Nature Podcast

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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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01.27.2021

A neuroprosthetic device restores blood-pressure control after spinal-cord injury, and identifying the neurons that help us understand others’ beliefs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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01.27.2021 How a spinal device could relieve a neglected effect of cord injury A neuroprosthetic device restores blood-pressure control after spinal-cord injury, and identifying the neurons that help us understand others’ beliefs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.20.2021 Hiring discrimination laid bare by mountain of data Analysis of millions of job seekers shows that recruiters will discriminate based on ethnicity and gender, and the neural circuitry behind a brief period of forgetting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.14.2021 Coronapod: The rise of RNA vaccines Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Elie Dolgin discuss RNA vaccines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.13.2021 The mysterious extinction of the dire wolf DNA clues point to how dire wolves went extinct, and a round-up of the main impacts of Brexit on science. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.30.2020 Audio long-read: Controlling COVID with science - Iceland's story Lessons from Iceland, which utilised huge scientific resources to contain COVID-19. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.23.2020 Our podcast highlights of 2020 The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.17.2020 Coronapod: The big COVID research papers of 2020 Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Traci Watson discuss some of 2020's most significant coronavirus research papers. In the final Coronapod of 2020, we dive into the scientific literature to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers have discovered so much about ...
12.16.2020 Could you prevent a pandemic? A very 2020 video game A video game provides players with insights into pandemic responses, and our annual festive fun. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.09.2020 Don’t think too deeply about the origin of life – it may have started in puddles Scientists are shifting their thinking on where life might have arisen, and a new model to tackle climate change equitably and economically. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.03.2020 Norway's prime minister reveals plans to protect the world's oceans Erna Solberg on fisheries, fossil fuels and the future of the oceans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
12.02.2020 Cellular ageing: turning back the clock restores vision in mice A trio of genes may be key to making cells young again, and ultra precise measurement of a fundamental physics constant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.25.2020 Neutrinos give insights into the workings of the Sun’s core Scientists have finally confirmed the existence of a CNO cycle fusion reaction in the Sun, and why women’s contraception research needs a reboot. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.19.2020 Coronapod: What could falling COVID death rates mean for the pandemic? Around the world, COVID death rates are falling, but why? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.18.2020 The troubling rise of facial recognition technology Scientists have grave concerns over ethical and societal impacts of facial-recognition technology. In this surveillance special, we dig into the details. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.13.2020 Audio long-read: The enigmatic organisms of the Ediacaran Period New fossil finds and new techniques reveal evidence that early animals were more complex than previously thought. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.11.2020 Revealed: the impact of noise and light pollution on birds Researchers try to unpick the complex relationship between sensory pollutants and bird reproduction, and how to combat organised crime in fisheries. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.04.2020 A powerful radio burst from a magnetic star Astronomers pin down the likely origins of mysterious fast radio bursts, and the latest on what the US election means for science. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.30.2020 Talking politics, talking science Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims to find out why. In the third and final episode we try to get to the bottom of how journalists, communicators ...
10.29.2020 Politics of the life scientific Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims to find out why. In this episode we're asking how politics shapes the life of a working scientist. Be it through ...
10.28.2020 A brief history of politics and science In this miniseries "Stick to the science" we explore the complex relationship between science and politics. In this first episode, we look back to history to try and unpick how this relationship has evolved and where Nature as a publication ...
10.28.2020 Lab–grown brains and the debate over consciousness The chances of mini brains becoming sentient, and a UK government decision threatens gender diversity in academia. 31:00 Briefing Chat We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, oncologists discover a potential new human organ, and how reexamined ...
10.21.2020 The science behind an 'uncrushable' beetle’s exoskeleton The structure of a beetle’s super-strong exoskeleton could open up new engineering applications, and efforts to address diversity and equality imbalances in academia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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.

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Nature Podcast episodes:

How a spinal device could relieve a neglected effect of cord injury

Hiring discrimination laid bare by mountain of data

Coronapod: The rise of RNA vaccines

The mysterious extinction of the dire wolf

Audio long-read: Controlling COVID with science - Iceland's story

Our podcast highlights of 2020

Coronapod: The big COVID research papers of 2020

Could you prevent a pandemic? A very 2020 video game

Don’t think too deeply about the origin of life – it may have started in puddles

Norway's prime minister reveals plans to protect the world's oceans

Cellular ageing: turning back the clock restores vision in mice

Neutrinos give insights into the workings of the Sun’s core

Coronapod: What could falling COVID death rates mean for the pandemic?

The troubling rise of facial recognition technology

Audio long-read: The enigmatic organisms of the Ediacaran Period

Revealed: the impact of noise and light pollution on birds

A powerful radio burst from a magnetic star

Talking politics, talking science

Politics of the life scientific

A brief history of politics and science

Lab–grown brains and the debate over consciousness

The science behind an 'uncrushable' beetle’s exoskeleton

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

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