Nature Podcast

Ancient DNA charts spread of Celtic and Germanic languages

Briefing Chat: Could your pet live longer? Longevity research comes to animals

This Arabian desert was once a lush paradise. Why did ancient humans avoid it?

Briefing Chat: How physicists successfully trapped the electron's antimatter equivalent

Scientists put a salt marsh in a giant wave-machine: here's what they learned

Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking

Briefing Chat: An invisible tattoo that appears under UV light – and then disappears

The world is closer to a major conservation target than scientists thought

Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being mislead by sham academic societies

Nobel Prizes 2026: brain switches, ‘ghost’ particle hunter, and 'the chemistry of life'

‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply

These optical illusions are why butterflies are so hard to catch

Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them

Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control

Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex

Briefing Chat: The Bunsen burner myth that turns out to be just hot air

Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close

Briefing Chat: How 1,000 pairs of buried underpants helped measure soil health