Audio long read: What scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries introduced strict lockdowns to help...
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A trove of ancient fish fossils helps trace the origin of jaws
In this episode: 00:45 Piecing together the early history of jawed vertebrates A wealth of...
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Huge dataset shows 80% of US professors come from just 20% of institutions
00:46 Inequalities in US faculty hiringIn the US, where a person gained their PhD can have an...
20:55
Complex synthetic cells bring scientists closer to artificial cellular life
00:46 Synthetic cells made from bacterial bitsFor years researchers have been interested in...
21:15
Missing foot reveals world’s oldest amputation
00:46 Evidence of ancient surgeryA skeleton with an amputated foot discovered in Borneo has been...
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Audio long read: Hybrid brains – the ethics of transplanting human neurons into animals
The development of brain chimaeras – made up of human and animal neurons – is an area of research...
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How to make water that's full of holes
In this episode: 00:45 How adding pores helps water carry gasAlthough water is an excellent...
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Do protons have intrinsic charm? New evidence suggests yes
00:47 Evidence of a proton’s charmFor decades, scientists have debated whether protons have...
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Nature's Take: what's next for the preprint revolution
In this first episode of Nature's Take, we get four of Nature's staff around microphones to get...
24:33
Why low temperatures could help starve tumours of fuel
Cold exposure in mice activates brown fat to deny tumours glucose, and the future of extreme...
21:56
Massive Facebook study reveals a key to social mobility
00:47 The economic benefits of social connectionsBy looking at data gathered from billions of...
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Coronapod: the open-science plan to unseat big Pharma and tackle vaccine inequity
Inequity has been a central feature of the COVID19 pandemic. From health outcomes to access to...
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How humans adapted to digest lactose — after thousands of years of milk drinking
00:45 Working out how the ability to digest milk spreadHumans have been drinking milk for...
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How researchers have pinpointed the origin of 'warm-blooded' mammals
00:46 When did mammals start to regulate their temperature?The evolution of ‘warm bloodedness’...
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Ancient mud reveals the longest record of climate from the tropics
00:46 A long-term record of climate in the tropicsTo understand the history of the Earth’s...
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Higgs boson at 10: a deep dive into the mysterious, mass-giving particle
In this Podcast Extra, Nature's Lizzie Gibney and Federico Levi take a deep-dive into the Higgs...
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Coronapod: detecting COVID variants in sewage
Since early in the pandemic, scientists have searched for signals of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by...
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Higgs boson turns ten: the mysteries physicists are still trying to solve
00:46 Happy birthday, Higgs Boson - looking back at a momentous milestone for physicsTen years...
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Ed Yong on the wondrous world of animal senses
In the first episode of our new series Nature hits the books, science journalist Ed Yong joins us...
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Norovirus could spread through saliva: a new route for infection?
00:47 Enteric viruses may spread through salivaEnteric viruses, such as norovirus, cause a...
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