Nature Podcast
820 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 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 Podcast: 19 June 2014
June 18, 2014 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBThis week, a scientist's fight to outlaw unproven stem cell treatments, a cold look at Newton’s gravitational constant, and zooming in on the genetics behind diabetes in Greenland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 12 June 2014
June 11, 2014 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, the relationship between science and art, the 'magic' powering quantum computers, and the genome of the fragrant eucalyptus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 5 June 2014
June 04, 2014 17:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis week, the mechanisms of memory, how malnutrition affects gut bacteria, and China flattens mountains to build cities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 29 May 2014
May 28, 2014 09:50 - 26 minutes - 8.71 MBThis week, cooking that kills, fears of a post-antibiotic world, and how measuring a proton could help scientists find out where all the antimatter has gone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 22 May 2014
May 21, 2014 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week, antibiotic resistance lurking in soil, the complex nervous system of the simple comb jelly, and making a baby with three people' DNA. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 15 May 2014
May 14, 2014 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, transforming baby-killing mice into caring dads using a genetic switch, how using male cells and animals could bias results, and how water loss in California may be moving mountains. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
May 12, 2014 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.23 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you our favourite from April, Pop-ups, by Robert Dawson. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Nature Podcast: 08 May 2014
May 07, 2014 10:27 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week, scientists turn to crowd-sourcing to figure out the retina, reconstructing the evolution of the Universe, and a semi-synthetic organism with a man-made base pair. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 01 May 2014
April 30, 2014 17:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week, the deadly impact of two volcanic eruptions in recent human history, farmers turn into researchers to get better yields, and using stem cells to regenerate monkey hearts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 24 April 2014
April 23, 2014 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBThis week, a long study of Antarctic seals shows their populations may be in peril, alternative ways of getting energy from nuclear fusion, and researchers tackle the genetics of puberty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 17 April 2014
April 16, 2014 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week, how egg and sperm hook up, how the countryside benefits biodiversity, and harnessing the sun's power for the developing world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast Extra: The man who couldn’t stop
April 11, 2014 00:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBNature editor David Adam has lived with OCD for 20 years. In a new book he talks about his experiences and sets out our current understanding of the condition. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 10 April 2014
April 09, 2014 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, a nasty parasite that eats cells alive, an ecological experiment floods the Colorado River delta, and the truth behind being an IPCC contributor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 3 April 2014
April 02, 2014 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThis week, using the immune system to attack cancer, mapping the prenatal brain, and fifty years on from the discovery of an ancient human species. Plus, our favourite entries to Nature’s snappy sci-fi story competition, MicroFutures See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
April 01, 2014 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.63 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
April 01, 2014 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.63 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
April 01, 2014 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.63 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
April 01, 2014 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.63 MBFutures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Nature Podcast: 27 March 2014
March 26, 2014 18:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThis week, how gastric band surgery really works, a dwarf planet in the outer Solar System has a friend, and a physicist suggests a way to make quantum physics less puzzling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nature Podcast: 20 March 2014
March 19, 2014 18:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, how a mother’s vitamin A deficiency impacts her baby’s immunity, why scientists are improvising, a new brain implant listens as well as talks to the brain, and the beginning of the Universe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.