Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game
Briefing chat: ‘Can it run Doom?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game  
Podcast: Nature Podcast
Published On: Fri Mar 13 2026
Description: 00:26 Why researchers keep using Doom in their researchNature: How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for scienceSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.