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  • ‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply

    ‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply
    Oct 2 2026

    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)


    Music supplied by SPD/Triple Scoop Music/Getty Images

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    32 minutos
  • These optical illusions are why butterflies are so hard to catch

    These optical illusions are why butterflies are so hard to catch
    Sep 30 2026

    High-speed footage of takeoffs reveal that the butterfly markings mislead the eye, making them harder to catch.


    00:45 Butterflies in flight create confusing motion cues that baffle birds

    Research Article: Hancock et al.


    14:09 Research Highlights

    Research Article: Menezes and Podos

    Research Highlight: Huge hoard of metal bars hints at vast Iron Age trade


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    18 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them

    Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them
    Sep 25 2026

    In this episode


    00:23 How detecting lead could help researchers read damaged Roman scrolls

    Nature: Watch scientists decipher burned scrolls without unrolling them


    06:42 A biodegradeable, paper-inspired battery

    Nature: Edible batteries power medical devices in the body


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    12 minutos
  • Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control

    Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control
    Sep 23 2026
    00:45 Investigating the day-to-day impacts of Financial Abuse


    Nature: Trendl et al.


    Support organizations

    UK: Surviving Economic Abuse

    US: National Domestic Violence Helpline


    12:14 Research Highlights

    Nature: Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought

    Nature: Cognitive resilience helps to predict Alzheimer’s dementia


    14:55 How opposing forces in the Earth's core alter how the planet spins

    Nature: Gravitational tug-of-war inside Earth is changing the length of our days


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    24 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

    Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb
    Sep 18 2026

    In this episode:



    00:22 Could secret rooms lie beyond Tutankhamun's tomb?

    Nature: Exclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb




    05:55 A multifunctional brain–computer interface

    Nature: ‘Multifunctional’ brain implant translates speech and gestures in real time


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    13 minutos
  • Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex

    Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex
    Sep 16 2026

    In this episode:



    00:46 Human brain-organoids transplanted into mice missing their cortex

    Nature: Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever



    13:51 Research Highlights

    Nature: Ruins of ancient Asian city show engineering prowess and organization

    Nature: Distant sensors announced a fearsome tsunami’s birth



    16:16 Paper2Agent: the AI tool that lets researchers talk to papers

    Nature: AI tool turns any paper into an ‘agent’ that can collaborate and answer complex queries


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    28 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: The Bunsen burner myth that turns out to be just hot air

    Briefing Chat: The Bunsen burner myth that turns out to be just hot air
    Sep 11 2026

    Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of nine billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization may be based on tradition alone.


    00:21 Deepmind’s new tool helps scientists find the impact of mutations

    Nature: DeepMind’s new genome ‘atlas’ charts effects of all nine billion human gene mutations


    07:10 Bacteria can still contaminate plates near to active Bunsen burners

    Nature: Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out


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    16 minutos
  • Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close

    Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close
    Sep 9 2026

    In this episode:





    00:46 How telephone teaching could boost education during school shutdowns

    Nature: Pick up the phone! Phone calls with tutors keep kids learning when schools shut down




    11:42 Research Highlights

    Nature: Super-precise optical clocks in four nations tick in harmony

    Nature: These greenhouse-gas sources have trotters and snouts




    14:15 Why atlases might need an update

    Nature: Hello Equal Earth: what the UN’s new world map will change


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    21 minutos