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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Episodes
Nature Extra: Futures April 2016
May 06, 2016 12:00 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy and Shamini Bundell read you their favourite from April, ‘Choices, in sequential order’ by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 5 May 2016
May 04, 2016 17:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MBThis week, the value of failed experiments, ketamine without side effects, and our brains’ energy demands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 28 April 2016
April 27, 2016 17:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBThis week, a language map of the brain, listening for landslides a year after the Nepal quake, and the Soviet internet that never was. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Backchat April 2016
April 26, 2016 17:00 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBThe fuss over editing human embryos dies down, the quantum expertise of Canada’s Prime Minister, and what it’s like to report for 24 hours straight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 21 April 2016
April 20, 2016 17:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week, the psychology of climate change, the 1.5 degree temperature target, and what to do when climate change ruins your research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 14 April 2016
April 13, 2016 17:00 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBThis week, a computer game helps build a quantum computer, the brain’s built-in backup, and the history and science of hearing voices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - April 1953
April 08, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBEveryone knows that Watson and Crick published a seminal paper on the structure of DNA. But fewer know that two other papers on DNA were published in the same issue of Nature. Learn more in the first of a new podcast series: the Nature PastCast. Originally aired 18/04/2013. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - April 1953
April 08, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBEveryone knows that Watson and Crick published a seminal paper on the structure of DNA. But fewer know that two other papers on DNA were published in the same issue of Nature. Learn more in the first of a new podcast series: the Nature PastCast. Originally aired 18/04/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 7 April 2016
April 06, 2016 17:00 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBThis week, apps that claim to treat mental health issues, ritual human sacrifice, and supernova debris on Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Futures March 2016
March 31, 2016 13:17 - 5 minutes - 8.08 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from March, 'Adjenia’ by Natalia Theodoridou. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 31 March 2016
March 30, 2016 17:00 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBThis week, Antarctic-sized uncertainty, making gamers more polite, and a pocket gravity meter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 24 March 2016
March 23, 2016 18:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBThis week, toggling brain activity with radio waves, how to build stuff that lasts, and making thrillseekers into care-takers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Backchat March 2016
March 21, 2016 18:00 - 24 minutes - 8.59 MBMisused statistics, the latest gossip on Google’s Go-playing AI, and watching mathematicians win prizes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 17 March 2016
March 16, 2016 18:00 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBThis week, retrieving lost memories, nailing down China’s emissions, and is Alzheimer’s disease transmissible? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 10 March 2016
March 09, 2016 18:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBThis week, the frontiers of CRISPR, chewing raw goat for science, and using the eye’s own stem cells to fix it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Futures February 2016
March 08, 2016 18:30 - 5 minutes - 7.26 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from February, ‘Duck, duck, duck' by Samantha Murray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 3 March 2016
March 02, 2016 18:00 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBThis week, more fast radio bursts spotted, how do you know where you are when you’re not moving, and listening in on a whale banquet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Backchat February 2016
February 25, 2016 18:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBA month of manipulation, as we look at a re-run of a famously manipulative psychology study, learn how to manipulate our own brains and minds, and nudge our societies towards better collective action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 25 February 2016
February 24, 2016 18:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBThis week, a special episode about the future. How can we future-proof our world, or fight our natural bias against planning for the future? And what does the science of today mean for the health of tomorrow? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 18 February 2016
February 17, 2016 18:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week, making shipping greener, AAAS conference highlights and human genes in a Neanderthal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Gravitational waves
February 12, 2016 11:15 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBEinstein's prediction was right: gravitational waves do exist. Scientists at the LIGO collaboration reported their discovery yesterday in Washington, DC. Reporters Adam Levy and Alexandra Witze take stock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 11 February 2016
February 10, 2016 18:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week, the end of Moore’s law, religion and cooperation, and shareholders’ duty to manage climate risks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 4 February 2016
