Nature Middle East Podcast

Episode # 33 - Strike

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 22:55:47 GMT

Sedeer El-Showk unpacks workplace skills and discusses with MIT researcher Ahmad Alabdulkareem a skill ecosystem that could help individuals plan better career paths. Sarah Hiddleston looks at a Syrian artist's thought-provoking exhibition at the confluence of science and art.Correction: An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly said that research led by Ahmad Alabdulkareem was funded by KAUST. It was funded by KACST. This version has been corrected.

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Episode # 32 - First spark

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:41:44 GMT

Who sparked the first flame? In this episode, we look at the latest study linking Neanderthals to starting fires, and separately, at Africa’s two million record of changing climate and water.

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Episode # 31 - Science Highlights

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:36:02 GMT

A roundup of some of Nature Middle East's most exciting stories and the latest research in the region.

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Episode #30 - The history inside our genomes

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:55:26 GMT

We chat with a top Arab scientist about how she scrutinizes ancient human genomes to reconstruct history and sift the evidence for a catalogue of diseases.

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Episode # 29 - The stories bones tell

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:58:48 GMT

A single human finger bone fossil and some animal remains give insights ancient into Arabia and puts the peninsula on the human evolution map.

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Episode # 28 - Hybrid Creatures

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:57:06 GMT

Straddling fantasy and reality, art and science, the Arab films at this year's Imagine Science film festival of Abu Dhabi continue to meditate on the issues at the intersection of science, technology, art and life.

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Episode # 27 - Best of the month

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:55:46 GMT

We look back at some of this month's most exciting stories.

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Special edition: Space and beyond

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:16:24 GMT

In this episode, we talk astronauts, observatories and nationalism in the Arab Middle East.

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Special Edition: Mangrove warriors

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:38:25 GMT

In this episode, we look at coastal mangroves – trees and shrubs that trap carbon and are highly adapted to salt water – and the people protecting them.

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Episode # 26 - Loss of night

Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:52:13 GMT

In this episode, we talk about how artificial city lights and rapidly increasing sky glow are robbing us of night time and disturbing the Earth's natural cycles.

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Episode # 25 - Ancient African DNA

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:43:55 GMT

This new study gives us a glimpse into how sub-Saharan Africans lived and moved across the continent some 8,000 years ago.

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Episode # 24 - Willing to die

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:50:17 GMT

The militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and those who fight against it have something in common: they're both willing to die in battle. In this episode, a new study that looks into what motivates both groups to fight.

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Episode # 23 - Remote Reefs

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:37:41 GMT

How scientists are using satellites to track connections and communication between Red Sea reefs -- some of the most complex marine ecosystems on the planet.

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Episode # 22 - Space Archaeology Special

Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:01:41 GMT

Nature Middle East interviews renowned space archaeologist Sarah Parcak.

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Episode # 21 - Underwater fairy circles

Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:58:20 GMT

Nature Middle East talks to one of the scientists behind a new research into underwater "fairy circles" found in meadows of sea grass; these can provide a doorway to understanding clonal plants anywhere, including those on land.

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Episode # 20 - House of Wisdom

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:11:35 GMT

Two stories from our blog: the origins of domestic cats and the peculiar mudding behavior of Egyptian vultures.

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Episode #19 - Pumping drugs

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:16:43 GMT

Nature Middle East talks to the scientists behind a new 'hybrid' drug system that can, one day, control epilepsy, among other brain disorders.

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Episode # 18 - The oldest humans on Earth

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:12:52 GMT

A discovery, a hundred kilometres west of Marakkech, holds the secrets of how our oldest ancestors lived.

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Episode # 16 - Ancient Secrets

Thu, 25 May 2017 16:57:52 GMT

Nature Middle East takes a look at the many secrets of ancient Egypt that archaeology has unlocked recently, from insights into pharaonic funerary and mummification rituals in Luxor to 'shamanic' rock art in Aswan.

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Episode # 15 - Underwater cancer therapy

Thu, 18 May 2017 19:54:13 GMT

Inspired by the chemical dynamic resulting from volcanic eruptions in deep oceans, scientists get creative clustering nano particles - with great potential for cancer therapy.

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Episode # 14 - Iron Age Arabia

Thu, 11 May 2017 15:43:57 GMT

Ancient Arabia is under-excavated, and archaeologists know little about the peninsula's iron era. Nature Middle East talks to two scientists who're trying to change this.

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Episode # 13 - Keeping up with droughts

Fri, 05 May 2017 09:23:19 GMT

In Jordan, engineers are mapping droughts for better management and to predict future episodes in a country that is famously water scarce. Listen to know more about the new technology they're using to make it happen.

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