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
- 2025-02-19 21:59
- last episode published
- 2025-02-19 16:00
- publication frequency
- 4.67 days
- Contributors
- Nature Publishing Group
- Owner Author
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- Number of Episodes
- 856
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- News Technology Natural Sciences Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2025-02-19 |
Racist ratings linger in five-star systems — a thumbs up could fix that 01:14 A simple switch to reduce racist ratingsA study of almost 70,000 ratings showed that racial discrimination could be eliminated from an online platform by switching from a five-star rating system to a thumbs up or down. The platform connected cust... |
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| 2025-02-12 |
Record-breaking neutrino detected by huge underwater telescope In this episode:00:45 An elusive, cosmic neutrino with a record-breaking energyAn enormous array of detectors, deep under the Mediterranean Sea, has captured evidence of the highest-energy neutrino particle ever recorded, although researchers aren’t su... |
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| 2025-02-07 |
From viral variants to devastating storms, how names shape the public's reaction to science In episode 2 of 'What's in a name' we look how choosing names can help, or hinder, attempts to communicate important messages.Categorizing things is central to science. And there are dozens of systems scientists have created to name everything from the... |
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| 2025-02-05 |
Kids' real-world arithmetic skills don't transfer to the classroom In this episode:00:45 How arithmetic skills don’t transfer between applied and academic environmentsMathematics skills learnt in real-world situations may not translate to the classroom and vice versa, according to a new study. A team surveyed children... |
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| 2025-01-31 |
The AI revolution is running out of data. What can researchers do? The explosive improvement in artificial intelligence (AI) technology has largely been driven by making neural networks bigger and training them on more data. But experts suggest that the developers of these systems may soon run out of data to train the... |
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| 2025-01-29 | In this episode:00:46 Evidence of ancient brine reveals Bennu’s watery pastAnalysis of samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of organic compounds important for life, and that its parent asteroid likely contained salty, subsurface wa... | |
| 2025-01-22 |
What's the best way to become a professor? The answer depends on where you are 00:56 How the paths to professorship varyA huge analysis of hiring practices has revealed that criteria to get a promotion to full professorship is hugely variable around the world. The authors suggest that this variability results in researchers from ... |
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| 2025-01-15 | 00:46 Designing new antivenoms to treat snakebitesResearchers have shown that machine learning can quickly design antivenoms that are effective against lethal snake-toxins, which they hope will help tackle a serious public health issue. Thousands of pe... | |
| 2025-01-08 |
A new-year round-up of the science stories you may have missed In this episode of the Nature Podcast, we catch up on some science stories from the holiday period by diving into the Nature Briefing.00:53 The retraction of a controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatmentA much-critiqued study demonstrati... |
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| 2025-01-01 | In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2025. We’ll hear about: the latest Moon missions, 30 years of the United Nations' COP climate summits, the return of Donald Trump, and more.Nature:... |