Nature Podcast Extra: Futures

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Nature Podcast Extra: Futures

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Futures is Nature's weekly science fiction slot. Now its sister title Nature Physics has followed suit, publishing a sci-fi story each month. Kerri Smith reads you this month’s tale, The stuff we don’t do, by Marissa Lingen. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Apr 1, 2014

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Nature Podcast Extra: Futures

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