25 September: The evolutionary move from fins to fingers, a rare and rather flashy dead star and how gut bacteria help stop the development of type 1 diabetes.
Nature Extra: US Election
24 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
US election: Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama speak for themselves on the big science issues including space, stem cells and green energy.
Nature Extra: US Election
17 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
US election: The third of our special podcasts on hot science topics in the US election takes a look at innovation and technology.
Nature: 18 September 2008
17 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
18 September: Portable plants in climate research, big questions for evolutionary biologists, the evolution of teeth, the origins of the mouth and anus and innovation and technology in the US election.
Nature Extra: LHC switches on
10 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
The LHC switches on: The Large Hadron Collider is finally ready to go. Geoff Brumfiel talks to CERN theorist John Ellis about his hopes for the project - and what happens if there are no Higgs bosons.
Nature: 11 September 2008
10 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
11 September: Vesuvius' inner rumblings, a mystery of mathematical skill, biomedicine and the US elections, fake plastic trees and the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider.
Nature Extra: US Election
10 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
US election: The second of our special podcasts on science in the US election looks at what the candidates are saying about biomedicine and health.
Nature Extra: Big Data
3 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
Big Data: As Google celebrates its 10th anniversary, we find out how science is coping with massive datasets generated by unprecedented computing power. BoingBoing blogger Cory Doctorow tells us about his visits to the LHC data storage facility and the genome sequencing Sanger Centre.
Nature Extra: US Election
3 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
US Election: The race for the White House is well and truly underway. But where do the candidates stand on science? The first of our special US election podcasts asks the experts what energy and climate policy might look like under a new administration.
Nature: 4 September 2008
3 Sep 2008 @ 02:00 am
4 September: Moth warning signals, how our genes reveal where we live, crunching massive datasets and Europe's first science blogging conference.
