{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/6867e1120b3c0cca54febcf0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Studying elephants vibrations used to communicate enormous distances","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/1751638242293-0b313e9b-263b-4d5a-b322-b683e69cf396.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>From the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, we speak to Dr Beth Mortimer, from the University of Oxford, who is measuring seismic vibrations to track African elephants’ communication.</p><p><br></p><p>Elephants can feel vibrations through the ground from enormous distances, which can dictate their travelling routes through the savannah.</p><p><br></p><p>Beth and her team buried 1,200 seismic ​nodes underground to measure the ground vibrations, which are ​more ​commonly ​used ​to ​study ​things ​like ​earthquakes ​and ​volcanoes.</p><p><br></p><p>Archaeologists working on an excavation site in the UK’s Cotswolds have discovered evidence of an Iron Age-Roman settlement.</p><p><br></p><p>This comes after the find of two iron Roman cavalry swords.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, researchers in Spain say that even the&nbsp;<strong><em>softest&nbsp;</em></strong>of veg can damage our teeth, too.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also in this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>-Jarvis Cocker marks the 100-year anniversary of the Shipping Forecast.</p><p><br></p><p>-Why you may want to send a few more emojis to your loved ones... </p><p><br></p><p>-The lost voices of monks to be heard again after 500 years.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}