Nature Podcast
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science. The Nature Podcast is a free weekly audio show featuring highlighted content from the week's edition of Nature including interviews with the people behind the science, and in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering science around the world.For complete access to the original papers featured in the Nature Podcast, subscribe to Nature.
- Website
- http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast
- Description
- The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to neuroscience, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and providing in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-07-26 17:28
- last episode published
- 2024-07-26 13:50
- publication frequency
- 4.68 days
- Contributors
- Nature Publishing Group
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 809
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- Categories
- News Technology Natural Sciences Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2024-07-26 |
Audio long read: Hope, despair and CRISPR — the race to save one woman’s life In India, a group of researchers raced to develop a CRISPR-based genome editing therapy to save the life of a young woman with a rare neurodegenerative disease. Despite a valiant effort, the pace of research was ultimately too slow to save her life. Wh... |
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| 2024-07-24 |
Rapid sepsis test identifies bacteria that spark life-threatening infection 00:48 A rapid way to identify serious bacterial infectionsA newly-developed method that can rapidly identify the type of bacteria causing a blood-infection, and the correct antibiotics to treat it, could save clinicians time, and patient lives. Blood i... |
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| 2024-07-17 | 01:04 A gel to safely transport proteinsA gel that encases proteins could be a new way to safely transport medicines without requiring them to be kept cold, according to new research. To test it, the team behind the work posted themselves a protein sus... | |
| 2024-07-10 |
Breastfeeding should break down mothers' bones — here's why it doesn't 00:45 In situ editing of the gut microbiomeResearchers have developed a method to directly edit the genes of specific bacteria in the guts of live mice, something that has previously been difficult to accomplish due to the complexity of this environmen... |
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| 2024-07-03 |
These frog 'saunas’ could help endangered species fight off a deadly fungus 00:47 Searching for dark matter in black holesResearchers have been scanning the skies looking for black holes that formed at the very beginning of the Universe — one place where elusive and mysterious dark matter is thought to be located. If these bla... |
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| 2024-06-28 |
Audio long read: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026 In 2026, NASA aims to send humans back to the Moon's surface, as part of the Artemis III mission. In preparation, astronauts have been performing moonwalking simulations to ensure that they are able to make the most of their precious time on the lunar ... |
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| 2024-06-26 | 00:31 How open are ‘open source’ AI systems?Many of the large language models powering AI systems are described as ‘open source’ but critics say this is a misnomer, with restricted access to code and training data preventing researchers from probing ho... | |
| 2024-06-19 |
How do fish know where a sound comes from? Scientists have an answer 00:46 How light touches are sensed during sex150 years after they were discovered, researchers have identified how specific nerve-cell structures on the penis and clitoris are activated. While these structures, called Krause corpuscles, are similar to ... |
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| 2024-06-12 |
Hybrid working works: huge study reveals no drop in productivity 00:48 Short-haul spaceflight's effect on the human body.A comprehensive suite of biomedical data, collected during the first all-civilian spaceflight, is helping researchers unpick the effects that being in orbit has on the human body. Analysis of data... |
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| 2024-06-05 |
Twitter suspended 70,000 accounts after the Capitol riots and it curbed misinformation In this episode:00:46 Making a molecular Bose-Einstein condensateFor the first time, researchers have coaxed molecules into a bizarre form of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate, in which they all act in a single gigantic quantum state. While cond... |