Synopsis
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 Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and providing in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.
Episodes
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Backchat August 2018: Audio reporting, audience feedback, and Brexit
24/08/2018 Duration: 24minIn this month’s roundtable, audio vs print reporting, returning to Brexit, and finding out about our audience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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23 August 2018: Quantum computers and labour division in ants
22/08/2018 Duration: 24minThis week, colony size and labour division in ants, and simulating a quantum system on a quantum computer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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16 August 2018: Bumblebees, opioids, and ocean weather
15/08/2018 Duration: 29minThis week, more worries for bees, modelling the opioid crisis, and rough weather for seas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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8 August 2018: Fox aggression, microbiota and geoengineering
08/08/2018 Duration: 27minThis week, shaping the gut microbiota, geoengineering’s effect on farming, and the genetics of fox aggression. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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02 August 2018: Zebra finch colour perception, terraforming Mars, and attributing extreme weather
01/08/2018 Duration: 32minThis week, how a bird sees colour, potential problems with terraforming Mars, and linking extreme weather to our changing climate. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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26 July 2018: Conservation, automata, and pet DNA tests
25/07/2018 Duration: 28minThis week, automata through the ages, problems with pet DNA tests, and a conservation conundrum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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19 July 2018: DNA scaffolds, climate-altering microbes, and a robot chemist
18/07/2018 Duration: 26minThis week, tougher DNA nanostructures, climate-altering permafrost microbes, and using a robot to discover chemical reactions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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12 July 2018: Rats, reefs, and career streaks
11/07/2018 Duration: 31minThis week, rats and coral reefs, charting successful careers streaks, and Cape Town’s water crisis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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05 July 2018: A DNA computer, the koala genome, and the invisibility of LGBTQ+ researchers
04/07/2018 Duration: 30minThis week, investigating the koala genome, the issues facing LGBTQ+ researchers, and a DNA-based neural network. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Backchat June 2018: Lab health, email briefings, and CRISPR
29/06/2018 Duration: 19minIn this month’s roundtable, we discuss lab health, email briefings, and how science stories can affect the stock market. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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27 June 2018: Air pollution, sick plants, and stress
27/06/2018 Duration: 29minThis week, the relationship between air pollution and infant death in Africa, stressed brains, and diagnosing sick plants from afar. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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21 June 2018: Pancreatic cancer, silica cages, and AI bias
20/06/2018 Duration: 27minThis week, pancreatic cancer-related weight loss, tiny silica cages, and bias in Artificial Intelligence algorithms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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14 June 2018: Baobab tree death, zebrafish stem cells, and ice in Antarctica
13/06/2018 Duration: 33minThis week, the mysterious death of African baobab trees, Antarctica’s past, present, and future, and how zebrafish protect their stem cells. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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07 June 2018: Magnetic animal migration, cold enzymes, and mouse memory
06/06/2018 Duration: 31minThis week, making enzymes work better in the cold, short-term memory production in mice, and magnetic detection in animals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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31 May 2018: Boosting diversity in physics, and life after an asteroid impact
30/05/2018 Duration: 24minThis week, boosting diversity in physics graduate programs, and life’s recovery after a massive asteroid impact. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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24 May 2018: Climate costs, cleverer cab journeys, and peering through matter with muons
23/05/2018 Duration: 31minThis week, estimating the economic cost of climate change, a new solution to the Minimum Fleet Problem, and the flourishing field of muography. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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17 May 2018: Probing the proton, research misconduct, and making sense of mystery genes
16/05/2018 Duration: 28minThis week, peering inside the proton, identifying the pitfalls of research misconduct, and identifying what bacterial genes of unknown function actually do. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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10 May 2018: AI neuroscience, liquid crystals, and depression in academia
09/05/2018 Duration: 29minThis week, artificial intelligence recreates our sense of place, liquid crystals deliver cargo, and experiencing depression in academia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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03 May 2018: Building early embryos, the fear response in mice, and ancient rhino remains
02/05/2018 Duration: 28minThis week, constructing early embryos, how mice react to danger, and what an ancient butchered rhino is telling us about hominin migration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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26 April 2018: Mini brains, and an updated enzyme image
25/04/2018 Duration: 20minThis week, the ethical questions raised by model minds, and an updated view on an enzyme that keeps chromosomes protected. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.