Briefing Chat: The epic journey of Stonehenge’s central stone
In this episode:00:37 Evidence that Stonehenge's Altar Stone travelled by glacierBBC Science Focus: We may have just cracked one of Stonehenge's greatest mysteries05:44 Fossilized faeces reveal DNA fr...
12 Juni 11min
Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
In this episode:00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolisResearch article: Peng et al.News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found08:52 Research HighlightsNature: Babies’ birth weight improves w...
10 Juni 21min
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
In this episode:00:23 Fossil evidence that spinosaurs had an aquatic lifestyleScience: Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters04:57 The explosive immune cells that kill in minut...
5 Juni 11min
Your phone can use tiny skin-colour changes to measure your heart rate
In this episode:00:57 How your smartphone’s camera could measure your heart rateResearch article: Liao et al.08:55 Research HighlightsNature: A star gone rogue tears through the GalaxyNature: Gold kee...
3 Juni 18min
Briefing Chat: When to trust eyewitness memory – according to science
In this episode:00:21 When witnesses identify suspects from police line-ups, confidence mattersNature: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony07:15 Registered Reports: h...
29 Maj 17min
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
On 17 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Centred on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the out...
22 Maj 12min
AI ‘scientists’ promise to accelerate research — how do they work?
In this episode:00:46 Meet the AI scientists designed to accelerate researchResearch article: Ghareeb et al.Research article: Gottweis et al.Nature: Teams of AI agents boost speed of researchEditorial...
20 Maj 27min
Briefing Chat: Hantavirus — what this outbreak reveals about the disease
In this episode:00:34 What questions remain about the hantavirus outbreak?Nature: Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreadsNature: There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus: wh...
15 Maj 9min
