Best Nature Publishing Group Podcasts (2024)

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The last few miles: how to prepare for the late-career stage in science 10:56

7d ago10:56

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What are the signs that you’re transitioning from the middle to the late stage of a career in science? Is this transition something you can plan in advance, and if so, what does this look like? Working backwards from your planned retirement date can help you to re-evaluate your priorities and predict the challenges the next few years might bring. B…

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C-reactive protein moderates associations between racial discrimination and ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation during attention to threat in Black American women 9:56

7d ago9:56

9:56

Scientists have been amassing an increasing amount of evidence about the impact of racial discrimination and racial trauma, including how it can have an impact on brain regions involved with threat vigilance and emotional regulation. At the same time, there’s evidence that increased engagement in those areas has been linked to increased risk of men…

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Collection on neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy 14:21

10d ago14:21

14:21

In this episode, listen to our editorial apprentice, Dr. Eric Peeples describe the scope and importance of our collection on neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Visit the collection here: Neonatal Encephalopathy and Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (nature.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Counting the cost of fashion’s carbon footprint 22:42

18d ago22:42

22:42

In many parts of the world these days garments are bought purely as fashion items, and discarded after just a few months or years. But as the global population grows and personal wealth levels increase, solutions are urgently needed to process increasing volumes of textile waste as consumption rises. This waste includes synthetic fibres, which do n…

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Why female students at an inner London school are seeing scientists in a different light 17:46

22d ago17:46

17:46

Draw a Scientist is a test developed in 1983 to explore children’s perspectives of scientists and how stereotypical views can emerge at an early age, influenced both by popular culture and how STEM subjects are taught in schools. In April, 50 images from Nature’s weekly Where I Work section, a photo essay which depicts an individual researcher at w…

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Using live transport data to deliver sustainable cities 16:53

25d ago16:53

16:53

Lynette Cheah’s research group collaborates with psychologists, computer scientists and urban designers to develop smarter and more sustainable ways of city transportation. “We can’t have sustainable cities without transforming the way people move and how goods are moved around,” says Cheah, an engineering systems researcher who is based at the Uni…

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How artificial intelligence is helping to identify global inequalities 27:10

1M ago27:10

27:10

Francisco Ferreira’s first exposure to inequality of opportunity was during his daily ride to school in São Paulo, Brazil, and seeing children his age selling chewing gum on the streets. Ferreira, a former World Bank economist who now researches inequality at the London School of Economics, speculates on the wasted human talent caused by such hards…

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Infrastructure projects need to demonstrate a return on investment 21:23

1M ago21:23

21:23

Power networks are humankind’s biggest engineering achievement to date, says Sinan Küfeoğlu. But ageing infrastructure in advanced industrialised economies, coupled with the fact that around one billion people in the world lack continuous power access, particularly in Global South countries, could threaten the delivery of Sustainable Development Go…

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Decent work for all: why multinationals need a helping hand 15:24

2M ago15:24

15:24

In Kenya, where Moses Ngoze teaches entrepreneurship and management at Masinde Muliro University in Kakamega, micro, small and medium enterprises provide 75% of jobs and more than 80% of the country’s gross domestic product. Typically these organizations employ between one and 100 people and include subsistence farming, hospitality and artisan busi…

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How artificial intelligence is helping Ghana plan for a renewable energy future 23:56

2M ago23:56

23:56

Julien Harou’s career started in geology in his current role as a water management and infrastructure researcher now straddles economics and engineering, with a particular focus on using artificial intelligence (AI) to measure Ghana’s future energy needs. Harou is relatively upbeat about progress so far towards achieving sustainable and reliable en…

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Ghrelin decreases sensitivity to negative feedback and increases prediction-error related caudate activity in humans, a randomized controlled trial 9:06

2M ago9:06

9:06

There’s a hormone called ghrelin that’s secreted in the stomach, and when someone is hungry it contributes to that feeling of hunger and the need to search for food. But neurological studies have suggested that ghrelin might also play a role in compulsivity and impulsivity, and it might be related to substance use disorders. Rebecca Boeme is an ass…

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What's hot in Endocrinology? 11:15

2M ago11:15

11:15

In this episode of Pediapod, Section Editor Jeanie Tryggestad discusses the most recent advances in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How a young physicist’s job move helped Argentina join the ATLAS collaboration 21:57

2M ago21:57

21:57

María Teresa Dova describes how an early career move to CERN as the first Latin American scientist to join Europe’s organisation for nuclear research ultimately benefited both her but also the researchers she now works with back home in Argentina. The move to Geneva, Switzerland, where CERN is based, required Dova to pivot from condensed matter phy…

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How to plug the female mentoring gap in Latin American science 15:51

3M ago15:51

15:51

A 2021 report by the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean revealed that only 18% of public universities in the region had female rectors. Vanessa Gottifredi, a biologist and president of Argentina’s Leloir Institute Foundation, a research institute based in Buenos Aires, says this paucity of visible…

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‘Maybe I was never meant to be in science’: how imposter syndrome seizes scientist mothers 20:12

3M ago20:12

20:12

Fernanda Staniscuaski earned her PhD aged 27. Five years later she had a child. But in common with many scientist mothers, Staniscuaski, a biologist at Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, saw funding and other career opportunities diminish as she combined motherhood with her professional life. “Of course I did not have as much time as…

