Episode description

In this episode of the Nature Podcast, we catch up on some science stories from the holiday period by diving into the Nature Briefing.

We’ll hear: how Brazil’s President Lula has started to make good on his pro-environment promises; a new theory for why giant ichthyosaurs congregated in one place; how glass frogs hide their blood; about a new statue honouring Henrietta Lacks; and why T. rex might have cooed like a dove.

Nature News: Will Brazil’s President Lula keep his climate promises?

Science News: Mysterious ichthyosaur graveyard may have been a breeding ground

The Atlantic: How Glass Frogs Weave the World’s Best Invisibility Cloak

BBC News: Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee

Books & Arts: The woman behind HeLa

Editorial: Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong

News: Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells

BBC Futures: What did dinosaurs sound like?

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