Nature Podcast: 27 March 2014

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Nature Podcast: 27 March 2014

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Mar 26, 2014

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This week, how gastric band surgery really works, a dwarf planet in the outer Solar System has a friend, and a physicist suggests a way to make quantum physics less puzzling. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Mar 26, 2014

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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 Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and providing in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors.

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