Nature Podcast

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.

Promising results from the LHC, reproducing psychology studies, and unpicking interdisciplinarity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, camouflaging nanoparticles to deliver drugs, science meets theatre, and getting a global picture of air pollution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, thinking differently about autism, plankton poop in the clouds, and hack-proofing our data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Silberman's new book, Neurotribes, gives a detailed history of autism spectrum disorder. In this Podcast Extra, Geoff Marsh hears from Steve about how we, as a society, should embrace those who think differently. 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 August, The Shoulder of Orion, by Eric Garside Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, weather forecasting, rethinking the water cycle, and a special segment to celebrate the podcast’s 400th episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his new book, historian David Wootton takes us back to the scientific revolution around the turn of the 17th Century, and asks: was this really when modern science was born? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a new look at the scientific revolution, accelerating positrons on a plasma wave, and squashing the unsquashable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Japan’s nuclear restart, summer quiet descends in the newsroom, and our special guest Geoff Brumfiel compares science reporting at Nature and NPR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, China’s emissions are lower than we thought, lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years on, and inheriting genes… sideways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, making chemists’ lives easier, updating a centuries-old sunspot record, and anti-GM activists get their hands on scientists’ inboxes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, lessons to learn from the Ebola epidemic, the reproductive habits of ancient organisms, and how the nuclear bomb changed the stories we tell about scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the ancient art of kirigami – paper cutting – applied to graphene. Plus, mini organs in dishes, and how mitochondria power our muscles. 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 July, Outpatient, by Dan Stout Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pluto in pictures, ways to revamp science teaching, NASA’s underwater space-training mission, and listening for aliens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, eyedrops could replace surgery for cataracts, the twists and turns of RNA, and a strain of rice that could feed more people and ease climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, organic molecules in space, treating traumatic brain injury, and training schoolchildren to think like scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.