{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/6ac673cf9fea6e0a64d06d1a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nobel Prizes 2026: ‘ghost’ particles, mirror molecules and light switches in the brain","description":"<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><h2></h2><h2><strong>00:45 The Nobel Prizes 2026</strong></h2><p><em>Nature: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03091-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light</a></u></em></p><p><em>Nature: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03094-z\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue</a></u></em></p><p><em>Nature: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03092-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos</a></u></em></p><p><em>Nature: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03095-y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Astronomy’s ‘adrenaline junkies’: Nobel prize captures the thrill of neutrino physics</a></u></em></p><p><em>Nature: </em><u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03093-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge</a></u></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>11:53 Research Highlights</strong></h2><p><em>Nature: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02989-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Youthful fans of YouTube sports videos stick to the sofa</a></u></em></p><p><em>Nature: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03036-9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A black hole’s jets have a halo effect</a></u></em></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>14:11 The ancient human gut microbiome</strong></h2><p><em>Research Article: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11106-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Carter et al.</a></u></em></p><p><em>News and Views: <u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02969-5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gut microbes that trace ancient human journeys</a></u></em></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em><u><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</a></u></em></strong></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}