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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The scientist whose hybrid rice helped feed billions
June 30, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MBA historian reflects on the life of Chinese crop scientist Yuan Longping, and the possible influence of geothermal energy production on earthquake aftershocks. In this episode: 00:46 Remembering Yuan Longping Yuan Longping, one of China’s most famous scientists, died in May at the age of 90. Known as the ‘father of hybrid rice’, we reflect on his life and the impact of his research, which helped feed billions of people. Obituary: Yuan Longping (1930–2021) 09:55 Research Highlights The ...
Audio long-read: How COVID exposed flaws in evidence-based medicine
June 28, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBA deluge of trials has stress-tested the systems that produce evidence. Around the world, researchers have raced to test therapies to treat COVID-19. The speed and urgency of this task has revealed both the weaknesses in the collection and use of research-based evidence, and how well-run trials have helped save lives. This is an audio version of our feature: How COVID broke the evidence pipeline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Coronapod: should you have a COVID vaccine when breastfeeding?
June 25, 2021 16:33 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBEarly vaccine trials did not include pregnant or breastfeeding people which left some people asking whether COVID vaccines are safe and effective for those who are breastfeeding. The latest data suggests that they are and in this episode of Coronapod we dig into the questions scientists have been asking. Could the vaccine make it into breastmilk? Can COVID antibodies be transferred to a breastfeeding child? And if so, how? News Feature: COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: what the data say ...
Quantum compass might help birds 'see' magnetic fields
June 23, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MBResearchers isolate the protein thought to allow birds to sense magnetic fields, and astronomers pinpoint the stars that could view Earth as an exoplanet. In this episode: 00:45 Homing in on the molecule that helps birds find their way. How migratory birds sense magnetic fields is a long standing mystery in sensory biology. Now researchers have isolated a molecule, found within the eyes of these birds, which might act as a compass using quantum mechanics. Research paper: Xu et al. 07:2...
CureVac disappoints in COVID vaccine trial
June 18, 2021 20:13 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBAfter a slew of wildly successful vaccine trials, this week marked a more underwhelming result. The third mRNA vaccine to complete phase three trials, developed by CureVac, is just 47% effective at staving off disease according to preliminary data. This is a stark contrast with previous mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer BioNtec which returned around twice that efficacy in their trials. In this episode of Coronapod, we ask why the CureVac vaccine has faltered, and what this might mean for...
Communities, COVID and credit: the state of science collaborations
June 16, 2021 15:30 - 30 minutes - 42 MBThe pros and pitfalls of collaboration, with insights from researchers and beyond. This week, Nature has a special issue on collaborations, looking at the benefits to science and society that working together can bring. In this collaboration-themed edition of the podcast, we’re joined by Nature’s David Payne to discuss the issue, and the state of research collaborations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode: 02:49 How are research collaborations changing? To answer the bi...
Coronapod: Counting the cost of long COVID
June 11, 2021 22:28 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBThe global burden of COVID-19 has predominantly been measured using metrics like case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths. But the long term health impacts are more difficult to capture. In this episode of Coronapod we discuss one way that public health experts are trying to get to grips with the problem using metrics such as disability adjusted life years (DALYs) and quality adjusted life years (QALYs). As new data suggests that COVID could leave millions with lasting disability or ill-he...
Google AI beats humans at designing computer chips
June 09, 2021 15:09 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBAn AI that designs computer chips in hours, and zooming in on DNA’s complex 3D structures. In this episode: 00:46 An AI computer microchip designer Working out where to place the billions of components that a modern computer chip needs can take human designers months and, despite decades of research, has defied automation. This week, however, a team from Google report a new machine learning algorithm that does the job in a fraction of the time, and is already helping design their next gen...
