Nature Podcast

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.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from February, ‘Duck, duck, duck' by Samantha Murray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, more fast radio bursts spotted, how do you know where you are when you’re not moving, and listening in on a whale banquet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A month of manipulation, as we look at a re-run of a famously manipulative psychology study, learn how to manipulate our own brains and minds, and nudge our societies towards better collective action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a special episode about the future. How can we future-proof our world, or fight our natural bias against planning for the future? And what does the science of today mean for the health of tomorrow? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, making shipping greener, AAAS conference highlights and human genes in a Neanderthal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Einstein's prediction was right: gravitational waves do exist. Scientists at the LIGO collaboration reported their discovery yesterday in Washington, DC. Reporters Adam Levy and Alexandra Witze take stock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the end of Moore’s law, religion and cooperation, and shareholders’ duty to manage climate risks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, killing off old cells lengthens life, brain-tickling comedy, and new forests make good carbon sinks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads ‘Beyond 550 astronomical units' by Mike Brotherton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The putative Planet X, gravitational wave rumours and how to report them, and The Selfish Gene 40 years on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the computer that can play Go, a general ‘ageing’ factor, and the stolen library of John Dee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a brain sensor that melts away after use, a 10,000 year old murder mystery, and what happens when chickens go wild. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, our gut bugs’ love of fibre, squeezing quantum states, and studying boredom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, science predictions for 2016, the effect of extreme weather on crops, and a new phase of hydrogen for the new year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can the world of Star Wars tell us about psychology? Travis Langley explains all in this Podcast Extra, using examples from his new book ‘Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, in our final show of 2015 – we’re wrapping up the highlights of the year, catching up on the climate meeting in Paris, looking forward to psyching out the characters in Star Wars, busting some scientific myths, and playing an evolution-themed board game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the origins of mysterious radio bursts, fixing the PhD system, and tracking down the universe’s missing matter. 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 November, 'One slow step for man' by S R Algernon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Einstein’s theory of general relativity turns 100 years old. Will there ever be another theory like it, or another scientist like Einstein? Plus, we discuss International Years as news pegs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, super-high-res ultrasound, the amazing world of soils, and five classic books about sustainability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a nursery for big baby planets, meddling with taste perception, China’s mega water transfer plan, and the 100th anniversary of general relativity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, storms on Twitter over sexism in science, porous liquids, and the long relationship between humans and bees. 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 October, 'Staff meeting, as seen by the spam filter' by Alex Shvartsman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, spontaneously jumping droplets, growing an economy without trashing the environment, and dealing with an onslaught of data as all our gadgets become internet-enabled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, how cancers spread, the hallmarks of bipolar disorder in the brain, and making carbon dioxide useful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Astronomer quits over sexual harassment investigation, reporting on the abstract world of mathematics, and science in fashion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a dying solar system just like ours, the effect of temperature on the economy, and electricity-eating bacteria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, ancient human teeth found in China, cooperating in climate negotiations, and a humble worm surprises scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Geoff Marsh read you their favourite from September, Time Flies, by Carie Juettner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, an impenetrable mathematical proof, toggling REM sleep on and off, and the latest results from the Rosetta mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the future of digital currency; a new lead for antibiotics; and 25 years of cataloguing the human genome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, looking back at malaria interventions, using private data for research, and how to twist a travelling neutron. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.