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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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.
Nov 11, 2016 • 14min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - November 1869
The first issue of Nature looked very different from today's magazine. It opened with poetry and was written for a general audience. We hear how Nature began, and how it became the iconic science journal it is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 9, 2016 • 31min
Nature Podcast: 10 November 2016
This week, CERN for the brain, modelling the effects of a climate tax on food, a brain-spine interface helps paralysed monkeys walk, and what Trump's win might mean for science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 2, 2016 • 29min
Nature Podcast: 3 November 2016
This week, the earliest humans to roam Australia, Werner Herzog’s new film about volcanoes, and are astronomers turning a blind eye to competing theories? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2016 • 8min
Nature Extra: Futures October 2016
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from October, ’The sixth circle' by J. W. Armstrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2016 • 31min
Nature Podcast: 27 October 2016
This week, the challenges facing young scientists, pseudo-pseudo genes, and the history of HIV in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 21, 2016 • 23min
Nature Backchat: October 2016
Europe’s Mars probe loses touch, UK government proposes research funding shake-up, and science’s most bothersome buzzwords. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2016 • 28min
Nature Podcast: 20 October 2016
This week, making egg cells in a dish, super-bright flares in nearby galaxies, trying to predict the election, and the scientists voting for Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 14, 2016 • 13min
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - October 1993
In the early 1990s, a team of astrophysicists saw signs of life on a planet in our galaxy. Astronomy experts tell the story, and discuss how we can tell if there is life beyond the Earth. Originally aired 16/10/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
