Nature Podcast

Nature Podcast: 8 June 2017

07 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, early Homo sapiens in Morocco, mathematicians trying to stop gerrymandering, and going beyond the standard model. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Grand Challenges: Food security

05 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Millions around the world are chronically hungry. Three experts on agriculture discuss how to help people grow enough food, in a world of evolving tec...

Nature Podcast: 1 June 2017

31 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, ‘sticky’ RNA causes disease, disorganised taxonomy, and 'intelligent crowd' peer review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Nature Extra: Futures May 2017

31 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from May, 'Life, hacked' by Krystal Claxton. Hosted on Acast...

Backchat: May 2017

26 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This month the team are chatting scientific data, scientific papers and... religion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature Podcast: 25 May 2017

24 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, E. coli with colour vision, tracing the Zika virus outbreak, and a roadmap for medical microbots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Nature Podcast: 18 May 2017

18 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, wonky vehicle emissions tests, error-prone bots help humans, and animals that lack a microbiome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Nature Podcast: 11 May 2017

10 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, fake antibodies scupper research, the diversity of cells in a tumour, and what happened before tectonic plates? SURVEY: https://podcastsurv...

Nature Podcast: 4 May 2017

03 May 2017

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This week, the secret life of the thalamus, how to talks about antibiotic resistance, and dangerous research. Survey link: https://podcastsurvey.typef...

Grand Challenges: Ageing

01 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ageing is inevitable, but that doesn't mean we're ready for it - as individuals, or as a society. A geneticist, a psychiatrist and an economist pick a...

Nature Extra: Futures April 2017

28 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from March, 'Cold comforts' by Graham Robert Scott. Hosted on...

Nature Podcast: 27 April 2017

26 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the earliest Americans, 2D magnets, and the legacy of the Universe’s first ‘baby picture’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Backchat: April 2017

21 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Science fans everywhere will take to the streets this weekend in the March for Science. Plus, biases in artificial intelligence and how scientific pap...

Nature Podcast: 13 April 2017

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, politician scientists, human genetic ‘knockouts’ and East Antarctica’s instability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Nature Podcast: 6 April 2017

05 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, easing the pressure on fisheries, protein structure surprises, and your reading list for 2017 so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Grand Challenges: Mental Health

03 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mental health disorders touch rich and poor, young and old, in every country around the world. Hear three experts discuss the evidence for interventio...

Nature Extra: Futures March 2017

31 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from March, 'Green boughs will cover thee' by Sarah L Byrne. ...

Nature Podcast: 30 March 2017

29 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, mapping sound in the brain, dwindling groundwater, and giving common iron uncommon properties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Backchat: March 2017

23 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A sting operation finds several predatory journals offered to employ a fictional, unqualified academic as an editor. Plus, the Great Barrier Reef in h...

Nature Podcast: 23 March 2017

22 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, peering into a black hole, reorganising the dinosaur family tree and finding drug combos for cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Nature Podcast: 16 March 2017

15 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, making plane fuel greener, yeast chromosomes synthesised from scratch, and seeking out hidden HIV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - March 1918

10 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 rel...

Nature Podcast: 9 March 2017

09 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the earliest known life, Neanderthal self-medication, and data storage in a single atom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Nature Podcast: 2 March 2017

01 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a migration special: a researcher seeks refuge; smart borders; and climate migration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Backchat: February 2017

01 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

AI generated images, reporting with reluctant sources and space missions with out an end game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Nature Extra: Futures February 2017

27 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Richard Hodson read you their favourite from February, 'Fermi's zookeepers' by Da...

Nature Podcast: 23 February 2017

22 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, highlights from AAAS, the new epigenetics, and a new way to conduct biomedical research Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Nature Podcast: 16 February 2017

15 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Winston Churchill’s thoughts on alien life, how cells build walls, and paradoxical materials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - February 1925

10 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Paleontologist Raymond Dart had newly arrived in South Africa when he came across a fossil that would change his life and his science. It was the face...

Nature Podcast: 9 February 2017

08 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, free-floating DNA in cancers, an ancient relative of molluscs and can the Arctic’s ice be regrown? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Nature Podcast: 2 February 2017

01 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bird beaks show how evolution shifts gear, getting to Proxima b, and have physicists made metallic hydrogen? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Nature Extra: Futures January 2017

31 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you their favourite from January, 'The last robot' by S. L. Huang. Hosted on Ac...

Backchat: January 2017

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Moonshots, frameworks, catapults – how best to name your science project? Plus, the implications for science of Trump’s first days in office, and ...

