The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everyth
Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting examples of weird resea
00:36 How melting ice is affecting global timekeepingNature Podcast: 27 March 2024Research article:&
02:54 The death star moon and a win for the little guysThe shifting orbit of one of Saturn’s moons i
01:11 “Ozempic you’re able”In the first of our annual festive songs celebrating the science of the p
Categorizing things is central to science. And there are dozens of systems scientists have created t
00:45 A potential treatment for pre-eclampsiaResearchers have shown in mice experiments that an mRNA
Zoologist Arik Kershenbaum has spent his career studying animals and how they communicate in the wil
00:48 Chemotherapy efficacy varies with the menstrual cycleBreast cancer cells are more susceptible
AI tools that help researchers design new proteins have resulted in a boom in designer molecules. Ho
00:50 Fossilised faeces give news insights into dinosaurs’ diets and riseA huge collection of fossil
00:45 A squid-inspired device for needle-free drug deliveryInspired by squids’ ability to shoot ink,
00:46 The role of skull bone marrow in ageingDuring ageing, bone marrow in the skull becomes an incr
Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize shortlisted novel Orbital is set inside an International Sp
00:46 Mitochondria divide their labour to help cells thriveResearchers have uncovered that mitochond
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick t
00:48 Rebuilding mental health after the floodsResearchers have been investigating the best ways to
By the end of 2024 up to two billion people will have gone to the polls, in a pivotal year of electi
