Nature Podcast

In this month’s roundtable, we discuss celebrity scientists, sexual harassment in research, and the science behind a social media scandal.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, tiny sea creatures with potentially big effects, the science of a supernova, and a roundup of spring books.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, looking for glitchy signals from neutron stars, and using remote sensing in research.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, dissecting human influence on the Mississippi's floods, and getting 'dirty' mice into the lab.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, testing a neural network's chemistry skills, and what the physics of droplets is teaching us about the biology of cells.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, glucose metabolism in Mexican cavefish, the effect of non-antibiotic drugs on gut microbes, and a wearable brain scanner.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, geoengineering glaciers to prevent sea level rise, and using diamonds to improve NMR’s resolution.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, graphene’s latest superpower, and a retrospective of a sci-fi classic.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the landscape of childhood cancers, physicists find a fingerprint from the early Universe, and brain waves cause a splash.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our reporters discuss the role of serendipity in science, how to cover the iterative nature of research, and what the quantum internet might become.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a teenage special: defining adolescence; high school researchers; and the science of teen risk taking.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, refocusing ageing research, a transportable optical clock, and researching during pregnancy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, crayfish clones in Madagascar, the social smarts of magpies, and building tougher wood.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, reframing humans' arrival in India, and the many hazards facing coral reefs.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a mini all-terrain robot, 3D painting with light, and a new maze for rats.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, pinning down the climate's carbon dioxide sensitivity, and the battle over babies' first bacteria.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, tabletop physics, what a memory looks like, and conflict's toll on wildlife.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Backchat’s back, with discussions of Donald Trump, papers with zero citations, and the perils of writing about physics.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, our end of year special, featuring Earth science AI, a news story quiz, and science fiction in the modern era.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, electric eel inspired batteries, virus inspired protein shells, and modelling magma viscosity.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.