Nature Podcast
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The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's award-winning journalists.
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The climate crisis: What the data really say | Cooked? Ep 1
In the first of our new podcast series, a Nature reporter looks for reasons for hope in the face of overwhelming climate anxiety. The past year has been... a lot. Record-breaking temperatures, devastating …
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In the first of our new podcast series, a Nature reporter looks for reasons for hope in the face of overwhelming climate anxiety.
The past year has been... a lot. Record-breaking temperatures, devastating floods and catastrophic wildfires have brought the realities of climate change into sharp focus for people around the world. At the same time, many governments and organisations have scaled back on their climate action.
If you’re anything like me you might be feeling it’s all a bit ‘doom and gloom’. So in this series I decided to face my climate anxiety head on and set out in search of reasons for optimism.
In this first episode of Cooked? I talk to experts around the world about what the data really show and why there are still reasons to hope.
00:00 How climate change feels overwhelming
04:27 What the data say about renewables
11:23 Will AI stall climate progress?
21:49 How are the world’s nations doing on climate change?
35:13 Preview of next time
Further reading:Nature: COP31 kicks off as planet faces imminent overshoot of 1.5 °C climate target
Nature: How much energy will AI really consume? The good, the bad and the unknown
Nature: Biotech innovations are an opportunity to limit climate change
This episode was written and produced by Nick Petrić Howe. Dan Fox was the editor. Music was by Daniel Knowler, Akio Jefferson, Lionel Cohen and The Conductor, and was provided by Triple Scoop Music via Getty Images. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie, Ketan Joshi and Niklas Höhne for featuring in this episode.
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Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction
In this episode:00:45 How extreme climatic events threaten cactiResearch Article: Pillet et al.11:08 Research HighlightsNature: Cholera bacterium’s good deed: inspiring a glue with rare propertiesNature …
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In this episode:
00:45 How extreme climatic events threaten cactiResearch Article: Pillet et al.
11:08 Research HighlightsNature: Cholera bacterium’s good deed: inspiring a glue with rare properties
Nature: First-of-its-kind planetary wreckage holds clues to our Solar System’s fate
13:41 Testing a new way to define obesityResearch Article: Pan et al.
Nature: Move over BMI: new obesity definition is better for predicting your health
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Briefing Chat: Meet the snakes that cartwheel away from trouble
In this episode:00:27 The snake that rolls at the first sign of dangerTiktok: This snake does cartwheelsResearch article: Kojima et al.05:10 Evidence of ancient blood cells in a dinosaur fossilScience: Did …
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In this episode:
00:27 The snake that rolls at the first sign of dangerTiktok: This snake does cartwheels
Research article: Kojima et al.
05:10 Evidence of ancient blood cells in a dinosaur fossilScience: Did scientists just find 115-million-year-old dinosaur blood?
Nature: Patrick Stewart dies: how Captain Picard inspired today’s science leaders
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Ancient DNA charts spread of Celtic and Germanic languages
Ancient genomes from thousands of individuals show how migrations helped shape Celtic and Germanic languages — plus, how the brain may regulate emotions differently than we thought. 00:49 How Celtic and …
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Ancient genomes from thousands of individuals show how migrations helped shape Celtic and Germanic languages — plus, how the brain may regulate emotions differently than we thought.
00:49 How Celtic and Germanic languages spread across EuropeResearch Article: McColl et al.
Research Article: McColl et al.
13:00 Research HighlightsNature: Barn owls’ ancestors made a transatlantic flight
Nature: Even stupendous black holes can’t explain dark matter
15:34 Why part of the brain may not be controlling emotions in the way researchers thoughtResearch Article: Sicorello et al.
Correction: This article originally stated Simon Rodway’s name incorrectly. The podcast has now been updated to correct this.
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Briefing Chat: Dog years: could longevity science extend your pets' lives?
Nature staff discuss the emerging field of pet longevity — plus, a researcher decides not to care about their student reviews. Are they wrong? 00:24 Could research help boost your dog’s lifespan?Nature: Can …
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Nature staff discuss the emerging field of pet longevity — plus, a researcher decides not to care about their student reviews. Are they wrong?
00:24 Could research help boost your dog’s lifespan?Nature: Can science make your dog live longer? Longevity craze comes to pets
05:16 Is it wrong to not care about student reviews?Nature: What students think about my teaching doesn’t matter. Am I wrong?
