Podcast Episodes

Podcast Extra - A Beautiful Question

Is our universe beautiful? Do the fundamental laws that describe nature appeal to our aesthetic tastes? In this Podcast Extra, Frank Wilczek – theo…

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Nature Podcast: 9 July 2015

This week, the geologists on quake alert, stopping HIV in its tracks, and a volcano that wreaked havoc on the climate 1500 years ago.

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Nature Podcast: 2 July 2015

This week, lizards change sex in the heat, a complex eye in a single celled creature, and teaching robots to be ethical

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Nature Extra: Futures June 2015

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from June, Heart worm, by J. J. Roth

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Nature Podcast: 24 June 2015

This week, Antarctica’s surprising biodiversity, trends in heatwaves and coldsnaps, and a new way to diagnose cancer early

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11 years, 3 months ago

Nature Extra: Backchat June 2015

Three of Nature’s biggest paleontology fans sink their teeth into Jurassic World, which premiered this month. The team also discuss the importance of…

11 years, 3 months ago

Nature Podcast: 18 June 2015

This week, positive memories help fight depression, plant intelligence and measuring the mass of exoplanets

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11 years, 3 months ago

Nature Podcast: 11 June 2015

This week, the US military’s biology arm, a clutch of Bronze Age genomes, and protection from a deadly disease in a community in Papua New Guinea

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11 years, 3 months ago

Nature Podcast: 4 June 2015

This week, how the immune system deals with the brain, the latest in gene editing, and the mystery of Greenland’s disappearing lakes.

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Nature Extra: Backchat May 2015

Robots that can recover from injury by themselves, naughty scientists faking or baking their data, and the weirdest places to look for much-needed ne…

11 years, 4 months ago