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Coronapod: The rise of RNA vaccines
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Elie Dolgin discuss RNA vaccines.
In this episode:
01:16 How RNA vaccines came to prominence
In less than a year, two…
5 years, 8 months ago
The mysterious extinction of the dire wolf
DNA clues point to how dire wolves went extinct, and a round-up of the main impacts of Brexit on science.
In this episode:
00:45 Dire wolf DNA
Dire wolv…
5 years, 8 months ago
Audio long-read: Controlling COVID with science - Iceland's story
Lessons from Iceland, which utilised huge scientific resources to contain COVID-19.
When COVID reached the shores of Iceland back in March, the diminu…
5 years, 9 months ago
Our podcast highlights of 2020
The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.
In this episode:
00:32 Following the Viking footprint across Eu…
5 years, 9 months ago
Coronapod: The big COVID research papers of 2020
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Traci Watson discuss some of 2020's most significant coronavirus research papers.
In the final Coronapod of 2020, we…
5 years, 9 months ago
Could you prevent a pandemic? A very 2020 video game
A video game provides players with insights into pandemic responses, and our annual festive fun.
In this episode:
01:02 Balancing responses in a video …
5 years, 9 months ago
Don’t think too deeply about the origin of life – it may have started in puddles
How water chemistry is shifting researchers' thoughts on where life might have arisen, and a new model to tackle climate change equitably and economi…
5 years, 9 months ago
Norway's prime minister reveals plans to protect the world's oceans
Erna Solberg on fisheries, fossil fuels and the future of the oceans.
This week, world leaders are announcing a series of pledges to protect and susta…
5 years, 10 months ago
Cellular ageing: turning back the clock restores vision in mice
A trio of genes may be key to making cells young again, and ultra precise measurement of a fundamental physics constant.
In this episode:
00:47 Reversi…
5 years, 10 months ago
Neutrinos give insights into the workings of the Sun’s core
Scientists have finally confirmed the existence of a CNO cycle fusion reaction in the Sun, and why women’s contraception research needs a reboot.
In t…
5 years, 10 months ago