Podcast Episodes

Long Read Podcast: How to save coral reefs as the world warms

Research groups around the world are exploring new ways of protecting coral reefs from climate change.

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6 years, 9 months ago

12 December 2019: Social priming, and acoustic science

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6 years, 9 months ago

05 December 2019: Genomic sequencing and the source of solar winds

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6 years, 10 months ago

Nature Pastcast, November 1869: The first issue of Nature

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key mo…

6 years, 10 months ago

28 November 2019: Nature’s 2019 PhD survey, and older women in sci-fi novels

This week, delving into the results of the latest graduate student survey, and assessing ageism in science fiction literature.

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6 years, 10 months ago

21 November 2019: A new antibiotic from nematode guts, grant funding ‘lotteries’, and butterfly genomes

This week, an antibiotic that targets hard-to-treat bacteria, and a roundup of the latest science news.

In this episode:

00:49 Discovering darobactin

Re…

6 years, 10 months ago

14 November 2019: A rapid, multi-material 3D printer, and a bacterium’s role in alcoholic hepatitis

This week, a new 3D printer allows quick shifting between many materials, and understanding the link between gut microbes and liver disease.

00:46 A n…

6 years, 10 months ago

Backchat: Nature's 150th anniversary

This week marks 150 years since the first issue of Nature was published, on 4 November 1869. In this anniversary edition of Backchat, the panel take …

6 years, 10 months ago

07 November 2019: The fossil of an upright ape, science in 150 years, and immunization progress around the world

This week, insights into the evolution of walking upright, how science needs to change in the next 150 years, and the unfinished agenda for vaccines.…

6 years, 10 months ago

Nature Pastcast, October 1993: Carl Sagan uses Galileo to search for signs of life

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key mo…

6 years, 11 months ago