Nature Podcast

Nature: 4 February 2010

Nature — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000

4 February: Quantum mechanical processes involved in plant photosynthesis, decay could be biasing fossil records, how to fix the internet, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 28 January 2010

Nature — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000

28 January: Engineered bacteria produce better biofuels, functional brain cells created from skin cells, fossils from Northern China reveal colour of dinosaur feathers, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 21 January 2010

Nature — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000

21 January: How mammals got to Madagascar, synthetic biologists synchronize bacterial clocks, Asian emissions polluting atmosphere above western North America, the holes in climate research, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 14 January 2010

Nature — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000

14 January: Canada in need of polar research policy, the evolution of the human and chimp Y chromosomes, stress increases variation in a population, a two-decade-old galactic conundrum solved, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 7 January 2010

Nature — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000

7 January: A set of fossil footprints push back the date of the first four-legged creatures, we ask where science will be ten years from now, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 24 December 2009

Nature — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000

24 December: Calculating the velocity of climate change, how to pick the right genomes to sequence, a look back at cancer genomics in 2009 and a round up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 17 December 2009

Nature — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000

17 December: Sequencing of the giant panda genome provides clues to its diet, a waterworld orbiting a nearby star, how wars follow power laws, earthquake risks from geothermal energy.

Nature: 10 December 2009

Nature — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000

10 December: Why female birds glam up when sharing childcare, the rapid refilling of the Mediterranean basin, why the probability of species extinction is constant, how modifying fear responses could help treat anxiety disorders and a round up of the best of the rest of Nature.

Nature: 3 December 2009

Nature — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000

3 December: A huge exploding star, fighting climate change with technology, the secrets of an important plant hormone, and how the brain rewires with learning.

Nature: 26 November 2009

Nature — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

26 November: New spintronic device paves way for future information processing, the role of a 'bone' protein pair in the menopause, how we hear with our skin, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature Extra: Pavan Sukhdev

Nature — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

We measure our economies in terms of trade, production and services - but one vital component is missing: the environment. Pavan Sukhdev is the study leader for a UN-run program on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity, and he wants to see these resources accounted for. Kerri Smith talks to him.

Nature: 19 November 2009

Nature — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

19 November: Why paleontologists should predict instead of just describe, how to factor environmental goods into the economy, the cultural context of Darwin's theories and a round-up of other highlights from Nature.

Nature: 12 November 2009

Nature — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

12 November: How a language gene behaves in humans and chimps, determining orbiting planets from a star's lithium levels, the run up to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 5 November 2009

Nature — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

5 November: Scientists take a closer look at a star first spotted in 1680, how unrelated animals lend a helping hand, a 'Pleistocene Park' in the Netherlands, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 29 October 2009

Nature — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

29 October: A new type of communication between brain cells is confirmed, a theory about how the Earth became watery, questioning whether the speed of light is constant, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.

Nature: 22 October 2009

Nature — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

22 October: The effects of sleep deprivation on memory, 250 years of London's Kew Gardens, watching evolution in the lab, and climate change in the Himalayas.

Nature: 15 October 2009

Nature — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

15 October: Video game-playing mice, illiterate Columbian guerrillas, a magnet with only one pole, Nobel Prize-winner Elizabeth Blackburn, and in the news - a CERN scientist is charged with being a terrorist.

Nature: 8 October 2009

Nature — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

8 October: Saturn's enormous ring, the looming phosphate crisis, rapidly rising magma, a whole heap of human genetics, and this year's Nobel Prizes.

Nature: 1 October 2009

Nature — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0000

1 October: Sex chromosome evolution in stickleback and humans, cheat-resisting amoebae, and how powerful earthquakes may influence the strength of far-away faults.

Nature Insight: Metalloproteins

Nature — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Proteins that use metals to help them function are called metalloproteins. Join us as we learn how they choose their metal partners, what they use these metals for, and how studying them can help us explain everything from human diseases to the origin of life.

Nature Extra: Simon Singh

Nature — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:41 +0000

Simon Singh: Science writer Simon Singh talks to Nature about his legal battle with the British Chiropractic Association and how UK libel laws affect science journalism.

Nature Extra: Ian McEwan

Nature — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Ian McEwan: Booker Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan often takes inspiration from science for his emotion-laden novels. He spoke at an event at University College London last week and Charlotte Stoddart chatted to him afterwards about emotion, literature and the brain.

Nature Extra: Nicholas Stern

Nature — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:59:15 +0000

Nicholas Stern: The author of the influential Stern Report into the economics of climate change explains how the recession could help curb global warming and calls for 'the greatest collaboration the world has ever seen' to reduce global CO2 emissions.

Nature Extra: John Maddox

Nature — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:02:30 +0000

John Maddox: Senior editor Henry Gee remembers John Maddox, famed former Nature editor who died on April 12th 2009.

Nature Extra: Paul Bettany

Nature — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Paul Bettany: In this exclusive interview for Nature, Bettany talks about playing Darwin in the forthcoming film 'Creation'.