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‘Hopeless, burnt out, sad’: how political change is impacting female researchers in Latin America 21:07

3M ago21:07

21:07

Paleontologists Ana Valenzuela-Toro and Mariana Viglino outline some of the challenges shared by researchers across Latin America. These include funding, language barriers, journal publication fees and conference travel costs. But the two women then list some of the extra burdens faced by female researchers who live and work there, many of which wi…

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Conversation With Pediatric Researchers Cynthia Bearer and Eleanor Molloy 13:18

3M ago13:18

13:18

Pediatric researchers Cynthia Bearer and Eleanor Molloy join podcast host Geoff Marsh to give an update on plans for the podcast and to offer some sage advice for Early Career Investigators. Find more Pediapod episodes here: https://www.nature.com/collections/fcbjjbchaa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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How we connect girls in Brazil to inspiring female scientists 10:45

3M ago10:45

10:45

In 2013 physicist Carolina Brito co-launched Meninas na Ciência (Girls in Science), a program based at Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul. The program exposes girls to university life, including lab visits and meetings with female academics. “There are several girls who have never met someone who has been to university,” says Brita. “…

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‘There is no cookie cutter female scientist’ 27:22

4M ago27:22

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In her role as Vice Rector for research partnerships and collaboration at the University of the Valley in Guatemala City, Monica Stein works to strengthen science and technology ecosystems in the Central American country and across the wider region. To mark International Women's Day on 8 March, Stein outlines the steps needed to attract girls into …

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Spotlighting SHAPERS: Sex hormones associated with psychological and endocrine roles 9:08

4M ago9:08

9:08

Dr. Nicole Petersen is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UCLA. Her commentary is a new paper in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, called “Spotlighting SHAPERS: sex hormones associated with psychological and endocrine roles.” Dr. Petersen starts the paper describing an unnamed signaling molecule tha…

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How Tiger Worm toilets could help to deliver clean water and sanitation for all 20:38

4M ago20:38

20:38

Laure Sione’s postdoctoral research at Imperial College London addresses the sixth of the 17 United Nations SDGs, but, she argues, sanitation also plays a huge role in gender equality (SDG 5) and good health and well being (SDG 3) targets. Sione’s PhD research focused on water management challenges in Kathmandu, but she now focuses on Sub-Saharan A…

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How we boosted female faculty numbers in male-dominated departments 20:26

4M ago20:26

20:26

In 2016 the University of Melbourne, Australia, asked for female-only applicants when it advertised three vacancies in its School of Mathematics and Statistics. It repeated the exercise in 2018 and 2019 to fill similar vacancies in physics, chemistry, and engineering and information technology. Elaine Wong and Georgina Such tell the How to Save Hum…

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Building robots to get kids hooked on STEM subjects 19:33

4M ago19:33

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As a child Solomon King Benge loved Eric Laithwaite’s 1974 book The Engineer in Wonderland, based on the mechanical engineer’s 1966 Royal Institution Christmas lectures. After reading it he asked his physics teacher if he and his classmates might try some of Laithwaite’s practical experiments, but was told: “Don’t waste your time with this. This is…

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‘It reflects the society we live in where a young person does not feel that life is worth living’ 28:37

5M ago28:37

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A drive to reduce suicide mortality rates is a key indicator of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Psychiatrist Shekhar Saxena, who led the World Health Organization’s mental health and substance abuse program after working in clinical practice for more than two decades, says that although progress is being made, a worryingly high nu…

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Conversation with Linda de Vries 13:43

5M ago13:43

13:43

This episode involves a conversation with senior investigator Linda de Vries, who has had a large and lasting effect in the world of pediatric research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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‘Blue foods’ to tackle hidden hunger and improve nutrition 23:55

5M ago23:55

23:55

As a nutrition and planetary health researcher, Christopher Golden takes a keen interest in the second of 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and its aim to end hunger. But Golden’s research also focuses on “hidden hunger,” a term he uses to describe the impact of dietary deficiencies in micronutrients such as iron, zinc, fatty acids, a…

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People need more than cash to rise out of poverty 21:57

5M ago21:57

21:57

Poverty is about more than just meeting basic material needs, says Catherine Thomas. Its corrosive effects are also social and psychological, causing people to feel marginalized and helpless. Thomas’s research into anti-poverty programs has focused on the effects of one aimed at women in the West African country of Niger, which aims to support subs…

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Global climate change: the defining issue of our time for our children’s health 13:46

5M ago13:46

13:46

The United Nations recently stated that “climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment” (https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/climate-change). This statement ended the political debate about the role of human activities in climate change. Global climate change is happening and it will have a profound effect on our…

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Comparable roles for serotonin in rats and humans for computations underlying flexible decision-making 9:33

6M ago9:33

9:33

Serotonin is a critical chemical when it comes to a number of psychiatric conditions, such as OCD, where it seems to play a particular role in cognitive flexibility. That is, serotonin levels are related to the fact that someone is perseverating on intrusive thoughts or compulsions and isn’t able to be as flexible as otherwise would be necessary. T…

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Chandrayaan and what it means for India's brain drain 26:36

7M ago26:36

26:36

In August the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft touched down, making India only the fourth to have successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. In this special episode of the Working Scientist podcast, Somak Raychaudhuryan astrophysicist and vice-chancellor at Ashoka University, tells Jack Leeming about India’s history of space research, the significance o…

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