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  • Briefing Chat: ‘Zombie cells’ resurrected with new genes

    Briefing Chat: ‘Zombie cells’ resurrected with new genes
    2026/03/27

    Nature staff discuss some of the week's top science news.

    00:18 ‘Zombie cells’ revived with genome transplant

    Nature: ‘Zombie cells’ return from the dead — after a genome transplant


    05:27 A limit to cloning, in mice

    Nature: Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers

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    11 分
  • Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea

    Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea
    2026/03/25
    00:44 Why insects aren’t massive

    Research Article : Snelling et al.


    11:39 Research Highlights

    Nature: Faster ticking of ‘biological clock’ predicts shorter lifespan

    Nature: Mighty mini-magnet is low in cost and light on energy use


    14:05 CRISPR creates CAR-T cancer therapy inside mice

    Research Article: Nyberg et al.

    News & Views: A gene-editing method generates immunotherapeutic CAR T cells in the body

    Nature: CRISPR makes enhanced cancer-fighting immune cells inside mice

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    23 分
  • Briefing Chat: Are scientists funny? The evidence is in — and it's no joke

    Briefing Chat: Are scientists funny? The evidence is in — and it's no joke
    2026/03/20

    In this episode:



    00:22 Exploring how gut microorganisms contribute to ageing

    Nature: Memory loss is fuelled by gut microbes in ageing mice



    04:30 How good jokes are in short supply during academic conferences

    Nature: Knock knock, no one’s there. Study finds scientists’ jokes mostly fall flat


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    10 分
  • Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug

    Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug
    2026/03/18

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    00:46 Piecing together a biochemical puzzle

    Research Article : Lombe et al.


    12:26 Research Highlights

    Nature: Electric-vehicle batteries toughen up to beat the heat

    Nature: Live parrots were carried across the Andes before the Incas’ rise

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    16 分
  • Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game

    Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game
    2026/03/13
    00:26 Why researchers keep using Doom in their research

    Nature: How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for science


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    11 分
  • This fish shouldn’t exist — the weird genetics of clonal vertebrates

    This fish shouldn’t exist — the weird genetics of clonal vertebrates
    2026/03/11

    A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what may be powering superluminous supernovae.


    In this episode:


    00:46 Unravelling the genetics of an asexual fish that should be extinct

    Research Article: Ricemeyer et al.

    News and Views: How an all-female fish species defies evolutionary expectations


    10:19 Research Highlights

    Nature: ​​​​​​​Jam-packed star system is most compact of its kind ever found

    Nature: ​​​​​​​Peanut-processing microbes ward off dangerous allergic shock




    11:31 How a superluminous supernova got so bright

    Research Article : ​​​​​​​Farah et al.

    News and Views: ​​​​​​​Ultra-bright supernova wobbles like a spinning top



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    23 分
  • Briefing chat: What Galileo’s scribbled margin notes reveal about his scientific journey

    Briefing chat: What Galileo’s scribbled margin notes reveal about his scientific journey
    2026/03/06

    In this episode:


    00:25 How paediatricians’ antibodies could treat serious viral infections

    New Scientist: Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds




    04:22 Galileo’s annotations in an ancient text

    Science: Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text



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    10 分
  • Heart surgery with quick-setting magnetic fluid could prevent strokes

    Heart surgery with quick-setting magnetic fluid could prevent strokes
    2026/03/04

    Injectable fluid safely fills area in which blood clots can form, in animal trials — plus, strong evidence that an elusive form of diamond has been made in the lab.


    00:47 A magnetic seal to stop clots forming in the heart

    Research Article : Wang et al.

    News and Views: Magnetic fluid offers better seal in heart-plugging medical procedure

    Video: Magnetic gel injected into the heart could stop strokes


    07:02 Research Highlights

    Nature: Sewage systems secretly waft pollution into the air

    Nature: This ant species is composed of only queens — no workers or males


    11:31 Making hexagonal diamond

    Research Article: Lai et al.


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    18 分