A mysterious ancient fingerprint and a lemon-shaped planet — the stories you’ve missed
00:54 Turning an undersea cable into a seismic detector Researchers have shown that they can piggyback a signal on a 4,400-kilometer-long telecom cab...
Science in 2026: what to expect this year
In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2026. We’ll hear about: small-scale AI models...
Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?
Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast in the past few years, thr...
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
00:40 What a trove of potato genomes reveals about the humble spud Researchers have created a ‘pangenome’ containing the genomes of multiple potato t...
Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025
Nature: Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science In this episode: 1:58 Evidence of ancient brine on an asteroid Samples taken ...
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025
00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of science Nature put a call out for readers to tell us about memorable presents that first got them interested i...
Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago
00:46 Evidence of the earliest fire Baked soil, ancient tools, and materials that could be used to start fires show that Neanderthals were making fi...
Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes
00:46 How satellite mega-constellations could ruin space-based astronomy The ability of space-based telescopes to image the distant Universe could be...
Audio long read: Faulty mitochondria cause deadly diseases — fixing them is about to get a lot easier
CRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside mitochondria. Researcher...
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
00:46 Martian ‘micro-lightning’ The sounds of ‘micro-lightning’ have been recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover, ending a long search for the phenome...