

Nature Podcast
Springer Nature Limited
The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 28, 2017 • 7min
Nature Extra: Futures April 2017
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.

Apr 26, 2017 • 31min
Nature Podcast: 27 April 2017
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.

Apr 21, 2017 • 24min
Backchat: April 2017
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.

Apr 12, 2017 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 13 April 2017
This week, politician scientists, human genetic ‘knockouts’ and East Antarctica’s instability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 5, 2017 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 6 April 2017
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.

Apr 3, 2017 • 28min
Grand Challenges: Mental Health
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.

Mar 31, 2017 • 7min
Nature Extra: Futures March 2017
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.

Mar 29, 2017 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 30 March 2017
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.

Mar 23, 2017 • 23min
Backchat: March 2017
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.

Mar 22, 2017 • 28min
Nature Podcast: 23 March 2017
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.