Nature Podcast

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 thrive
Research Article: Dellmour et al.

12:33 Research Highlights
Nature: 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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00:21 New experiment looking for mismatch between matter and antimatter
Nature: A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics

08:32 JAXA's mission to Phobos
Aerospace America: JAXA’s MMX mission will include the first wheeled rover to drive in ultra-low gravity

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In this episode:

00:46 How salt marshes could protect coastal regions from super-storms
Research Article: Willemsen et al.

10:56 Research Highlights
Nature: Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
Nature: Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll

13:30 Putting a face to the Denisovans
Research Article: Xing et al.
Nature: This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like

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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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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

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