Episódios

  • How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers

    How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers
    Feb 25 2026

    High-speed footage reveals shoe squeaks can start with a tiny bolt of lightning — plus, evidence that a debated brain phenomenon exists in humans.


    00:44 The science of squeaky shoes

    Research Article : Djellouli et al.

    Basketball sound effects via Bradley Kanaris/Getty.


    09:05 Research Highlights

    Nature: Runaway black hole leaves a trail of stars

    Nature: Super-sticky feet help a robot to climb the walls


    11:31 Evidence of hippocampal neurogenesis

    Research Article: Disouky et al.


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    20 minutos
  • Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool

    Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
    Feb 20 2026
    00:25 How brains differ by sex and age

    Nature: Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty


    07:14 Bumblebees ‘fan themselves’ during flight to keep cool

    Science: How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?

    Video: Birds gliding through bubbles reveal aerodynamic trick


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    14 minutos
  • This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years

    This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
    Feb 18 2026
    00:46 Data stored in glass

    Nature: Microsoft Research Project Silica Team

    Nature: Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia


    08:09 Research Highlights

    Nature: Parasitic wasps use tamed virus to castrate caterpillars

    Nature: Flexible joints: robot morphs into a range of cyborg species



    10:10 An mRNA vaccine for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

    Nature: Sahin et al.


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    22 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data

    Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
    Feb 13 2026

    In this episode:



    00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggests

    Nature: Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people



    04:15 Using AI to work out the rules of a long-forgotten board game

    Scientific American: Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI


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    10 minutos
  • These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains

    These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
    Feb 11 2026

    In this episode:


    00:46 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains

    Nature: Cho et al.


    10:21 Research Highlights

    Nature: Beetle is locked into an eternal dance ― with an ant

    Nature: Super-sniffer aeroplane finds oil fields’ hidden emissions


    12:41 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion

    Nature: Olalde et al.

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    25 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant

    Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
    Feb 6 2026

    In this episode:


    00:42 External, artificial-lung system keeps patient alive for transplant

    Nature: 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant


    06:22 How lung cancer in mice hijacks neurons to outwit the immune system

    Nature: How tumours trick the brain into shutting down cancer-fighting cells


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    11 minutos
  • These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate

    These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
    Feb 4 2026
    00:46 Understanding how rete ridges form in the skin

    Nature: Thompson et al.


    09:32 Research Highlights

    Nature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil

    Nature: Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough


    11:52 The open-source AI that performs scientific literature reviews

    Nature: Asai et al.


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    22 minutos
  • Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of ageing

    Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of ageing
    Jan 30 2026

    In this episode:



    00:36 Study probes genetics of extreme longevity

    Nature: Still working at 107: supercentenarian study probes genetics of extreme longevity



    05:32 Controlling fluorescent proteins’ brightness with magnets

    Nature: ‘Remote controlled’ proteins illuminate living cells


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    10 minutos