<h2>00:47 G20 nations fail to cut emissions in COVID stimulus packages</h2><p>The G20 economies spent $14 trillion dollars on recovery packages to escape the global recession driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many governments made pledges to deliver emissions reductions as part of these packages. This week, a team of researchers have analysed the spending to see if these promises were kept.</p><p><em>Comment: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00540-6?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>G20’s US$14-trillion economic stimulus reneges on emissions pledges</em></a></p><h2></h2><h2>09:34 Research Highlights</h2><p>An artificial nerve cell triggers a Venus flytrap’s snap, and a fossil shows that pterosaurs in the Jurassic period were larger than previously thought.</p><p><em>Research Highlight: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00491-y?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Venus flytrap snaps shut at synthetic neuron’s command</em></a></p><p><em>Research Highlight: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00506-8?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The surprisingly huge reptile that prowled the Jurassic skies</em></a></p><h2></h2><h2>12:10 How knowing a little about someone changes how anonymous you feel</h2><p>This week, a team of researchers have used lab-based studies to show how learning a little about a stranger makes a person feel that the stranger knows something about them. The team took this work out of the lab and into New York City, where they showed that providing residents with knowledge about community police officers temporarily reduced crime.</p><p><em>Research article: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04452-3?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Shah & LaForest</em></a></p><p><em>News and Views: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00152-0?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Letters and cards telling people about local police reduce crime</em></a></p><h2></h2><h2>23:18 The experiences of Ukrainian researchers following the Russian invasion</h2><p>Following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, we hear about the experiences of Ukranian researchers as the conflict continues, and the outpouring of condemnation from the wider academic world.</p><p><em>News: </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00601-w?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Global research community condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine</em></a></p><p><a href="https://go.nature.com/get-the-nature-briefing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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