February 03, 2016 18:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBThis week, killing off old cells lengthens life, brain-tickling comedy, and new forests make good carbon sinks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Futures January 2016
February 01, 2016 17:00 - 6 minutes - 8.84 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads ‘Beyond 550 astronomical units' by Mike Brotherton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Backchat January 2016
January 29, 2016 10:00 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBThe putative Planet X, gravitational wave rumours and how to report them, and The Selfish Gene 40 years on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 28 January 2016
January 27, 2016 18:00 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBThis week, the computer that can play Go, a general ‘ageing’ factor, and the stolen library of John Dee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 21 January 2016
January 20, 2016 18:00 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week, a brain sensor that melts away after use, a 10,000 year old murder mystery, and what happens when chickens go wild. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 14 January 2016
January 13, 2016 18:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week, our gut bugs’ love of fibre, squeezing quantum states, and studying boredom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 7 January 2016
January 06, 2016 18:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week, science predictions for 2016, the effect of extreme weather on crops, and a new phase of hydrogen for the new year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast Extra – The Psychology of Star Wars
December 21, 2015 13:20 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBWhat can the world of Star Wars tell us about psychology? Travis Langley explains all in this Podcast Extra, using examples from his new book ‘Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 17 December 2015
December 17, 2015 14:15 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBThis week, in our final show of 2015 – we’re wrapping up the highlights of the year, catching up on the climate meeting in Paris, looking forward to psyching out the characters in Star Wars, busting some scientific myths, and playing an evolution-themed board game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 10 December 2015
December 09, 2015 18:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week, the dwarf planet Ceres gets a close-up, using fetal tissue in science, and the wasting condition that worsens outcomes for cancer patients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 3 December 2015
December 02, 2015 18:00 - 26 minutes - 37 MBThis week, the origins of mysterious radio bursts, fixing the PhD system, and tracking down the universe’s missing matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Futures November 2015
November 29, 2015 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from November, 'One slow step for man' by S R Algernon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Backchat November 2015
November 26, 2015 17:10 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBEinstein’s theory of general relativity turns 100 years old. Will there ever be another theory like it, or another scientist like Einstein? Plus, we discuss International Years as news pegs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 26 November 2015
November 25, 2015 18:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBThis week, super-high-res ultrasound, the amazing world of soils, and five classic books about sustainability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 19 November 2015
November 18, 2015 18:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBThis week, a nursery for big baby planets, meddling with taste perception, China’s mega water transfer plan, and the 100th anniversary of general relativity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 12 November 2015
November 11, 2015 18:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBThis week, storms on Twitter over sexism in science, porous liquids, and the long relationship between humans and bees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Extra: Futures October 2015
November 05, 2015 11:00 - 6 minutes - 8.97 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from October, 'Staff meeting, as seen by the spam filter' by Alex Shvartsman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 5 November 2015
November 04, 2015 18:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBThis 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.
Nature Podcast: 29 October 2015
October 28, 2015 18:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBThis 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.
Nature Extra: Backchat October 2015
October 23, 2015 14:30 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBAstronomer 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.
Nature Podcast: 22 October 2015
October 22, 2015 10:20 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBThis 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.
Nature Podcast: 15 October 2015
October 14, 2015 17:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBThis 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.
Nature Extra: Futures September 2015
October 08, 2015 16:00 - 4 minutes - 6.1 MBFutures 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.
Nature Podcast: 8 October 2015
October 07, 2015 17:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThis 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.
Nature Podcast: 1 October 2015
September 30, 2015 17:00 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBThis 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.
Nature Podcast: 24 September 2015
September 23, 2015 17:00 - 24 minutes - 33 MBThis 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.
Nature Extra: Backchat September 2015
September 22, 2015 17:00 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBPromising results from the LHC, reproducing psychology studies, and unpicking interdisciplinarity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nature Podcast: 17 September 2015
September 16, 2015 17:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBThis 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.