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This Arabian desert was once a lush paradise. Why did ancient humans avoid it?
Expedition revealed that water wasn’t enough for human settlement — plus, proposals to block sunlight get serious. 00:49 A failed desert expedition to find human tools reveals what humans needed to …
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Expedition revealed that water wasn’t enough for human settlement — plus, proposals to block sunlight get serious.
00:49 A failed desert expedition to find human tools reveals what humans needed to thriveResearch Article: Dellmour et al.
12:33 Research HighlightsNature: Sleep declines in rural communities after electricity arrives
Nature: AI doctors’ orders come with a sky-high bill
15:14 Could satellites help cool the Earth?Nature: Could a giant sunshade in space 'solve global warming'? Scientists are taking the idea seriously
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Briefing Chat: How physicists successfully trapped the electron's antimatter equivalent
In this episode:00:21 New experiment looking for mismatch between matter and antimatterNature: A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics08:32 JAXA's mission to PhobosAerospace …
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In this episode:
00:21 New experiment looking for mismatch between matter and antimatterNature: A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics
08:32 JAXA's mission to PhobosAerospace America: JAXA’s MMX mission will include the first wheeled rover to drive in ultra-low gravity
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Scientists put a salt marsh in a giant wave-machine: here's what they learned
In this episode:00:46 How salt marshes could protect coastal regions from super-stormsResearch Article: Willemsen et al.10:56 Research HighlightsNature: Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their …
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In this episode:
00:46 How salt marshes could protect coastal regions from super-stormsResearch Article: Willemsen et al.
10:56 Research HighlightsNature: Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
Nature: Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll
13:30 Putting a face to the DenisovansResearch Article: Xing et al.
Nature: This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like
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Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking
Critical thinking is a skill that is under threat from the AI revolution in large language models. But all is not lost. Specialists in education and cognition have long been studying critical thinking, and some …
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Critical thinking is a skill that is under threat from the AI revolution in large language models. But all is not lost. Specialists in education and cognition have long been studying critical thinking, and some have useful tips on how to stay cognitively sharp in the age of AI.
This is an audio version of our Feature: How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking
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Briefing Chat: An invisible tattoo that appears under UV light – and then disappears
In this episode:00:15 An appearing, disappearing tattoo inkNature: Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light04:13 How the epigenome could help explain why big dogs age fasterNature: Big dogs age faster …
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In this episode:
00:15 An appearing, disappearing tattoo inkNature: Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light
04:13 How the epigenome could help explain why big dogs age fasterNature: Big dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blame
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The world is closer to a major conservation target than scientists thought
Analysis suggests number of protected areas is hugely underestimated but biodiversity is still in peril — plus, a huge study looking at the health effects of brown fat.00:45 The world may have more conservation …
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Analysis suggests number of protected areas is hugely underestimated but biodiversity is still in peril — plus, a huge study looking at the health effects of brown fat.
00:45 The world may have more conservation areas than previously thoughtResearch Article: O’Neill et al.
08:38 Research HighlightsNature: The Solar System could die one billion times earlier than thought
Nature: Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains
11:19 Giant study expands list of brown fat’s health benefitsResearch Article: Gómez-Banoy et al.
Nature: Overlooked 'brown' body fat linked to wide range of health benefits
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Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being misled by sham academic societies
In this episode we discuss a recent Nature exclusive investigating an international constellation of sham academies and societies that have successfully misled some of the world’s leading scientists and …
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In this episode we discuss a recent Nature exclusive investigating an international constellation of sham academies and societies that have successfully misled some of the world’s leading scientists and universities.
Nature: Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
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Nobel Prizes 2026: ‘ghost’ particles, mirror molecules and light switches in the brain
In this episode:00:45 The Nobel Prizes 2026Nature: Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with lightNature: ‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdueNature …
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In this episode:
00:45 The Nobel Prizes 2026Nature: Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light
Nature: ‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue
Nature: Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos
Nature: Astronomy’s ‘adrenaline junkies’: Nobel prize captures the thrill of neutrino physics
Nature: Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge
11:53 Research HighlightsNature: Youthful fans of YouTube sports videos stick to the sofa
Nature: A black hole’s jets have a halo effect
14:11 The ancient human gut microbiomeResearch Article: Carter et al.
