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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.

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Episodes

Nature Podcast: 5 November 2015

This week, spontaneously jumping droplets, growing an economy without trashing the environment, and dealing with an onslaught of data as all our gadgets become internet-enabled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 04, 201528 min

Nature Podcast: 29 October 2015

This week, how cancers spread, the hallmarks of bipolar disorder in the brain, and making carbon dioxide useful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 28, 201526 min

Nature Extra: Backchat October 2015

Astronomer quits over sexual harassment investigation, reporting on the abstract world of mathematics, and science in fashion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 23, 201528 min

Nature Podcast: 22 October 2015

This week, a dying solar system just like ours, the effect of temperature on the economy, and electricity-eating bacteria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 22, 201528 min

Nature Podcast: 15 October 2015

This week, ancient human teeth found in China, cooperating in climate negotiations, and a humble worm surprises scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 14, 201528 min

Nature Extra: Futures September 2015

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Geoff Marsh read you their favourite from September, Time Flies, by Carie Juettner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 08, 20154 min

Nature Podcast: 8 October 2015

This week, an impenetrable mathematical proof, toggling REM sleep on and off, and the latest results from the Rosetta mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 07, 201529 min

Nature Podcast: 1 October 2015

This week, the future of digital currency; a new lead for antibiotics; and 25 years of cataloguing the human genome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 30, 201528 min

Nature Podcast: 24 September 2015

This week, looking back at malaria interventions, using private data for research, and how to twist a travelling neutron. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 23, 201524 min

Nature Extra: Backchat September 2015

Promising results from the LHC, reproducing psychology studies, and unpicking interdisciplinarity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 22, 201525 min

Nature Podcast: 17 September 2015

This week, camouflaging nanoparticles to deliver drugs, science meets theatre, and getting a global picture of air pollution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 16, 201528 min

Nature Extra - Neurotribes

Steve Silberman's new book, Neurotribes, gives a detailed history of autism spectrum disorder. In this Podcast Extra, Geoff Marsh hears from Steve about how we, as a society, should embrace those who think differently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 09, 201515 min

Nature Podcast: 10 September 2015

This week, thinking differently about autism, plankton poop in the clouds, and hack-proofing our data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 09, 201523 min

Nature Extra: Futures August 2015

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from August, The Shoulder of Orion, by Eric Garside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 03, 20157 min

Nature Podcast: 3 September 2015

This week, weather forecasting, rethinking the water cycle, and a special segment to celebrate the podcast’s 400th episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 02, 201528 min

Podcast Extra: The Invention of Science

In his new book, historian David Wootton takes us back to the scientific revolution around the turn of the 17th Century, and asks: was this really when modern science was born? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 26, 201512 min

Nature Podcast: 27 August 2015

This week, a new look at the scientific revolution, accelerating positrons on a plasma wave, and squashing the unsquashable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 26, 201528 min

Nature Extra: Backchat August 2015

Japan’s nuclear restart, summer quiet descends in the newsroom, and our special guest Geoff Brumfiel compares science reporting at Nature and NPR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 21, 201520 min

Nature Podcast: 20 August 2015

This week, China’s emissions are lower than we thought, lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years on, and inheriting genes… sideways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 18, 201526 min

Nature Podcast: 13 August 2015

This week, making chemists’ lives easier, updating a centuries-old sunspot record, and anti-GM activists get their hands on scientists’ inboxes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 12, 201516 min

Nature Podcast: 6 August 2015

This week, lessons to learn from the Ebola epidemic, the reproductive habits of ancient organisms, and how the nuclear bomb changed the stories we tell about scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 05, 201526 min

Nature Podcast: 30 July 2015

This week, the ancient art of kirigami – paper cutting – applied to graphene. Plus, mini organs in dishes, and how mitochondria power our muscles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 29, 201528 min

Nature Extra: Futures July 2015

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from July, Outpatient, by Dan Stout Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 27, 20155 min

Nature Extra: Backchat July 2015

Pluto in pictures, ways to revamp science teaching, NASA’s underwater space-training mission, and listening for aliens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 201523 min

Nature Podcast: 23 July 2015

This week, eyedrops could replace surgery for cataracts, the twists and turns of RNA, and a strain of rice that could feed more people and ease climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 22, 201527 min

Nature Podcast: 16 July 2015

This week, organic molecules in space, treating traumatic brain injury, and training schoolchildren to think like scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 201528 min

Podcast Extra - A Beautiful Question

Is our universe beautiful? Do the fundamental laws that describe nature appeal to our aesthetic tastes? In this Podcast Extra, Frank Wilczek – theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate - discusses his latest book, which tackles this beautiful question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 14, 201516 min

Nature Podcast: 9 July 2015

This week, the geologists on quake alert, stopping HIV in its tracks, and a volcano that wreaked havoc on the climate 1500 years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 08, 201529 min

Nature Podcast: 2 July 2015

This week, lizards change sex in the heat, a complex eye in a single celled creature, and teaching robots to be ethical Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 02, 201527 min

Nature Extra: Futures June 2015

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from June, Heart worm, by J. J. Roth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 01, 20156 min
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