Nature Podcast
Springer Nature
Researchers and journalists discuss new discoveries and emerging trends in biology, medicine, and technology.
Why we picked this
We picked Nature Podcast because it does what few science shows manage: it treats research as narrative rather than announcement. The hosts work from the journal's own papers, but they do not stop at the abstract. They track how a finding came to be, where the methodology breaks, and what the next question is. The result is a weekly feed that covers volcanoes, tardigrades, and AI hypothesis-generators with the same patient specificity. It is the show for listeners who want to understand how science actually gets made.
Recent episodes
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
Jun 5, 202611 min
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
Jun 3, 202618 min
Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
May 29, 202617 min
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
May 22, 202612 min
AI ‘scientists’ promise to accelerate research — how do they work?
May 20, 202627 min
Briefing Chat: Hantavirus — what this outbreak reveals about the disease
May 15, 20269 min
Red-light therapy is all the rage — does it work?
May 13, 202621 min
Audio long read: The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
May 11, 202619 min
Briefing Chat: Can't focus? It's not your attention span, it's your notifications
May 8, 202610 min
Anaesthetized brains can still process podcasts
May 6, 202615 min
Briefing Chat: Stressed mitochondria spawn new 'organelles' in cells
May 1, 202612 min
Immunity gets a boost from a surprising place — breakfast
Apr 29, 202620 min
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