Nature Extra: Futures November 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy reads you his favourite from November, ’Melissa' by Troy Stieglitz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 01, 2016•6 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 Podcast: 1 December 2016
This week, CRISPR’s rival stumbles, Pluto’s icy heart, and is mitochondrial replacement ready for the clinic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2016•26 min
Nature Podcast: 24 November 2016
Tracking whale shark DNA in seawater, the human computers behind early astronomy, building materials with a microscope, and a new synchrotron starts up in the Middle East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 23, 2016•29 min
Nature Backchat: November 2016
Donald Trump’s impact on research and climate action, and how Nature should discuss politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2016•20 min
Nature Podcast: 17 November 2016
This week, your brain on cannabis, testing CRISPR in a human, and what it might be like to live on Mars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 16, 2016•20 min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - November 1869
The first issue of Nature looked very different from today's magazine. It opened with poetry and was written for a general audience. We hear how Nature began, and how it became the iconic science journal it is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 11, 2016•14 min
Nature Podcast: 10 November 2016
This week, CERN for the brain, modelling the effects of a climate tax on food, a brain-spine interface helps paralysed monkeys walk, and what Trump's win might mean for science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 09, 2016•31 min
Nature Podcast: 3 November 2016
This week, the earliest humans to roam Australia, Werner Herzog’s new film about volcanoes, and are astronomers turning a blind eye to competing theories? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 02, 2016•29 min
Nature Extra: Futures October 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from October, ’The sixth circle' by J. W. Armstrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2016•8 min
Nature Podcast: 27 October 2016
This week, the challenges facing young scientists, pseudo-pseudo genes, and the history of HIV in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2016•31 min
Nature Backchat: October 2016
Europe’s Mars probe loses touch, UK government proposes research funding shake-up, and science’s most bothersome buzzwords. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 21, 2016•23 min
Nature Podcast: 20 October 2016
This week, making egg cells in a dish, super-bright flares in nearby galaxies, trying to predict the election, and the scientists voting for Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2016•28 min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - October 1993
In the early 1990s, a team of astrophysicists saw signs of life on a planet in our galaxy. Astronomy experts tell the story, and discuss how we can tell if there is life beyond the Earth. Originally aired 16/10/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 14, 2016•13 min
Nature Podcast: 13 October 2016
This week, refugee mental health, better neural nets, and changing attitudes to female genital cutting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 12, 2016•29 min
Nature Extra: Nobel News
Science gets glitzy in October each year as the Nobel Prizes are awarded. Find out who took home the prizes for Medicine or Physiology, Physics and Chemistry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 06, 2016•9 min
Nature Podcast: 6 October 2016
This week, a limit to lifespan, AI's black box problem, and ageing stem cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 05, 2016•23 min
Nature Backchat: September 2016
The challenges of getting into science, getting a decent salary once you’re in, and getting funding through philanthropy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 03, 2016•25 min
Nature Podcast: 29 September 2016
This week, the chemistry of life’s origins, two million years of temperatures, and studying the heaviest elements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 28, 2016•26 min
Nature Extra: Futures September 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Miranda Keeling reads you our favourite from September, ’Try Catch Throw’ by Andrew Neil Gray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2016•8 min
Nature Podcast: 22 September 2016
This week, a sea of viruses, defining social class, the human journey out of Africa and human remains found on Antikythera shipwreck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2016•30 min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - September 1963
When a German geologist first suggested that continents move, people dismissed it as a wild idea. In this podcast, we hear how a 'wild idea' became plate tectonics, the unifying theory of earth sciences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 15, 2016•16 min
Nature Podcast: 15 September 2016
This week, the ideal office environment, synthesising speech, and embryo epigenetics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 14, 2016•28 min
Nature Podcast: 8 September 2016
This week, solving ethical dilemmas Star Trek style, farming festivals boost yield, and three scientists on their sci-fi inspirations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 07, 2016•36 min
Nature Podcast: 1 September 2016
This week, famous hominin Lucy may have died when she fell from a tree, and an antibody-based drug shows promise in Alzheimer’s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 31, 2016•15 min
Futures: August 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from August, 'Interdimensional trade benefits' by Brian Trent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 30, 2016•6 min
Nature Backchat: August 2016
A nearby Earth-like planet, preprint servers proliferate, and the scientific legacy that Obama leaves behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 24, 2016•23 min
Nature Podcast: 25 August 2016
This week, an Earth-like planet on our doorstep, dietary restriction combats ageing syndrome, and drugs for neglected diseases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 24, 2016•26 min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - August 1975
Six out of ten of the world's best-selling drugs are based on molecules called monoclonal antibodies. But their high impact comes with a low profile. This is a story of how basic science quietly became blockbuster medicine. Originally aired 14/08/13. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 23, 2016•19 min
Nature Podcast: 18 August 2016
This week, how fins became limbs, a giant gene database cracks clinical cases, and making better opioids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 17, 2016•28 min
Nature Podcast: 11 August 2016
This week, the migration route of the first Americans, the bandwidth crisis, clever conductors, and the next CRISPR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2016•26 min
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