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Nature Podcast

Nature Extra: Futures February 2017

Nature Podcast

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4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2017

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Shamini Bundell and Richard Hodson read you their favourite from February, 'Fermi's zookeepers' by David Gullen.

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0:00.0

This is a podcast extra from Nature.

0:02.8

Each week, nature publishes a science fiction story in its futures slot.

0:07.1

At the end of every month, we read you our favourite.

0:09.9

This month's story is Fermi's Zookeepers, written by David Gullen, published on the 8th of February 2017,

0:16.3

and read by Charmoney Bundell and Richard Hodson.

0:20.6

Kifluen. Pick up Kofluam. Where are you?

0:24.1

What? Sephanel. Do you have any idea?

0:27.1

Kiflun. They've called. They've actually called.

0:30.0

Oh my God's the embarrassment. Tell me they haven't.

0:32.7

They have. What do I do? What do we do?

0:35.8

Hang up. Hang up now. Touch nothing.

0:39.0

If the lights are all to leave them, lie down under the window and wait for them to go away.

0:42.8

Lie down under the... Don't be ridiculous.

0:45.7

Oh, wait. You think it's the Tosmans from number 17.

0:49.7

Yes, embarrassing isn't the word, but no, not them.

0:52.6

Lie down under the window, that's very good.

0:55.3

It's not the Tosmans.

0:56.5

No.

0:57.1

Who then?

0:57.7

That's brilliant.

0:58.4

I love it.

0:58.9

Such a great idea.

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