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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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This week, in our final show of 2015 – we’re wrapping up the highlights of the year, catching up on the climate meeting in Paris, looking forward to psyching out the characters in Star Wars, busting some scientific myths, and playing an evolution-themed board game.
This week, the dwarf planet Ceres gets a close-up, using fetal tissue in science, and the wasting condition that worsens outcomes for cancer patients.
This week, the origins of mysterious radio bursts, fixing the PhD system, and tracking down the universe’s missing matter.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Kerri Smith reads you her favourite from November, 'One slow step for man' by S R Algernon.
Einstein’s theory of general relativity turns 100 years old. Will there ever be another theory like it, or another scientist like Einstein? Plus, we discuss International Years as news pegs.
This week, super-high-res ultrasound, the amazing world of soils, and five classic books about sustainability.
This week, a nursery for big baby planets, meddling with taste perception, China’s mega water transfer plan, and the 100th anniversary of general relativity.
This week, storms on Twitter over sexism in science, porous liquids, and the long relationship between humans and bees.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from October, 'Staff meeting, as seen by the spam filter' by Alex Shvartsman.
This week, spontaneously jumping droplets, growing an economy without trashing the environment, and dealing with an onslaught of data as all our gadgets become internet-enabled.
This week, how cancers spread, the hallmarks of bipolar disorder in the brain, and making carbon dioxide useful.
Astronomer quits over sexual harassment investigation, reporting on the abstract world of mathematics, and science in fashion.
This week, a dying solar system just like ours, the effect of temperature on the economy, and electricity-eating bacteria.
This week, ancient human teeth found in China, cooperating in climate negotiations, and a humble worm surprises scientists.
Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Geoff Marsh read you their favourite from September, Time Flies, by Carie Juettner.
