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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 provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.

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Superconductivity gets heated

10.14.2020

A high pressure experiment reveals the world’s first room-temperature superconductor, and a method to target ecosystem restoration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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10.14.2020 Superconductivity gets heated A high pressure experiment reveals the world’s first room-temperature superconductor, and a method to target ecosystem restoration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.09.2020 Audio long-read: What animals really think Researchers are aligning data on animal neuronal activity with behavioural information recorded on millisecond timescales, to uncover the signatures of internal brain states associated with things like moods and motivation. This is an audio version of our feature: Inside the ...
10.07.2020 Trump vs. Biden: what's at stake for science? A conversation about the US election and the possible fallout for science, and are maternal behaviours learned or innate? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.30.2020 Greenland's ice will melt faster than any time in the past 12,000 years How current and future ice loss in Greenland compares to the past, and using graphene to make ultra-sensitive radiation detectors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.23.2020 After decades of trying, scientists coax plastic particles into a diamond-like structure Coaxing tiny colloid particles into a diamond structure, and manipulating cell death and homeostasis in neurodegenerative disease. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.16.2020 Genes chart Vikings' spread across Europe Mapping the migration of the Vikings, and the world’s smallest ultrasound device. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.09.2020 A new way to cool computer chips — from within Keeping electronics from overheating, and how to include minority populations in genetic analyses. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.02.2020 Revealed: A clearer view of how general anaesthetics actually work Engineering yeast to produce medicines, and the mechanism of anaesthetic action. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.26.2020 The challenge of reproducing results from ten-year-old code Protecting delicate quantum bits, and a competition to replicate findings from ancient computer code. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.19.2020 3D-printing some of the world's lightest materials A new way to produce aerogels opens up their use, and understanding how sulfur can change state between two liquids. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.12.2020 The chemical that turns locusts from Jekyll into Hyde Triggering swarming behaviour in locusts, and new insights into how humans synchronize. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08.07.2020 Audio long-read: Pluto’s dark side is overflowing with secrets This is an audio version of our feature: Pluto’s dark side spills its secrets — including hints of a hidden ocean See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.29.2020 Why skin grows bigger as you stretch it Skin's unusual response to stretching is finally explained, and the latest in a huge effort to map DNA. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.22.2020 When did people arrive in the Americas? New evidence stokes debate New evidence may push back the date on human arrival to the Americas, and an examination of science’s flaws See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.15.2020 Graphene’s magic angle reveals a new twist Probing the superconducting properties of graphene and bacteria that can use manganese to grow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.10.2020 Coronapod: Massive coronavirus outbreak strikes iconic Californian prison after it rejected expert aid San Quentin prison faces the third-largest outbreak in the United States. Legal pressure builds as one in three inmates is infected. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.08.2020 The six-year-old space agency with hopes for Mars On this week’s podcast, an ambitious Mars mission from a young space agency, and how crumbling up rocks could help fight climate change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.03.2020 Coronapod: Lessons from pandemic ‘war-game’ simulations Biosecurity experts use military-style exercises to plan for biological threats. Have their warnings been heeded? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
07.01.2020 What the atomic structure of enamel tells us about tooth decay On this week’s podcast, how the molecular structure of tooth enamel may impact decay, and a mysterious planetary core from a half-formed gas giant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.26.2020 Coronapod: The state of the pandemic, six months in Lockdowns are lifting but global infections are still rising. We take stock as we enter the next chapter of the outbreak. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.24.2020 How playing poker can help you make decisions On this week’s podcast, life lessons from poker, and keeping things civil during peer review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.19.2020 Coronapod: Dexamethasone, the cheap steroid that could cut coronavirus deaths Hope rises as the first potentially life-saving treatment emerges from drug trials. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.17.2020 Incest in the elite of Neolithic Ireland This week, researchers make diamonds tough, and evidence of incest in a 5,000 year old tomb. In this episode: 00:51 Tough versus hard Diamonds are famed for their hardness, but they are not so resistant to fracture. Now, researchers have ...
06.15.2020 Long Read Podcast: Enigmatic neutron stars may soon give up their secrets An instrument on the International Space Station is providing new insights into some of the Universe’s most baffling objects. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.12.2020 Coronapod: The Surgisphere scandal that rocked coronavirus drug research The latest from the hydroxychloroquine saga, as a questionable dataset threatens trust in science and forces major journals to review their processes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.11.2020 The quantum space lab This week, the spaceborne lab that allows investigation of quantum states, and the debate surrounding how mountain height is maintained. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.09.2020 #ShutDownSTEM and the Nature Podcast On the tenth of June, Nature will be joining #ShutdownStem #strike4blacklives. We will be educating ourselves and defining actions we can take to help eradicate anti-Black racism in academia and STEM . Please join us. https://www.shutdownstem.com/ Editorial: Systemic racism: science ...
