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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:... | |
2024-12-27 |
Audio long read: How a silly science prize changed my career Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting examples of weird research that he included in the Journal of Irreproducible Results. The aim of these satirical awards is to honour achievements that “make people laugh, then... |
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2024-12-25 | 00:36 How melting ice is affecting global timekeepingNature Podcast: 27 March 2024Research article:Â Agnew09:19Â Sex and gender discussions don't need to be toxicPodcast extra:Â 01 May 2024Collection:Â Sex and gender in science18:10 Research HighlightsRese... | |
2024-12-20 | 02:54 The death star moon and a win for the little guysThe shifting orbit of one of Saturn’s moons indicates that the satellite has a subsurface ocean, contradicting theories that its interior is entirely solid. The finding calls for a fresh take on wh... | |
2024-12-18 | 01:11 “Ozempic you’re able”In the first of our annual festive songs celebrating the science of the past year, we pay homage to Ozempic, or Semaglutide, that's able to tackle obesity, diabetes and potentially a whole lot more.05:20 A very scientific qui... | |
2024-12-16 | Categorizing things is central to science. And there are dozens of systems scientists have created to name everything from the trenches on the sea bed to the stars in the sky.But names have consequences — unintended or otherwise. In our new series What... | |
2024-12-11 |
Targeted mRNA therapy tackles deadly pregnancy condition in mice 00:45 A potential treatment for pre-eclampsiaResearchers have shown in mice experiments that an mRNA-based therapy can reverse the underlying causes of pre-eclampsia, a deadly complication of pregnancy for which treatment options are limited. Inspired ... |
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2024-12-09 |
Will humans ever speak wolf? A scientist unravels the complexities of animal chatter Zoologist Arik Kershenbaum has spent his career studying animals and how they communicate in the wild. In his book Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication, Arik takes a deep dive into the various forms of communication, from wolf howl... |