Coronapod: Uncertainty and the COVID 'lab-leak' theory
June 04, 2021 16:29 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBSince the beginning of the pandemic, there have been allegations that SARS-CoV-2 could have originated in a Chinese lab. A phase one WHO investigation concluded that a 'lab-leak' was "extremely unlikely" and yet, the theory has seen a resurgence in recent weeks with several scientists wading into the debate. In this episode of Coronapod, we delve into what scientists have been saying and ask how and why the 'lab-leak' hypothesis has gained so much traction. We ask if the way we communicate ...
On the origin of numbers
June 02, 2021 15:00 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBThe cross-discipline effort to work our how ancient humans learned to count. In this episode: 00:45 Number origins Around the world, archaeologists, linguists and a host of other researchers are trying to answer some big questions – when, and how, did humans learn to count? We speak to some of the scientists at the forefront of this effort. News Feature: How did Neanderthals and other ancient humans learn to count? 07:47 Research Highlights How sea anemones influence clownfish stripes,...
New hope for vaccine against a devastating livestock disease
May 26, 2021 15:14 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBA vaccine candidate for a neglected tropical disease, and calls to extend the 14-day limit on embryo research. In this episode: 00:46 A vaccine candidate for an important livestock disease African animal trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease that kills millions of cattle each year, affecting livelihoods and causing significant economic costs in many sub-Saharan countries. Developing a vaccine against the disease has proved difficult as the parasite has a wealth of tricks to evade the im...
Audio long-read: How harmful are microplastics?
May 24, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBScientists are trying to figure out whether these pervasive plastic specks are dangerous. Wherever they look – from the bottom of oceans to the top of mountains – researchers are uncovering tiny specks of plastic, known as microplastics. Scientists are trying to understand the potential impacts of ingesting these pervasive plastics but early results are ambiguous, as some experiments might not reflect the diversity of microplastics that exist in the real world. This is an audio version of...
The 'zombie' fires that keep burning under snow-covered forests
May 19, 2021 15:17 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBSmouldering fires lay dormant before bursting back into flame in spring. In this episode: 00:56 The mysterious overwintering forest fires Researchers have shown that fires can smoulder under snow in frozen northern forests before flaring up the following spring. Understanding how these so-called ‘zombie’ fires start and spread is vital in the fight against climate change. Research Article: Scholten et al. 07:39 Research Highlights Aesthetic bias means pretty plants receive the most ...
Coronapod: The variant blamed for India's catastrophic second wave
May 14, 2021 14:42 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBOver the past few weeks, India has been experiencing a devastating second wave of COVID-19, recording hundreds of thousands of new cases a day. Evidence is growing that a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus known as B.1.617, first detected in India in October, may be driving this wave. On this week’s Coronapod we talk about the race to learn more about B.1.617, with early results suggesting it may be more transmissible and could cause more severe disease. News: Coronavirus variants are sp...
The brain implant that turns thoughts into text
May 12, 2021 15:04 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBA new neural interface lets people type with their mind, and a crafting journey into materials science. In this episode: 00:45 A brain interface to type out thoughts Researchers have developed a brain-computer interface that is able to read brain signals from people thinking about handwriting, and translate them into on-screen text. The team hope this technology could be used to help people with paralysis to communicate quicker than before. Research Article: Willett et al. News and View...
Coronapod: Waiving vaccine patents and coronavirus genome data disputes
May 07, 2021 16:11 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBIn surprise news this week, the US government announced its support for waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, in an effort to boost supplies around the world.As fewer than 1% of people living in low-income countries have received COVID-19 vaccines, it is hoped that this move is a major step towards addressing this inequity by allowing manufacturers to legally produce generic versions of vaccines. We discuss the next steps that need to be taken to make this a reality, and why ther...
Oldest African burial site uncovers Stone Age relationship with death
May 05, 2021 15:05 - 19 minutes - 27 MBThe earliest evidence of deliberate human burial in Africa, and a metal-free rechargeable battery. Listen to our mini-series ‘Stick to the Science’: when science gets political and vote for the show in this year’s Webby Awards. In this episode: 00:44 Human burial practices in Stone Age Africa The discovery of the burial site of a young child in a Kenyan cave dated to around 78 thousand years ago sheds new light on how Stone Age populations treated their dead. Research Article: Martinón-...
