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04 July 2019: Machine learning in materials science, and sand’s sustainability
This week, using an algorithm to find properties in materials science, and the global consequences of sand-mining. In this episode: 00:47 Predicting properties A word-association algorithm is reading millions of abstracts to discover new properties...
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast, June 1876
This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key moments in the history of science.
27 June 2019: Callused feet, and protein-based archaeology
This week, how wearing shoes might affect foot sensitivity, and uncovering history with ancient proteins.
20 June 2019: Non-native species, and a blood-inspired robot battery
This week, what makes birds invasive and a robotic fish powered by a blood-like battery.
13 June 2019: Mighty magnets, and aerosols in the atmosphere
This week, a record-breaking magnetic field, and aerosols’ potential effects on the atmosphere.
06 June 2019: Microbes modifying medicine and kickstarting plate tectonics
This week, how gut microbes might be affecting drugs, and a new theory on the beginning of plate tectonics. In this episode: 00:45 Microbes metabolising drugs Researchers are investigating whether the gut microbiota can alter the activity of medici...
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast May 1983
This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key moments in the history of science. The discovery of the ozone hole in the mid-1980s was a shock. Scient...
30 May 2019: Cold fusion, gender parity in universities, and studying wildfires
This week, looking back at cold fusion, a ranking of gender balance in universities, and measuring the impact of wildfires.
23 May 2019: Pre-industrial plankton populations, European science, and ancient fungi.
This week, how climate change has affected plankton, the future of European science, and evidence of an ancient fungus.
16 May 2019: Recoding genomes, and material from the Moon's far side
This week, rewriting the script of life, and a trip to the far side of the Moon.