This week, why it's crucial to use the right language when talking about antibiotic

resistance.

There is a complete blank look on people's faces often when you discuss these terms.

And a brain region thought to be a bit simple turns out to be quite clever.

What you're witnessing now is a shift in our worldview of the brain.

Plus three tales of the perils of research.

This is the Nature podcast for May the 4th, 2017.

I'm Adam Levy.

And I'm Kerry Smith.

Most of the stories, Most stories here on the podcast are about work that's done and dusted, neat results written in black and white in a scientific paper.

But the process of getting there is much more colourful. Some scientists have to be pretty intrepid to gather the data they need. This week, Nature's career section is zeroing in on some of these experiences, running the

results of a photo competition called Scientists at Work.

To accompany the competition, the Nature podcast has three stories of extreme data gathering

in the field. One is from the winner of the

competition Pelliobotanist Kersenia Scheisterner. The others later on in the show are from

previous guests of the Nature podcast, one whose story we have partly told before, the other

and all new tale. In their own ways, they each show how scientists in the field should expect

the unexpected. They also show that remote fieldwork cannot be a solitary pursuit.

It only works if you rely on the support of others.

We're going to start with paleobotanist Kessania Asheistina.

Her winning photograph shows her supervisor, Frank Kainast, standing at the

bottom of a huge cliff made of frozen mud. His orange jacket glows against the background.

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