• Nature Podcast

    15 January 2009

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        Fishy fossil head

        PhD student Martin Brazeau has uncovered a rare fossilised braincase of an early jawed vertebrate.

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        Natural killers with a memory

        Like T cells, our innate immune system's natural killer cells can remember infections.

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        Bush's legacy

        How science has fared under the Bush administration and it's future in the hands of Obama.

      • 18:37

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        Clock-making

        Swiss researchers have built a genetic time-keeper that could be used to control drug doses in future gene therapies.

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