{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/c8137132-84ac-492f-80b8-1ea8f25c6faf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"17 October 2019: Mapping childhood mortality, and evolving ‘de novo’ genes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a7701000015818170.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, investigating child mortality rates at a local level, and building genes from non-coding DNA.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>00:43 A regional view of childhood mortality</strong></p><p>Researchers map countries' progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goals.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1545-0\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Burstein et al.</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>World View:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03058-6\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Data on child deaths are a call for justice</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>Editorial:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03116-z\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Protect the census</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>07:22 Research Highlights</strong></p><p>Astronomers identify a second visitor from beyond the solar system, and extreme snowfall stifles animal breeding in Greenland.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research Highlight:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03102-5\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The comet that came in from interstellar space</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>Research Highlight:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03113-2\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Extreme winter leads to an Arctic reproductive collapse</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>09:22 Evolving genes from the ground up</strong></p><p>Natural selection's creative way to evolve new genes.&nbsp;</p><p><em>News Feature:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03061-x\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How evolution builds genes from scratch</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>15:43 News Chat</strong></p><p>A spate of vaping-related deaths in the US, and Japan’s import of the Ebola virus.&nbsp;</p><p><em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03033-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Scientists chase cause of mysterious vaping illness as death toll rises</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03103-4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Why Japan imported Ebola ahead of the 2020 Olympics</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}