Nature Podcast

Astronomer quits over sexual harassment investigation, reporting on the abstract world of mathematics, and science in fashion.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a dying solar system just like ours, the effect of temperature on the economy, and electricity-eating bacteria.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, ancient human teeth found in China, cooperating in climate negotiations, and a humble worm surprises scientists.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Geoff Marsh read you their favourite from September, Time Flies, by Carie Juettner.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, an impenetrable mathematical proof, toggling REM sleep on and off, and the latest results from the Rosetta mission.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the future of digital currency; a new lead for antibiotics; and 25 years of cataloguing the human genome.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, looking back at malaria interventions, using private data for research, and how to twist a travelling neutron.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Promising results from the LHC, reproducing psychology studies, and unpicking interdisciplinarity.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, camouflaging nanoparticles to deliver drugs, science meets theatre, and getting a global picture of air pollution.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, thinking differently about autism, plankton poop in the clouds, and hack-proofing our data.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Silberman's new book, Neurotribes, gives a detailed history of autism spectrum disorder. In this Podcast Extra, Geoff Marsh hears from Steve about how we, as a society, should embrace those who think differently.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from August, The Shoulder of Orion, by Eric Garside  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, weather forecasting, rethinking the water cycle, and a special segment to celebrate the podcast’s 400th episode.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In his new book, historian David Wootton takes us back to the scientific revolution around the turn of the 17th Century, and asks: was this really when modern science was born?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a new look at the scientific revolution, accelerating positrons on a plasma wave, and squashing the unsquashable.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Japan’s nuclear restart, summer quiet descends in the newsroom, and our special guest Geoff Brumfiel compares science reporting at Nature and NPR.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, China’s emissions are lower than we thought, lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years on, and inheriting genes… sideways.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, making chemists’ lives easier, updating a centuries-old sunspot record, and anti-GM activists get their hands on scientists’ inboxes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, lessons to learn from the Ebola epidemic, the reproductive habits of ancient organisms, and how the nuclear bomb changed the stories we tell about scientists.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the ancient art of kirigami – paper cutting – applied to graphene. Plus, mini organs in dishes, and how mitochondria power our muscles.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.