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Nature Podcast
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 jour...
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DNA from hunter-gatherer teeth reveals secrets of ancient plague
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Research article: Macleod et al.
Nature: Bones of Iron Age skeleton were whittled into tools<...
Briefing Chat: The epic journey of Stonehenge’s central stone
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BBC Science Focus: We may have just cracked one of Stonehenge's greatest mysteries
Nature: An...
Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
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Research article: Peng et al.
News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found
Natu...
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
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Science: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters
Nature: Bang! Explodi...
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
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Research article: Liao et al.
Nature: A star gone rogue tears through the Galaxy
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Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
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Nature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony
Nature: Nature...
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
On 17 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Centred on the De...
AI ‘scientists’ promise to accelerate research — how do they work?
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Research article: Ghareeb et al.
Research article: Gottweis et al.
Nature: Teams of AI agents boost s...
Briefing Chat: Hantavirus — what this outbreak reveals about the disease
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Nature: Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreads
Nature: There is no vaccine for d...
Red-light therapy is all the rage — does it work?
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Disclaimer: The opinions and assertions expressed herein by Juanita Anders are those of the speaker and do not re...
Audio long read: The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Although scientists have long been able to gather DNA from water and soil, it's only recently that they've started to see the air as a source of genet...
Briefing Chat: Can't focus? It's not your attention span, it's your notifications
Nature Feature: Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says
Nature News Explainer: AI data hubs in space: when wil...
Anaesthetized brains can still process podcasts
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Research Article: Katlowitz et al.
Nature: Even the unconscious brain can learn — and predict what you’ll s...
Briefing Chat: Stressed mitochondria spawn new 'organelles' in cells
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Nature: Mitochondria can spawn new ‘organelles’ — hinting at how modern cells evolved
Nature:...
Immunity gets a boost from a surprising place — breakfast
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Research Article: Kumar et al.
Nature: Cosmic-ray detection heralds era of mega-observatories...
Inside the evidence revolution — how decision-making became data driven
In this episode of Nature hits the books, we speak with Nature's Helen Pearson whose book Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works looks at...
Meet Ace, the table-tennis robot that can beat elite players
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Research Article: Dürr et al.
News and Views: Robot can beat elite players at table tennis
Briefing Chat: Penguins pick up PFAS pollution
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Science: Penguins become marine detectives, thanks to pollutant-detecting anklets
Nature: One...
Giant cancer study reveals effectiveness of 'off label' treatments
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Research Article: Verkerk et al.
Nature: Microbial hockey: bacteria can spin a ‘puck’ just by...
Behind the scenes with Artemis II’s scientists during the historic Moon fly-by
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On Monday, reporter Alexandra Witze was in the heart of the Artemis II mission’s science operations. She tells us about the exp...
Briefing Chat: The tongue trick that helps sunbirds suck
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Nature: Eye drops made from pig semen deliver cancer treatment to mice
Nature: Motherhood der...
Artemis II is go: humans head to the Moon after half-century absence
In this podcast we'll talk about NASA's Artemis II launch, which has ushered in a new era of lunar exploration.
Nature: Lift off! Artemis II mis...
These scientists chased a jet to learn more about ‘lean-burn’ contrails
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Research Article: Voigt et al.
Nature: Sunken Soviet nuclear submarine’s radioactive release<...
Briefing Chat: ‘Zombie cells’ resurrected with new genes
Nature staff discuss some of the week's top science news.
Nature: ‘Zombie cells’ return from the dead — after a genome transplant
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Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea
Research Article : Snelling et al.
Nature: Faster ticking of ‘biological clock’ predicts shorter lifespan
Nature: Mighty min...
Briefing Chat: Are scientists funny? The evidence is in — and it's no joke
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Nature: Memory loss is fuelled by gut microbes in ageing mice
Nature: Knock knock, no one’s t...
Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug
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Research Article : Lombe et al.
Nature: Electric-vehicle batteries toughen up to beat the hea...
Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game
Nature: How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for science
Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news,...
This fish shouldn’t exist — the weird genetics of clonal vertebrates
A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what may be powering superluminous supernovae.
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Briefing chat: What Galileo’s scribbled margin notes reveal about his scientific journey
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New Scientist: Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds
Heart surgery with quick-setting magnetic fluid could prevent strokes
Injectable fluid safely fills area in which blood clots can form, in animal trials — plus, strong evidence that an elusive form of diamond has been ma...
Audio long read: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
This is an audio version of our Feature: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
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Briefing chat: Pokémon turns 30 — how Pikachu and pals inspired generations of researchers
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00:15 How Pokémon inspired fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity
Nature: Pokémon turns 30 —...
How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers
High-speed footage reveals shoe squeaks can start with a tiny bolt of lightning — plus, evidence that a debated brain phenomenon exists in humans.
Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
Nature: Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty
Science: How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?<...
This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
Nature: Microsoft Research Project Silica Team
Nature: Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia
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Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
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Nature: Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people
Scientific American: ...
These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
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Nature: Cho et al.
Nature: Beetle is locked into an eternal dance ― with an ant
Nature:...
Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
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Nature: 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
Nature: How...
These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
Nature: Thompson et al.
Nature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil
Nature: Largest galaxy...