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Nature Podcast

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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 <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI

This is an audio version of our Feature: [‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwo... more

Yesterday

18 MINS

18:29

Yesterday

#858

Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes

In this episode: 00:24 How babies share their gut microbes ------------------------------... more

23 Jan 2026

12 MINS

12:03

23 Jan 2026

#857

The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition

00:46 Protein-sized superposition surpasses previous experiments -------------------------... more

21 Jan 2026

26 MINS

26:32

21 Jan 2026

#856

Briefing Chat: Can NASA return rocks from Mars? And why dogs have long ears

In this episode: 00:40 The rock samples destined to remain on Mars ----------------------... more

16 Jan 2026

10 MINS

10:04

16 Jan 2026

#855

AI can turbocharge scientists' careers — but limit their scope

In this episode: 00:47 AI can boost research productivity — at what cost? ---------------... more

14 Jan 2026

21 MINS

21:38

14 Jan 2026

#854

A mysterious ancient fingerprint and a lemon-shaped planet — the stories you’ve missed

00:54 Turning an undersea cable into a seismic detector ----------------------------------... more

07 Jan 2026

16 MINS

16:32

07 Jan 2026

#853

Science in 2026: what to expect this year

In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to l... more

01 Jan 2026

11 MINS

11:53

01 Jan 2026

#852

Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?

Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing ad... more

29 Dec 2025

17 MINS

17:54

29 Dec 2025

#851

The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025

00:40What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spud ------------------------... more

24 Dec 2025

40 MINS

40:09

24 Dec 2025

#850

Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025

Nature: [Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science] (https://www.natur... more

19 Dec 2025

20 MINS

20:20

19 Dec 2025

#849

The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025

00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of science -------------------------------------------... more

17 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:16

17 Dec 2025

#848

Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago

00:46Evidenceof theearliest fire -------------------------------- Baked soil, ancient too... more

10 Dec 2025

22 MINS

22:32

10 Dec 2025

#847

Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes

00:46 How satellite mega-constellations could ruin space-based astronomy -----------------... more

03 Dec 2025

23 MINS

23:06

03 Dec 2025

#846

Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases — fixing them is about to get a lot easie...

CRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to... more

28 Nov 2025

17 MINS

17:19

28 Nov 2025

#845

This is what lightning on Mars sounds like

00:46 Martian ‘micro-lightning’ ------------------------------- The sounds of ‘micro-ligh... more

26 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:24

26 Nov 2025

#844

Insulin cream offers needle-free option for diabetes

00:45 A molecule that delivers insulin through the skin ----------------------------------... more

19 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:05

19 Nov 2025

#843

‘Malicious use is already happening’: machine-learning pioneer on making AI safer

Yoshua Bengio, considered by many to beone of the godfathers of AI,has longbeen at the for... more

14 Nov 2025

15 MINS

15:06

14 Nov 2025

#842

Huge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last

00:45 A coronal mass ejection from a distant star ----------------------------------------... more

12 Nov 2025

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