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• What does anaemia do to a developing brain?

  September 29, 2026 · 23 min

  Anaemia affects up to 37% of pregnant women worldwide,and efforts to reduce these numbers have stagnated. But how does anaemia in pregnancy impact the developing baby? And what can be done to help? Jessica Ringshaw, Research Fellow in…

• How to build a virtual reality for fish

  July 29, 2026 · 11 min

  Looking at how neurons change during development is one thing, but how can we know if these changes affect behaviour? To answer this, Dr Phoebe Reynolds (former PhD student at King’s), built a virtual reality setup for zebrafish, letting…

• How do early experiences shape how the eye develops?

  June 23, 2026 · 25 min

  Does what the eye sees in the first few days of life influence how it processes information later on? A new study from Reynolds et al., reveals that in developing zebrafish, growing up in horizontal or vertical stripey ‘worlds’ can…

• How is compulsivity related to uncertainty?

  March 19, 2026 · 12 min

  Compulsive traits are tendencies to repeat patterned behaviours. They are often seen in psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction and eating disorders. But what drives compulsive traits? In this episode…

• Can apps help children with epilepsy sleep?

  March 12, 2026 · 12 min

  Sleep problems affect more than 80% of children with neurodevelopmental disorders including epilepsy. Children who sleep poorly can have problems with learning and behaviour. It can also have a knock-on effect on the whole family’s…

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