06.05.2020 Coronapod: The heavy toll on people of colour The coronavirus is killing a disproportionate number of people of colour. As systemic injustices are brought to the fore across the world, what can be done to address the virus's unequal burden? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.03.2020 Lab-made skin grows its own hair This week, a new method to grow hairy skin in a dish, and new research takes aim at the RNA world hypothesis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.29.2020 Coronapod: The divisive hydroxychloroquine study that's triggering mass confusion 00:59 Chloroquine on rocky ground President Trump's preferred coronavirus treatment is the focus of a new study suggesting it could cause more harm than good, but not everybody agrees. We discuss the fallout as trials around the world are paused ...
05.27.2020 Super-efficient catalyst boosts hopes for hydrogen fuel This week, perfecting catalysts that split water using light, and the mystery of missing matter in the Universe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.22.2020 Coronapod: Hope and caution greet vaccine trial result, and Trump vs the WHO The first results from vaccine trials are promising, but scientists still urge caution, and Trump issues an ultimatum to the WHO. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.20.2020 A synthetic eye that 'sees' like a human This week, crafting an artificial eye with the benefits of a human's, and understanding how disk-galaxies formed by peering back in time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.15.2020 Coronapod: The misinformation pandemic, and science funding fears With questionable coronavirus content flooding airwaves and online channels, what’s being done to limit its impact? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.13.2020 The super-sleuth who spots trouble in science papers, and the puzzle of urban smog This week, Elisabeth Bik tells us about her work uncovering potential image manipulation, and a new route for particulate pollution formation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.08.2020 Coronapod: The dangers of ignoring outbreaks in homeless shelters, plus coronavirus and drug abuse Outbreaks among those unable to isolate are spreading under the radar. We hear about the researchers scrambling to get a handle on the situation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.06.2020 07 May 2020: Galileo and the science deniers, and physicists probe the mysterious pion This week, a new way to study elusive subatomic particles - pions, and the story of Galileo remains relevant in a time of modern science denialism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.01.2020 Coronapod: What use are contact tracing apps? And new hopes for coronavirus drug remdesivir The Coronapod team pick through the latest news, plus we hear from the researchers making lemonade out of lockdown lemons. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.29.2020 30 April 2020: A sniff test for consciousness, and how to cut antibiotics use — with vaccines This week, how the ‘sniff-response’ can help clinicians determine a patient's state of consciousness, and how vaccines could help drive down antibiotic use. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.24.2020 Coronapod: The race to expand antibody testing Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the role of antibody tests in controlling the pandemic, and how public-health spending could curtail an economic crisis. Also on the show, the open hardware community's efforts to produce medical equipment. See ...
04.22.2020 23 April 2020: Denisovan DNA in modern Europeans, and the birth of an unusual celestial object This week, evidence of ancient hominin DNA in modern human genomes, and the origin of a snowman-shaped object at the edge of the solar system. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.17.2020 Coronapod: Troubling news Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss Trump withholding funds from the WHO, and how COVID-19 kills. We also hear about controlling misinformation while communicating risk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.10.2020 Coronapod: An untapped resource Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the labs struggling to get involved in diagnostic testing, and should you be wearing a mask? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.08.2020 09 April 2020: A plastic-recycling enzyme, and supercooled molecules This week, a new enzyme speeds up the breakdown of plastic bottles, and a method to cool molecules to a fraction above absolute zero. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.03.2020 Coronapod: Ramping up responses The latest on the British response, and what low- and middle-income countries have done to prepare for the pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
04.01.2020 02 April 2020: Dating an ancient hominid skull, and an ancient Antarctic rainforest This week, reassessing the age of the ‘Broken Hill skull’, and unearthing evidence of an ancient forest near the South Pole. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.27.2020 Coronapod: Old treatments and new hopes Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss efforts to develop treatments for COVID-19. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.25.2020 25 March 2020: Ultra-fast electrical switches, and computing heart health This week, a speedy, yet simple switch, and a video-based AI helps assess heart health. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.21.2020 Podcast Extra: Rosamund Pike on portraying Marie Curie Radioactive is a new biopic on Marie Skłodowska Curie with Rosamund Pike taking on the role of Curie. This Podcast Extra is an extended version of reporter Lizzie Gibney's interview with Rosamund, in which they talk about stepping into the ...
03.20.2020 Coronapod: “Test, test, test!” In the first of our new podcast series, Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the epidemiology needed to control the Covid-19 outbreak. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Superconductivity gets heated

