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

16 May 2019: Recoding genomes, and material from the Moon's far side

This week, rewriting the script of life, and a trip to the far side of the Moon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 15, 2019•24 min

09 May 2019: Urban vs Rural BMI, and the health of rivers

This week, body mass increases around the world, and river connections in decline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 08, 2019•21 min

02 May 2019: China's growing science network, and talking brain signals

This week, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and translating brain patterns into speech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 01, 2019•27 min

Nature PastCast April 1953: The other DNA papers

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key moments in the history of science. Over 60 years ago , James Watson and Francis Crick published their famous paper proposing a structure for DNA. Everyone knows that story – but fewer people know that there were actually three papers about DNA in that issue of Nature . In this podcast, first broadcast in April 2013, we uncover the evidence that brough...

Apr 26, 2019•14 min

25 April 2019: Tiny earthquakes, the genetics of height, and how US-China politics is affecting research

This week we’ve got an extended News Chat between presenter Benjamin Thompson and Nature 's European Bureau Chief Nisha Gaind. They discuss a new way to identify tiny earthquakes, new insights into the heritability of height, and how political tensions between the US and China are affecting scientists and research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 25, 2019•11 min

18 April 2019: Reviving brains, lightning, and spring books

This week, restoring function in dead pig brains, spring science books, and the structure of lightning. If you have any questions about the partly-revived brains study, then the reporters at Nature are keen to answer them. You can submit them at the bottom of the article, here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01216-4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 17, 2019•28 min

Podcast Extra: The first image of a black hole

This week, researchers released the first image of a black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy. In this special News Chat, Nature reporter Davide Castelvecchi, who was at a press conference in Brussels where the image was announced, tells Benjamin Thompson about the image and what scientists are saying about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 11, 2019•7 min

11 April 2019: Heart failure and vacuum field fluctuations.

This week, a new mouse model for heart failure and characterising energy fluctuations in empty space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 10, 2019•24 min

04 April 2019: MDMA and the malleable mind, and keeping skin young

This week, why MDMA could make social interactions more rewarding, and how your skin keeps itself youthful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 03, 2019•26 min

Backchat March 2019: Calls for a research moratorium, and the evolution of science reporting

In this month’s roundtable, our reporters discuss calls to pause heritable genome-editing research, and how science journalism has changed in the past 20 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 29, 2019•21 min

28 March 2019: Human impacts on Mount Kilimanjaro, sex differences in pain, and a crystal-based cooling method

This week, how humans are affecting Kilimanjaro's ecosystems, differences in pain based on biological sex, and refrigerating with crystals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 27, 2019•30 min

21 March 2019: Antibiotics in orchards, and rethinking statistical significance

This week, a plan to spray antibiotics onto orange trees, and is it time to retire statistical significance? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 20, 2019•25 min

Nature Pastcast March 1918: The eclipse expedition to put Einstein to the test

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our Pastcast series, bringing to life key moments in the history of science. As the First World War draws to an end, astronomer Arthur Eddington sets out on a challenging mission: to prove Einstein’s new theory of general relativity by measuring a total eclipse. The experiment became a defining example of how science should be done. This episode was first broadcast in March 2014. Hosted o...

Mar 15, 2019•16 min

14 March 2019: Ebola in DRC, a new HIV treatment, and the proposed US budget.

Instead of a regular edition of the Nature Podcast , this week we’ve got an extended News Chat between Benjamin Thompson and Amy Maxmen. They discuss the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC, an injectable treatment for HIV, and how the proposed US 2020 budget could affect science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 14, 2019•12 min

07 March 2019: Coastal carbon-sinks, mobile health, and Mileva Marić

This week, wetlands' ability to store carbon, mobile health, and the story of Mileva Marić. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 06, 2019•27 min

28 February 2019: Cuckoo parasitism, topological materials, and cannabinoids in yeast.

This week, the parenting strategies of a tropical cuckoo, increasing the number of topological materials, and growing cannabinoids in yeast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 27, 2019•31 min

21 February 2019: Mouse cell atlases and cataloguing viruses

This week, mapping every cell in a mouse embryo and the benefits of cataloguing all the viruses on Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 20, 2019•25 min

14 February 2019: Atherosclerosis and disruptive science

This week, the links between atherosclerosis and sleep-deprivation, and how team size affects research outputs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 2019•24 min

07 February 2019: Massive chemical libraries, and CRISPR-CasX

This week, virtual drug discovery, and a new addition to the CRISPR toolkit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 06, 2019•25 min

31 January 2019: Women of the periodic table, and harvesting energy from Wi-Fi

This week, the female chemists who helped build the periodic table, and harnessing the extra energy in Wi-Fi signals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 30, 2019•22 min

24 January 2019: Economic downturns and black holes

This week, the effects of recessions on public health, and simulating supermassive black holes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 23, 2019•23 min

17 January 2019: RNA splicing in yeast, and a walking fossil

This week, investigating introns’ roles, and reanimating a fossil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 16, 2019•23 min

Podcast Extra: The search for a rare disease treatment

Nick Sireau’s sons have a rare genetic disease called alkaptonuria, which can lead to body tissues becoming brittle, causing life long health issues. In this Podcast Extra, Geoff Marsh speaks to Nick and to the physician Dr Lakshminarayan Ranganath about their search for a treatment for alkaptonuria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 11, 2019•11 min

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