Scientists have built a lab on the international space station, allowing them to remotely investigate quantum phenomena in microgravity. Research Article: Aveline et al.; News and Views: Quantum matter orbits Earth

08:37 Research Highlights

Trackable ‘barcode’ bacteria, and physicists simulate near light speed cycling. Research Highlight: ‘Barcode’ microbes could help to trace goods — from lettuce to loafers; Research Highlight: What Einstein’s theory means for a cyclist moving at almost light speed

10:48 Maintaining mountain height

For a long time many researchers have thought that mainly erosion controls the height of mountains, but new research suggests that tectonic forces play a bigger role. Research Article: Dielforder et al.; News and Views: Mountain height might be controlled by tectonic force, rather than erosion

16:12 Pick of the Briefing

We pick our highlights from the Nature Briefing, including how sleep deprivation kills, and a monumental Maya structure hidden in plain sight. Quanta Magazine: Why Sleep Deprivation Kills; National...

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0:00.0	Nature.
0:04.3	In a experiment, I don't know yet.
0:06.1	Why is Blight so far?
0:08.0	Like, it sounds so simple.
0:09.3	They had no idea.
0:10.7	But now the data's...
0:12.0	I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.
0:19.9	Nature.
0:23.6	Nature. Welcome back to the nature podcast.
0:25.6	This week, quantum experiments in space...
0:28.6	And what determines the height of a mountain?
0:31.6	I'm Nick Al.
0:32.6	And I'm Charmany Bundell.
0:48.2	Before we start today's show, you might have noticed that it's a day later than normal.
0:56.8	That's because we and nature as a whole spent yesterday taking part in the shutdown stem movement. So instead of business as usual, we tried to dedicate the time to educating ourselves and defining actions
1:02.7	that we can take to eradicate anti-black racism in academia and in STEM. We'll put some links in the show
1:09.2	notes with more information about that, and we'll chat
1:12.1	more about that in next week's show. Returning to this week, though, Shammany, what have we got
1:17.1	first in the show? Well, first up, you might have had to make some changes in your day-to-day life
1:21.9	because of having to work remotely. Well, a number of scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA have taken remote work to the extreme, controlling a physics experiment on the International Space Station from the ground.
1:36.2	Here's remote podcaster Jeff Marsh with the story.
1:42.0	Have you pressed record on the voice memos?
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