Nature Podcast

The challenges of getting into science, getting a decent salary once you’re in, and getting funding through philanthropy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the chemistry of life’s origins, two million years of temperatures, and studying the heaviest elements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Miranda Keeling reads you our favourite from September, ’Try Catch Throw’ by Andrew Neil Gray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a sea of viruses, defining social class, the human journey out of Africa and human remains found on Antikythera shipwreck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a German geologist first suggested that continents move, people dismissed it as a wild idea. In this podcast, we hear how a 'wild idea' became plate tectonics, the unifying theory of earth sciences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the ideal office environment, synthesising speech, and embryo epigenetics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, solving ethical dilemmas Star Trek style, farming festivals boost yield, and three scientists on their sci-fi inspirations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, famous hominin Lucy may have died when she fell from a tree, and an antibody-based drug shows promise in Alzheimer’s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from August, 'Interdimensional trade benefits' by Brian Trent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A nearby Earth-like planet, preprint servers proliferate, and the scientific legacy that Obama leaves behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, an Earth-like planet on our doorstep, dietary restriction combats ageing syndrome, and drugs for neglected diseases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Six out of ten of the world's best-selling drugs are based on molecules called monoclonal antibodies. But their high impact comes with a low profile. This is a story of how basic science quietly became blockbuster medicine. Originally aired 14/08/13. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, how fins became limbs, a giant gene database cracks clinical cases, and making better opioids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the migration route of the first Americans, the bandwidth crisis, clever conductors, and the next CRISPR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, parenting tips from science, quenching a question about thirst, and a programmable quantum computer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists were put to good use during the Second World War. John Westcott's secret project was to design radars. His work not only helped the war effort – it also led to new branches of science. Originally aired 19/07/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy reads you his favourite from July, 'Revision theory' by Blaize M. Kaye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, how we time our breathing, working with indigenous peoples, and using yeast genetics to build better beer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s it like having an endless supply of Brexit stories? Why do space missions always get so much attention? And why are rhinos being airlifted to Australia? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the perils of tech in health, tumour fighting bacteria, and the science of what sounds good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a special issue on conflict. The psychological toll of war, how to count the dead, and predicting conflict in the 21st century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, nature and landscape, the Hitomi satellite’s swan song, and reforming peer review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. The Nature Podcast team read you their favourite from June, ‘The Memory Ward’ by Wendy Nikel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Dolly the sheep’s legacy, the trials of funding interdisciplinary research, and an ‘IPCC’ for social science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, transmissible cancer, organising the hadron menagerie, and the latest gravitational wave result and what physicists want to know next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What could Brexit mean for EU research and researchers? How should reporters cover the US elections when nobody says anything about science? Plus a dramatic and dangerous Antarctic rescue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, pimping proteins, adapting enzymes, and conserving coral reefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the late 1800s, Europe was gripped by 'gorilla fever'. Were these beasts man's closest relative in the animal kingdom? Getting a gorilla to Europe was a rare event, and in 1876 Nature heralds the arrival of a young specimen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, researcher rehab, the hobbit’s ancestry, and Google’s quantum plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the genetics behind a textbook case of evolution, Earth’s core conundrum, and Pluto’s polygonal surface. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from May, ‘Project Earth is leaving beta’ by J. W. Alden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, how clouds form, a Neanderthal construction project, and comparing the meerkats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, treasures from sunken cities, new antibiotics made from scratch, and experimenting with history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The endless quest to make fusion energy, virtual reality in the lab, and the biggest story of the month: a boat gets given a name. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the Zika virus and birth defects, colliding quasi-particles, and combatting sprawling networks of spam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Shanklin was sifting through a backlog of data when he made the startling discovery of a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. In this podcast, he and others recall events in the mid-1980s and discuss how the 'ozone hole' became the poster child for environmentalism. Originally aired 17/05/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy and Shamini Bundell read you their favourite from April, ‘Choices, in sequential order’ by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the value of failed experiments, ketamine without side effects, and our brains’ energy demands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a language map of the brain, listening for landslides a year after the Nepal quake, and the Soviet internet that never was. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fuss over editing human embryos dies down, the quantum expertise of Canada’s Prime Minister, and what it’s like to report for 24 hours straight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the psychology of climate change, the 1.5 degree temperature target, and what to do when climate change ruins your research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a computer game helps build a quantum computer, the brain’s built-in backup, and the history and science of hearing voices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone knows that Watson and Crick published a seminal paper on the structure of DNA. But fewer know that two other papers on DNA were published in the same issue of Nature. Learn more in the first of a new podcast series: the Nature PastCast. Originally aired 18/04/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, apps that claim to treat mental health issues, ritual human sacrifice, and supernova debris on Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from March, 'Adjenia’ by Natalia Theodoridou. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Antarctic-sized uncertainty, making gamers more polite, and a pocket gravity meter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, toggling brain activity with radio waves, how to build stuff that lasts, and making thrillseekers into care-takers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Misused statistics, the latest gossip on Google’s Go-playing AI, and watching mathematicians win prizes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, retrieving lost memories, nailing down China’s emissions, and is Alzheimer’s disease transmissible? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the frontiers of CRISPR, chewing raw goat for science, and using the eye’s own stem cells to fix it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.