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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May 28, 2015 • 25min
Nature Extra: Backchat May 2015
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.
May 28, 2015 • 6min
Nature Extra: Futures May 2015
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.
May 27, 2015 • 25min
Nature Podcast: 28 May 2015
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.
May 26, 2015 • 24min
Audiofile: In search of lost sound
Are the sounds of the past lost forever? In the 1960s, an American engineer proposed that sound could be recorded into clay pots and paintings as they were created. This episode explores the science behind resurrecting the sounds of the past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2015 • 27min
Nature Podcast: 21 May 2015
The oldest stone tools yet found, making opiates from yeast and sugar, and the perks of sex… for beetles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2015 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 14 May 2015
This week, the latest result from the Large Hadron Collider, a memoir from neurologist and adventurer Oliver Sacks, and India’s scientific landscape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 6, 2015 • 26min
Nature Podcast: 7 May 2015
This week, brain-inspired computers, scientists soldiering on past retirement age, and the origins of complex cells deduced from deep-sea samples. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2015 • 28min
Nature Podcast: 30 April 2015
This week, a tiny bat-like dinosaur, a competitor for graphene, and the best new science books this spring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 24, 2015 • 29min
Audiofile: Real life Dr Dolittles
Will we ever be able to talk to animals? In this episode, Geoff Marsh meets a variety of researchers and animals who persevere at the communication barrier in the name of science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2015 • 25min
Nature Podcast: 23 April 2015
This week, a new treatment for Ebola, the making of the Tibetan plateau, and could bees be addicted to pesticides? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
