Eye implant restores vision, and corvids follow human calls
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All engine running. |
| 0:03.3 | Absolutely genius. |
| 0:04.1 | Welcome. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:05.9 | This is the show where we bring you science. |
| 0:07.7 | What that essentially means is... |
| 0:09.2 | Discovery is... |
| 0:09.8 | Advances. |
| 0:10.3 | Research. |
| 0:11.5 | Technology. |
| 0:12.4 | Unbelievable. |
| 0:13.4 | Without further ado, this is The Naked Scientists. |
| 0:17.8 | Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist, podcast, the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs |
| 0:22.2 | and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine. |
| 0:27.0 | With me, Chris Smith. |
| 0:28.7 | On the way, a new retinal implant, just two millimeters across, that's restoring sight for blind people, |
| 0:34.9 | a pristine star that gives us a glimpse of the workings of the early |
| 0:38.3 | universe, and we'll be finding out how wild rooks can master human commands. |
| 0:52.0 | First this week, 38 patients with the common sight loss condition, age-related macular degeneration, |
| 0:59.2 | have taken part in a successful trial to implant a new chip into their retinas, which has enabled them to read text again. |
| 1:07.1 | Now, it's not a complete restoration of the vision they've lost. They can only see at about 20 metres what a person with normal vision would be able to see from over 100 metres away. |
| 1:16.3 | But nevertheless, this effect was stable for over four years and is a very welcome step forward. |
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