Are the Seeds Growing?

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William james beale wanted to know how long seeds would last in the soil, and what it took to kind of germinate them. He buried a bunch of these bottles with the idea that every five years, one of them would be dug up to see what was going on. And this experiment's ben runing for a hundred and forty two years at the moment. Researchers reckon that maybe there's 80 years left to go, so they have enough seeds to keep going. By don't think any of this explains they'r sneaking around with treasure maps in the late night parlour.

Ultra-precise measurements connect brain activity and energy use in individual fruit-fly neurons.

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00:45 How brain cells use energy

A team of researchers have looked in individual fruit-fly neurons to better understand how energy use and information processing are linked – which may have important implications for future fMRI studies in humans.

Research Article: Mann et al.

07:04 Research Highlights

A tough but flexible material inspired by lobster underbellies, and research reveals that red meat consumption hasn't dropped since the 1960s.

Research Highlight: Material mimicking lobster belly cracks the code for toughness

Research Highlight: Meat lovers worldwide pay climate little heed

10:15 Briefing Chat

We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, early results for a new malaria vaccine look positive, and researchers unearth the latest chapter in a long-running plant experiment.

Nature News: Malaria vaccine shows promise — now come tougher trials

BBC News: Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough

New York Times: One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt

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