Nature Podcast

This week, E. coli with colour vision, tracing the Zika virus outbreak, and a roadmap for medical microbots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, wonky vehicle emissions tests, error-prone bots help humans, and animals that lack a microbiome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, fake antibodies scupper research, the diversity of cells in a tumour, and what happened before tectonic plates? SURVEY: https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/RmZVDI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the secret life of the thalamus, how to talks about antibiotic resistance, and dangerous research. Survey link: https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/RmZVDI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ageing is inevitable, but that doesn't mean we're ready for it - as individuals, or as a society. A geneticist, a psychiatrist and an economist pick apart our knowledge of the ageing process and the major challenges to be solved so we can live healthily and well. 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, 'Cold comforts' by Graham Robert Scott. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the earliest Americans, 2D magnets, and the legacy of the Universe’s first ‘baby picture’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Science fans everywhere will take to the streets this weekend in the March for Science. Plus, biases in artificial intelligence and how scientific papers are getting harder to read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, politician scientists, human genetic ‘knockouts’ and East Antarctica’s instability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, easing the pressure on fisheries, protein structure surprises, and your reading list for 2017 so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mental health disorders touch rich and poor, young and old, in every country around the world. Hear three experts discuss the evidence for interventions, how to get help to the right people, and which problem, if solved, would help the most.  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, 'Green boughs will cover thee' by Sarah L Byrne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, mapping sound in the brain, dwindling groundwater, and giving common iron uncommon properties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sting operation finds several predatory journals offered to employ a fictional, unqualified academic as an editor. Plus, the Great Barrier Reef in hot water, and trying to explain 'time crystals'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, peering into a black hole, reorganising the dinosaur family tree and finding drug combos for cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, making plane fuel greener, yeast chromosomes synthesised from scratch, and seeking out hidden HIV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the First World War draws to an end, astronomer Arthur Eddington sets out on a challenging mission: to prove Einstein’s new theory of general relativity by measuring a total eclipse. The experiment became a defining example of how science should be done. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the earliest known life, Neanderthal self-medication, and data storage in a single atom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a migration special: a researcher seeks refuge; smart borders; and climate migration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI generated images, reporting with reluctant sources and space missions with out an end game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Richard Hodson read you their favourite from February, 'Fermi's zookeepers' by David Gullen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, highlights from AAAS, the new epigenetics, and a new way to conduct biomedical research Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Winston Churchill’s thoughts on alien life, how cells build walls, and paradoxical materials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paleontologist Raymond Dart had newly arrived in South Africa when he came across a fossil that would change his life and his science. It was the face, jaw and brain cast of an extinct primate – not quite ape and not quite human. The paleontology community shunned the find, and proving that the creature was a human relative took decades. [Originally aired 26/02/2014] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

This week, free-floating DNA in cancers, an ancient relative of molluscs and can the Arctic’s ice be regrown? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.