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

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 thought Research Article: O’Neill et al. 08:38 Research Highligh…

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 Subsc…

In this episode: 00:15 An appearing, disappearing tattoo ink Nature: Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light 04:13 How the epigenome could help explain why big dogs age faster Nature: Big dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blame Subscribe to Nature Brie…

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 Mus…