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Our podcast highlights of 2021
The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.
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4 years, 9 months ago
The Nature Podcast annual holiday spectacular
Games, seasonal science songs, and Nature’s 10.
01:12 "Oh powered flight"
In the first of our festive songs, We pay tribute to NASA's Ingenuity craft -…
4 years, 9 months ago
Coronapod: Omicron - your questions answered
Several weeks after the Omicron variant was first identified, it has quickly spread across the world. Early data are showing clear signals that the l…
4 years, 9 months ago
Pluto's strange ice patterns explained by new theory
An explanation for giant ice structures on Pluto, and dismantling the mestizo myth in Latin American genetics.
In this episode:
00:46 The frozen root o…
4 years, 9 months ago
Coronapod: vaccines and long COVID, how protected are you?
Vaccines significantly reduce the risk of developing COVID-19, but scientists are now asking what effect the vaccines might have on long COVID. Long …
4 years, 9 months ago
How 'megastudies' are changing behavioural science
Speeding up comparisons of behavioural interventions, and what to expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
In this episode:
00:45 Identifying effect…
4 years, 9 months ago
Coronapod: How has COVID impacted mental health?
Studying mental health in populations is not a simple task, but as the pandemic has continued, mounting concerns have mobilised researchers.
Now, rese…
4 years, 10 months ago
What’s the best diet for people and the planet?
Designing a nutritious and planet-friendly diet, and an AI that guides mathematicians.
In this episode:
00:46 Designing a healthy diet for the planet
Re…
4 years, 10 months ago
Audio long-read: The chase for fusion energy
A host of private companies are promising commercial fusion reactors in the next decade.
After decades of promise, it finally seems that nuclear fusio…
4 years, 10 months ago
Coronapod: everything we know about the new COVID variant
In a quickly developing story a new variant, first detected in Botswana, is triggering rapid action among researchers. The variant - currently named …
4 years, 10 months ago