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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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
January 21, 2026 The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition
00:46 Protein-sized superposition surpasses previous experiments
Nature: Pedalino et al.
News: Schrödinger's cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever 'superposition'

11:46 Research Highlights
Nature: Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinking
Nature: Gifted dogs learn new words by overhearing humans

14:11 How Trump’s second term has impacted research
Nature: US science after a year of Trump
Nature: US science in 2026: five themes that will dominate Trump’s second year
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27min
January 16, 2026 Briefing Chat: Can NASA return rocks from Mars? And why dogs have long ears
In this episode:

00:40 The rock samples destined to remain on Mars
Nature: NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

05:24 The genetics of dogs’ droopy ears
Nature: Do their ears hang low? The genetics of dogs’ adorable floppy ears

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11min
January 14, 2026 AI can turbocharge scientists' careers — but limit their scope
In this episode:

00:47 AI can boost research productivity — at what cost?
Research article: Hao et al.

10:10 Research Highlights
Nature: Ancient ‘snowball’ Earth had frigidly briny seas
Nature: Putting immune cells into ‘night mode’ reduces heart-attack damage

12:41 JWST images are full of red dots, what are they?
Nature: Rusakov et al.

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22min

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