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This week on the pod: π¦ The debate around Nanotyrannus π A less invasive way to prevent breast cancer
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Meet the βWee-rexβ. Tiny tyrannosaur is its own species
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 05 November 2025
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This week on the pod: π How bowhead whales live so long π An antivenom against a broad range of snakebites
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Bowhead whales can live for more than 200 years β this protein might be why
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 29 October 2025
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This week on the pod: π How hunger, hormones and aggression interact in mouse brains π What generative AI could mean for higher education
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Honey, I ate the kids: how hunger and hormones make mice aggressive
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 22 October 2025
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This week on the pod: π A multi-variant avian flu vaccine that could enhance pandemic preparedness & research highlights and more
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New bird flu vaccine could tackle multiple variants with one shot
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 15 October 2025
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This week on the pod: π₯οΈ The stereotypes hidden in Internet images π« Astronomers name their favourite exoplanet
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How stereotypes shape AI β and what that means for the future of hiring
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 08 October 2025
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It's the 900th episode of the Nature Podcast! π This week: Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
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Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 01 October 2025
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This week on the pod: π¦ How ancient viruses drive modern human development 𧬠How heat can fuel DNA computers
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Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 01 October 2025
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This week on the pod: π§ New insights into tick-borne encephalitis π¬ How might cancelled NIH grants affect the future of US science?
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How a dangerous tick-borne virus sneaks into the brain
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 24 September 2025
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This week on the pod: π©Ί The AI tool that predicts disease risk π₯οΈ Give an AI a task and it may cheat for you
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This AI tool predicts your risk of 1,000 diseases β by looking at your medical records
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 7 September 2025
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This week on the pod: π The ant queen that can produce two different species π How to keep bridges standing
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Two ants, two species, one mother
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 3 September 2025
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This week on the pod: π«π· How the 18th-Century 'Great Fearβ spread across rural France βοΈ The quantum interpretation quiz
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Viral spread: how rumours surged in revolutionary France
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 27 August 2025
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This week on the pod π π‘ Electrochemical fusion π« Microbial taste of chocolate
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Fusion energy gets a boost from cold fusion chemistry
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 18 August 2025
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This week on the pod π βοΈ Sun-powered flyers could explore the mysterious mesosphere π Quantum gravity goes to the lab
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Sun-powered flyers could explore the mysterious mesosphere
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 13 August 2025
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This week on the pod π π¦ Researchers develop a new glue and test it on a rubber duck π¦ The diversity of microbes within living trees
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Underwater glue shows its sticking power in rubber duck test
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 06 August 2025
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3 months ago
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This week on the pod π π The deepest ecosystem ever discovered π¦ How infections could awaken dormant cancer
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Earth's deepest ecosystem discovered six miles below the sea
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 30 July 2025
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This week on the Nature Podcast π π¨ How hot can solid gold get? β’οΈ Researchers warn about the threat of nuclear war
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Giant laser heats solid gold to 14 times its melting point
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 23 July 2025
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This week on the pod: π¨ How hot can solid gold get? β’οΈ Researchers warn about the threat of nuclear war
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Giant laser heats solid gold to 14 times its melting point
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 23 July 2025
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4 months ago
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How can we make scientific literature free of errors? Our new series figures it out π
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AI, bounties and culture change, how scientists are taking on errors
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 21/07/25
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4 months ago
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This week on the pod: π¦ The ancient mega-predator with a βstealth modeβ π€ βLeakyβ mitochondria could be the root cause of sleep π The secret messages used to trick peer-review AI
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βStealth flippersβ helped this extinct mega-predator stalk its prey
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 16 July 2025
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This week on the pod π π¦ The past 35,000 years of disease π³ Using whale poo to study toxic algae in the Arctic
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Ancient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 09 July 2025
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This week on the pod: π Why animals evolve to be imperfect mimics
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3D-printed fake wasps help explain bad animal mimicry
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 2 July 2025
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4 months ago
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This week on the pod π π₯οΈ Is AI-research being co-opted to keep track of people? π The first images from the worldβs largest digital camera
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Is AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 25 June 2025
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5 months ago
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This week on the pod π β¨ The tiny moths that use the stars to navigate π€ How humans expanded their habitats before migrating out of Africa
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Flight simulator for moths reveals they navigate by starlight
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 18 June 2025
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5 months ago
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5 months ago
Latest from the Nature Podcast π Trump wants to put humans on Mars: what scientists think of the plan
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Trump wants to put humans on Mars: what scientists think of the plan
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 06 June 2025
https://go.nature.com/3ZmZ39H
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This week on the pod π 𧬠Ironβs role in mice sex determination π£ The role of small-scale fishers in sustainability
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Male mice can grow female organs β if their mothers lack iron
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 04 June 2025
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5 months ago
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Audio long read π Three ways to cool Earth by pulling carbon from the sky
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Audio long read: Three ways to cool Earth by pulling carbon from the sky
Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature Feature.
