Avsnitt 22 August 2019: Combating online hate speech, and identifying early fossils Nature Podcast Spela Dela Facebook Twitter Kopiera länk
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Rss Apple Podcaster →