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Nature: A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics

Aerospace America: JAXA’s MMX mission will include the first wheeled rover to drive in ultra-low gravity

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Research Article: Willemsen et al.

Nature: Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies

Nature: Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll

Research Article: Xing et al.

Nature: This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like

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Critical thinking is a skill that is under threat from the AI revolution in large language models. But all is not lost. Specialists in education and cognition have long been studying critical thinking, and some have useful tips on how to stay cognitively sharp in the age of AI.

This is an audio version of our Feature: How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking

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In this episode:

Nature: Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light

Nature: Big dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blame

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Analysis suggests number of protected areas is hugely underestimated but biodiversity is still in peril — plus, a huge study looking at the health effects of brown fat.

Research Article: O’Neill et al.

Nature: The Solar System could die one billion times earlier than thought

Nature: Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains

Research Article: Gómez-Banoy et al.

Nature: Overlooked 'brown' body fat linked to wide range of health benefits

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In this episode we discuss a recent Nature exclusive investigating an international constellation of sham academies and societies that have successfully misled some of the world’s leading scientists and universities.

Nature: Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers

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Nature: Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light

Nature: ‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue

Nature: Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos

Nature: Astronomy’s ‘adrenaline junkies’: Nobel prize captures the thrill of neutrino physics

Nature: Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge

Nature: Youthful fans of YouTube sports videos stick to the sofa

Nature: A black hole’s jets have a halo effect

Research Article: Carter et al.

News and Views: Gut microbes that trace ancient human journeys

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In this episode, we speak with Hernan Diaz whose most recent novel Ply blends a vision of a dystopian future with questions about selfhood and asks whether advanced physics could be used to unravel the fabric of spacetime itself.

Ply Hernan Diaz Picador (2026)

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