Nature Podcast

Genetically modified bacteria lower high blood-sugar in animal trials — plus, how to safely watch a solar eclipse.

00:45 A living diabetes treatment
Research article: Guan et al.

08:03 Research Highlights
Nature: Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels
Nature: How a steady drip-drip can erode the hardest stone

10:29 What eclipses might reveal about the Sun’s corona
Nature: Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries

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Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.

00:25 Could reawakened viruses have a link to long-COVID?
Nature: COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you

05:57 DNA damage can cause ageing, could boosting repair boost longevity?
Nature: ​​​​​​​Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?​​​​​​​

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Researchers untangle the chemistry behind turning PVC into high-grade motor lubricant — plus, how engineered yeast can help make a cancer drug.

00:45 The chemistry behind converting PVC into lubricant
Research article: Munyaneza et al.

09:15 Research Highlights
Nature: ​​​​​​​Engineered yeast that make cancer drugs could spare a rare flower

Nature: ​​​​​​​Sickle-cell disease linked to prematurely aged stem cells in mice​​​​​​​
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In this episode:

00:24 The quest to count the Amazon's insects
Nature: Tiny patch of Amazon likely holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science

07:31 The orcas that exploded a sunfish
The Guardian: Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game
Tiktok: Orcas vs sunfish

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In this episode:

00:45 Ancient structures hidden beneath the Amazon’s canopy
Research article: Pärssinen et al.

09:15 Research Highlights
Nature: It’ll grow on you: live fungi formed into sustainable fashion
Physical Review Fluids: Gourmandie et al.

11:48 Tiny fossils represent the earliest-known squid ancestor
Research article: Song et al.
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