Monkeys that gamble

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Monkeys that gamble

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Feb 9, 2016

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In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about midnight snacking, X-ray imaging of fossils, hummingbirds, monkeys gambling and axolotls regenerating... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

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Feb 9, 2016

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