Nature Podcast

This week, rats and coral reefs, charting successful careers streaks, and Cape Town’s water crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, investigating the koala genome, the issues facing LGBTQ+ researchers, and a DNA-based neural network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this month’s roundtable, we discuss lab health, email briefings, and how science stories can affect the stock market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the relationship between air pollution and infant death in Africa, stressed brains, and diagnosing sick plants from afar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, pancreatic cancer-related weight loss, tiny silica cages, and bias in Artificial Intelligence algorithms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the mysterious death of African baobab trees, Antarctica’s past, present, and future, and how zebrafish protect their stem cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, making enzymes work better in the cold, short-term memory production in mice, and magnetic detection in animals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, boosting diversity in physics graduate programs, and life’s recovery after a massive asteroid impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, estimating the economic cost of climate change, a new solution to the Minimum Fleet Problem, and the flourishing field of muography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, peering inside the proton, identifying the pitfalls of research misconduct, and identifying what bacterial genes of unknown function actually do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, artificial intelligence recreates our sense of place, liquid crystals deliver cargo, and experiencing depression in academia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, constructing early embryos, how mice react to danger, and what an ancient butchered rhino is telling us about hominin migration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the ethical questions raised by model minds, and an updated view on an enzyme that keeps chromosomes protected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this month’s roundtable, we discuss celebrity scientists, sexual harassment in research, and the science behind a social media scandal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, tiny sea creatures with potentially big effects, the science of a supernova, and a roundup of spring books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, looking for glitchy signals from neutron stars, and using remote sensing in research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, dissecting human influence on the Mississippi's floods, and getting 'dirty' mice into the lab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, testing a neural network's chemistry skills, and what the physics of droplets is teaching us about the biology of cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, glucose metabolism in Mexican cavefish, the effect of non-antibiotic drugs on gut microbes, and a wearable brain scanner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, geoengineering glaciers to prevent sea level rise, and using diamonds to improve NMR’s resolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, graphene’s latest superpower, and a retrospective of a sci-fi classic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the landscape of childhood cancers, physicists find a fingerprint from the early Universe, and brain waves cause a splash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our reporters discuss the role of serendipity in science, how to cover the iterative nature of research, and what the quantum internet might become. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a teenage special: defining adolescence; high school researchers; and the science of teen risk taking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, refocusing ageing research, a transportable optical clock, and researching during pregnancy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, crayfish clones in Madagascar, the social smarts of magpies, and building tougher wood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, reframing humans' arrival in India, and the many hazards facing coral reefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a mini all-terrain robot, 3D painting with light, and a new maze for rats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, pinning down the climate's carbon dioxide sensitivity, and the battle over babies' first bacteria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, tabletop physics, what a memory looks like, and conflict's toll on wildlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Backchat’s back, with discussions of Donald Trump, papers with zero citations, and the perils of writing about physics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, our end of year special, featuring Earth science AI, a news story quiz, and science fiction in the modern era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, electric eel inspired batteries, virus inspired protein shells, and modelling magma viscosity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, exoplanet geology and a dual-terrain, duck-like dinosaur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, reading unnatural DNA, and young worm mothers explain a wriggly riddle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, lightning gamma rays, the Internet that wasn’t, and the science of sleep deprivation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a bacterial communication system, and ancient houses illuminate inequality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a potential stem cell treatment for a genetic skin condition, and the disappearing axolotl.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, squishy sea creatures, evolving verbs, and Earth's microbiome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, undead cells, the strain of PhDs, and the traces of Antarctic instability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, neutron stars that are making waves in the physics world, and taking a look at the past to understand the future of work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a dwarf planet with a ring, 40 years of Sanger DNA sequencing, and the grieving families contributing to a huge genetics projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate our 500th episode, the Nature Podcast asked 8 presenters – past and present – to recommend their favourite contributions to the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, floating cities, malaria-free mosquitos, and using evolution to inspire aircraft design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Sherlock Holmes the scientist; and investigating the nanotubes between cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, writing quantum software, and predicting the loss of Asia's glaciers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Protecting red haired people from cancer, machine learning and gravitational distortions, and peeking inside predatory journals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The creeping danger of slow landslides, and what worms can teach us about the wriggly problem of reproducibility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, preventing genetic diseases in China, a red supergiant star's mystery, and the algal boom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, ancient mammal relatives, complex brain maps, and a 19th century solar eclipse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.