Nature Podcast
820 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 672 ratingsThe 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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11 April 2019: Heart failure and vacuum field fluctuations.
April 10, 2019 17:01 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBThis 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.
04 April 2019: MDMA and the malleable mind, and keeping skin young
April 03, 2019 17:01 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBThis 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.
Backchat March 2019: Calls for a research moratorium, and the evolution of science reporting
March 29, 2019 18:44 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBIn 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.
28 March 2019: Human impacts on Mount Kilimanjaro, sex differences in pain, and a crystal-based cooling method
March 27, 2019 18:01 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBThis 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.
21 March 2019: Antibiotics in orchards, and rethinking statistical significance
March 20, 2019 18:01 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBThis 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.
Nature Pastcast March 1918: The eclipse expedition to put Einstein to the test
March 15, 2019 15:16 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBThis 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. ...
14 March 2019: Ebola in DRC, a new HIV treatment, and the proposed US budget.
March 14, 2019 12:25 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBInstead 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.
14 March 2019: Ebola in DRC, a new HIV treatment, and the proposed US budget.
March 14, 2019 12:25 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBInstead 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07 March 2019: Coastal carbon-sinks, mobile health, and Mileva Marić
March 06, 2019 18:01 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBThis week, wetlands' ability to store carbon, mobile health, and the story of Mileva Marić. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
28 February 2019: Cuckoo parasitism, topological materials, and cannabinoids in yeast.
February 27, 2019 18:01 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBThis 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.
21 February 2019: Mouse cell atlases and cataloguing viruses
February 20, 2019 18:01 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBThis 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.
14 February 2019: Atherosclerosis and disruptive science
February 13, 2019 18:01 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBThis 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.
07 February 2019: Massive chemical libraries, and CRISPR-CasX
February 06, 2019 18:01 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week, virtual drug discovery, and a new addition to the CRISPR toolkit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
31 January 2019: Women of the periodic table, and harvesting energy from Wi-Fi
January 30, 2019 18:01 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBThis 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.
24 January 2019: Economic downturns and black holes
January 23, 2019 18:01 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBThis week, the effects of recessions on public health, and simulating supermassive black holes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 January 2019: RNA splicing in yeast, and a walking fossil
January 16, 2019 18:01 - 23 minutes - 32 MBThis week, investigating introns’ roles, and reanimating a fossil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast Extra: The search for a rare disease treatment
January 11, 2019 17:15 - 10 minutes - 15 MBNick 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.
10 January 2019: Fast Radio Bursts and new year future gazing
January 09, 2019 18:01 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBThis week, detecting intergalactic radio bursts, and seeing what’s in store for science in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 December 2018: Our reporters' top picks of 2018
December 26, 2018 18:00 - 23 minutes - 32 MBIn this special round-up episode of the Nature Podcast, a few of our regular reporters choose their favourite podcast piece of 2018, and explain why they enjoyed making it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 December 2018: Quantum physics adds a twist, and festive fun
December 19, 2018 18:01 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBThe Nature Podcast’s 2018 end of year special, including songs, books, our annual quiz, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast Extra: Evidence of a ‘transmissible’ Alzheimer’s protein
December 13, 2018 16:10 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBNew research suggests that a key protein involved in the neurodegenerative disease can be transferred between brains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 December 2018: The art of performing science, and chiral chemistry
December 12, 2018 18:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week, ‘performing’ experiments, and making mirrored molecules. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06 December 2018: Heart xenotransplants and phage fighting
December 05, 2018 18:01 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week, improving heart xenotransplants, and soil bacteria versus phages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
29 November 2018: Atomic clock accuracy and wind farm worries
November 28, 2018 18:01 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBThis week, measuring gravity’s strength with clocks, and worries over wind farms’ wakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 November 2018: An ion-drive aeroplane, and DNA rearrangement.
November 21, 2018 18:01 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week, a solid-state plane engine with no moving parts, and ‘mosaicism’ in brain cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 November 2018: Barnard’s Star, and clinical trials
November 14, 2018 18:01 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week, evidence of a nearby exoplanet, and clinical trials in a social media world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08 November 2018: Designer cells, and a Breakthrough researcher
November 07, 2018 18:01 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week, building a cell from the bottom up, and a Breakthough Prize winner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01 November 2018: Mood forecasting technology, and where are the WIMPs?
