Nature Podcast

This week, lizards change sex in the heat, a complex eye in a single celled creature, and teaching robots to be ethical Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from June, Heart worm, by J. J. Roth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Antarctica’s surprising biodiversity, trends in heatwaves and coldsnaps, and a new way to diagnose cancer early Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three of Nature’s biggest paleontology fans sink their teeth into Jurassic World, which premiered this month. The team also discuss the importance of ‘dinomenclature’: why species names matter and how they are devised. Plus, DNA from an ancient human found in Washington State in the 1990s throws up questions of heritage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, positive memories help fight depression, plant intelligence and measuring the mass of exoplanets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the US military’s biology arm, a clutch of Bronze Age genomes, and protection from a deadly disease in a community in Papua New Guinea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, how the immune system deals with the brain, the latest in gene editing, and the mystery of Greenland’s disappearing lakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robots that can recover from injury by themselves, naughty scientists faking or baking their data, and the weirdest places to look for much-needed new antibiotics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite story from May, Tempus omnia revelat, by Tian Li. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the ethics of killer robots, laser weapons become a reality, and the subtleties of temperature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.