News and Views: Gut microbes that trace ancient human journeys
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‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply
In this episode, we speak with Hernan Diaz whose most recent novel Ply blends a vision of a dystopian future with questions about selfhood and asks whether advanced physics could be used to unravel the fabric …
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In this episode, we speak with Hernan Diaz whose most recent novel Ply blends a vision of a dystopian future with questions about selfhood and asks whether advanced physics could be used to unravel the fabric of spacetime itself.
Ply Hernan Diaz Picador (2026)
Music supplied by SPD/Triple Scoop Music/Getty Images
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These optical illusions are why butterflies are so hard to catch
High-speed footage of takeoffs reveal that the butterfly markings mislead the eye, making them harder to catch.00:45 Butterflies in flight create confusing motion cues that baffle birdsResearch Article: Hancock …
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High-speed footage of takeoffs reveal that the butterfly markings mislead the eye, making them harder to catch.
00:45 Butterflies in flight create confusing motion cues that baffle birdsResearch Article: Hancock et al.
14:09 Research HighlightsResearch Article: Menezes and Podos
Research Highlight: Huge hoard of metal bars hints at vast Iron Age trade
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Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them
In this episode00:23 How detecting lead could help researchers read damaged Roman scrollsNature: Watch scientists decipher burned scrolls without unrolling them06:42 A biodegradeable, paper-inspired …
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In this episode
00:23 How detecting lead could help researchers read damaged Roman scrollsNature: Watch scientists decipher burned scrolls without unrolling them
06:42 A biodegradeable, paper-inspired batteryNature: Edible batteries power medical devices in the body
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Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control
00:45 Investigating the day-to-day impacts of Financial AbuseNature: Trendl et al.Support organizationsUK: Surviving Economic AbuseUS: National Domestic Violence Helpline12:14 Research HighlightsNature: Mercury …
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00:45 Investigating the day-to-day impacts of Financial AbuseNature: Trendl et al.
Support organizations
US: National Domestic Violence Helpline
12:14 Research HighlightsNature: Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought
Nature: Cognitive resilience helps to predict Alzheimer’s dementia
14:55 How opposing forces in the Earth's core alter how the planet spinsNature: Gravitational tug-of-war inside Earth is changing the length of our days
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Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb
In this episode:00:22 Could secret rooms lie beyond Tutankhamun's tomb?Nature: Exclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb05:55 A multifunctional brain–computer interfaceNature …
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In this episode:
00:22 Could secret rooms lie beyond Tutankhamun's tomb?Nature: Exclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb
05:55 A multifunctional brain–computer interfaceNature: ‘Multifunctional’ brain implant translates speech and gestures in real time
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Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex
In this episode:00:46 Human brain-organoids transplanted into mice missing their cortexNature: Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever13:51 Research HighlightsNature: Ruins …
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In this episode:
00:46 Human brain-organoids transplanted into mice missing their cortexNature: Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever
13:51 Research HighlightsNature: Ruins of ancient Asian city show engineering prowess and organization
Nature: Distant sensors announced a fearsome tsunami’s birth
16:16 Paper2Agent: the AI tool that lets researchers talk to papersNature: AI tool turns any paper into an ‘agent’ that can collaborate and answer complex queries
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Briefing Chat: The Bunsen burner myth that turns out to be just hot air
Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of nine billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization may be based on tradition alone.00:21 Deepmind’s new tool helps …
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Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of nine billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization may be based on tradition alone.
00:21 Deepmind’s new tool helps scientists find the impact of mutationsNature: DeepMind’s new genome ‘atlas’ charts effects of all nine billion human gene mutations
07:10 Bacteria can still contaminate plates near to active Bunsen burnersNature: Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out
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Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close
In this episode:00:46 How telephone teaching could boost education during school shutdownsNature: Pick up the phone! Phone calls with tutors keep kids learning when schools shut down11:42 Research …
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In this episode:
00:46 How telephone teaching could boost education during school shutdownsNature: Pick up the phone! Phone calls with tutors keep kids learning when schools shut down
11:42 Research HighlightsNature: Super-precise optical clocks in four nations tick in harmony
Nature: These greenhouse-gas sources have trotters and snouts
14:15 Why atlases might need an updateNature: Hello Equal Earth: what the UN’s new world map will change
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Briefing Chat: How 1,000 pairs of buried underpants helped measure soil health
In this episode:00:21 Our picks of this year’s Ig Nobel prizesNature: Buried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes07:47 Massive xenon experiment detects tantalizing hint of dark …
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In this episode:
00:21 Our picks of this year’s Ig Nobel prizesNature: Buried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes
07:47 Massive xenon experiment detects tantalizing hint of dark matterNature: Is this the first glimpse of dark matter? Data point excites physicists
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Audio long read: Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?
