EUSci Podcast #41

Productivity never ceases here in the EUSci podcasting basement. This week, our hosts Christos Christodoulopoulos and Frank Dondelinger guide us through stories about gene switches, human ancestors, laser-charged helicopters, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the charged bank of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspapers over the past couple of weeks.

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What's in today's show:

News:

• Lungs Have Taste Receptors
• Friends with Cognitive Benefits
• Bacteria Living on Fruit Flies Drive Species Evolution
• Space Shuttle Discovery on Last Mission
• Edinburgh: Children Learn Most about Sex from School

Jess Hedge interviews Dr Andrea Graham about the link between fertility and immune response in sheep.

Controversy of the Week

EU-What?!

• We investigate why criminals prefer small trees.

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