Podcasts

The ingestible device shoots out tiny jets of drugs to deliver them to the GI tract of pigs and dogs — plus how light-powered catalysts could help break down ‘forever chemicals’.

Over the lifespan, skull bone marrow takes a more prominent role producing vital blood cells — plus how a radioactive lead isotope could help age the Solar System.

Samantha Harvey joins us to talk about her novel Orbital, shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize.

Mitochondria divide to share the load when nutrients are scarce — plus, how smashing atomic nuclei together helps identify their shapes.

In the wake of devastating floods in the South of Brazil, researchers are working out how best to help people — plus, what concerns do Nature’s readers have about the US election.

Political scientists have been exploring the merits of contrasting voting methods to see which is most representative or democratic.

Drone-mounted LiDAR scans reveal two remote cities buried high in the mountains of Central Asia — plus, how a digital watermark could help identify AI-generated text.

How a chance encounter with film director Richard Curtis, director of the hit comedy romance and many others, led to Jakob Trollbäck designing the 17 SDG icons.

High-energy particles could be a long-sought source of cosmic rays — plus, a ‘smart’ insulin-molecule that’s sensitive to blood sugar levels.

SDG 17 offers an “enabling” blueprint for meeting ambitious targets, including measures to tackle poverty, hunger and climate change, says Kate Roll.

Machine learning and artificial neural networks allow graphene to become an accurate and general-use ‘taste taster’ — plus, how pacific-salmon migrations cycle nutrients and contaminants on a continental scale, and the 2024 science Nobel winners.

Sociologist Gabriele Jacobs believes AI can be a useful tool in public safety, if developed ethically and responsibly.

High-altitude observations may help explain how lightning happens — plus, researchers piece together a complete circuit-diagram of the fruit fly brain.

Frontier, the first machine to break supercomputing’s exascale speed barrier, is giving researchers unprecedented insights into everything from atoms to galaxies.

Wetlands ecologist Sigit Sasmito describes how growing up in rural Indonesia influenced his interest in peatlands and mangroves.

Restructuring of genome sections creates conditions that increase blood cancer risk — plus, the latest from the Nature Briefing.

Beth Orcutt wants to learn more about life at the bottom of the ocean, to inform decision-making on deep sea mining.

With a combined length of 23 million light years, these jets are the biggest yet discovered — plus, a single-step process for making metal alloys.

Jane Kilcoyne and colleagues took action after calculating that their biotoxin chemistry lab produced 4000 kilograms of waste per year, none of which was recyled.

Study refutes claim that mismanagement of natural resources led to population crash — plus a tiny wasp that’s been found in an unexpected place.