Nature Podcast

This week, exoplanet geology and a dual-terrain, duck-like dinosaur.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, reading unnatural DNA, and young worm mothers explain a wriggly riddle.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, lightning gamma rays, the Internet that wasn’t, and the science of sleep deprivation.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a bacterial communication system, and ancient houses illuminate inequality.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a potential stem cell treatment for a genetic skin condition, and the disappearing axolotl.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, squishy sea creatures, evolving verbs, and Earth's microbiome.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, undead cells, the strain of PhDs, and the traces of Antarctic instability.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, neutron stars that are making waves in the physics world, and taking a look at the past to understand the future of work.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a dwarf planet with a ring, 40 years of Sanger DNA sequencing, and the grieving families contributing to a huge genetics projects.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To celebrate our 500th episode, the Nature Podcast asked 8 presenters – past and present – to recommend their favourite contributions to the show.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, floating cities, malaria-free mosquitos, and using evolution to inspire aircraft design.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Sherlock Holmes the scientist; and investigating the nanotubes between cells.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, writing quantum software, and predicting the loss of Asia's glaciers.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Protecting red haired people from cancer, machine learning and gravitational distortions, and peeking inside predatory journals.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The creeping danger of slow landslides, and what worms can teach us about the wriggly problem of reproducibility.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, preventing genetic diseases in China, a red supergiant star's mystery, and the algal boom.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, ancient mammal relatives, complex brain maps, and a 19th century solar eclipse.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the first flower, gene editing human embryos, and the antimatter quest.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a brain-inspired computer, the brain's control of ageing, and Al Gore the climate communicator.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, getting a handle on topology, and working out why the fastest animals are medium sized.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.