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.
Episodes
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Jan 11, 2017 • 23min
Nature Podcast: 12 January 2017
This week, ridding New Zealand of rats, making choices in the grocery store, and what to expect in 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2016 • 39min
Nature Podcast: 22 December 2016
It’s our bumper end-of-year show, with a 2016 round-up, holiday reading picks, science carols, word games and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 14, 2016 • 30min
Nature Podcast: 15 December 2016
This week, a spray that boosts plant growth and resilience, 3-million-year old hominin footprints, and the seahorse genome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2016 • 13min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - December 1920
In the early twentieth century physicists had become deeply entangled in the implications of the quantum theory. Was the world at its smallest scales continuous, or built of discrete units? It all began with Max Planck. His Nobel Prize was the subject of a Nature news article in 1920. Originally aired 19/12/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 7, 2016 • 30min
Nature Podcast: 8 December 2016
This week, the benefits of randomness, correcting brain waves soothes Alzheimer’s, and the DNA of liberated slaves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 1, 2016 • 6min
Nature Extra: Futures November 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy reads you his favourite from November, ’Melissa' by Troy Stieglitz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2016 • 26min
Nature Podcast: 1 December 2016
This week, CRISPR’s rival stumbles, Pluto’s icy heart, and is mitochondrial replacement ready for the clinic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 23, 2016 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 24 November 2016
Tracking whale shark DNA in seawater, the human computers behind early astronomy, building materials with a microscope, and a new synchrotron starts up in the Middle East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2016 • 20min
Nature Backchat: November 2016
Donald Trump’s impact on research and climate action, and how Nature should discuss politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 16, 2016 • 20min
Nature Podcast: 17 November 2016
This week, your brain on cannabis, testing CRISPR in a human, and what it might be like to live on Mars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