Coronapod special: The inequality at the heart of the pandemic
April 30, 2021 17:13 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBFor more than a century, public health researchers have demonstrated how poverty and discrimination drive disease and the coronavirus pandemic has only reinforced this. In a Coronapod special, Nature reporter Amy Maxmen takes us with her through eight months of reporting in the San Joaquin valley, a part of rural California where COVID's unequal toll has proven deadly. News: Inequality's deadly toll This piece was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the MIT Knight Science Jou...
What fruit flies could teach scientists about brain imaging
April 28, 2021 15:16 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBUltra-precise measurements connect brain activity and energy use in individual fruit-fly neurons. Vote for our mini-series ‘Stick to the Science’: when science gets political in this year’s Webby Awards. In this episode: 00:45 How brain cells use energy A team of researchers have looked in individual fruit-fly neurons to better understand how energy use and information processing are linked – which may have important implications for future fMRI studies in humans. Research Article: M...
Audio long-read: How drugmakers can be better prepared for the next pandemic
April 26, 2021 16:23 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBDespite warnings, and a number of close calls, drugmakers failed to develop and stockpile drugs to fight a viral pandemic. Now, in the wake of SARS-CoV-2, they are pledging not to make the same mistake again. Around the world, researchers are racing to develop drugs to target COVID-19, but also broad-spectrum antivirals that could be used to treat future viral threats. This is an audio version of our feature: The race for antiviral drugs to beat COVID — and the next pandemic Hosted on Ac...
Coronapod: Kids and COVID vaccines
April 23, 2021 11:35 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBAs COVID-19 vaccine roll-outs continue, attentions are turning to one group: children. While research suggests that children rarely develop severe forms of COVID-19, scientists still believe they could play a key role in transmission and a plan needs to be in place for the longer term. But clinical trials in children are more complicated than those in adults as different ethical and practical concerns need to be taken into account. In this episode of Coronapod, we discuss the ongoing clinic...
Meet the inflatable, origami-inspired structures
April 21, 2021 15:32 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBThe self-supporting structures that snap into place, and how a ban on fossil-fuel funding could entrench poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. In this episode: 00:45 Self-supporting, foldable structures Drawing inspiration from the art of origami, a team of researchers have demonstrated a way to design self-supporting structures that lock into place after being inflated. The team hope that this technique could be used to create arches and emergency shelters that can be quickly unfolded from f...
Coronapod: could COVID vaccines cause blood clots? Here's what the science says
April 16, 2021 17:39 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MBReports of rare and unusual blood clots have resulted in several vaccine roll outs being paused while scientists scramble to work out if the vaccines are responsible and if so how. The unusual combination of symptoms, including a low platelet count and clots focussed in the abdomen or brain, seems similar to a rare side effect from treatment with the drug blood thinning drug Heparin - however it is not clear how the vaccines could cause the syndrome. In this episode of Coronapod we discuss...
The sanitation crisis making rural America ill
April 14, 2021 15:00 - 18 minutes - 26.5 MBThe lack of adequate sanitation in parts of the rural US, and physicists reassess muons’ magnetism. In this episode: 00:45 How failing sanitation infrastructure is causing a US public health crisis In the US, huge numbers of people live without access to adequate sanitation. Environmental-health advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers tells us about her new book looking at the roots and consequences of this crisis, focusing on Lowndes County, Alabama, an area inhabited largely by poor Black pe...
Coronapod: A whistle-blower’s quest to take politics out of coronavirus surveillance
April 09, 2021 17:25 - 21 minutes - 30 MBRick Bright exposed former president Trump's political meddling in the US COVID response. Now he is championing a new privately funded initiative to track viral spread and combat new variants. We discuss the challenges of collecting data on a rapidly spreading virus, from transmission dynamics to genomic surveillance. We also ask why a veteran government scientist like Bright, the ex-director of the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, would take a new path in the pri...
