Podcast Nature

This week, bright light’s protective effect on the developing eyeball, early photography’s impact on science and the British genome unveiled.

Is music simply a pleasant accompaniment to thought, or a driving force behind it? This show examines music’s influence on the development of modern science and the foundations of acoustics. Lute music courtesy of Naxos Licensing.

This week, how English became the dominant language of science, carbon capture gets a boost and how to define the Anthropocene.

This week, the human family tree gets even more tangled, should universities stop investing in fossil fuels, and Ebola’s impact on mothers-to-be.

An 'intelligent' computer that can learn to play arcade games, the power of text mining, and what ancient DNA can tell us about ancient languages.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Noah Baker reads you his favourite from February, Good for something by Deborah Walker.

This week, preparing to meet Pluto, food additives with health risks, and measuring pain in the brain - is it ready for the courtroom?

This week, the value of museum collections, how increasing winds could cause coastal dead-zones, and redefining sex.

This week, sequencing the genomes of Darwin's finches, financial trading nears light speed, and an ancient book of optics.

This week, sequencing the genomes of Darwin's finches, financial trading nears light speed, and an ancient book of optics.

The sound of an aeroplane means many things. But increasingly, researchers think it may also have more sinister effects. In this episode of Audiofile, Nature's sound science series: find out what plane noise could mean for the health of those who have to hear it.

This week, a drought-resistance spray for plants, how tectonic plates slide around, and making lightweight steel stronger.

This week, a drought-resistance spray for plants, how tectonic plates slide around, and making lightweight steel stronger.

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Geoff Marsh reads you his favourite from January, The Descent of Man, by Christoph Weber.

This week, Israeli skull piece could be from a human hybrid, revamping a classic physics experiment, and revolutionary archaeology.

This week, Israeli skull piece could be from a human hybrid, revamping a classic physics experiment, and revolutionary archaeology.

Things lost and found in space, could cancer be 'bad luck', and our favourite "Why didn’t I think of that?" experiments.

Things lost and found in space, could cancer be 'bad luck', and our favourite "Why didn’t I think of that?" experiments.

This week, the restorative power of young blood, cosmic hard drives and improving the safety of genetically modified organisms.

This week, the restorative power of young blood, cosmic hard drives and improving the safety of genetically modified organisms.