Nature Podcast: 24 June 2015
This week, Antarctica’s surprising biodiversity, trends in heatwaves and coldsnaps, and a new way to diagnose cancer early Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 24, 2015•26 min
Nature Podcast
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.
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Episodes
Nature Extra: Backchat June 2015
Three of Nature’s biggest paleontology fans sink their teeth into Jurassic World, which premiered this month. The team also discuss the importance of ‘dinomenclature’: why species names matter and how they are devised. Plus, DNA from an ancient human found in Washington State in the 1990s throws up questions of heritage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 23, 2015•27 min
Nature Podcast: 18 June 2015
This week, positive memories help fight depression, plant intelligence and measuring the mass of exoplanets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 17, 2015•27 min
Nature Podcast: 11 June 2015
This week, the US military’s biology arm, a clutch of Bronze Age genomes, and protection from a deadly disease in a community in Papua New Guinea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2015•27 min
Nature Podcast: 4 June 2015
This week, how the immune system deals with the brain, the latest in gene editing, and the mystery of Greenland’s disappearing lakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 03, 2015•26 min
Nature Extra: Backchat May 2015
Robots that can recover from injury by themselves, naughty scientists faking or baking their data, and the weirdest places to look for much-needed new antibiotics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2015•25 min
Nature Extra: Futures May 2015
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite story from May, Tempus omnia revelat, by Tian Li. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2015•6 min
Nature Podcast: 28 May 2015
This week, the ethics of killer robots, laser weapons become a reality, and the subtleties of temperature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 27, 2015•25 min
Audiofile: In search of lost sound
Are the sounds of the past lost forever? In the 1960s, an American engineer proposed that sound could be recorded into clay pots and paintings as they were created. This episode explores the science behind resurrecting the sounds of the past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2015•24 min
Nature Podcast: 21 May 2015
The oldest stone tools yet found, making opiates from yeast and sugar, and the perks of sex… for beetles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2015•27 min
Nature Podcast: 14 May 2015
This week, the latest result from the Large Hadron Collider, a memoir from neurologist and adventurer Oliver Sacks, and India’s scientific landscape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2015•29 min
Nature Podcast: 7 May 2015
This week, brain-inspired computers, scientists soldiering on past retirement age, and the origins of complex cells deduced from deep-sea samples. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2015•26 min
Nature Podcast: 30 April 2015
This week, a tiny bat-like dinosaur, a competitor for graphene, and the best new science books this spring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2015•28 min
Audiofile: Real life Dr Dolittles
Will we ever be able to talk to animals? In this episode, Geoff Marsh meets a variety of researchers and animals who persevere at the communication barrier in the name of science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 24, 2015•29 min
Nature Podcast: 23 April 2015
This week, a new treatment for Ebola, the making of the Tibetan plateau, and could bees be addicted to pesticides? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2015•25 min
Nature: Backchat April 2015
The periodic table’s fuzzy edges, the nuances of reporting on animal research, and Richard gets charged up about some overhyped coverage of a new battery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2015•23 min
Nature Podcast: 16 April 2015
This week, how oxytocin affects the brain, self- experimentation in science, and the wedding rings that went to Hubble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2015•31 min
Nature Podcast: 9 April 2015
This week, the Moon and her sister, the Sun and its personality, and the latest wonder material to hit the big-time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2015•30 min
Nature Podcast: 2 April 2015
This week, improving walking, pushing the boundary between quantum and classical, and the need for more social science on climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 01, 2015•29 min
Nature Podcast: 26 March 2015
This week, the role of black holes in growing galaxies, Dragon’s Den for scientists, and ice inside our bodies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2015•28 min
Nature Extra: Backchat
Where will NASA’s next planetary mission go? Plus, a gene editing technique comes under fire, and the American editors’ biggest language gripes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2015•21 min
Nature Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you his favourite from February, Good for something by Deborah Walker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2015•6 min
Nature Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from January, The Descent of Man, by Christoph Weber. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2015•6 min
Nature Extra: Backchat
What do Nature's reporters really think about the science they cover? Find out in Backchat. In this episode, Nobel Prize excitement (and frustrations), and the world’s oldest cave art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 14, 2014•21 min
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you his favourite from September, The tiger waiting on the shore, by Paul Currion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2014•4 min
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Lizzie Gibney reads you her favourite from July, Benjy’s Birthday, by John Grant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 01, 2014•4 min
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 01, 2014•4 min
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