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 the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 1 hour 13 minutes
Nature Podcast: 19 March 2015
19 March: This week, bright light’s protective effect on the developing eyeball, early photography’s impact on science and the British genome unveiled.
Audiofile: Music and the making of science
Is music simply a pleasant accompaniment to thought, or a driving force behind it?
Nature Podcast: 12 March 2015
12 March: This week, how English became the dominant language of science, carbon capture gets a boost and how to define the Anthropocene.
Nature Podcast: 5 March 2015
05 March: This week, the human family tree gets even more tangled, should universities stop investing in fossil fuels, and Ebola’s impact on mothers-to-be.
Nature Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you his favourite from February, Good for something by Deborah Walker.
Nature Extra: Backchat
An 'intelligent' computer that can learn to play arcade games, the power of text mining, and what ancient DNA can tell us about ancient languages.
Nature Podcast: 26 February 2015
26 February: This week, preparing to meet Pluto, food additives with health risks, and measuring pain in the brain - is it ready for the courtroom?
Nature Podcast: 19 February 2015
19 February: This week, the value of museum collections, how increasing winds could cause coastal dead-zones, and redefining sex.
Nature Podcast: 12 February 2015
12 February: This week, sequencing the genomes of Darwin’s finches, financial trading nears light speed, and an ancient book of optics.
Audiofile: Health under the flight path
The sound of an aeroplane means many things. But increasingly, researchers think it may also have more sinister effects. In this episode of Audiofile, Nature’s sound science series: find out what plane noise could mean for the health of those who have...