The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. For complete access to the original papers featured in the Nature Podcast, subscribe to Nature.
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Nature Podcast: 17 July 2014
17 July: This week, the protein behind a wasting disorder affecting cancer patients, squeezing diamond to learn about the insides of giant planets, and an exhibition charts the quest to measure longitude on the high seas.
Nature Podcast: 10 July 2014
10 July: This week, the STAP papers are retracted, a potential vaccine for fungus-afflicted frogs, and high-res displays for wearable technology.
Nature Podcast Extra: Entertaining science
Hollywood film and television producers often call upon scientific advisors to bring credibility to the screen. But what draws these scientists from the lab bench to a film set?
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from June, Emancipation, by Joao Ramalho-Santos.
Nature Podcast: 03 July 2014
03 July: This week, a new Archaeopteryx skeleton wears feather trousers, a way to predict teenage binge drinkers and how the First World War liberated women in science, but not for long.
Nature Podcast: 26 June 2014
26 June: This week, checking up on nuclear weapons, scientists mixing research and romance, and a new solar cell technology.
Nature Podcast: 19 June 2014
19 June: This week, a scientist’s fight to outlaw unproven stem cell treatments, a cold look at Big G, and the genetics behind diabetes in Greenland.
Nature Podcast: 12 June 2014
12 June: This week, the relationship between science and art, the 'magic' powering quantum computers, and the genome of the fragrant eucalyptus.
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Michael Stacey reads you his favourite from May, Variations, by William Meikle.
Nature Podcast: 5 June 2014
5 June: This week, the mechanisms of memory, how malnutrition affects gut bacteria, and China flattens mountains to build cities.