Scientists are amassing evidence that unrepaired or poorly repaired DNA damage underlies many of the hallmarks of ageing. This has led to research into whether boosting DNA repair can keep people healthy for …
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Scientists are amassing evidence that unrepaired or poorly repaired DNA damage underlies many of the hallmarks of ageing. This has led to research into whether boosting DNA repair can keep people healthy for longer.
This is an audio version of our Feature: Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?
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Briefing Chat: How Dolly Parton left her mark on science
In this episode:00:18 Researchers celebrate Dolly Parton's contributions to scienceNature: Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science08:40 Phase III trial of melanoma vaccine …
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In this episode:
00:18 Researchers celebrate Dolly Parton's contributions to scienceNature: Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science
08:40 Phase III trial of melanoma vaccine shows promiseNature: Moderna cancer vaccine stops melanoma returning: what’s next for personalized treatments?
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Highest-ever ocean temperatures recorded as El Niño intensifies
Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.00:46 The world’s oceans reach a record temperatureNature: Ocean temperatures set …
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Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.
00:46 The world’s oceans reach a record temperature
Nature: Ocean temperatures set to break all-time record: what’s next?
10:05 Research Highlights
Nature: Astronaut vest cuts radiation exposure in half
Nature: Earth-shaking thunder probes underground geology
12:54 How mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss
Nature: Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision
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Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies
Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.00:28 The promise of a new narcolepsy drugNature …
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Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.
00:28 The promise of a new narcolepsy drug
Nature: First-of-its-kind narcolepsy drug opens door to new therapies for the brain
05:53 Human brain organoids kept alive for over five years
Nature: Human organoids that mimic brain development grown for years in lab
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A black hole's spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star
Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.00:46 The star that could reveal a black hole’s spinResearch article: Dayem et al.13:23 …
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Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.
00:46 The star that could reveal a black hole’s spinResearch article: Dayem et al.
13:23 Research HighlightsNature: Rattlesnakes’ own antivenom could protect humans too
Nature: Shipping on rivers packs a surprisingly large climate punch
15:40 Commercial exoskeletons are hitting the market — what now?Nature: Will you be wearing an exoskeleton in ten years? The tech that could change how we move
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Briefing Chat: Anthropic rolls out new AI watermark — will it make a difference?
In this episode:00:29 What does Anthropic’s new watermark mean for research?Nature: Can Anthropic’s invisible watermarks curb ‘AI slop’? Researchers remain sceptical10:57 Ticklishness is a distinct, specialized …
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In this episode:
00:29 What does Anthropic’s new watermark mean for research?Nature: Can Anthropic’s invisible watermarks curb ‘AI slop’? Researchers remain sceptical
10:57 Ticklishness is a distinct, specialized body sensation, research findsNature: Where are you ticklish? Researchers map the sensation across cultures
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The probiotic bacteria engineered to treat diabetes
Genetically modified bacteria lower high blood-sugar in animal trials — plus, how to safely watch a solar eclipse.00:45 A living diabetes treatmentResearch article: Guan et al.08:03 Research HighlightsNature …
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Genetically modified bacteria lower high blood-sugar in animal trials — plus, how to safely watch a solar eclipse.
00:45 A living diabetes treatmentResearch article: Guan et al.
08:03 Research HighlightsNature: Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels
Nature: How a steady drip-drip can erode the hardest stone
10:29 What eclipses might reveal about the Sun’s coronaNature: Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries
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Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole-rats offer tantalizing hints
Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.00:25 Could reawakened viruses have a link to long-COVID?Nature …
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Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.
00:25 Could reawakened viruses have a link to long-COVID?
Nature: COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
05:57 DNA damage can cause ageing, could boosting repair boost longevity?
Nature: Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?
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