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5 months ago
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This week on the pod: π Was a boom in papers driven by AI? π Lenses that give humans infrared vision π Does the Earth's core have a leak?
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AI linked to boom in biomedical papers, infrared contact lenses, and is Earthβs core leaking?
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 28 May 2025
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6 months ago
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This week on the pod π π¦ Treating mosquitoes for malaria 𧬠The genetics that can lead to pregnancy loss
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These malaria drugs treat the mosquitoes β not the people
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 21 May 2025
https://go.nature.com/44OrUqW
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This week on the pod π π An antimatter delivery van takes its first road trip β« The mathematics of a near-miss between black holes
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How to transport antimatter β stick it on the back of a van
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 14 May 2025
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We're examining recent developments at the US NSF, which has seen significant numbers of research grants terminated We also discuss Donald Trumpβs proposed budget for 2026, which calls for disproportionately large cuts to federal science funding
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NSF terminates huge number of grants and stops awarding new ones
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 12 May 2025
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6 months ago
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This week on the pod: π£ How fishing activity altered the migration pattern of Herring π§ How might AI companions affect users' mental health?
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Herring population loses migration 'memory' after heavy fishing
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 07 May 2025
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This week on the pod: π© A brand new colour π· Pig liver transplants π A chunk of lab-grown chicken
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A brand-new colour created by lasers, a pig-liver transplant trial gets the green light, and a nugget-sized chunk of lab-grown meat
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 23 April 2025
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7 months ago
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In our latest episode of What's In A Name - we look at how ideas can be lost in translation when physicists try to name the unknown
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βDark matterβ, 'Big Bang' and βspinβ: how physics terms can confuse researchers
In episode 3 of 'What's in a name' we look at what can be lost in translation when physicists try and name the unknown.
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This week on the pod: π₯ A potato pangenome π The top cited twenty-first century research papers
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What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spud
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 16 April 2025
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This week on the pod: π Complete sequencing of ape genomes βοΈ How to make a competitive laser-plasma accelerator
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Long-awaited ape genomes give new insights into their evolution β and ours
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 09 April 2025
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7 months ago
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7 months ago
Podcast alert! I talked about AIR-BORNE with Nature & with
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From Hippocrates to COVID-19: the scientific fight to prove diseases can be airborne
Carl Zimmer talks to Nature about his book Air-borne.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00960-0?linkId=13859781
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This week on the pod: π€ This pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice π Shingles vaccine linked to reduced dementia risk
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Worldβs tiniest pacemaker could revolutionize heart surgery
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 02 April 2025
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This week on the pod: π¦ Newly discovered molecule shows potent antibiotic activity π« The nuances of humans' biodiversity impacts
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New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 26 March 2025
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This week on the pod: π 2D metals made using a sapphire press π¦ Virology lessons learnt from the COVID pandemic
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Sapphire anvils squeeze metals atomically-thin
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 12 March 2025
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8 months ago
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This week on the pod π π Ancient humans made bone tools 1.5m years ago π¦ Antibacterial molecules hidden in human proteins
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Earliest crafted bone tools date back 1.5 million years
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 5 March 2025
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8 months ago
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This week on the pod: β A 'smart' way to quickly detect cardiac arrest
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If your heart stops, this smartwatch-AI can call for help
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 26 February 2025
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
Could a simple change to how workers are rated eliminate racial discrimination on online platforms? My latest for
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Racist ratings linger in five-star systems β a thumbs up could fix that
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 19 February 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00529-x
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This week on the pod π π A simple switch to reduce racist ratings π An analysis of retraction hotspots
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Racist ratings linger in five-star systems β a thumbs up could fix that
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 19 February 2025
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9 months ago
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This week on the podcast: π An elusive, cosmic neutrino with a record-breaking energy πΊπΈ US judge puts NIH grant cuts on hold
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Record-breaking neutrino detected by huge underwater telescope
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 12 February 2025
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9 months ago
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This week on the podcast π β Mathematic skills learnt in the classroom may not translate to the real world, and vice versa 𦑠Wolverine populations in Sweden and Norway rebound β Unexpected movements in packed
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Kidsβ real-world arithmetic skills donβt transfer to the classroom
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 5 February 2025
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This week on
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: π Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of building blocks of life πͺΈ How seaweed farms could capture carbon π Why chimps follow each other to the bathroom πΎ How maize might have supported a civilization
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Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
Hear the latest science news from the Nature Podcast | 29 January 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00267-0
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This week on the Nature Podcast, we speak to one of the researchers examining samples from the asteroid Bennu about what they found.
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Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
Hear the latest science news from the Nature Podcast | 29 January 2025
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10 months ago
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Hey, it's this weeks
@nature.com
podcast. Finally confirming the availability of dirty martinis on Bennu
youtu.be/zpXQxzSmKLY?...
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Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
YouTube video by Nature Podcast
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Latest from the Nature Podcast π What's the best way to become a professor? The answer depends on where you are
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What's the best way to become a professor? The answer depends on where you are
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 22 January 2025
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