Ten podcasts from Nature for restless minds

Scientists from the LGBTI community share the difficulties they have overcome in academia due to their sexual identity and orientation. The podcast also highlights the challenges of researching LGBTI issues.

The discovery of DNA's double helix structure was attributed to Watson and Crick for many years, but the role played by Rosalind Franklin is increasingly being acknowledged. Recent documents shed more light on her contribution to this scientific breakthrough.

How did "Star Wars: Episode III" help in the fight against misinformation? The social psychologist Sander van der Linden discusses prebunking, a vaccination strategy for people to identify misinformation before it reaches them.  

This episode asks two basic questions: how to develop super-fast electrical components, such as computers and mobile phones, using metadevices; and how to improve research on the impact of social media on adolescents' mental health.

A recent study in the journal Nature gives fresh insight into mummification in Ancient Egypt, showing that it was not only the preserve of the Pharaohs, but also of other wealthy people. The study provides information on the materials used and where they came from.

In this episode Gemma Modinos, a researcher in neuroscience and mental health, talks about her experience as a group leader at King's College London and former chair of the Young Academy Europe. She highlights some of the key factors that she believes are important in research leadership, including the ability to learn to say "no".

Gaia Vince reflects on the effects of climate change. She argues that it will make parts of the world uninhabitable, and will require migrations on a scale never before seen in history. She believes that it is inevitable that people will have to move, but the scale of this migration is not inevitable.

An image of a dress went viral in 2015, and sparked a debate: was it white and gold, or blue and black? The neuroscientist Chantel Prat uses this example to show how personal experiences influence people's construction of reality, including factors such as their perception of colour.