Nature Podcast

This week, a spray that boosts plant growth and resilience, 3-million-year old hominin footprints, and the seahorse genome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Dec 201629min

In the early twentieth century physicists had become deeply entangled in the implications of the quantum theory. Was the world at its smallest scales continuous, or built of discrete units? It all beg...

9 Dec 201612min

This week, the benefits of randomness, correcting brain waves soothes Alzheimer’s, and the DNA of liberated slaves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Dec 201630min

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Levy reads you his favourite from November, ’Melissa' by Troy Stieglitz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Dec 20165min

This week, CRISPR’s rival stumbles, Pluto’s icy heart, and is mitochondrial replacement ready for the clinic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Nov 201625min

Tracking whale shark DNA in seawater, the human computers behind early astronomy, building materials with a microscope, and a new synchrotron starts up in the Middle East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

23 Nov 201628min

Donald Trump’s impact on research and climate action, and how Nature should discuss politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Nov 201620min

This week, your brain on cannabis, testing CRISPR in a human, and what it might be like to live on Mars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Nov 201619min