Nature Podcast

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads you her favourite from February, ‘Duck, duck, duck' by Samantha Murray.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, more fast radio bursts spotted, how do you know where you are when you’re not moving, and listening in on a whale banquet.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A month of manipulation, as we look at a re-run of a famously manipulative psychology study, learn how to manipulate our own brains and minds, and nudge our societies towards better collective action.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a special episode about the future. How can we future-proof our world, or fight our natural bias against planning for the future? And what does the science of today mean for the health of tomorrow?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, making shipping greener, AAAS conference highlights and human genes in a Neanderthal.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Einstein's prediction was right: gravitational waves do exist. Scientists at the LIGO collaboration reported their discovery yesterday in Washington, DC. Reporters Adam Levy and Alexandra Witze take stock.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the end of Moore’s law, religion and cooperation, and shareholders’ duty to manage climate risks.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, killing off old cells lengthens life, brain-tickling comedy, and new forests make good carbon sinks.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell reads ‘Beyond 550 astronomical units' by Mike Brotherton.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The putative Planet X, gravitational wave rumours and how to report them, and The Selfish Gene 40 years on.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the computer that can play Go, a general ‘ageing’ factor, and the stolen library of John Dee.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a brain sensor that melts away after use, a 10,000 year old murder mystery, and what happens when chickens go wild.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, our gut bugs’ love of fibre, squeezing quantum states, and studying boredom.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, science predictions for 2016, the effect of extreme weather on crops, and a new phase of hydrogen for the new year.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What can the world of Star Wars tell us about psychology? Travis Langley explains all in this Podcast Extra, using examples from his new book ‘Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind’.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the origins of mysterious radio bursts, fixing the PhD system, and tracking down the universe’s missing matter.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.