, a university compost heap has turned up Finland's first documented "giant virus". Also, why monkeys de-sand their supper, and how learning more languages actually makes brain tissue thinner. Then, the link between sugar and neonatal sepsis, and how a cancer controls its hydra host by bestowing it with extra tentacles... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme <a href="https://www.thenakedscientists.com/elife">from the Naked Scientists website</a>