Coronapod: The rise of RNA vaccines
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Elie Dolgin discuss RNA vaccines.In this episode: 01:16 How RNA vaccines came to prominenceIn less than a year, two RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were designed, teste...
14 Jan 202119min
The mysterious extinction of the dire wolf
DNA clues point to how dire wolves went extinct, and a round-up of the main impacts of Brexit on science.In this episode:00:45 Dire wolf DNADire wolves were huge predators that commonly roamed across ...
13 Jan 202132min
Audio long-read: Controlling COVID with science - Iceland's story
Lessons from Iceland, which utilised huge scientific resources to contain COVID-19.When COVID reached the shores of Iceland back in March, the diminutive island brought it to heel with science. Here’s...
30 Des 202020min
Our podcast highlights of 2020
The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.In this episode:00:32 Following the Viking footprint across EuropeIn September, we heard about the researchers ma...
23 Des 202048min
Coronapod: The big COVID research papers of 2020
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker and Traci Watson discuss some of 2020's most significant coronavirus research papers.In the final Coronapod of 2020, we dive into the scientific literature to reflect on ...
17 Des 202025min
Could you prevent a pandemic? A very 2020 video game
A video game provides players with insights into pandemic responses, and our annual festive fun.In this episode:01:02 Balancing responses in a video game pandemicIn the strategy video-game Plague Inc:...
16 Des 202036min
Don’t think too deeply about the origin of life – it may have started in puddles
How water chemistry is shifting researchers' thoughts on where life might have arisen, and a new model to tackle climate change equitably and economically.In this episode:00:46 A shallow start to life...
9 Des 202038min
Norway's prime minister reveals plans to protect the world's oceans
Erna Solberg on fisheries, fossil fuels and the future of the oceans.This week, world leaders are announcing a series of pledges to protect and sustainably use the world’s oceans. The pledges form the...
3 Des 202015min
