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Gaia Vince on how climate change will shape where people live
In the second episode of Nature hits the books, science writer and broadcaster Gaia Vince joins us to talk about her new book Nomad Century, which lo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Mysterious fluid from ant pupae helps feed colony
00:45 Inert ant pupae produce a previously unobserved fluid
Ant larvae metamorphose into adults by pupating. It was assumed that these inert pupae don…
3 years, 10 months ago
Audio long read: Science and the World Cup — how big data is transforming football
Big data is playing an increasingly important role in football, with technologies capturing huge amounts of information about players' positions and …
3 years, 10 months ago
The satellite-free alternative to GPS
00:45 Precision positioning without satellites
Satellite navigation has revolutionized how humans find their way. However, these systems often struggl…
3 years, 10 months ago
How a key Alzheimer's gene wreaks havoc in the brain
00:46 Artemis 1 is go!
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission has successfully reached Earth orbit. After weeks of delays and issues, and a nail biting launch, the …
3 years, 10 months ago
Audio long read: She was convicted of killing her four children. Could a gene mutation set her free?
Kathleen Folbigg has spent nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing her four children. But in 2018, a group of scientists began gat…
3 years, 10 months ago
Molecular cages sift 'heavy' water from near-identical H2O
00:49 Separating heavy water with molecular cages
Heavy water is molecule very similar to H2O but with deuterium isotopes in the place of hydrogen ato…
3 years, 10 months ago
Audio long read: The controversial embryo tests that promise a better baby
Companies are offering genetic tests of embryos generated by in vitro fertilization that they say allow prospective parents to choose those with the …
3 years, 11 months ago
Flies can move their rigid, omnidirectional eyes – a little
00:46 How flies can move their eyes (a little)
It's long been assumed flies’ eyes don’t move, and so to alter their gaze they need to move their heads…
3 years, 11 months ago
Racism in Health: the harms of biased medicine
When COVID-19 hit it didn't kill indiscriminately. In the US, being Black, Hispanic, or Native American meant you had a much greater risk of death th…
3 years, 11 months ago