Ranked #1
Coronapod: The state of the pandemic, six months in
Coronapod: The state of the pandemic, six months in
In a few weeks, we’ll be wrapping up Coronapod in its current form. Please fill out our short survey to let us know your... Read more
26 Jun 2020
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32mins
Ranked #2
Grand Challenges: Food security
Grand Challenges: Food security
Millions around the world are chronically hungry. Three experts on agriculture discuss how to help people grow enough fo... Read more
5 Jun 2017
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24mins
Ranked #3
Coronapod: COVID's origins and the 'lab leak' theory
Coronapod: COVID's origins and the 'lab leak' theory
Where did the SARS-CoV-2 virus come from? As a team of researchers from the WHO prepares to report on its investigation ... Read more
5 Mar 2021
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18mins
Ranked #4
Nature Podcast: 16 June 2016
Nature Podcast: 16 June 2016
This week, pimping proteins, adapting enzymes, and conserving coral reefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo... Read more
15 Jun 2016
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29mins
Ranked #5
Podcast Extra: Q&A with Nobel Prize winner John B Goodenough
Podcast Extra: Q&A with Nobel Prize winner John B Goodenough
In this Podcast Extra, we speak to John B Goodenough, from the University of Texas at Austin, in the US. Today, John was... Read more
9 Oct 2019
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4mins
Ranked #6
Nature Podcast: 21 May 2015
Nature Podcast: 21 May 2015
The oldest stone tools yet found, making opiates from yeast and sugar, and the perks of sex… for beetles. Hosted on Acas... Read more
20 May 2015
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27mins
Ranked #7
26 April 2018: Mini brains, and an updated enzyme image
26 April 2018: Mini brains, and an updated enzyme image
This week, the ethical questions raised by model minds, and an updated view on an enzyme that keeps chromosomes protecte... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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20mins
Ranked #8
Nature Podcast: 15 June 2017
Nature Podcast: 15 June 2017
This week, treating infection without antibiotics, wireless charging, and making sense of music. Hosted on Acast. See... Read more
14 Jun 2017
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29mins
Ranked #9
Nature PastCast, December 1920: The Quantum Theory
Nature PastCast, December 1920: The Quantum Theory
This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCas... Read more
27 Dec 2019
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12mins
Ranked #10
Nature Podcast: 6 July 2017
Nature Podcast: 6 July 2017
This week, a new kind of quantum bit, the single-cell revolution, and exploring Antarctica’s past to understand sea leve... Read more
5 Jul 2017
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27mins
Ranked #11
Coronapod: our future with an ever-present coronavirus
Coronapod: our future with an ever-present coronavirus
What’s the endgame for the COVID-19 pandemic? Is a world without SARS-CoV-2 possible, or is the virus here to stay?A rec... Read more
19 Feb 2021
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16mins
Ranked #12
Nature Podcast: 4 May 2017
Nature Podcast: 4 May 2017
This week, the secret life of the thalamus, how to talks about antibiotic resistance, and dangerous research. Survey lin... Read more
3 May 2017
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28mins
Ranked #13
6 September 2018: Space junk, and a physicist’s perspective on life
6 September 2018: Space junk, and a physicist’s perspective on life
This week, keeping an eye on space junk, and how a physicist changed our understanding of life. Hosted on Acast. See aca... Read more
5 Sep 2018
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23mins
Ranked #14
16 August 2018: Bumblebees, opioids, and ocean weather
16 August 2018: Bumblebees, opioids, and ocean weather
This week, more worries for bees, modelling the opioid crisis, and rough weather for seas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co... Read more
15 Aug 2018
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29mins
Ranked #15
Human Genome Project - Nature’s editor-in-chief reflects 20 years on
Human Genome Project - Nature’s editor-in-chief reflects 20 years on
Looking back at the publication of the human genome, and how macrophages mend muscle.In this episode:00:45 The human gen... Read more
10 Feb 2021
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27mins
Ranked #16
Nature Podcast: 15 June 2017
Nature Podcast: 15 June 2017
This week, treating infection without antibiotics, wireless charging, and making sense of music. Hosted on Acast. See ac... Read more
14 Jun 2017
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29mins
Ranked #17
Why skin grows bigger as you stretch it
Why skin grows bigger as you stretch it
Skin's unusual response to stretching is finally explained, and the latest in a huge effort to map DNA.In this episode:0... Read more
29 Jul 2020
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33mins
Ranked #18
Nature Podcast: 25 May 2017
Nature Podcast: 25 May 2017
This week, E. coli with colour vision, tracing the Zika virus outbreak, and a roadmap for medical microbots. Hosted on A... Read more
24 May 2017
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27mins
Ranked #19
Audiofile: In search of lost sound
Audiofile: In search of lost sound
Are the sounds of the past lost forever? In the 1960s, an American engineer proposed that sound could be recorded into c... Read more
26 May 2015
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23mins
Ranked #20
02 August 2018: Zebra finch colour perception, terraforming Mars, and attributing extreme weather
02 August 2018: Zebra finch colour perception, terraforming Mars, and attributing extreme weather
This week, how a bird sees colour, potential problems with terraforming Mars, and linking extreme weather to our changin... Read more
1 Aug 2018
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32mins