{"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":"Meet Ace, the table-tennis robot that can beat elite players","slug":"meet-ace-the-table-tennis-robot-that-can-beat-elite-players","published_at":"2026-04-22T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/meet-ace-the-table-tennis-robot-that-can-beat-elite-players","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01341-x","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/nature/e/69e8dda517df632b851c37b3/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode: 00:45 The table-tennis robot that can mix it with the pros Research Article:&nbsp; Dürr et al. News and Views:&nbsp; Robot can beat elite players at table tennis Video:&nbsp; This robot can beat you at table tennis 14:13 Research Highlights Nature:&nbsp; Venus’s impenetrable haze could be made of cosmic dust Nature:&nbsp; Graves reveal plague’s inequitable toll 16:21 Why physicists can’t agree on the strength of Big&nbsp; G Nature:&nbsp; How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength Research Article:&nbsp; Schlamminger et al. Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode: 00:45 The table-tennis robot that can mix it with the pros Research Article: Dürr et al. News and Views: Robot can beat elite…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-podcast-836788/episodes/meet-ace-the-table-tennis-robot-that-can-beat-elite-players/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/meet-ace-the-table-tennis-robot-that-can-beat-elite-players.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}