Nature Podcast
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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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This fish shouldn’t exist — the weird genetics of clonal vertebrates
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Briefing chat: What Galileo’s scribbled margin notes reveal about his scientific...
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Mar 6, 20269:35failed
Heart surgery with quick-setting magnetic fluid could prevent strokes
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Mar 4, 202618:12pending
Audio long read: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their br...
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Mar 2, 202618:23pending
Briefing chat: Pokémon turns 30 — how Pikachu and pals inspired generations of r...
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Feb 27, 202611:05pending
How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers
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Feb 25, 202619:35pending
Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
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Feb 20, 202613:59pending
This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
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Feb 18, 202621:40pending
Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
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Feb 13, 20269:52pending
These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
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Feb 11, 202625:02pending
Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
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Feb 6, 202611:03pending
These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
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Feb 4, 202622:05pending
Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of age...
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Jan 30, 202610:21pending
How your brain chemistry rewards hard work
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Jan 28, 202624:02pending
Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists ditch fieldwork in the age...
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Jan 26, 202618:29pending
Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their mi...
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Jan 23, 202612:03pending
The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superpositio...
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Jan 21, 202626:32pending
Briefing Chat: Can NASA return rocks from Mars? And why dogs have long ears
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Jan 16, 202610:04pending
AI can turbocharge scientists' careers — but limit their scope
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Jan 14, 202621:38pending
A mysterious ancient fingerprint and a lemon-shaped planet — the stories you’ve...
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Jan 7, 202616:32pending
Science in 2026: what to expect this year
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Jan 1, 202611:53pending
Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatmen...
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Dec 29, 202517:54pending
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
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Dec 24, 202540:09pending
Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025
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Dec 19, 202520:20pending
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025
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Dec 17, 202542:16pending
Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago
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Dec 10, 202522:32pending
Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
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Dec 3, 202523:06pending
Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases — fixing them is abou...
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Nov 28, 202517:19pending
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
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Nov 26, 202528:24pending
Insulin cream offers needle-free option for diabetes
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Nov 19, 202542:05pending
‘Malicious use is already happening’: machine-learning pioneer on making AI safe...
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Nov 14, 202515:06pending
Huge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last
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Nov 12, 202533:51pending
Meet the ‘Wee-rex’. Tiny tyrannosaur is its own species
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Nov 5, 202528:48pending
Bowhead whales can live for more than 200 years – this protein might be why
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Oct 29, 202522:50pending
Audio long read: How to get the best night’s sleep — what the science says
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Oct 24, 202515:33pending
Honey, I ate the kids: how hunger and hormones make mice aggressive
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Oct 22, 202534:22pending
New bird flu vaccine could tackle multiple variants with one shot
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Oct 15, 202522:30pending
How stereotypes shape AI – and what that means for the future of hiring
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Oct 8, 202535:31pending
Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
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Oct 1, 202533:43pending
Audio long read: Autism is on the rise — what’s really behind the increase?
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Sep 26, 202525:36pending
How a dangerous tick-borne virus sneaks into the brain
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Sep 24, 202532:42pending
Apocalypse then: how cataclysms shaped human societies
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Sep 19, 202527:39pending
This AI tool predicts your risk of 1,000 diseases — by looking at your medical r...
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Sep 17, 202535:31pending
Detecting gravitational waves
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Sep 12, 202510:21pending
Feeling the heat: fossil-fuel producers linked to dozens of heatwaves
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Sep 10, 202536:39pending
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
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Sep 8, 202552:13pending
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
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Sep 5, 202510:57pending
Two ants, two species, one mother
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Sep 3, 202527:06pending
Audio long read: How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even A...
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Aug 29, 202519:57pending
Viral spread: how rumours surged in revolutionary France
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Aug 27, 202524:44pending
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