In this episode:<h2></h2><h2>00:46 Mapping ‘ghost roads’ in tropical forests</h2>Across the world, huge numbers of illegal roads have been cut into forests. However, due to their illicit nature, the exact numbers of these roads and their impacts on ecosystems is poorly understood. To address this, researchers have undertaken a huge mapping exercise across the tropical Asia-Pacific region. Their findings reveal over a million kilometers of roads that don’t appear on official maps, and that their construction is a key driver for deforestation.Research Article: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07303-5?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Engert et al.</a><h2></h2><h2>10:44 Research Highlights</h2>How climate change fuelled a record-breaking hailstorm in Spain, and an unusual technique helps researchers detect a tiny starquake.Research Highlight: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00966-0?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Baseball-sized hail in Spain began with a heatwave at sea</a>Research Highlight: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00965-1?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Smallest known starquakes are detected with a subtle shift of colour</a><h2></h2><h2>13:02 Briefing Chat</h2>A clinical trial to test whether ‘mini livers’ can grow in a person’s lymph node, and the proteins that may determine left-handedness.Nature News: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00975-z?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Mini liver’ will grow in person’s own lymph node in bold new trial</a>Nature News: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00977-x?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Right- or left-handed? Protein in embryo cells might help decide</a>Nature video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxfTkjkgZt0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How would a starfish wear trousers? Science has an answer</a>Vote for us in the Webbys: <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/video/general-video/science-education" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://go.nature.com/3TVYHmP</a><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup?utm_source=podcast-organic&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=briefing-signup&utm_content=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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