Tag: mice

• Lightning Seen and Lightning Round

  Scientists have never been able to adequately explain where lightning comes from. Now the first detailed observations of its emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow strong enough to create bolts. Jeff and Anthony step through how scientists have been able to record the spark of lightning. Then, Anthony starts his own lightning - a lightning round of headlines! Paralyzing rats, happiness from marriage, celebrity worship, sleeping in space, and more! [more]

  January 21, 2022Episodes

• Vaccinate Aging and Humanity’s Black Box

  Vaccinating senescent cells was recently reported to improve changes associated with aging in mice. Anthony and Jeff discuss the ramifications for a wide range of disease - oh, and the notion of living forever? The, if climate change is really leading to the end of human civilization, maybe someone should record the process as a warning for subsequent forms of life. But how? Jeff and Anthony discuss the project taking shape to create Earth's black box. [more]

  January 10, 2022Episodes

• Representational Drift and the Stress of Grey

  Neuroscientists studying how the sense of smell operates in the brains of mice have discovered a phenomenon they cannot explain. In fact, it may change the entire way we think about how brains work. Jeff and Anthony dive into the topic to see what the excitement is about. Then, we all have heard that stress can cause grey hair, but new research has found the link may be more significant than we ever knew. Anthony and Jeff talk about stress, aging, and looking distinguished. [more]

  July 2, 2021Episodes

• Exercise for What and Tripping Mice

  Although everyone can benefit from exercise, the reasons why the same exercise can have different effects in different people is not fully understood. Jeff and Anthony discuss a new study that provides insights to these unanswered questions. Then, studying psychotic disorders in animal is difficult because the diagnosis relies on self-reported symptoms that can only be assessed in humans. New research uses dopamine sensors to measure the effects of hallucinations in rodents. If you guessed this means science is gonna be giving mice a whole bunch of ketamine, you'd come to the same conclusion Anthony and Jeff do. [more]

  June 5, 2021Episodes