Nature Podcast

Are the sounds of the past lost forever? In the 1960s, an American engineer proposed that sound could be recorded into clay pots and paintings as they were created. This episode explores the science behind resurrecting the sounds of the past.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The oldest stone tools yet found, making opiates from yeast and sugar, and the perks of sex… for beetles.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the latest result from the Large Hadron Collider, a memoir from neurologist and adventurer Oliver Sacks, and India’s scientific landscape.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, brain-inspired computers, scientists soldiering on past retirement age, and the origins of complex cells deduced from deep-sea samples.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a tiny bat-like dinosaur, a competitor for graphene, and the best new science books this spring.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Will we ever be able to talk to animals? In this episode, Geoff Marsh meets a variety of researchers and animals who persevere at the communication barrier in the name of science.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a new treatment for Ebola, the making of the Tibetan plateau, and could bees be addicted to pesticides?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The periodic table’s fuzzy edges, the nuances of reporting on animal research, and Richard gets charged up about some overhyped coverage of a new battery.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, how oxytocin affects the brain, self- experimentation in science, and the wedding rings that went to Hubble.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the Moon and her sister, the Sun and its personality, and the latest wonder material to hit the big-time.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, improving walking, pushing the boundary between quantum and classical, and the need for more social science on climate change.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the role of black holes in growing galaxies, Dragon’s Den for scientists, and ice inside our bodies.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Where will NASA’s next planetary mission go? Plus, a gene editing technique comes under fire, and the American editors’ biggest language gripes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you his favourite from February, Good for something by Deborah Walker.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from January, The Descent of Man, by Christoph Weber.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do Nature's reporters really think about the science they cover? Find out in Backchat. In this episode, Nobel Prize excitement (and frustrations), and the world’s oldest cave art.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you his favourite from September, The tiger waiting on the shore, by Paul Currion.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Lizzie Gibney reads you her favourite from July, Benjy’s Birthday, by John Grant.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.