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 the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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22 August 2019: Combating online hate speech, and identifying early fossils
This week, the resilience of internet hate groups, and searching for early life.
In this episode:
00:46 Tackling internet hate
Researchers have been modelling how hate groups interact online, and have come up with suggestions to combat this activity.
Research article: Johnson et al.; News and Views: Strategies for combating online hate
08:55 Research Highlights
Gallstone growth, and the reproductive strategies of hitchhiking stick insects.
Research Highlight: The ‘net’ that leads to excruciating stones in the belly; Research Highlight: The insect that lost its homeland — and its sex life
11:23 Hunting for early life
Finding fossil evidence of Earth’s earliest life is fraught with difficulty.
Research Article: Javaux
18:43 News Chat
Chemists create a ring made only of carbon atoms, and inoculating newborns with their mothers’ microbes.
News: Chemists make first-ever ring of pure carbon; News: Do C-section babies need mum’s microbes? Trials tackle controversial idea
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