Audio long-read: Rise of the robo-writers
April 06, 2021 13:55 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBIn 2020, the artificial intelligence (AI) GPT-3 wowed the world with its ability to write fluent streams of text. Trained on billions of words from books, articles and websites, GPT-3 was the latest in a series of ‘large language model’ AIs that are used by companies around the world to improve search results, answer questions, or propose computer code. However, these large language model are not without their issues. Their training is based on the statistical relationships between the word...
Coronapod: How to define rare COVID vaccine side effects
April 02, 2021 18:56 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBFrom a sore arm to anaphylaxis, a wide range of adverse events have been reported after people have received a COVID-19 vaccine. And yet it is unclear how many of these events are actually caused by the vaccine. In the vast majority of cases, reactions are mild and can be explained by the body's own immune response. But monitoring systems designed to track adverse events are catching much rarer but more serious events. Now scientists need to work out if they are causally liked to the vaccine...
Antimatter cooled with lasers for the first time
March 31, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 40.4 MBLaser-cooled antimatter opens up new physics experiments, and the staggering economic cost of invasive species. In this episode: 00:44 Cooling antimatter with a laser focus Antimatter is annihilated whenever it interacts with regular matter, which makes it tough for physicists to investigate. Now though, a team at CERN have developed a way to trap and cool antihydrogen atoms using lasers, allowing them to better study its properties. Research Article: Baker et al. News and Views: Antim...
Coronapod: the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine - what you need to know
March 26, 2021 17:58 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBSince the beginning of the pandemic the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been plagued by confusion and controversy. The vaccine has been authorised in over 100 countries, tens of millions of doses have been administered, and it has been demonstrated to be safe and effective. However, over the past few weeks the vaccine has again been in the headlines. In this episode of Coronapod, we discuss all of these controversies and ask how they may the reputation of the vaccine, and what that could mea...
Network of world's most accurate clocks paves way to redefine time
March 24, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBA web of three optical atomic clocks show incredibly accurate measurements of time, and the trailblazing astronomer who found hints of dark matter. In this episode: 00:44 Optical clock network Optical atomic clocks have the potential to reach new levels of accuracy and redefine how scientists measure time. However, this would require a worldwide system of connected clocks. Now researchers have shown that a network of three optical clocks is possible and confirm high levels of accuracy. R...
Coronapod: Why COVID antibody treatments may not be the answer
March 19, 2021 16:50 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBIn the early days of the pandemic, researchers raced to identify the most potent antibodies produced by the immune system in response to SAR-COV-2 infection and produce them in bulk. The resulting ‘monoclonal antibodies’ have since been tested in a variety of settings as treatments for COVID-19. But despite promising clinical trial results and several therapies having already been approved, antibody therapies have not yet played a large role in the fight against COVID-19. In this episode of...
The AI that argues back
March 17, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes - 32 MBA computer that can participate in live debates against human opponents. In this episode: 00:43 AI Debater After thousands of years of human practise, it’s still not clear what makes a good argument. Despite this, researchers have been developing computer programs that can find and process arguments. And this week, researchers at IBM are publishing details of an artificial intelligence that is capable of debating with humans. Research Article: Slonim et al. News and Views: Argument tec...
Coronapod: COVID and pregnancy - what do we know?
March 12, 2021 16:24 - 13 minutes - 18 MBSince the beginning of the pandemic, there have been many open questions about how COVID-19 could impact pregnant people and their babies – confounded by a lack of data. But now, studies are finally starting to provide some answers. While it does seem that pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation, babies appear to be spared from severe illness in most cases. In this week’s Coronapod we talk about these findings, and the questions that remain – including whether vac...
The smallest measurement of gravity ever recorded
March 10, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 41.9 MBPhysicists examine the gravitational pull between two tiny masses, and how fossil lampreys could shake-up the field of vertebrate evolution. In this episode: 00:47 Gravity, on the small scale This week, researchers have captured the smallest measurement of gravity on record, by measuring the pull between two tiny gold spheres. This experiment opens the door for future experiments to investigate the fundamental forces of nature and the quantum nature of gravity. Research Article: Westphal...
