Nature Podcast
Summary: Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science. The Nature Podcast is a free weekly audio show featuring highlighted content from the week's edition of Nature including interviews with the people behind the science, and in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering science around the world. For complete access to the original papers featured in the Nature Podcast, subscribe to Nature.
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Podcasts:
03 July: This week, a new Archaeopteryx skeleton wears feather trousers, a way to predict teenage binge drinkers and how the First World War liberated women in science, but not for long.
26 June: This week, checking up on nuclear weapons without revealing their secrets, a science power couple mixing research and romance, and a new solar cell technology.
19 June: This week, a scientist’s fight to outlaw unproven stem cell treatments, a cold look at Newton’s gravitational constant, and zooming in on the genetics behind diabetes in Greenland.
12 June: This week, the complicated relationship between science and art, the 'magic' that powers quantum computers and the genome behind the fragrant, fast-growing eucalyptus.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Michael Stacey reads you his favourite from May, Variations, by William Meikle.
5 June: This week, the mechanisms of memory, how malnutrition affects gut bacteria, and China flattens mountains to build cities.
29 May: This week, cooking that kills, fears of a post-antibiotic world, and how measuring a proton could help scientists find out where all the antimatter has gone.
22 May: This week, antibiotic resistance lurking in soil, the complex nervous system of the supposedly simple comb jelly, and making a baby with DNA from three people.
15 May: This week, transforming baby-killing mice into caring dads using a genetic switch, how using male cells and animals could bias results, and how water loss in California may be moving mountains.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you our favourite from April, Pop-ups, by Robert Dawson.
08 May: This week, scientists turn to crowd-sourcing to figure out the retina, reconstructing the evolution of the Universe, and a semi-synthetic organism with a man-made base pair.
01 May: This week, the deadly impact of two volcanic eruptions in recent human history, farmers turn into researchers to learn how to get better yields in their locality, and using stem cells to regenerate monkey hearts.
24 April: This week, another look at the function of the Y chromosome, how to help corals breed in the face of climate change, and the scientific life of illustrator and author, Beatrix Potter.
17 April: This week, how egg and sperm meet and greet each other, how the countryside benefits biodiversity, and harnessing the sun’s power for the developing world.
Nature Extra: Nature editor David Adam has lived with OCD for 20 years. In a new book he talks about his experiences and sets out our current understanding of the condition.
