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Nature Podcast

07 June 2018: Magnetic animal migration, cold enzymes, and mouse memory

Nature Podcast

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4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, making enzymes work better in the cold, short-term memory production in mice, and magnetic detection in animals.

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0:00.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.

0:11.1

Not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it, you're there.

0:16.7

London to Glasgow from just 46 pounds each way.

0:20.5

Avanti West Coast.

0:22.0

Feel good travel.

0:23.8

Exclusions and limitations apply.

0:25.6

Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.

0:28.0

U.K. forward slash plan.

0:36.1

In a experiment, I don't know yet. Why is Blight so far?

0:40.3

Like it sounds so simple.

0:41.3

They had no idea.

0:43.3

But now the data is...

0:44.3

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

0:52.3

Nature.

0:53.3

Hello and welcome back to the Nature podcast.

0:59.0

This week we're finding out how enzymes adapt to the cold and watching mice form memories.

1:05.0

Plus the mystery of how animals sense Earth's magnetic field.

1:09.0

This is the nature podcast for the 7th of June 2018.

1:12.9

I'm Charmany Bundell. And I'm Adam Levy.

1:15.2

And I'm Adam Levy. Crucial to every last cell on Earth are enzymes. These molecular machines are catalysts, overseeing the chemical reactions in the cell.

1:34.3

Enzymes transform molecules known as substrates into other molecules, products.

1:42.3

But these chemical converters pose a perplexing puzzle.

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