Nature Podcast: 26 January 2017

25 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, outer space law, predictive policing and enhancing the wisdom of the crowds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature Podcast: 19 January 2017

18 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, communication between viruses, reproducing cancer studies, and explaining ‘fairy circles’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - January 1896

13 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Physics in the late nineteenth century was increasingly concerned with things that couldn't be seen. From these invisible realms shot x-rays, discover...

Nature Podcast: 12 January 2017

11 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, ridding New Zealand of rats, making choices in the grocery store, and what to expect in 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Nature Podcast: 22 December 2016

21 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our bumper end-of-year show, with a 2016 round-up, holiday reading picks, science carols, word games and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Nature Podcast: 15 December 2016

14 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a spray that boosts plant growth and resilience, 3-million-year old hominin footprints, and the seahorse genome. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - December 1920

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the early twentieth century physicists had become deeply entangled in the implications of the quantum theory. Was the world at its smallest scales ...

Nature Podcast: 8 December 2016

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the benefits of randomness, correcting brain waves soothes Alzheimer’s, and the DNA of liberated slaves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Nature Extra: Futures November 2016

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy reads you his favourite from November, ’Melissa' by Troy Stieglitz. Hosted on Acast. See ...

Nature Podcast: 1 December 2016

30 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, CRISPR’s rival stumbles, Pluto’s icy heart, and is mitochondrial replacement ready for the clinic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Nature Podcast: 24 November 2016

23 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Tracking whale shark DNA in seawater, the human computers behind early astronomy, building materials with a microscope, and a new synchrotron starts u...

Nature Backchat: November 2016

21 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump’s impact on research and climate action, and how Nature should discuss politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Nature Podcast: 17 November 2016

16 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, your brain on cannabis, testing CRISPR in a human, and what it might be like to live on Mars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - November 1869

11 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The first issue of Nature looked very different from today's magazine. It opened with poetry and was written for a general audience. We hear how Natur...

Nature Podcast: 10 November 2016

09 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, CERN for the brain, modelling the effects of a climate tax on food, a brain-spine interface helps paralysed monkeys walk, and what Trump's ...

Nature Podcast: 3 November 2016

02 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the earliest humans to roam Australia, Werner Herzog’s new film about volcanoes, and are astronomers turning a blind eye to competing the...

Nature Extra: Futures October 2016

31 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from October, ’The sixth circle' by J. W. Armstrong. Hosted...

Nature Podcast: 27 October 2016

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the challenges facing young scientists, pseudo-pseudo genes, and the history of HIV in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Nature Backchat: October 2016

21 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Europe’s Mars probe loses touch, UK government proposes research funding shake-up, and science’s most bothersome buzzwords. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Nature Podcast: 20 October 2016

19 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, making egg cells in a dish, super-bright flares in nearby galaxies, trying to predict the election, and the scientists voting for Trump. Ho...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - October 1993

14 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1990s, a team of astrophysicists saw signs of life on a planet in our galaxy. Astronomy experts tell the story, and discuss how we can te...

Nature Podcast: 13 October 2016

12 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, refugee mental health, better neural nets, and changing attitudes to female genital cutting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Nature Extra: Nobel News

06 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Science gets glitzy in October each year as the Nobel Prizes are awarded. Find out who took home the prizes for Medicine or Physiology, Physics and Ch...

Nature Podcast: 6 October 2016

05 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a limit to lifespan, AI's black box problem, and ageing stem cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature Backchat: September 2016

03 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The challenges of getting into science, getting a decent salary once you’re in, and getting funding through philanthropy. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Nature Podcast: 29 September 2016

28 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the chemistry of life’s origins, two million years of temperatures, and studying the heaviest elements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Nature Extra: Futures September 2016

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Miranda Keeling reads you our favourite from September, ’Try Catch Throw’ by Andrew Neil Gray. Ho...

Nature Podcast: 22 September 2016

21 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a sea of viruses, defining social class, the human journey out of Africa and human remains found on Antikythera shipwreck. Hosted on Acast....

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - September 1963

15 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

When a German geologist first suggested that continents move, people dismissed it as a wild idea. In this podcast, we hear how a 'wild idea' became pl...

Nature Podcast: 15 September 2016

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ideal office environment, synthesising speech, and embryo epigenetics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature Podcast: 8 September 2016

07 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, solving ethical dilemmas Star Trek style, farming festivals boost yield, and three scientists on their sci-fi inspirations. Hosted on Acast...

Nature Podcast: 1 September 2016

31 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, famous hominin Lucy may have died when she fell from a tree, and an antibody-based drug shows promise in Alzheimer’s Hosted on Acast. See...

