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Researcher careers under the microscope: salary satisfaction and COVID impacts
The Nature salary and satisfaction survey reveals researchers' outlook, and NASA’s test of planetary defences.
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00:45 Salary and satis…
4 years, 10 months ago
Sea squirts teach new lessons in evolution
Spineless sea squirts shed light on vertebrate evolution, and an iodine-fuelled engine powering a satellite in space.
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00:45 A story of…
4 years, 10 months ago
Coronapod: new hope from COVID antiviral drugs
Two new anti-viral pills have been shown to be safe and effective against COVID in clinical trials, according to recent press releases. The drugs, mo…
4 years, 10 months ago
The past and future of the Earth's climate
Reassessing 24,000 years of global temperatures, and on the ground at COP26.
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01:21 Reassessing Earth’s climate over the past 24,000 ye…
4 years, 10 months ago
Audio long-read: How dangerous is Africa’s explosive Lake Kivu?
Lake Kivu, nestled between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, is a geological anomaly that holds 300 cubic kilometres of dissolved carb…
4 years, 10 months ago
Podcast special: onboard the climate train to COP26
Last weekend, hundreds of young people boarded a specially chartered train in Amsterdam to travel to Glasgow ahead of the United Nations COP26 climat…
4 years, 11 months ago
China’s COVID vaccines have been crucial — now immunity is waning
More that 3 billions doses of China's CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines have been administered across the globe, playing an especially important role …
4 years, 11 months ago
Genomics unwraps mystery of the Tarim mummies
The unexpected origins of a 4000-year-old people, protecting your ‘digital presence’ and what to expect from COP26.
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00:48 The origins …
4 years, 11 months ago
Coronapod: can scientists harness COVID super-immunity?
People that have recovered from COVID are seeing stronger immune responses after vaccination than those that never contracted the virus. Researchers …
4 years, 11 months ago
Viking presence in the Americas pinpointed by ancient solar storm
An ancient solar storm helps pinpoint when Vikings lived in the Americas, and using magnets to deftly move non-magnetic metals.
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4 years, 11 months ago