Nature Podcast

These frog 'saunas’ could help endangered species fight off a deadly fungus

Audio long read: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026

Why ‘open source’ AIs could be anything but, the derailment risks of long freight trains, and breeding better wheat

How do fish know where a sound comes from? Scientists have an answer

Hybrid working works: huge study reveals no drop in productivity

Twitter suspended 70,000 accounts after the Capitol riots and it curbed misinformation

How AI could improve robotics, the cockroach’s origins, and promethium spills its secrets

How mathematician Freeman Hrabowski opened doors for Black scientists

Audio long read: How does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models

Fentanyl addiction: the brain pathways behind the opioid crisis

Lizard-inspired building design could save lives

Alphafold 3.0: the AI protein predictor gets an upgrade

Talking about sex and gender doesn't need to be toxic

Dad's microbiome can affect offsprings' health — in mice

Audio long read: Why loneliness is bad for your health

How gliding marsupials got their 'wings'

Living on Mars would probably suck — here's why

This podcast episode explores the reasons for advocating space colonization and the controversies surrounding it. It discusses the feasibility and challenges of settling on the moon and Mars, including the potential benefits and drawbacks of each. The section examines the psychological effects of space travel, the ethi...

Keys, wallet, phone: the neuroscience behind working memory

The 'ghost roads' driving tropical deforestation

Audio long read: Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say