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The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
00:40 What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spud
Researchers have created a ‘pangenome’ containing the genomes of multiple potato ty…
9 months ago
Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025
Nature: Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science
In this episode:
1:58 Evidence of ancient brine on an asteroid
Samples taken from …
9 months, 1 week ago
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025
00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of science
Nature put a call out for readers to tell us about memorable presents that first got them interested in…
9 months, 1 week ago
Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago
00:46 Evidence of the earliest fire
Baked soil, ancient tools, and materials that could be used to start fires show that Neanderthals were making fir…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
00:46 How satellite mega-constellations could ruin space-based astronomy
The ability of space-based telescopes to image the distant Universe could be …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases — fixing them is about to get a lot easier
CRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside mitochondria. Researche…
10 months ago
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
00:46 Martian ‘micro-lightning’
The sounds of ‘micro-lightning’ have been recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover, ending a long search for the phenomen…
10 months ago
Insulin cream offers needle-free option for diabetes
00:45 A molecule that delivers insulin through the skin
Researchers have developed a skin-permeable polymer that can deliver insulin into the body, wh…
10 months, 1 week ago
‘Malicious use is already happening’: machine-learning pioneer on making AI safer
Yoshua Bengio, considered by many to be one of the godfathers of AI, has long been at the forefront of machine-learning research . However, his opini…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Huge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last
00:45 A coronal mass ejection from a distant star
Researchers have detected what they say is the strongest evidence yet of a coronal mass ejection (CM…
10 months, 2 weeks ago