Nature Podcast

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.