Nobel laureates share their winning science
Quirks and Quarks

Nobel laureates share their winning science

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 202654 min
  • Interview
  • Science

We talk to two of this year’s newest Nobel Laureates, Dr. Karl Deisseroth and Peter Hegemann, about their discoveries in optogenetics, a technique that has transformed what we know about the brain — all thanks to a light-detecting algal protein. Also today: Gut microbes can encourage fever after vaccinationWeather forecasters are less confident in their predictions these days. Here’s whyWhat raccoons and other wild brains can teach us about ourselves Quirks & Quarks has been nominated for a Signal Award! You can vote for us here. For more inf...

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Hi, I'm Bob McDonald. Welcome to Quirks and Quarks. On this week's show, it's Nobel week, and we'll speak with two of the scientists who won the prize for Physiology or Medicine. About 1230, my bedside phone was buzzing, but I didn't react in time, so I went to voicemail. And then they called my wife and she picked up and they said,

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