Nature Podcast

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.