Nature Podcast

In this episode:

00:22 Exploring how gut microorganisms contribute to ageing
Nature: Memory loss is fuelled by gut microbes in ageing mice

04:30 How good jokes are in short supply during academic conferences
Nature: Knock knock, no one’s there. Study finds scientists’ jokes mostly fall flat

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In this episode:

00:46 Piecing together a biochemical puzzle
Research Article : Lombe et al.

12:26 Research Highlights
Nature: Electric-vehicle batteries toughen up to beat the heat
Nature: Live parrots were carried across the Andes before the Incas’ rise
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00:26 Why researchers keep using Doom in their research
Nature: How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for science

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A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what may be powering superluminous supernovae.

In this episode:

00:46 Unravelling the genetics of an asexual fish that should be extinct
Research Article: Ricemeyer et al.
News and Views: How an all-female fish species defies evolutionary expectations

10:19 Research Highlights
Nature: ​​​​​​​Jam-packed star system is most compact of its kind ever found
Nature: ​​​​​​​Peanut-processing microbes ward off dangerous allergic shock

11:31 How a superluminous supernova got so bright
Research Article : ​​​​​​​Farah et al.
News and Views: ​​​​​​​Ultra-bright supernova wobbles like a spinning top

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In this episode:

00:25 How paediatricians’ antibodies could treat serious viral infections
New Scientist: Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

04:22 Galileo’s annotations in an ancient text
Science: Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text

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