Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speech
Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use may degrade skills in medicine and computer science. 00:32 Early ev...
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Medical records could be revealed by AI training-data vulnerability
In this episode: 00:46 How sensitive information can be gleaned from medical AIs Research article: Knolle et al. Correction: The story about...
Briefing Chat: Testosterone and sperm may get a boost from obesity drugs
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. 0...
DNA from hunter-gatherer teeth reveals secrets of ancient plague
In this episode: 00:45 Ancient evidence of deadly plague outbreaks Research article: Macleod et al. 12:33 Research Highlights Nature: Bones...
Briefing Chat: The epic journey of Stonehenge’s central stone
In this episode: 00:37 Evidence that Stonehenge's Altar Stone travelled by glacier BBC Science Focus: We may have just cracked one of Stoneh...
Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
In this episode: 00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis Research article: Peng et al. News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found...
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
In this episode: 00:23 Fossil evidence that spinosaurs had an aquatic lifestyle Science: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brac...
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
In this episode: 00:57 How your smartphone’s camera could measure your heart rate Research article: Liao et al. 08:55 Research Highlights Na...
Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
In this episode: 00:21 When witnesses identify suspects from police line-ups, confidence matters Nature: Memory on trial: the new science of...
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
On 17 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Centred...
AI ‘scientists’ promise to accelerate research — how do they work?
In this episode: 00:46 Meet the AI scientists designed to accelerate research Research article: Ghareeb et al. Research article: Gottweis et...
Briefing Chat: Hantavirus — what this outbreak reveals about the disease
In this episode: 00:34 What questions remain about the hantavirus outbreak? Nature: Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how diseas...
Red-light therapy is all the rage — does it work?
In this episode: 00:42 Is red-light therapy all hype? Disclaimer: The opinions and assertions expressed herein by Juanita Anders are those o...
Audio long read: The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Although scientists have long been able to gather DNA from water and soil, it's only recently that they've started to see the air as a sourc...
Briefing Chat: Can't focus? It's not your attention span, it's your notifications
00:31 The science of attention spans Nature Feature: Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says 04:54 Data centres in space...
Anaesthetized brains can still process podcasts
In this episode: 00:42 Probing the unconscious brain’s processing ability Research Article: Katlowitz et al. Nature: Even the unconscious br...
Briefing Chat: Stressed mitochondria spawn new 'organelles' in cells
In this episode: 00:27 How a parasite unveiled a mitochondrial secret Nature: Mitochondria can spawn new ‘organelles’ — hinting at how moder...
Immunity gets a boost from a surprising place — breakfast
In this episode: 00:45 How eating can boost the immune system Research Article: Kumar et al. 08:28 Research Highlights Nature: Cosmic-ray de...
Inside the evidence revolution — how decision-making became data driven
In this episode of Nature hits the books , we speak with Nature 's Helen Pearson whose book Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Wo...
Meet Ace, the table-tennis robot that can beat elite players
In this episode: 00:45 The table-tennis robot that can mix it with the pros Research Article: Dürr et al. News and Views: Robot can beat eli...