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Nature Podcast

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:05

These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate

Nature Podcast ·

2026/02/04

00:46 Understanding how rete ridges form in the skinNature: Thompson et al.09:32 Research HighlightsNature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oilNature: Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough11:52 The open-source AI that performs scientific literature reviewsNature: Asai et al.Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See

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10:21

Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/30

In this episode:00:36 Study probes genetics of extreme longevityNature:Still working at 107: supercentenarian study probes genetics of extreme longevity05:32 Controlling fluorescent proteins’ brightness with magnetsNature:‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cellsSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:02

How your brain chemistry rewards hard work

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/28

In this episode:00:46 Why completing difficult tasks feels rewardingNature:Touponse et al.11:34 Research HighlightsNature:Disappearing ‘planet’ reveals a solar system’s turbulent timesNature:Getting to the (square) root of stock-market swings13:43 How extreme weather events could threaten malaria elimination effortsNature:Touponse et al.Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See

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18:29

Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/26

This is an audio version of our Feature:‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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12:03

Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/23

In this episode:00:24 How babies share their gut microbesNature:Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiome05:25 First evidence of tool use in cattleScience:No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use toolsSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:32

The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/21

00:46 Protein-sized superposition surpasses previous experimentsNature:Pedalino et al.News:Schrödinger's cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever 'superposition'11:46 Research HighlightsNature:Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinkingNature:Gifted dogs learn new words by overhearing humans14:11 How Trump’s second term has impacted researchNature:US science after a year of TrumpNature:US science in 2026: five themes that will dominate Trump’s second year

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10:04

Briefing Chat: Can NASA return rocks from Mars? And...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/16

In this episode:00:40 The rock samples destined to remain on MarsNature:NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost05:24 The genetics of dogs’ droopy earsNature:Do their ears hang low? The genetics of dogs’ adorable floppy earsSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:38

AI can turbocharge scientists' careers — but limit...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/14

In this episode:00:47 AI can boost research productivity — at what cost?Research article:Hao et al.10:10 Research HighlightsNature:Ancient ‘snowball’ Earth had frigidly briny seasNature:Putting immune cells into ‘night mode’ reduces heart-attack damage12:41 JWST images are full of red dots, what are they?Nature:Rusakov et al.Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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16:32

A mysterious ancient fingerprint and a lemon-shaped...

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/07

00:54 Turning an undersea cable into a seismic detectorResearchers have shown that they can piggyback a signal on a 4,400-kilometer-long telecom cable that runs from California to Hawaii, allowing it to act like 44,000 separate seismic-activity detectors. Their method takes advantage of impurities found in glass fibre-optic cables, which reflect light differently when they are stretched and distorted by the pressure of seismic waves.Science:Seafloor telecom cable transformed into giant earthquake

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11:53

Science in 2026: what to expect this year

Nature Podcast ·

2026/01/01

In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2026. We’ll hear about: small-scale AI models that could outcompete Large Language Models in reasoning, clinical trials of gene editing to treat rare human disorders, a sample collection mission from Phobos, and how changes to US policy by the Trump team are expected to impact science.Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your

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17:54

Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs...

Nature Podcast ·

2025/12/29

Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast in the past few years, through online forums, weight-loss clinics and news headlines. And now, clinical data are starting to back them up.Over a dozen randomized clinical studies testing whether GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can suppress addiction are now under way, and neuroscientists are working out how these weight-loss drugs act on brain regions that control craving, reward and

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40:09

The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025

Nature Podcast ·

2025/12/24

00:40What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spudResearchers have created a ‘pangenome’ containing the genomes of multiple potato types, something they believe can help make it easier to breed and sequence new varieties. The potato’s complicated genetics has made it difficult to sequence the plant’s genome, but improvements in technology have allowed the team to combine sequences, allowing them to look for subtle differences in between varieties.Nature Podcast: 16 April 2025Research

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20:20

Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025

Nature Podcast ·

2025/12/19

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 suggest the parent body it originated from is likely to have contained salty, subsurface water. This finding provides insights into the chemistry of the early Solar System, and suggests that brines might have been an important place where pre-biotic molecules were formed.News & Views:Asteroid Bennu

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42:16

The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025

Nature Podcast ·

2025/12/17

00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of scienceNatureput 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. These include telescopes, yeast-themed wedding rings, and... cows’ eyes.Nature:The gift that shaped my career in science08:12 “I am the Very Model of a Miniature Tyrannosaur”In the first of our annual festive songs celebrating the science of the past year, we tell the story of a diminutive dinosaur that

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22:32

Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago

Nature Podcast ·

2025/12/10

00:46Evidenceof theearliest fireBaked 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 evidence of this skillfound so far.Ancient humans are known to haveused naturally occurring fires, but evidence of deliberate fire-starting has been hard to come by.Anew suite of evidencepushes back the date offiremasteryby 350,000 years. The teambehind the findingbelieveit helps create a more nuanced picture of

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23:06

Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for...

Nature Podcast ·

2025/12/03

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 the impacts of light-pollution from future satellites. Streaks of reflected light from satellites currently in low-Earth orbit are already seen in telescope images, and planned launches could raise the number of satellites from around 15,000 to over half-a-million. Computer modelling revealed that this

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17:19

Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly...

Nature Podcast ·

2025/11/28

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 understand more about the energy production and the mutations that can cause incurable mitochondrial diseases.Because CRISPR can’t help with these problems, researchers have been looking for other ways to precisely edit the mitochrondrial genome. And the past few years have brought some success — if

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28:24

This is what lightning on Mars sounds like

Nature Podcast ·

2025/11/26

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 it difficult to gather evidence of lightning on the red planet, but a team of researchers realized that a microphone on Perseverance should be able to pick up the characteristic sounds of electrical discharges. In total they found 55 such examples, along with signs of electrostatic interference

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42:05

Insulin cream offers needle-free option for diabetes

Nature Podcast ·

2025/11/19

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 injections for diabetes management. The skin’s structure presents a formidable barrier to the delivery of large drugs but in this work a team show that their polymer can penetrate though the different layers without causing damage. Insulin attached to this polymer was able to reduce blood glucose levels

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15:06

‘Malicious use is already happening’:...

Nature Podcast ·

2025/11/14

Yoshua Bengio, considered by many to beone of the godfathers of AI,has longbeen at the forefront of machine-learning research. However, his opinions on the technology have shifted in recent years— he joins us to talk aboutways to address the risks posed by AI, and his efforts to develop an AI with safety built in from the start.Nature:‘It keeps me awake at night’: machine-learning pioneer on AI’s threat to humanity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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