Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth

This month, compelling evidence for why some species keep their eyes closed for sometimes several weeks after birth, scientists prove that the "nocebo" effect is more potent than a placebo, researchers report what happens when fish eggs and mouse sperm mix, the signals that cells use to measure the lengths of their telomeres, and some clever physics reveals the workings of Darwin's "warm little pond"... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

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Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth is an episode from eLife by Dr Chris Smith.

This episode is 00:40:06 long.

This episode was published on Nov 30, 2025.

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