Nature Podcast

This week, organic molecules in space, treating traumatic brain injury, and training schoolchildren to think like scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is our universe beautiful? Do the fundamental laws that describe nature appeal to our aesthetic tastes? In this Podcast Extra, Frank Wilczek – theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate - discusses his latest book, which tackles this beautiful question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the geologists on quake alert, stopping HIV in its tracks, and a volcano that wreaked havoc on the climate 1500 years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.