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 people.

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

Nature. Nature.

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

This week we're taking a look at their influence scientists had on the character Sherlock Holmes

and the influence that he had on science.

Plus we're finding out about a tiny structure that's challenging how biologists think of cells.

This is the Nature podcast for September 21st, 2017.

I'm Charmany Bundell.

And I'm Adam Levy.

A little over 10 years ago, cell biologist Kiyara Zuzalo was trying to unpick how prions move between cells.

And it was around this time she came across two studies that suggested something many scientists were finding hard to believe.

That filaments, several cells long, but incredibly thin,

could connect cells together.

Kiara and her team decided to look for these structures for themselves.

When I looked finally at the images, we were all, wow.

What was really astonishing was not only to see the protrusion between the cells,

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