{"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/eb9b206b-93f1-4f48-82e2-74c1b0b6196c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"22 August 2019: Combating online hate speech, and identifying early fossils","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a77010000158181c6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>This week, the resilience of internet hate groups, and searching for early life.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>00:46 Tackling internet hate</strong></p><p>Researchers have been modelling how hate groups interact online, and have come up with suggestions to combat this activity.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1494-7\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Johnson et al.</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News and Views:</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02447-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em> Strategies for combating online hate</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>08:55 Research Highlights</strong></p><p>Gallstone growth, and the reproductive strategies of hitchhiking stick insects.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research Highlight:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02449-z\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The ‘net’ that leads to excruciating stones in the belly</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>Research Highlight: </em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02465-z\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The insect that lost its homeland — and its sex life</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>11:23 Hunting for early life</strong></p><p>Finding fossil evidence of Earth’s earliest life is fraught with difficulty.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1436-4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Javaux</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>18:43 News Chat</strong></p><p>Chemists create a ring made only of carbon atoms, and inoculating newborns with their mothers’ microbes.&nbsp;</p><p><em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02473-z\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Chemists make first-ever ring of pure carbon</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News: </em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02348-3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Do C-section babies need mum’s microbes? Trials tackle controversial idea</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}