Nature.

In a experiment, I don't know yet.

Why is Blight so far?

Like, it sounds so simple.

They had no idea.

But now the data's...

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

Nature.

Nature.

Welcome back to the nature podcast. This week we'll be hearing how performance art could help researchers perform science.

And we'll be shining a light on chiral chemistry.

I'm Sharmane Bundell.

And I'm Benjamin Thompson.

These days, it's hard to escape the word interdisciplinary. While most modern researchers don't have quite the variety of interests as certain famous Victorian

polymaths, there's certainly more collaboration happening between different scientific subject areas.

But it's not just collaborations between scientific disciplines that are being explored.

This week in nature, we've got an essay in our books and arts section looking at what researchers

can learn from artists and performers, and vice versa.

One of the essay's co-authors is Roger Neibone, a surgeon and general practitioner by training, now professor of surgical education and engagement science at Imperial College London.

Roger dropped by the studio, along with Will Houston, a magician who has a PhD in

Victorian magic literature. The two of them chatted about what the worlds of medicine and science

can learn from performance, magic, and even cooking. Roger began by talking about the performance

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