18 April 2019: Reviving brains, lightning, and spring books

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This week, restoring function in dead pig brains, spring science books, and the structure of lightning.

If you have any questions about the partly-revived brains study, then the reporters at Nature are keen to answer them. You can submit them at the bottom of the article, here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01216-4

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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, not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	Travel by train from London to Liverpool from just 25 pounds.
0:20.8	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoast.com.
0:28.0	com.com.
0:28.3	uk forward slash plan.
0:36.1	In an experiment, I don't know yet
0:38.4	Why is it like so far
0:40.4	Like it sounds so simple
0:41.6	They had no idea
0:43.1	But now the data's
0:44.2	I find this not only refreshing
0:47.1	But at some level astounding
0:49.2	Nature
0:52.7	Welcome back to the nature podcast.
0:58.7	This week we'll hear how researchers are reviving cells in dead pig brains,
1:03.6	learn about the latest spring science books,
1:06.0	and find out the secret structures within lightning.
1:09.5	I'm Chamni Bundell and I'm Benjamin Thompson.
1:16.2	First up in the show, we're talking about neuroscience. For obvious reasons, whole brains are
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