Around 66 million years ago, an enormous asteroid struck the Earth, leading to the end of the time of the dinosaurs. In a new paper, a team of scientists looked at evidence from fossilised fish, and suggest it happened in springtime in the Northern Hemisphere.
Research article: During et al.
Transparency shrinks the gender pay-gap in academia, and how Tutankhamen’s meteorite-metal dagger was forged.
Research Highlight: Gender pay gap closes after salary information goes public
Research Highlight: How a space rock became King Tut’s dagger
Cool, damp nights are a critical barrier to fire progression around the world. But a recent study has revealed that the duration and intensity of nighttime fires has increased in many places, as a result of climate change. The researchers say this trend is likely to continue, hampering efforts to control blazes.
Research article: Balch et al.
We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, how transgenic, fluorescent fish found their way into Brazil’s watercourses, and the ecological impact of a giant oil spill in Peru.
Science: Transgenic glowing fish invades Brazilian streams
Nature News: Unprecedented oil spill catches researchers in Peru off guard
Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
08 August 2019: A mindset for success, and mercury in fish
01 August 2019: The placental microbiome, and advances in artificial intelligence
Nature PastCast, July 1942: Secret science in World War 2
25 July 2019: The history of climate change, and making vaccines mandatory
Backchat July 2019: Breaking news, audience-led journalism and human gene editing
18 July 2019: Quantum logic gates in silicon, and moving on from lab disasters
11 July 2019: The moon, past, present, and future
04 July 2019: Machine learning in materials science, and sand’s sustainability
Nature PastCast, June 1876: Gorillas, man-eating monsters?
27 June 2019: Callused feet, and protein-based archaeology
20 June 2019: Non-native species, and a blood-inspired robot battery
13 June 2019: Mighty magnets, and aerosols in the atmosphere
06 June 2019: Microbes modifying medicine and kickstarting plate tectonics
Nature PastCast May 1983: Discovering the ozone layer hole
30 May 2019: Cold fusion, gender parity in universities, and studying wildfires
23 May 2019: Pre-industrial plankton populations, European science, and ancient fungi.
16 May 2019: Recoding genomes, and material from the Moon's far side
09 May 2019: Urban vs Rural BMI, and the health of rivers
02 May 2019: China's growing science network, and talking brain signals
Nature PastCast April 1953: The other DNA papers
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free