<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><br><p><br></p><h2>00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis</h2><p><em>Research article: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10546-z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Peng et al.</em></a></p><p><em>News &amp; Views: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01581-x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>A vast whale necropolis has been found</em></a></p><br><p><br></p><h2>08:52 Research Highlights</h2><p><em>Nature: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01765-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Babies’ birth weight improves with help of payments to parents</em></a></p><p><em>Nature: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01762-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Earliest signs of vision recorded in ancient sea-floor tracks</em></a></p><br><p><br></p><h2>11:11 Turning plant material into chemical building-blocks</h2><p><em>Research article: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10580-x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Mains et al.</em></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>