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Kids' real-world arithmetic skills don't transfer to the classroom
Feb 05, 2025In this episode: 00:45 How arithmetic skills don’t transfer between applied and academic environmentsMathematics skills learnt in real-world situations may not translate to the classroom and vice v...
The AI revolution is running out of data. What can researchers do?
Jan 31, 2025The explosive improvement in artificial intelligence (AI) technology has largely been driven by making neural networks bigger and training them on more data. But experts suggest that the developers of...
Asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life
Jan 29, 2025In this episode: 00:46 Evidence of ancient brine reveals Bennu’s watery pastAnalysis of samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of organic compounds important for life, and that its...
What's the best way to become a professor? The answer depends on where you are
Jan 22, 202500:56 How the paths to professorship varyA huge analysis of hiring practices has revealed that criteria to get a promotion to full professorship is hugely variable around the world. The authors sugges...
AI-designed antivenoms could help treat lethal snakebites
Jan 15, 202500:46 Designing new antivenoms to treat snakebites Researchers have shown that machine learning can quickly design antivenoms that are effective against lethal snake-toxins, which they hope will help ...
A new-year round-up of the science stories you may have missed
Jan 08, 2025In this episode of the Nature Podcast, we catch up on some science stories from the holiday period by diving into the Nature Briefing. 00:53 The retraction of a controversial COVID study that promote...
Science in 2025: what to expect this year
Jan 01, 2025In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2025. We’ll hear about: the latest Moon missions, 30 years of the United Nations' COP climate s...
Audio long read: How a silly science prize changed my career
Dec 27, 2024Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting examples of weird research that he included in the Journal of Irreproducible Results. The aim of these satirical awards is ...
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2024
Dec 25, 202400:36 How melting ice is affecting global timekeeping Nature Podcast: 27 March 2024 Research article: Agnew 09:19 Sex and gender discussions don't need to be toxic Podcast extra: 01 May 2024 Collecti...
Behind the scenes of Nature News and Views in 2024
Dec 20, 202402:54 The death star moon and a win for the little guysThe shifting orbit of one of Saturn’s moons indicates that the satellite has a subsurface ocean, contradicting theories that its interior is enti...