Nature Podcast

By Springer Nature Limited

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 t... more

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Nature Podcast episodes:

February 20, 2026 Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
00:25 How brains differ by sex and age
Nature: Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty

07:14 Bumblebees ‘fan themselves’ during flight to keep cool
Science: How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?
Video: Birds gliding through bubbles reveal aerodynamic trick

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14min
February 18, 2026 This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
00:46 Data stored in glass
Nature: Microsoft Research Project Silica Team
Nature: Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia

08:09 Research Highlights
Nature: Parasitic wasps use tamed virus to castrate caterpillars
Nature: Flexible joints: robot morphs into a range of cyborg species

10:10 An mRNA vaccine for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Nature: Sahin et al.

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22min
February 13, 2026 Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
In this episode:

00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggests
Nature: Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people

04:15 Using AI to work out the rules of a long-forgotten board game
Scientific American: Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI

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10min
February 11, 2026 These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
In this episode:

00:46 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains
Nature: Cho et al.

10:21 Research Highlights
Nature: Beetle is locked into an eternal dance ― with an ant
Nature: Super-sniffer aeroplane finds oil fields’ hidden emissions

12:41 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion
Nature: Olalde et al.
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26min
February 06, 2026 Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
In this episode:

00:42 External, artificial-lung system keeps patient alive for transplant
Nature: 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant

06:22 How lung cancer in mice hijacks neurons to outwit the immune system
Nature: How tumours trick the brain into shutting down cancer-fighting cells

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12min
February 04, 2026 These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
00:46 Understanding how rete ridges form in the skin
Nature: Thompson et al.

09:32 Research Highlights
Nature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil
Nature: Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough

11:52 The open-source AI that performs scientific literature reviews
Nature: Asai et al.

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23min
January 30, 2026 Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of ageing
In this episode:

00:36 Study probes genetics of extreme longevity
Nature: Still working at 107: supercentenarian study probes genetics of extreme longevity

05:32 Controlling fluorescent proteins’ brightness with magnets
Nature: ‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cells

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11min
January 28, 2026 How your brain chemistry rewards hard work
00:46 Why completing difficult tasks feels rewarding
Nature: Touponse et al.

11:34 Research Highlights
Nature: Disappearing ‘planet’ reveals a solar system’s turbulent times
Nature: Getting to the (square) root of stock-market swings

13:43 How extreme weather events could threaten malaria elimination efforts
Nature: Symons et al.

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25min
January 26, 2026 Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
This is an audio version of our Feature: ‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
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19min
January 23, 2026 Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes
In this episode:

00:24 How babies share their gut microbes
Nature: Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiome

05:25 First evidence of tool use in cattle
Science: No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools

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13min

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