Um OKAY. Breathtaking photos from the Artemis II crew's lunar flyby and eclipse viewing

A white board that reads “good luck Artemis II crew and lunar science team” and a doodle of a Snoopy.

Inside the Science Mission Operations Room at the Johnson Space Center this morning. #ArtemisII 🧪🔭

These scientists chased a jet to learn more about ‘lean-burn’ contrails Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 01 April 2026

This week on the pod:

✈️ Collecting contrails at 30,000 feet
🃏 Fakery in science
go.nature.com/4sj37Dy

🚨NEW SCIENCE ALERT!🚨Read our new, open-access publication in Scientific Reports (@nature.com) describing #biofluorescence in #cassowary casques! Very excited to unveil this after keeping it secret for 5 years⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NYITCOM @akiopteryx.bsky.social @jonathanberman.bsky.social

Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 25 March 2026

This week on the Nature Pod 🔊 Why insects aren't huge: a new challenge to a decades-old idea

go.nature.com/41sqyir

Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 18 March 2026

Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Botanical mystery solved: how plants make a crucial malaria drug

go.nature.com/4rIH1cZ

Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification - Nature By measuring charge exchange in a sphere/plate pair composed of identical amorphous silicon dioxide and controlling charging polarity using baking or plasma treatment, adventitious carbon is shown to break symmetry in oxide contact electrification.

Nature research paper: Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification

go.nature.com/40ILlhw

Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova - Nature Observations of a nearby type I superluminous supernova showing oscillating light-curve bumps provide evidence of a centrally located magnetar in the wake of the explosion, surrounded by an infalling accretion disk undergoing Lense–Thirring precession.

Nature research paper: Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova

go.nature.com/4sEmg30

How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for science The 1990s game has been run on bacteria and a satellite and played by neurons in a dish.

‘Can it run Doom?’ In the latest, scientists reported that they had taught neurons grown on a silicon chip to play the game
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Lense–Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova - Nature Observations of a nearby type I superluminous supernova showing oscillating light-curve bumps provide evidence of a centrally located magnetar in the wake of the explosion, surrounded by an infalling ...

🧪Our paper is on the cover of @nature.com today! We discovered a brand new kind of signal in space--a supernova that chirped! We tied the signal back to the birth of a magnetar deep below the supernova, powering it from within. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Supernovae are bright. This one is EXTRA bright. Why?!

It's hard to study what's behind these super-bright cosmic explosions, but a wobble in the signal from this one gave it away🧪🔭

Here's the story from me with funky 90s graphics from the fab @danjfox.bsky.social

With🙏to @drjrfarah.bsky.social

If you like PS1 style graphics, weird physics and @lizziegibney.bsky.social (and let's face it who doesn't) then this film is probably for you.

This supernova is too bright – now astronomers might know why YouTube video by nature video

NEW FILM UP youtu.be/mSoIMgFTyPc why is this supernova so bright? why do the animations look like they're from 1998?

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International Women’s Day On Sunday 8 March, the world celebrates the achievements and well-being of its 4 billion female inhabitants.

To recognize International Women’s Day, we've curated this collection of articles on the joys and challenges that women in research careers face – plus, some fresh approaches to women’s health research.

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Magnetic gel injected into the heart could stop strokes YouTube video by nature video

Block up part of the heart to prevent strokes? Yep, turns out the heart has an appendage you've probably never heard of, and if your heart beats too fast it can raise stroke risk.

So, these researchers made a magnetic fluid to solve that. New vid for @nature.com

The surprising science of squeaky sneakers YouTube video by nature video

New film up youtu.be/vwL1zUD1gyY Why do shoes squeak on basketball courts? Earthquakes and lightning!

A really cool piece of research on this week’s cover - what happens when a soft material slides against a rigid body… like sneakers on a basket ball court?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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@nature.com

The surprising science of squeaky sneakers YouTube video by nature video

New film up youtu.be/vwL1zUD1gyY Why do shoes squeak on basketball courts? Earthquakes and lightning!

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The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation Nature - Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.

These scientists and medical experts are taking to social media to counter climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience

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This robot hand detaches and walks by itself

This robot hand detaches and walks by itself YouTube video by nature video

LOOK AT THIS ROBOT HAND youtu.be/xKIMGrFPnWA

We're back with a new vid!

First protein, now exercise. How much do you need to reap the health benefits?

The good news is, probably not as much as you think... 🧪

How much exercise do you really need?

ADHD: why do women like me get diagnosed late? YouTube video by nature video

Beautiful new film for @nature.com from @emzywb.bsky.social youtu.be/8atR9SGoVLA I was really excited when Emily agreed to make an ADHD doc including some part of her own diagnosis in the story, and she absolutely knocked it out of the park.

ADHD: why do women like me get diagnosed late? YouTube video by nature video

Beautiful new film for @nature.com from @emzywb.bsky.social youtu.be/8atR9SGoVLA I was really excited when Emily agreed to make an ADHD doc including some part of her own diagnosis in the story, and she absolutely knocked it out of the park.

I stopped putting protein powder in my breakfast after making this video (with producer & extra extraordinaire @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social)

It's based on this great story by @marilenharo.bsky.social from the end of last year🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Do you need more protein? Watch & learn!