Nature Podcast: 15 October 2015 - C. elegans mystery, early humans, brain simulation

16/10/2015 27 min
Nature Podcast: 15 October 2015 - C. elegans mystery, early humans, brain simulation

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this week: C. elegans, the neuroscientists’ favourite worm, has had all its brain cells mapped. Then researchers found 2 more. D’oh! What do they do and how were they missed? Plus: early human migration; simulating a tiny piece of brain on a huge computer; and using vultures as mobile weather stations.