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Nature, one of the 800lb gorillas of scientific publishing, now has a weekly …

Scientific journals come in all shapes and flavors.  From small
journals that not many people read, like the Soviet Journal or Remote
Sensing, to those with towering impact factors
like Cell.  Some are specialist, others multidisciplinary, and of
those, Nature is one of the largest.  Nature, and its US cousin
Science are the two most recognised journals around, and if you want
people to know about your cutting edge research, the ones to publish
in. 

I therefore found it interesting to see that Nature now has a podcast
Hosted by Dr Chris Smith, from Cambridge, UK, the 20 minute weekly
shows cover three or four of the big papers in each week's edition,
with the corresponding author being interviewed by Dr Smith. 

Perhaps I'm a little late to this particular bandwagon, what with the
video iPod and the inevitable vodcasting, but I'm becoming a fan. 
Setting up assays in the lab can be somewhat repetitive and tedious,
but add my trusty ipod mini and an interesting discussion about
nanotech tails for cells or the latest news in making artificial discs
for peoples spines and the time just flies by.

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