This week: the computer that can play Go, a general ‘ageing’ factor, and the stolen library of John Dee.

This week: a brain sensor that melts away after use, a 10,000 year old murder mystery, and what happens when chickens go wild.

This week: Our gut bugs’ love of fibre, squeezing quantum states, and studying boredom.

It's been 25 years since the ACMG was founded. To mark the occasion, GenePod, the podcast of Genetics in Medicine, focuses on the past and the future of the journal. Podcast director Cynthia Graber interviews Dick King and Jim Evans, respectively the journal's founding and current Editors, regarding what's changed, what hasn't, and what we can look forward to over the next 25 years.

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Marijuana use for medical purposes is becoming increasingly common in the U.S., and doctors prescribe it for ills ranging from headaches to insomnia. And yet, there is little scientific data supporting its medical use. In this podcast, Drs. Margaret Haney and Eden Evins discuss the relationship between cannabis use and two psychiatric disorders: post-traumatic stress disorder and psychotic illnesses, particularly schizophrenia.

www.nature.com/npp/index.html

This week: Science predictions for 2016, the effect of extreme weather on crops, and a new phase of hydrogen for the new year.

This week: Our final show of 2015 – we’re wrapping up the highlights of the year, catching up on the climate meeting in Paris, psyching out the characters in Star Wars, busting some scientific myths, and playing an evolution-themed board game.

This month's GenePod discusses a new study which suggests the incidence of Sickle Cell disease in newborns in Africa and the Middle East may be substantially underestimated. Since we know that early intervention saves lives and reduces morbidity, accurate figures regarding the burden of disease are critical to setting public health priorities.

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This week: The dwarf planet Ceres gets a close-up, using fetal tissue in science, and the wasting condition that worsens outcomes for cancer patients.

This week: The origins of mysterious radio bursts, fixing the PhD system, and tracking down the universe’s missing matter.