<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><br><p><br></p><h2>00:46 A massive trial assessing the outcomes of ‘off label’ cancer treatment</h2><p><em>Research Article:</em>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10405-x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Verkerk et al</em>.</a></p><br><p><br></p><h2>12:49 Research Highlights</h2><p><em>Nature:</em>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01112-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Microbial hockey: bacteria can spin a ‘puck’ just by swimming</em></a></p><p><em>Nature:</em>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01000-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Regular physical activity in midlife cuts risk of early death</em></a></p><br><p><br></p><h2>15:14 10,000 years of western Eurasian evolution</h2><p><em>Nature:</em>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01204-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution</em></a></p><p><em>Research Article:</em>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10358-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Akbari et al.</em></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></strong></a></p><p><strong><em>Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Nature Podcast on</em></strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nature-podcast/id81934659" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>&nbsp;Apple Podcasts</em></strong></a><strong><em>,</em></strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2MydwKJpiKwiNRdxIzvFIt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Spotify</em></strong></a><strong><em>,</em></strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCdbyeEGP-NPfOoL4R8TfDsg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>YouTube Music</em></strong></a>&nbsp;<strong><em>or your favourite podcast app.</em></strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>An RSS feed for the Nature Podcast</em></strong></a>&nbsp;<strong><em>is available too.</em></strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>