Nature Podcast

Nature staff discuss preliminary data on the effects of GLP-1 drugs on male fertility plus a two-year trial of a brain-computer interface.

00:18 Brain-computer interface makes a life-changing impact
Nature: At-home brain implant gives man with motor neuron disease his daily life back

05:39 The possible benefits of obesity drugs on testosterone
Nature: The latest benefit of obesity drugs: boosting testosterone and sperm quality

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In this episode:

00:45 Ancient evidence of deadly plague outbreaks
Research article: Macleod et al.

12:33 Research Highlights
Nature: Bones of Iron Age skeleton were whittled into tools
Nature: Giant crustacean of the deep sea steals a trick from bacteria

14:52 A prototype atom interferometer
Research article: Baynham et al.

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In this episode:

00:37 Evidence that Stonehenge's Altar Stone travelled by glacier
BBC Science Focus: We may have just cracked one of Stonehenge's greatest mysteries

05:44 Fossilized faeces reveal DNA from ancient ecosystem
Nature: Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’

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In this episode:

00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis
Research article: Peng et al.
News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found

08:52 Research Highlights
Nature: Babies’ birth weight improves with help of payments to parents
Nature: Earliest signs of vision recorded in ancient sea-floor tracks

11:11 Turning plant material into chemical building-blocks
Research article: Mains et al.

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In this episode:

00:23 Fossil evidence that spinosaurs had an aquatic lifestyle
Science: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters

04:57 The explosive immune cells that kill in minutes
Nature: Bang! Exploding immune cells splatter potent toxins everywhere

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