Nature Podcast
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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes (921)
Audio long read: Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?
Nature Podcast
Sep 2, 202618:16completed
Briefing Chat: How Dolly Parton left her mark on science
Nature Podcast
Aug 28, 202614:05pending
Highest-ever ocean temperatures recorded as El Niño intensifies
Nature Podcast
Aug 26, 202619:00pending
Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies
Nature Podcast
Aug 21, 202612:25pending
A black hole's spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star
Nature Podcast
Aug 19, 202629:11pending
Briefing Chat: Anthropic rolls out new AI watermark — will it make a difference?
Nature Podcast
Aug 14, 202616:52pending
The probiotic bacteria engineered to treat diabetes
Nature Podcast
Aug 12, 202619:37pending
Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole-rats off...
Nature Podcast
Aug 7, 202613:52pending
Junk plastic turns into high-value commodity with chemistry trick
Nature Podcast
Aug 5, 202613:01pending
Briefing Chat: Orcas smashed a sunfish to bits — researchers aren't sure why
Nature Podcast
Jul 31, 202614:18pending
Earthworks spotted in the Amazon hint at huge ancient civilization
Nature Podcast
Jul 29, 202620:30pending
Briefing Chat: Baby T. rex were killers from birth, suggest new fossils
Nature Podcast
Jul 24, 202612:43pending
What counts as a moon? Huge ‘exosatellite’ sparks debate
Nature Podcast
Jul 22, 202623:50pending
Briefing Chat: Sweet! Elusive sugar molecules found in space
Nature Podcast
Jul 17, 20269:55pending
‘Holy grail’ of naked mole-rat research reveals how queens rule
Nature Podcast
Jul 15, 202622:40pending
Briefing Chat: The 30 year-legacy of a science icon – Dolly the sheep
Nature Podcast
Jul 10, 202610:03pending
Nukes in space? Orbital detector could sniff out warheads
Nature Podcast
Jul 8, 202625:08pending
Togetherness: How co-operation built the world
Nature Podcast
Jul 1, 202631:39pending
Audio long read: Is the peptide craze backed by science? The promise behind the...
Nature Podcast
Jun 29, 202616:41pending
Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of spe...
Nature Podcast
Jun 26, 202611:30pending
Medical records could be revealed by AI training-data vulnerability
Nature Podcast
Jun 24, 202619:54pending
Briefing Chat: Testosterone and sperm may get a boost from obesity drugs
Nature Podcast
Jun 19, 202612:16pending
DNA from hunter-gatherer teeth reveals secrets of ancient plague
Nature Podcast
Jun 17, 202626:42pending
Briefing Chat: The epic journey of Stonehenge’s central stone
Nature Podcast
Jun 12, 202611:20pending
Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
Nature Podcast
Jun 10, 202621:38pending
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environmen...
Nature Podcast
Jun 5, 202611:25pending
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
Nature Podcast
Jun 3, 202618:23pending
Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
Nature Podcast
May 29, 202617:14pending
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
Nature Podcast
May 22, 202612:01pending
AI ‘scientists’ promise to accelerate research — how do they work?
Nature Podcast
May 20, 202627:55pending
Briefing Chat: Hantavirus — what this outbreak reveals about the disease
Nature Podcast
May 15, 20269:34pending
Red-light therapy is all the rage — does it work?
Nature Podcast
May 13, 202621:56pending
Audio long read: The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it fo...
Nature Podcast
May 11, 202619:06pending
Briefing Chat: Can't focus? It's not your attention span, it's your notification...
Nature Podcast
May 8, 202610:53pending
Anaesthetized brains can still process podcasts
Nature Podcast
May 6, 202615:00pending
Briefing Chat: Stressed mitochondria spawn new 'organelles' in cells
Nature Podcast
May 1, 202612:55completed
Immunity gets a boost from a surprising place — breakfast
Nature Podcast
Apr 29, 202620:36failed
Inside the evidence revolution — how decision-making became data driven
Nature Podcast
Apr 24, 202626:23failed
Meet Ace, the table-tennis robot that can beat elite players
Nature Podcast
Apr 22, 202626:10failed
Briefing Chat: Penguins pick up PFAS pollution
Nature Podcast
Apr 17, 202615:01failed
Giant cancer study reveals effectiveness of 'off label' treatments
Nature Podcast
Apr 15, 202627:11failed
Behind the scenes with Artemis II’s scientists during the historic Moon fly-by
Nature Podcast
Apr 10, 202613:40completed
Briefing Chat: The tongue trick that helps sunbirds suck
Nature Podcast
Apr 8, 202613:52failed
Artemis II is go: humans head to the Moon after half-century absence
Nature Podcast
Apr 2, 202615:20failed
These scientists chased a jet to learn more about ‘lean-burn’ contrails
Nature Podcast
Apr 1, 202624:48failed
Briefing Chat: ‘Zombie cells’ resurrected with new genes
Nature Podcast
Mar 27, 202611:01completed
Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea
Nature Podcast
Mar 25, 202622:42failed
Briefing Chat: Are scientists funny? The evidence is in — and it's no joke
Nature Podcast
Mar 20, 20269:52failed
Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug
Nature Podcast
Mar 18, 202615:55failed
Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satelli...
Nature Podcast
Mar 13, 202610:34failed
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