Episódios

  • Briefing Chat: Testosterone and sperm may get a boost from obesity drugs

    Briefing Chat: Testosterone and sperm may get a boost from obesity drugs
    Jun 19 2026

    Nature staff discuss preliminary data on the effects of GLP-1 drugs on male fertility plus a two-year trial of a brain-computer interface.


    00:18 Brain-computer interface makes a life-changing impact

    Nature: At-home brain implant gives man with motor neuron disease his daily life back


    05:39 The possible benefits of obesity drugs on testosterone

    Nature: The latest benefit of obesity drugs: boosting testosterone and sperm quality


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    12 minutos
  • DNA from hunter-gatherer teeth reveals secrets of ancient plague

    DNA from hunter-gatherer teeth reveals secrets of ancient plague
    Jun 17 2026

    In this episode:



    00:45 Ancient evidence of deadly plague outbreaks

    Research article: Macleod et al.



    12:33 Research Highlights

    Nature: Bones of Iron Age skeleton were whittled into tools

    Nature: Giant crustacean of the deep sea steals a trick from bacteria



    14:52 A prototype atom interferometer

    Research article: Baynham et al.


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    27 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: The epic journey of Stonehenge’s central stone

    Briefing Chat: The epic journey of Stonehenge’s central stone
    Jun 12 2026

    In this episode:



    00:37 Evidence that Stonehenge's Altar Stone travelled by glacier

    BBC Science Focus: We may have just cracked one of Stonehenge's greatest mysteries



    05:44 Fossilized faeces reveal DNA from ancient ecosystem

    Nature: Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’


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    11 minutos
  • Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years

    Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
    Jun 10 2026

    In this episode:



    00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis

    Research article: Peng et al.

    News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found



    08:52 Research Highlights

    Nature: Babies’ birth weight improves with help of payments to parents

    Nature: Earliest signs of vision recorded in ancient sea-floor tracks



    11:11 Turning plant material into chemical building-blocks

    Research article: Mains et al.


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    22 minutos
  • Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments

    Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
    Jun 5 2026

    In this episode:



    00:23 Fossil evidence that spinosaurs had an aquatic lifestyle

    Science: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters



    04:57 The explosive immune cells that kill in minutes

    Nature: Bang! Exploding immune cells splatter potent toxins everywhere


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    11 minutos
  • Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate

    Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
    Jun 3 2026

    In this episode:



    00:57 How your smartphone’s camera could measure your heart rate

    Research article: Liao et al.



    08:55 Research Highlights

    Nature: A star gone rogue tears through the Galaxy

    Nature: Gold keeps glittering courtesy of surface chemistry



    11:04 Should you try something new in a restaurant? Maths has the answer

    Nature: Feynman solved the ‘restaurant dilemma’ 50 years ago — now a study confirms his mathematics


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    18 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science

    Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
    May 29 2026

    In this episode:


    00:21 When witnesses identify suspects from police line-ups, confidence matters

    Nature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony


    07:15 Registered Reports: how this ‘double peer review’ process could benefit scientists and their results

    Nature: Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish


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    17 minutos
  • Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next

    Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
    May 22 2026

    On 17 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Centred on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the outbreak has seen mounting numbers of suspected cases and deaths linked to the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus.


    In this podcast we hear what's currently known about the outbreak and the efforts of clinicians, researchers and public health officials to halt its progress.


    Nature: Ebola outbreak is a global health emergency: what happens next

    Nature: Race begins to trial Ebola drugs amid current outbreak

    Nature: Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started?

    Nature: Will this Ebola outbreak be the biggest yet?

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    12 minutos