Coronapod: COVID's origins and the 'lab leak' theory
March 05, 2021 16:48 - 18 minutes - 25 MBWhere did the SARS-CoV-2 virus come from? As a team of researchers from the WHO prepares to report on its investigation into the origins of the virus, we discuss the leading theories, including the controversial ‘lab leak' hypothesis. Although there is no evidence to support it, the lab-leak idea remains popular among certain groups. Similar hypotheses were even touted about the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. We discuss why theories like this seem to gain traction. News: ‘Major stones unt...
COVID, 2020 and a year of lost research
March 03, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBThe pandemic's unequal toll on the research community, and a newly discovered mitochondria-like symbiosis. In this episode: 00:48 The pandemic's unequal toll on researchers Although 2020 saw a huge uptick in the numbers of research papers submitted, these increases were not evenly distributed among male and female scientists. We look at how this could widen existing disparities in science, and damage future career prospects. Editorial: COVID is amplifying the inadequacy of research-evalu...
Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions
February 26, 2021 16:53 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBA repository with millions of data points will track immunity and variant spread. To answer the big questions in the pandemic, researchers need access to data. But while a wealth has been collected, much of it isn’t collated or accessible to the people who need it. This week sees the launch of Global.health, a database that aims to collate an enormous amount of anonymized information about individual COVID-19 cases. On this week’s Coronapod we discuss how this database could help answer t...
The quark of the matter: what's really inside a proton?
February 24, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 37 MBThe surprising structure of protons, and a method for growing small intestines for transplantation. In this episode: 00:45 Probing the proton’s interior Although studied for decades, the internal structure of the proton is still throwing up surprises for physicists. This week, a team of researchers report an unexpected imbalance in the antimatter particles that make up the proton. Research Article: Dove et al. News and Views: Antimatter in the proton is more down than up 07:08 Research...
Audio long-read: Thundercloud Project tackles a gamma-ray mystery
February 23, 2021 12:21 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBResearchers in Japan are trying to understand why thunderstorms fire out bursts of powerful radiation. Gamma rays – the highest-energy electromagnetic radiation in the universe – are typically created in extreme outer space environments like supernovae. But back in the 1980s and 1990s, physicists discovered a source of gamma rays much closer to home: thunderstorms here on Earth. Now, researchers in Japan are enlisting an army of citizen scientists to help understand the mysterious process ...
Coronapod: our future with an ever-present coronavirus
February 19, 2021 16:42 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBWhat’s the endgame for the COVID-19 pandemic? Is a world without SARS-CoV-2 possible, or is the virus here to stay? A recent Nature survey suggests that the majority of experts expect the virus to become endemic, circulating in the world’s population for years to come. But what does this mean? On this week’s episode of Coronapod, we ask what a future with an ever-present virus could look like. News Feature: The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means Hosted on Acast. See ac...
A mammoth discovery: oldest DNA on record from million-year-old teeth
February 17, 2021 16:00 - 30 minutes - 43.2 MBResearchers sequence the oldest DNA ever recovered, and the people bringing art and science together. In this episode: 00:46 Million-year-old mammoth DNA This week, researchers have smashed a long-standing record by sequencing a genome that's over a million years old. They achieved this feat by extracting DNA from permafrost-preserved mammoth teeth, using it to build-up a more detailed family tree for these ancient animals. Research Article: van der Valk et al. News: Million-year-old ma...
Coronapod: Is mixing COVID vaccines a good idea?
February 12, 2021 17:10 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBThe science behind how and when to give vaccines doses. As vaccines are rolled out, massive logistical challenges are leading scientists and policymakers to consider alternative dosing strategies. But what does the science say? In this week’s episode of Coronapod, we discuss mixing and matching vaccines and lengthening the time between doses. Approaches like these could ease logistical concerns, but we ask what's known about their impact on vaccine efficacy – what is the science behind the...