Audio long-read: What animals really think

Trump vs. Biden: what's at stake for science?

Greenland's ice will melt faster than any time in the past 12,000 years

After decades of trying, scientists coax plastic particles into a diamond-like structure

Genes chart Vikings' spread across Europe

A new way to cool computer chips — from within

Revealed: A clearer view of how general anaesthetics actually work

The challenge of reproducing results from ten-year-old code

3D-printing some of the world's lightest materials

The chemical that turns locusts from Jekyll into Hyde

Audio long-read: Pluto’s dark side is overflowing with secrets

Why skin grows bigger as you stretch it

When did people arrive in the Americas? New evidence stokes debate

Graphene’s magic angle reveals a new twist

Coronapod: Massive coronavirus outbreak strikes iconic Californian prison after it rejected expert aid

The six-year-old space agency with hopes for Mars

Coronapod: Lessons from pandemic ‘war-game’ simulations

What the atomic structure of enamel tells us about tooth decay

Coronapod: The state of the pandemic, six months in

How playing poker can help you make decisions

Coronapod: Dexamethasone, the cheap steroid that could cut coronavirus deaths

Incest in the elite of Neolithic Ireland

Long Read Podcast: Enigmatic neutron stars may soon give up their secrets

Coronapod: The Surgisphere scandal that rocked coronavirus drug research

The quantum space lab

#ShutDownSTEM and the Nature Podcast

Coronapod: The heavy toll on people of colour

Lab-made skin grows its own hair

Coronapod: The divisive hydroxychloroquine study that's triggering mass confusion

Super-efficient catalyst boosts hopes for hydrogen fuel

Coronapod: Hope and caution greet vaccine trial result, and Trump vs the WHO

A synthetic eye that 'sees' like a human

Coronapod: The misinformation pandemic, and science funding fears

The super-sleuth who spots trouble in science papers, and the puzzle of urban smog

Coronapod: The dangers of ignoring outbreaks in homeless shelters, plus coronavirus and drug abuse

07 May 2020: Galileo and the science deniers, and physicists probe the mysterious pion

Coronapod: What use are contact tracing apps? And new hopes for coronavirus drug remdesivir

30 April 2020: A sniff test for consciousness, and how to cut antibiotics use — with vaccines

Coronapod: The race to expand antibody testing

23 April 2020: Denisovan DNA in modern Europeans, and the birth of an unusual celestial object

Coronapod: Troubling news

Coronapod: An untapped resource

09 April 2020: A plastic-recycling enzyme, and supercooled molecules

Coronapod: Ramping up responses

02 April 2020: Dating an ancient hominid skull, and an ancient Antarctic rainforest

Coronapod: Old treatments and new hopes

25 March 2020: Ultra-fast electrical switches, and computing heart health

Podcast Extra: Rosamund Pike on portraying Marie Curie

Coronapod: “Test, test, test!”

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