Nature Podcast

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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.

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Apr 24, 2015 · 29 min
Audiofile: Real life Dr Dolittles
Will we ever be able to talk to animals? In this episode, Geoff Marsh meets a variety of researchers and animals who persevere at the communication barrier in the name of science.
Apr 22, 2015 · 24 min
Nature Podcast: 23 April 2015
This week, a new treatment for Ebola, the making of the Tibetan plateau, and could bees be addicted to pesticides?
Apr 21, 2015 · 22 min
Nature: Backchat April 2015
The periodic table’s fuzzy edges, the nuances of reporting on animal research, and Richard gets charged up about some overhyped coverage of a new battery.
Apr 15, 2015 · 30 min
Nature Podcast: 16 April 2015
This week, how oxytocin affects the brain, self- experimentation in science, and the wedding rings that went to Hubble.
Apr 8, 2015 · 29 min
Nature Podcast: 9 April 2015
This week, the Moon and her sister, the Sun and its personality, and the latest wonder material to hit the big-time.
Apr 1, 2015 · 28 min
Nature Podcast: 2 April 2015
This week, improving walking, pushing the boundary between quantum and classical, and the need for more social science on climate change.
Mar 25, 2015 · 28 min
Nature Podcast: 26 March 2015
This week, the role of black holes in growing galaxies, Dragon’s Den for scientists, and ice inside our bodies.
Mar 25, 2015 · 21 min
Nature Extra: Backchat
Where will NASA’s next planetary mission go? Plus, a gene editing technique comes under fire, and the American editors’ biggest language gripes.
Feb 27, 2015 · 5 min
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.
Jan 30, 2015 · 5 min
Nature Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from January, The Descent of Man, by Christoph Weber.
Oct 14, 2014 · 21 min
Nature Extra: Backchat
What do Nature’s reporters really think about the science they cover? Find out in Backchat. In this episode, Nobel Prize excitement (and frustrations), and the world’s oldest cave art.
Sep 29, 2014 · 4 min
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Nature Extra: Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from September, The tiger waiting on the shore, by Paul Currion.
Aug 1, 2014 · 4 min
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Lizzie Gibney reads you her favourite from July, Benjy's Birthday, by John Grant.
Apr 1, 2014 · 4 min
Nature Podcast Extra: Futures
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen.

Nature Podcast

Audiofile: Real life Dr Dolittles

Nature Podcast: 23 April 2015

Nature: Backchat April 2015

Nature Podcast: 16 April 2015

Nature Podcast: 9 April 2015

Nature Podcast: 2 April 2015

Nature Podcast: 26 March 2015

Nature Extra: Backchat

Nature Extra: Futures

Nature Extra: Futures

Nature Extra: Backchat

Nature Podcast Extra: Futures

Nature Podcast Extra: Futures

Nature Podcast Extra: Futures