Futures: August 2016

30 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from August, 'Interdimensional trade benefits' by Brian Trent. Ho...

Nature Backchat: August 2016

24 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A nearby Earth-like planet, preprint servers proliferate, and the scientific legacy that Obama leaves behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Nature Podcast: 25 August 2016

24 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, an Earth-like planet on our doorstep, dietary restriction combats ageing syndrome, and drugs for neglected diseases. Hosted on Acast. See a...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - August 1975

23 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Six out of ten of the world's best-selling drugs are based on molecules called monoclonal antibodies. But their high impact comes with a low profile. ...

Nature Podcast: 18 August 2016

17 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, how fins became limbs, a giant gene database cracks clinical cases, and making better opioids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Nature Podcast: 11 August 2016

10 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the migration route of the first Americans, the bandwidth crisis, clever conductors, and the next CRISPR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Nature Podcast: 4 August 2016

03 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, parenting tips from science, quenching a question about thirst, and a programmable quantum computer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - July 1942

01 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists were put to good use during the Second World War. John Westcott's secret project was to design radars. His work not only helped the war eff...

Nature Extra: Futures July 2016

29 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy reads you his favourite from July, 'Revision theory' by Blaize M. Kaye. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Nature Podcast: 28 July 2016

27 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, how we time our breathing, working with indigenous peoples, and using yeast genetics to build better beer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Nature Backchat: July 2016

21 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

What’s it like having an endless supply of Brexit stories? Why do space missions always get so much attention? And why are rhinos being airlifted to...

Nature Podcast: 21 July 2016

20 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the perils of tech in health, tumour fighting bacteria, and the science of what sounds good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Nature Podcast: 14 July 2016

13 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a special issue on conflict. The psychological toll of war, how to count the dead, and predicting conflict in the 21st century. Hosted on A...

Nature Podcast: 7 July 2016

06 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, nature and landscape, the Hitomi satellite’s swan song, and reforming peer review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Nature Extra: Futures June 2016

01 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. The Nature Podcast team read you their favourite from June, ‘The Memory Ward’ by Wendy Nikel. Hos...

Nature Podcast: 30 June 2016

29 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Dolly the sheep’s legacy, the trials of funding interdisciplinary research, and an ‘IPCC’ for social science. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Nature Podcast: 23 June 2016

22 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, transmissible cancer, organising the hadron menagerie, and the latest gravitational wave result and what physicists want to know next. Host...

Nature Backchat: June 2016

22 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

What could Brexit mean for EU research and researchers? How should reporters cover the US elections when nobody says anything about science? Plus a dr...

Nature Podcast: 16 June 2016

15 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, pimping proteins, adapting enzymes, and conserving coral reefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - June 1876

10 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1800s, Europe was gripped by 'gorilla fever'. Were these beasts man's closest relative in the animal kingdom? Getting a gorilla to Europe ...

Nature Podcast: 9 June 2016

08 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, researcher rehab, the hobbit’s ancestry, and Google’s quantum plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature Podcast: 2 June 2016

01 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the genetics behind a textbook case of evolution, Earth’s core conundrum, and Pluto’s polygonal surface. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Nature Extra: Futures May 2016

27 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from May, ‘Project Earth is leaving beta’ by J. W. Alden....

Nature Podcast: 26 May 2016

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, how clouds form, a Neanderthal construction project, and comparing the meerkats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Nature Podcast: 19 May 2016

18 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, treasures from sunken cities, new antibiotics made from scratch, and experimenting with history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Nature Extra: Backchat May 2016

16 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The endless quest to make fusion energy, virtual reality in the lab, and the biggest story of the month: a boat gets given a name. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Nature Podcast: 12 May 2016

11 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Zika virus and birth defects, colliding quasi-particles, and combatting sprawling networks of spam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - May 1985

09 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Shanklin was sifting through a backlog of data when he made the startling discovery of a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. In this po...

Nature Extra: Futures April 2016

06 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy and Shamini Bundell read you their favourite from April, ‘Choices, in sequential order’...

Nature Podcast: 5 May 2016

04 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the value of failed experiments, ketamine without side effects, and our brains’ energy demands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Nature Podcast: 28 April 2016

27 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This 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...

Nature Extra: Backchat April 2016

26 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The 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 straigh...

Nature Podcast: 21 April 2016

20 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the psychology of climate change, the 1.5 degree temperature target, and what to do when climate change ruins your research. Hosted on Acas...

Nature Podcast: 14 April 2016

13 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This 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 Aca...

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - April 1953

08 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone 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 ...