Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025
Nature: Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable scienceIn this episode:1:58 Evidence of ancient brine on an asteroidSamples taken from the asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ...
19 Dec 202520min
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025
00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of scienceNature put a call out for readers to tell us about memorable presents that first got them interested in science, or mementos of their life in research. Th...
17 Dec 202542min
Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago
00:46 Evidence of the earliest fire Baked soil, ancient tools, and materials that could be used to start fires show that Neanderthals were making fire in the UK 400,000 years ago — the earliest eviden...
10 Dec 202522min
Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
00:46 How satellite mega-constellations could ruin space-based astronomyThe ability of space-based telescopes to image the distant Universe could be in peril, according to new research investigating t...
3 Dec 202523min
Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases — fixing them is about to get a lot easier
CRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside mitochondria. Researchers are eager to access and edit this DNA to underst...
28 Nov 202517min
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
00:46 Martian ‘micro-lightning’The sounds of ‘micro-lightning’ have been recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover, ending a long search for the phenomenon on Mars. A lack of suitable equipment has made i...
26 Nov 202528min
Insulin cream offers needle-free option for diabetes
00:45 A molecule that delivers insulin through the skinResearchers have developed a skin-permeable polymer that can deliver insulin into the body, which they say could one day offer an alternative to ...
19 Nov 202542min
‘Malicious use is already happening’: machine-learning pioneer on making AI safer
Yoshua Bengio, considered by many to be one of the godfathers of AI, has long been at the forefront of machine-learning research . However, his opinions on the technology have shifted in recent years ...
14 Nov 202515min
