Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain

About this episode

This episode explores the effects of an additional year of schooling on the brain and discusses various scientific studies including frog toxicity and cancer research.

What is the impact of an extra year at school on the brain? Also, how poison dart frogs come by their toxins, using movies to track the developing infant nervous system, the insect-spread bacterial plant parasite that is a mastermind of matchmaking, and a new cancer tool to link disease with the best drugs. Chris Smith takes a look at some of the most powerful papers out this month in eLife... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

People in this episode

Host: Dr Chris Smith

Topics covered

• education
• neuroscience
• toxicology
• plant pathology
• cancer research

Keywords

• brain development
• schooling impact
• frog toxins
• bacterial parasites
• cancer treatment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: eLife, Naked Scientists

Books & works: Frog toxicity, what a year's schooling does to the brain, poison dart frogs, insect-spread bacterial plant parasite, new cancer tool

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