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Summary: Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science. The Nature Podcast is a free weekly audio show featuring highlighted content from the week's edition of Nature including interviews with the people behind the science, and in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering science around the world. For complete access to the original papers featured in the Nature Podcast, subscribe to Nature.

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 04 July 2019: Machine learning in materials science, and sand’s sustainability | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:06

This week, using an algorithm to find properties in materials science, and the global consequences of sand-mining. In this episode: 00:47 Predicting properties A word-association algorithm is reading millions of abstracts to discover new properties of materials.  Research article: Tshitoyan et al.; News and Views: Text mining facilitates materials discovery 08:28 Research Highlights Tiny robot-jellyfish, and genome mutation hot-spots.  Research Article:Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming; Research Highlight:How DNA ‘hotspots’ snarl the search for cancer genes 10:48 Sand under strain Researchers warn that the mining of sand is unsustainable.  Comment:Time is running out for sand 15:44 News Chat The results of a bullying survey, and the spread of microbial disease through opioid use.  News: Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society conducts huge bullying survey; News: The US opioid epidemic is driving a spike in infectious diseases For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast, June 1876 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:25

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key moments in the history of science. According to the fables of early explorers, the gorilla was a terrible, man-eating monster. It was also thought to be man’s closest relative in the animal kingdom. Naturally, scientists and the public alike wanted to see these fierce beasts for themselves. But in the mid-nineteenth century, as the evolution debate heated up, getting a live gorilla to Europe from Africa was extremely difficult. In 1876, the pages of Nature report the arrival in England of a young specimen. This episode was first broadcast in June 2013. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 27 June 2019: Callused feet, and protein-based archaeology | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:16

This week, how wearing shoes might affect foot sensitivity, and uncovering history with ancient proteins. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 20 June 2019: Non-native species, and a blood-inspired robot battery | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:33

This week, what makes birds invasive, and a robotic fish powered by a blood-like battery. In this episode: 00:44 How do alien bird species establish themselves? Researchers have been looking at how bird species settle in non-native locations. Research article: Redding et al. 08:22 Research Highlights Crafting the perfect crêpe, and anti-fungal wasp eggs. Research Highlight: Physicists tackle a delicate challenge: making the ideal crêpe; Research article: Strohm et al. 10:09 Robot blood Multipurpose battery fluid both moves and powers a robot fish. Research article: Aubin et al.; News: Robo-fish powered by battery ‘blood’ 16:30 News Chat Researchers reviewing misconduct investigations, and redefining pressure. News: What universities can learn from one of science’s biggest frauds For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 13 June 2019: Mighty magnets, and aerosols in the atmosphere | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:18

This week, a record-breaking magnetic field, and aerosols’ potential effects on the atmosphere. In this episode: 00:45 Making massive magnets Researchers have created the world’s strongest direct current magnetic field. 08:38 Research Highlights Macaques’ musicality and human consumption of microplastics. 10:55 Aerosols’ impacts on the climate There’s a still a lot to learn about how aerosols affect the climate. 17:03 News Chat The launch of an X-ray space telescope, and a Russian researcher’s plans to CRISPR-edit human embryos. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 06 June 2019: Microbes modifying medicine and kickstarting plate tectonics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:24

This week, how gut microbes might be affecting drugs, and a new theory on the beginning of plate tectonics. In this episode: 00:45 Microbes metabolising drugs Researchers are investigating whether the gut microbiota can alter the activity of medicinal drugs. Research article: Zimmermann et al.   06:40 Research Highlights Elephants counting with smell, and audio activity monitoring. Research Highlight: Elephants have a nose for portion size Research Highlight: Deep learning monitors human activity based on sound alone 08:57 The origin of plate tectonics? A new theory suggests that sediment may have lubricated the Earth’s tectonic plates, allowing them to move. Research article: Sobolev and Brown News and Views: Earth’s evolution explored   14:14 News Chat Scientists protest in Hungary, and a trial of a new post-review process to test reproducibility. News: Hungarians protest against proposed government takeover of science News: Reproducibility trial publishes two conclusions for one paper For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast May 1983 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:48

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key moments in the history of science. The discovery of the ozone hole in the mid-1980s was a shock. Scientists suspected that man-made gases called CFCs were damaging the ozone layer, but they didn’t expect to see such a dramatic decline. Nor did they expect the discovery to be made by a small group of British scientists in Antarctica. In this podcast, we hear from the ‘little voice’ in the background whose persistence led to the reporting of the reduced ozone in Nature in May 1985. But how did it become known as the ‘ozone hole’? And what lessons are there for climate change scientists today? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 30 May 2019: Cold fusion, gender parity in universities, and studying wildfires | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:05

This week, looking back at cold fusion, a ranking of gender balance in universities, and measuring the impact of wildfires. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 23 May 2019: Pre-industrial plankton populations, European science, and ancient fungi. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:43

This week, how climate change has affected plankton, the future of European science, and evidence of an ancient fungus. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 16 May 2019: Recoding genomes, and material from the Moon's far side | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:40

This week, rewriting the script of life, and a trip to the far side of the Moon. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 09 May 2019: Urban vs Rural BMI, and the health of rivers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:23

This week, body mass increases around the world, and river connections in decline. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 02 May 2019: China's growing science network, and talking brain signals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:44

This week, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and translating brain patterns into speech. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast April 1953 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:12

This year, Nature celebrates its 150th birthday. To mark this anniversary we’re rebroadcasting episodes from our PastCast series, highlighting key moments in the history of science. Over 60 years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick published their famous paper proposing a structure for DNA. Everyone knows that story – but fewer people know that there were actually three papers about DNA in that issue of Nature. In this podcast, first broadcast in April 2013, we uncover the evidence that brought Watson and Crick to their conclusion, discuss how the papers were received at the time, and hear from one scientist who was actually there: co-author of one of the DNA papers, the late Raymond Gosling. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 25 April 2019: Tiny earthquakes, the genetics of height, and how US-China politics is affecting research | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:36

This week we’ve got an extended News Chat between presenter Benjamin Thompson and Nature's European Bureau Chief Nisha Gaind. They discuss a new way to identify tiny earthquakes, new insights into the heritability of height, and how political tensions between the US and China are affecting scientists and research. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 18 April 2019: Reviving brains, lightning, and spring books | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:44

This week, restoring function in dead pig brains, spring science books, and the structure of lightning. If you have any questions about the partly-revived brains study, then the reporters at Nature are keen to answer them. You can submit them at the bottom of the article, here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01216-4   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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