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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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Podcasts:

 17 January 2019: RNA splicing in yeast, and a walking fossil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:16

This week, investigating introns’ roles, and reanimating a fossil.

 Podcast Extra: The search for a rare disease treatment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:52

Nick Sireau’s sons have a rare genetic disease called alkaptonuria, which can lead to body tissues becoming brittle, causing life long health issues. In this Podcast Extra, Geoff Marsh speaks to Nick and to the physician Dr Lakshminarayan Ranganath about their search for a treatment for alkaptonuria.

 10 January 2019: Fast Radio Bursts and new year future gazing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:50

This week, detecting intergalactic radio bursts, and seeing what’s in store for science in 2019.

 26 December 2018: Our reporters' top picks of 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:17

In this special round-up episode of the Nature Podcast, a few of our regular reporters choose their favourite podcast piece of 2018, and explain why they enjoyed making it. 

 20 December 2018: Quantum physics adds a twist, and festive fun | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:33

The Nature Podcast’s 2018 end of year special, including songs, books, our annual quiz, and more!

 Podcast Extra: Evidence of a ‘transmissible’ Alzheimer’s protein | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:45

New research suggests that a key protein involved in the neurodegenerative disease can be transferred between brains.

 13 December 2018: The art of performing science, and chiral chemistry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:13

This week, ‘performing’ experiments, and making mirrored molecules.

 06 December 2018: Heart xenotransplants and phage fighting | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:20

This week, improving heart xenotransplants, and soil bacteria versus phages.

 29 November 2018: Atomic clock accuracy and wind farm worries | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:24

This week, measuring gravity’s strength with clocks, and worries over wind farms’ wakes.

 22 November 2018: An ion-drive aeroplane, and DNA rearrangement. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:17

This week, a solid-state plane engine with no moving parts, and ‘mosaicism’ in brain cells.

 15 November 2018: Barnard’s Star, and clinical trials | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:45

This week, evidence of a nearby exoplanet, and clinical trials in a social media world.

 08 November 2018: Designer cells, and a Breakthrough researcher | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:17

This week, building a cell from the bottom up, and a Breakthough Prize winner

 01 November 2018: Mood forecasting technology, and where are the WIMPs? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:29

This week, the role that mood forecasting technology may play in suicide prevention, and a 'crisis' in dark matter research.

 18 October 2018: Cannabis horticulture and the Sun's place in history | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:48

This week, how science can help Canadian cannabis growers and a potted history of the Sun.

 11 October 2018: The life of a new Nobel laureate and organised ants | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:56

This week, what life is like when you've just won a Nobel prize, and how a vestigial organ helps ants get organised.

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