This week, we ingest some ginger, we block viral proton channels, we go diving for coral and speleothems, and we take tissue samples using a nifty new tool.

This week, we figure out the secret to a great tan, test a new potential clean energy source, use robots to track some birds, figure out how to live to 100, and find a new way to predict climate change.

We’re back! This week we camouflage with cuttlefish, hike the historic genomic trails of Sardinia, make waterproof plant galls, modulate signalling pathways with liquorice, and teach sparrows how to sing.

This week, we prune back some brain cells with death receptor 6, we try some new hair dye made of sheets of carbon, and we explore the ways fish stop themselves from freezing to death.

This week, some researchers discover a diabetes model in blind cave fish, a molecule from daffodils binds the ribosome to fight cancer, and a few proteins can make a big difference in helping hearts recover from damage.

This week, we go pulsar hunting, we converse with marmosets, and we inspect the cellular power stations of worms.

This week, our liver break our hearts, we sing tribal chants and Nordic lullabies, and we teach you how to get rid of your annoying silver-resistant bacteria problem; have some pomegranates at the ready

This week, we see how human movement restricts animal movement, we make a big FUS about the synapses, and 3D printing of bacteria creates actual living tattoos.

This week, we hunt bacteria with the power of sound, splats of molten tin fall off silicon, and a link between Crohn's disease and Parkinson's disease.

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This week, a new way of stopping the immune system from going overboard, nickel and graphene are a new power duo, and we examine the sex chromosomes of lizards and birds.

For more information and to see the covers we've discussed, you can visit our website www.coverslipspodcast.com.

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You can email us at [email protected]