Human Genome Project - Nature’s editor-in-chief reflects 20 years on
February 10, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBLooking back at the publication of the human genome, and how macrophages mend muscle. In this episode: 00:45 The human genome sequence, 20 years on This week marks the 20th anniversary of a scientific milestone – the publication of the first draft of the human genome. Magdalena Skipper, Nature’s Editor-in-Chief gives us her recollections of genomics at the turn of the millennium, and the legacy of the achievement. Editorial: The next 20 years of human genomics must be more equitable and ...
Coronapod: Variants – what you need to know
February 05, 2021 12:55 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBResearchers are scrambling to understand the biology of new coronavirus variants and the impact they might have on vaccine efficacy. Around the world, concern is growing about the impact that new, faster-spreading variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will have on the pandemic. In this episode of Coronapod, we discuss what these variants are, and the best way to respond to them, in the face of increasing evidence that some can evade the immunity produced by vaccination or previous infection. ...
Mysterious einsteinium spills its secrets
February 03, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes - 38.9 MBExploring the properties of a vanishingly-rare artificial element, and the AI that generates new mathematical conjectures. In this episode: 01:04 Einsteinium's secrets Einsteinium is an incredibly scarce, artificial element that decays so quickly that researchers don’t know much about it. Now, using state-of-the-art technology, a team has examined how it interacts with other atoms, which they hope will shed new light on einsteinium and its neighbours on the periodic table. Research Artic...
Coronapod: Fixing the world’s pandemic alarm
January 29, 2021 18:31 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBA year ago the WHO’s coronavirus emergency alarm was largely ignored. Why? On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’, or PHEIC, to raise the alarm of the imminent threat of a global coronavirus pandemic. Alongside the PHEIC, the WHO made a number of recommendations to curb the spread of the virus. But many of these were ignored by governments around the world. In this episode of Coronapod, we explore why this emer...
Audio long-read: Push, pull and squeeze – the hidden forces that shape life
January 28, 2021 17:00 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBResearchers are probing the subtle physical forces that sculpt cells and bodies. At every stage of life, from embryo to adulthood, physical forces tug and squeeze at bodies from within. These forces are vital, ensuring that cells are correctly positioned in a developing embryo, for example. But they also play a role in diseases like cancer. Yet despite their importance, relatively little is known about how cells sense, respond to and generate these forces. To find out, researchers have tu...
How a spinal device could relieve a neglected effect of cord injury
January 27, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes - 38.8 MBA neuroprosthetic device restores blood-pressure control after spinal-cord injury, and identifying the neurons that help us understand others’ beliefs. In this episode: 00:47 A neuroprosthetic restores the body’s baroreflex A common problem for people who have experienced spinal-cord injury is the inability to maintain their blood pressure, which can have serious, long-term health consequences. Now, however, researchers have developed a device that may restore this ability, by stimulating...
Hiring discrimination laid bare by mountain of data
January 20, 2021 16:30 - 36 minutes - 51.2 MBAnalysis of hundreds of thousands of job searches shows that recruiters will discriminate based on ethnicity and gender, and the neural circuitry behind a brief period of forgetting. In this episode: 00:47 Hiring discrimination A huge dataset has shown that widespread discrimination occurs in job hiring, based on ethnicity and gender. This backs up decades of research, showing that people from minority backgrounds tend to get contacted far less by employers. Research Article: Hangartner ...
Coronapod: The rise of RNA vaccines
January 14, 2021 17:19 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBBenjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Elie Dolgin discuss RNA vaccines. In this episode: 01:16 How RNA vaccines came to prominence In less than a year, two RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were designed, tested and rolled out across the world. We discuss these vaccines’ pros and cons, how RNA technology lends itself to rapid vaccine development, and what this means for the fight against other diseases. News feature: How COVID unlocked the power of RNA vaccines 09:20 The hurdles for triallin...