October 31, 2018 18:02 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week, the role that mood forecasting technology may play in suicide prevention, and a 'crisis' in dark matter research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18 October 2018: Cannabis horticulture and the Sun's place in history
October 17, 2018 17:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week, how science can help Canadian cannabis growers and a potted history of the Sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 October 2018: The life of a new Nobel laureate and organised ants
October 10, 2018 17:00 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week, what life is like when you've just won a Nobel prize, and how a vestigial organ helps ants get organised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
04 October 2018: Latent HIV, bird personalities and the Hyabusa2 mission
October 03, 2018 17:38 - 30 minutes - 42 MBThis week, targeting latent HIV, the breeding behaviour of bold birds, and an update on a near-Earth asteroid mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 September 2018: A wearable biosensor and a mechanical metamaterial.
September 26, 2018 17:00 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week, an ultra-thin, wearable biosensor and a multi-shape, mechanical metamaterial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 September 2018: Negative emissions and swarms under strain
September 19, 2018 17:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBThis week, the ethics of sucking carbon-dioxide out of the atmosphere and bee swarms under strain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 September 2018: The oldest drawing and the energy of data
September 12, 2018 17:00 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week, the oldest drawing ever found, and the hidden energy costs of data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6 September 2018: Space junk, and a physicist’s perspective on life
September 05, 2018 17:00 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week, keeping an eye on space junk, and how a physicist changed our understanding of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 August 2018: Gravity’s big G and the evolution of babies
August 29, 2018 17:00 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week, an early mammal relative’s babies, and new attempts to pin down the strength of gravity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Backchat August 2018: Audio reporting, audience feedback, and Brexit
August 24, 2018 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBIn this month’s roundtable, audio vs print reporting, returning to Brexit, and finding out about our audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 August 2018: Quantum computers and labour division in ants
August 22, 2018 17:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBThis week, colony size and labour division in ants, and simulating a quantum system on a quantum computer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
23 August 2018: Quantum computers and labour division in ants
August 22, 2018 17:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBThis week, colony size and labour division in ants, and simulating a quantum system on a quantum computer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 August 2018: Bumblebees, opioids, and ocean weather
August 15, 2018 17:00 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBThis week, more worries for bees, modelling the opioid crisis, and rough weather for seas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8 August 2018: Fox aggression, microbiota and geoengineering
August 08, 2018 17:00 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBThis week, shaping the gut microbiota, geoengineering’s effect on farming, and the genetics of fox aggression. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02 August 2018: Zebra finch colour perception, terraforming Mars, and attributing extreme weather
August 01, 2018 17:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBThis week, how a bird sees colour, potential problems with terraforming Mars, and linking extreme weather to our changing climate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 July 2018: Conservation, automata, and pet DNA tests
July 25, 2018 17:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBThis week, automata through the ages, problems with pet DNA tests, and a conservation conundrum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
19 July 2018: DNA scaffolds, climate-altering microbes, and a robot chemist
July 18, 2018 17:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week, tougher DNA nanostructures, climate-altering permafrost microbes, and using a robot to discover chemical reactions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
19 July 2018: DNA scaffolds, climate-altering microbes, and a robot chemist
July 18, 2018 17:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week, tougher DNA nanostructures, climate-altering permafrost microbes, and using a robot to discover chemical reactions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12 July 2018: Rats, reefs, and career streaks
July 11, 2018 17:00 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBThis week, rats and coral reefs, charting successful careers streaks, and Cape Town’s water crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05 July 2018: A DNA computer, the koala genome, and the invisibility of LGBTQ+ researchers
July 04, 2018 17:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBThis week, investigating the koala genome, the issues facing LGBTQ+ researchers, and a DNA-based neural network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Backchat June 2018: Lab health, email briefings, and CRISPR
June 29, 2018 17:22 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this month’s roundtable, we discuss lab health, email briefings, and how science stories can affect the stock market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 June 2018: Air pollution, sick plants, and stress
June 27, 2018 17:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week, the relationship between air pollution and infant death in Africa, stressed brains, and diagnosing sick plants from afar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21 June 2018: Pancreatic cancer, silica cages, and AI bias
June 20, 2018 17:00 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBThis week, pancreatic cancer-related weight loss, tiny silica cages, and bias in Artificial Intelligence algorithms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.