Podcasts

Nature rounds up the Nobel prizes for science — plus, hints of the ancestral human gut microbiome.

The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

High-speed footage of takeoffs reveal that the butterfly markings mislead the eye, making them harder to catch.

Nature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.

Analysis of anonymized banking data could help inform strategies to support victim-survivors of financial abuse — plus, how opposing forces within the Earth can alter the length of a day.

Nature staff discuss data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place — plus, the implant that translates brain activity into speech and gestures.

Extensive cellular integration might provide platform for in vivo testing of new therapies — plus, the AI tool that turns papers into ‘virtual corresponding authors’.

Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of 9 billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization might be based on tradition alone.

Evidence suggests that regular calls can keep kids learning when schooling is disrupted — plus, why a familiar world map may be about to change.

Nature staff discuss the winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel prizes — plus, the isolated energy flash that could be the first glimpse of dark matter.

Researchers are hunting for ways to enhance DNA repair with the hopes that this will keep people healthier for longer.

Nature reporters discuss the country-music icon's advocacy for vaccines and public health — plus, promising trial results for an mRNA cancer therapy.

Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.

Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.

Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.

Nature staff discuss what flagging AI content may mean for research integrity — plus, how people from different cultural backgrounds have the same ‘tickle hotspots’ on the body.

Genetically modified bacteria lower high blood-sugar in animal trials — plus, how to watch a solar eclipse safely.

Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.

Researchers untangle the chemistry behind turning PVC into high-grade motor lubricant — plus, how engineered yeast can help make a cancer drug.

Nature staff discuss a massive survey of insects in the Amazon, and unusual orca behaviour caught on video.