Nature Podcast

This week, CERN for the brain, modelling the effects of a climate tax on food, a brain-spine interface helps paralysed monkeys walk, and what Trump's win might mean for science. Hosted on Acast. See a...

9 Nov 201631min

This week, the earliest humans to roam Australia, Werner Herzog’s new film about volcanoes, and are astronomers turning a blind eye to competing theories? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

2 Nov 201628min

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from October, ’The sixth circle' by J. W. Armstrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

31 Okt 20168min

This week, the challenges facing young scientists, pseudo-pseudo genes, and the history of HIV in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Okt 201631min

Europe’s Mars probe loses touch, UK government proposes research funding shake-up, and science’s most bothersome buzzwords. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Okt 201622min

This week, making egg cells in a dish, super-bright flares in nearby galaxies, trying to predict the election, and the scientists voting for Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

19 Okt 201628min

In the early 1990s, a team of astrophysicists saw signs of life on a planet in our galaxy. Astronomy experts tell the story, and discuss how we can tell if there is life beyond the Earth. Originally a...

14 Okt 201613min

This week, refugee mental health, better neural nets, and changing attitudes to female genital cutting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Okt 201629min