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by Springer Nature Limited · English
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 award-winning journalists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Viral spread: how rumours surged in revolutionary France
The “Great Fear” in early French Revolution France—how rumors about bandits/aristocratic famine plots spread nationwide, triggering militia formation and attacks on castles.
27 Aug 2025 · 25m · 11 chaptersFusion energy gets a boost from cold fusion chemistry
Nature Podcast episode covering two research stories: (1) boosting nuclear fusion rates using electrochemistry with palladium/deuterium in a compact “Thunderbird” desktop reactor; (2) how…
20 Aug 2025 · 20m · 10 chaptersControversial climate report from Trump team galvanizes scientists into action
A Nature Podcast interview about a controversial U.S. Department of Energy draft climate report, “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the US Climate,” and scientists’ backlash…
15 Aug 2025 · 13m · 7 chaptersSun-powered flyers could explore the mysterious mesosphere
The episode (Nature Podcast) focuses on a “sun-powered” micro-drone that flies using sunlight’s heat rather than solar panels.
13 Aug 2025 · 32m · 15 chaptersUnderwater glue shows its sticking power in rubber duck test
The episode of Nature Podcast covers three research highlights and a news interview. Main topic: an underwater “super glue” made from a hydrogel (R1 Max) that can stick in salt water.
6 Aug 2025 · 28m · 15 chaptersEarth's deepest ecosystem discovered six miles below the sea
Two science stories plus highlights. Main episode segment: discovery of a previously unknown deep-ocean ecosystem over 9 km down, powered by methane rather than sunlight.
30 Jul 2025 · 33m · 13 chaptersGiant laser heats solid gold to 14 times its melting point
The Nature Podcast episode covers two main research stories. First: researchers used SLAC’s three-kilometer Linac Coherent Light Source x-ray laser to measure extremely hot, still-solid gold.
23 Jul 2025 · 36m · 14 chapters
AI, bounties and culture change, how scientists are taking on errors
How scientific errors spread and persist, and what scientists are doing to improve error detection and “culture change” (replication, retractions, and paid error-checking bounties).
21 Jul 2025 · 49m · 25 chapters‘Stealth flippers’ helped this extinct mega-predator stalk its prey
(1) Fossil evidence that the extinct ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus may have used underwater “stealth” adaptations to hunt in dark water.
16 Jul 2025 · 33m · 13 chaptersThree weeks in a hide to spot one elusive bear: the life of a wildlife film-maker
Wildlife documentary series “The Wild Ones” and how wildlife filmmaker Vianney de Gengay helps conservation teams film critically endangered animals using long-lens work, camera traps, and local…
11 Jul 2025 · 13m · 6 chaptersAncient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases
The Nature Podcast episode covers ancient disease and modern science.
9 Jul 2025 · 37m · 23 chaptersAudio long read: How to speak to a vaccine sceptic — research reveals what works
How to talk to vaccine skeptics, using findings from research on vaccine hesitancy (confidence, complacency, convenience) and evidence-based conversation strategies.
4 Jul 2025 · 16m · 7 chapters3D-printed fake wasps help explain bad animal mimicry
Nature podcast episode on why “imperfect” animal mimicry persists, using 3D-printed hoverfly-like wasp mimics; includes related research highlights (sea slug chloroplast theft; experimental…
2 Jul 2025 · 27m · 14 chaptersIs AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance
The episode (Nature Podcast) covers: (1) whether AI computer-vision research is being co-opted for surveillance; (2) first images from the Vera C.
25 Jun 2025 · 32m · 11 chaptersFlight simulator for moths reveals they navigate by starlight
Bogong moth migration navigation; moths use the Milky Way as a stellar compass and fall back to Earth’s magnetic field when stars are obscured.
18 Jun 2025 · 31m · 16 chaptersHundreds of physicists on a remote island: we visit the ultimate quantum party
The episode is about a remote quantum physics centenary conference on Heligoland (an island off Germany’s North Sea coast) celebrating 100 years since quantum mechanics’ birth.
13 Jun 2025 · 9m · 4 chaptersThis stretchy neural implant grows with an axolotl's brain
The episode covers two main science stories. First, researchers describe a soft, stretchable neural implant that can be placed onto an amphibian embryo (axolotl and clawed frog).
11 Jun 2025 · 37m · 18 chapters