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The Nature Podcast highlights of 2023
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00:54 Franklin’s real role
When it comes to the structure of DNA, everyone thinks they know Rosalind Franklin’s role in its discovery.…
2 years, 9 months ago
How AI works is often a mystery — that's a problem
Many AIs are 'black box' in nature, meaning that part of all of the underlying structure is obfuscated, either intentionally to protect proprietary i…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Nature Podcast Festive Spectacular 2023
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01:55 “Oh GPT”
In the first of our festive songs, we pay homage to LLMs, the generative AI chat bots which have taken 2023 by storm.
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2 years, 9 months ago
Navigating planets, plays and prejudice — a conversation with Aomawa Shields
In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, astronomer Aomawa Shields discusses her memoir Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in…
2 years, 9 months ago
Inhaled vaccine prevents COVID in monkeys
Current COVID-19 vaccines offer great protection from serious illness, but they don't prevent people from becoming infected in the first place. Becau…
2 years, 9 months ago
Cat parasite Toxoplasma tricked to grow in a dish
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00:48 A new way to grow a tricky parasite in the lab
Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes the zoonotic disease toxoplasmosis, h…
2 years, 9 months ago
The world’s smallest light-trapping silicon cavity
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00:48 A gap for trapping light
Confining photons within materials opens up potential applications in quantum computing and telecommuni…
2 years, 9 months ago
Sanitary products made from plants could help tackle period poverty
Around 500 million people are estimated to be in period poverty, lacking adequate access to sanitary products. Many of these people rely on donations…
2 years, 10 months ago
Why COP28 probably won't keep the 1.5 degree dream alive
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00:49 What to expect at COP28.
The UN’s annual climate change conference is starting soon in Dubai. This time will be the first time t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Audio long read: Apple revival — how science is bringing historic varieties back to life
Researchers have been resurrecting apple trees to revive forgotten varieties of the fruit. They hope that sequencing these apples' genomes could unco…
2 years, 10 months ago