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This week, a dwarf planet with a ring, 40 years of Sanger DNA sequencing, and the grieving families contributing to a huge genetics projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
To celebrate our 500th episode, the Nature Podcast asked 8 presenters – past and present – to recommend their favourite contributions to the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, floating cities, malaria-free mosquitos, and using evolution to inspire aircraft design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Sherlock Holmes the scientist; and investigating the nanotubes between cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, writing quantum software, and predicting the loss of Asia's glaciers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Protecting red haired people from cancer, machine learning and gravitational distortions, and peeking inside predatory journals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The creeping danger of slow landslides, and what worms can teach us about the wriggly problem of reproducibility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, preventing genetic diseases in China, a red supergiant star's mystery, and the algal boom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, ancient mammal relatives, complex brain maps, and a 19th century solar eclipse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the first flower, gene editing human embryos, and the antimatter quest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, a brain-inspired computer, the brain's control of ageing, and Al Gore the climate communicator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, getting a handle on topology, and working out why the fastest animals are medium sized. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, defying quantum noise, looking at early signs of autism, and taking steps to assess exercise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, a new kind of quantum bit, the single-cell revolution, and exploring Antarctica’s past to understand sea level rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
To combat global warming, the world needs to change where it gets its energy from. Three energy experts discuss the challenges of transitioning to low carbon energy, and what advances are needed to make the journey possible. This is the final episode in the Grand Challenges podcast series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sometimes people can become trapped in the grey zone between conscious and unconscious states. Kerri Smith talks to neuroscientist Adrian Owen about communicating with patients in vegetative states. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our reporters and editors respond to the UK election. Plus, the tangled taxonomy of our species, and why physicists love to hate the standard model. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, treating infection without antibiotics, wireless charging, and making sense of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, treating infection without antibiotics, wireless charging, and making sense of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, early Homo sapiens in Morocco, mathematicians trying to stop gerrymandering, and going beyond the standard model. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Millions around the world are chronically hungry. Three experts on agriculture discuss how to help people grow enough food, in a world of evolving technology, global markets and a changing climate. This is episode 3 of 4 in the Grand Challenges podcast series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, ‘sticky’ RNA causes disease, disorganised taxonomy, and 'intelligent crowd' peer review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from May, 'Life, hacked' by Krystal Claxton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This month the team are chatting scientific data, scientific papers and... religion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, E. coli with colour vision, tracing the Zika virus outbreak, and a roadmap for medical microbots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, wonky vehicle emissions tests, error-prone bots help humans, and animals that lack a microbiome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, fake antibodies scupper research, the diversity of cells in a tumour, and what happened before tectonic plates? SURVEY: https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/RmZVDI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the secret life of the thalamus, how to talks about antibiotic resistance, and dangerous research. Survey link: https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/RmZVDI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ageing is inevitable, but that doesn't mean we're ready for it - as individuals, or as a society. A geneticist, a psychiatrist and an economist pick apart our knowledge of the ageing process and the major challenges to be solved so we can live healthily and well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from March, 'Cold comforts' by Graham Robert Scott. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
