Benjamin Thompson

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Podcast episodes

Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them

Guest · Nature Podcast

Sep 25, 2026

Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control

Guest · Nature Podcast

Sep 23, 2026

Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

Guest · Nature Podcast

Sep 18, 2026

Paleoanthropology

Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex

Guest · Nature Podcast

Sep 16, 2026

Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close

Guest · Nature Podcast

Sep 9, 2026

Mathematics Education

Briefing Chat: How 1,000 pairs of buried underpants helped measure soil health

Guest

Sep 4, 2026

Environmental Science

Audio long read: Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?

Guest

Sep 2, 2026

Molecular Biology

Briefing Chat: How Dolly Parton left her mark on science

Guest

Aug 28, 2026

Highest-ever ocean temperatures recorded as El Niño intensifies

Guest

Aug 26, 2026

Climate Science

A black hole's spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star

Guest

Aug 19, 2026

Briefing Chat: Anthropic rolls out new AI watermark — will it make a difference?

Guest

Aug 14, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

The probiotic bacteria engineered to treat diabetes

Guest

Aug 12, 2026

Synthetic Biology

Briefing Chat: Orcas smashed a sunfish to bits — researchers aren’t sure why

Guest

Jul 31, 2026

Earthworks spotted in the Amazon hint at huge ancient civilization

Guest

Jul 29, 2026

What counts as a moon? Huge ‘exosatellite’ sparks debate

Guest

Jul 22, 2026

Briefing Chat: Sweet! Elusive sugar molecules found in space

Guest

Jul 17, 2026

Briefing Chat: The 30 year-legacy of a science icon — Dolly the sheep

Guest

Jul 10, 2026

Nukes in space? Orbital detector could sniff out warheads

Guest

Jul 8, 2026

Signal Processing

Togetherness: How cooperation built the world

Guest

Jul 1, 2026

Audio long read: Is the peptide craze backed by science? The promise behind the hype

Guest

Jun 29, 2026

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