Readers who enjoy listening to the regular Nature podcasts might be interested to read Open Culture: Podcasts Primer. As its title suggests, the article explains what a podcast is, how to download one via iTunes, rss or to your own media player; how to play, listen and even to make your own podcasts.

Nature provides a free podcast each week. The current edition highlights Kuiper belt collisions, the roots of flowering plants, Linnaeus’ legacy, the birth and death of photons and swarms of mini-quakes. The podcast is featured on the journal’s home page, but if you go to NPG’s podcast index, you’ll also find subject-focused podcasts on stem cells, systems biology, neuroscience, chemistry, genetics and more.