Nature Podcast

Nature PastCast: May 1985

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:00 +0100

The discovery of a hole in the ozone layer was a shock. In this podcast, scientists recall the events in the mid-1980s and discuss how the 'ozone hole' became the poster child for environmentalism.

Nature Podcast: 16 May 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:00 +0100

This week, the oldest water ever found, a super-long study of superorganisms, and were Neanderthals capable of creating art?

Nature Podcast: 09 May 2013

Wed, 8 May 2013 18:00:00 +0100

This week, a sneak-preview of the cars of the future, how to produce environmentally-friendly iron, and nuclear physics goes pear-shaped.

Nature Podcast: 02 May 2013

Wed, 1 May 2013 18:00:00 +0100

This week, an insect-eye camera, a flu-busting drug that could treat other lung problems too, and a hard look at whether GM crops are harmful or helpful.

Nature Podcast Extra: Futures

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0100

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Adam Rutherford reads you his favourite from this month, Survivors and Saviours, by Philip T. Starks.

Nature Podcast: 25 April 2013

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100

This week, the undercover gun researcher, how to tell quantum and classical systems apart, and studying the air’s history using the earth’s crust.

Nature Podcast: 18 April 2013

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100

This week, eradicating polio, how rats use memory to plan future behaviour, and advice for young scientists from an ecologist with seven decades' experience.

Nature PastCast: April 1953

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100

Everyone knows that Watson and Crick published a seminal paper on the structure of DNA. But fewer know that two other papers on DNA were published in the same issue of Nature. Learn more in the first of a new podcast series: the Nature PastCast.

Nature Podcast Extra: Raymond Gosling

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100

When Watson and Crick suggested a structure for DNA, sixty years ago next week, it rested on evidence from a team at King’s College London. Raymond Gosling, then a PhD student, made a crucial contribution. He speaks to Nature.

Nature Podcast: 11 April 2013

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100

This week, fossil embryos show how dinosaurs grew so big, the woman who inspired a cholesterol-busting drug, and pottery shards that reveal a fish supper eaten thousands of years ago.