{"podcast":{"title":"Nature Podcast","slug":"nature-podcast-836788","podcast_index_feed_id":836788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f","website_url":"http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/1768403592746-2c5f9e78-ae15-499a-9d0a-ae6ca82bb9ca.jpeg","author":"podcast@nature.com","episode_count":904,"summary":"The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature 's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T04:18:06.312931+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788"},"episode":{"title":"Giant cancer study reveals effectiveness of 'off label' treatments","slug":"giant-cancer-study-reveals-effectiveness-of-off-label-treatments","published_at":"2026-04-15T15:52:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/giant-cancer-study-reveals-effectiveness-of-off-label-treatments","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01241-0","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/nature/e/69dfb3c12fdc372bd1768c09/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode: 00:46 A massive trial assessing the outcomes of ‘off label’ cancer treatment Research Article: &nbsp; Verkerk et al . 12:49 Research Highlights Nature: &nbsp; Microbial hockey: bacteria can spin a ‘puck’ just by swimming Nature: &nbsp; Regular physical activity in midlife cuts risk of early death 15:14 10,000 years of western Eurasian evolution Nature: &nbsp; Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution Research Article: &nbsp; Akbari et al. Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Nature Podcast on &nbsp;Apple Podcasts , &nbsp; Spotify , &nbsp; YouTube Music &nbsp; or your favourite podcast app. &nbsp; An RSS feed for the Nature Podcast &nbsp; is available too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode: 00:46 A massive trial assessing the outcomes of ‘off label’ cancer treatment Research Article: Verkerk et al . 12:49 Research High…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1631,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-podcast-836788/episodes/giant-cancer-study-reveals-effectiveness-of-off-label-treatments/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/giant-cancer-study-reveals-effectiveness-of-off-label-treatments.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}