

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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Jul 1, 2016 • 6min
Nature Extra: Futures June 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. The Nature Podcast team read you their favourite from June, ‘The Memory Ward’ by Wendy Nikel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 29, 2016 • 27min
Nature Podcast: 30 June 2016
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.

Jun 22, 2016 • 28min
Nature Podcast: 23 June 2016
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.

Jun 22, 2016 • 23min
Nature Backchat: June 2016
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.

Jun 15, 2016 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 16 June 2016
This week, pimping proteins, adapting enzymes, and conserving coral reefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 2016 • 16min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - June 1876
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.

Jun 8, 2016 • 28min
Nature Podcast: 9 June 2016
This week, researcher rehab, the hobbit’s ancestry, and Google’s quantum plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 1, 2016 • 31min
Nature Podcast: 2 June 2016
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.

May 27, 2016 • 6min
Nature Extra: Futures May 2016
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.

May 25, 2016 • 30min
Nature Podcast: 26 May 2016
This week, how clouds form, a Neanderthal construction project, and comparing the meerkats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.