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Nature Podcast

by Springer Nature Limited

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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1
Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game
10:34 Mar 13, 2026
2
This fish shouldn’t exist — the weird genetics of clonal vertebrates
23:22 Mar 11, 2026
3
Briefing chat: What Galileo’s scribbled margin notes reveal about his scientific journey
9:35 Mar 6, 2026
4
Heart surgery with quick-setting magnetic fluid could prevent strokes
18:12 Mar 4, 2026
5
Audio long read: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
18:23 Mar 2, 2026
6
Briefing chat: Pokémon turns 30 — how Pikachu and pals inspired generations of researchers
11:05 Feb 27, 2026
7
How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers
19:35 Feb 25, 2026
8
Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
13:59 Feb 20, 2026
9
This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
21:40 Feb 18, 2026
10
Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
9:52 Feb 13, 2026
11
These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
25:02 Feb 11, 2026
12
Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
11:03 Feb 6, 2026
13
These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
22:05 Feb 4, 2026
14
Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of ageing
10:21 Jan 30, 2026
15
How your brain chemistry rewards hard work
24:02 Jan 28, 2026
16
Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
18:29 Jan 26, 2026
17
Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes
12:03 Jan 23, 2026
18
The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition
26:32 Jan 21, 2026
19
Briefing Chat: Can NASA return rocks from Mars? And why dogs have long ears
10:04 Jan 16, 2026
20
AI can turbocharge scientists' careers — but limit their scope
21:38 Jan 14, 2026
21
A mysterious ancient fingerprint and a lemon-shaped planet — the stories you’ve missed
16:32 Jan 7, 2026
22
Science in 2026: what to expect this year
11:53 Jan 1, 2026
23
Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?
17:54 Dec 29, 2025
24
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
40:09 Dec 24, 2025
25
Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025
20:20 Dec 19, 2025
26
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025
42:16 Dec 17, 2025
27
Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago
22:32 Dec 10, 2025
28
Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
23:06 Dec 3, 2025
29
Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases — fixing them is about to get a lot easier
17:19 Nov 28, 2025
30
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
28:24 Nov 26, 2025
31
Insulin cream offers needle-free option for diabetes
42:05 Nov 19, 2025
32
‘Malicious use is already happening’: machine-learning pioneer on making AI safer
15:06 Nov 14, 2025
33
Huge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last
33:51 Nov 12, 2025
34
Meet the ‘Wee-rex’. Tiny tyrannosaur is its own species
28:48 Nov 5, 2025
35
Bowhead whales can live for more than 200 years – this protein might be why
22:50 Oct 29, 2025
36
Audio long read: How to get the best night’s sleep — what the science says
15:33 Oct 24, 2025
37
Honey, I ate the kids: how hunger and hormones make mice aggressive
34:22 Oct 22, 2025
38
New bird flu vaccine could tackle multiple variants with one shot
22:30 Oct 15, 2025
39
How stereotypes shape AI – and what that means for the future of hiring
35:31 Oct 8, 2025
40
Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
33:43 Oct 1, 2025
41
Audio long read: Autism is on the rise — what’s really behind the increase?
25:36 Sep 26, 2025
42
How a dangerous tick-borne virus sneaks into the brain
32:42 Sep 24, 2025
43
Apocalypse then: how cataclysms shaped human societies
27:39 Sep 19, 2025
44
This AI tool predicts your risk of 1,000 diseases — by looking at your medical records
35:31 Sep 17, 2025
45
Detecting gravitational waves
10:21 Sep 12, 2025
46
Feeling the heat: fossil-fuel producers linked to dozens of heatwaves
36:39 Sep 10, 2025
47
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
52:13 Sep 8, 2025
48
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
10:57 Sep 5, 2025
49
Two ants, two species, one mother
27:06 Sep 3, 2025
50
Audio long read: How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even AI
19:57 Aug 29, 2025
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