# Briefing Chat: Stressed mitochondria spawn new 'organelles' in cells Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/briefing-chat-stressed-mitochondria-spawn-new-organelles-in-cells Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/briefing-chat-stressed-mitochondria-spawn-new-organelles-in-cells.md Podcast: [Nature Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788) Published: 2026-05-01T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01439-2 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/nature/e/69f4a4c18beeba531060f77d/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-podcast-836788/episodes/briefing-chat-stressed-mitochondria-spawn-new-organelles-in-cells Duration seconds: 775 ## Resource In this episode: 00:27 How a parasite unveiled a mitochondrial secret Nature:  Mitochondria can spawn new ‘organelles’ — hinting at how modern cells evolved 06:13 The extinct cephalopods that could have been enormous Nature:  Did kraken-like octopuses rule Cretaceous seas? Massive jaw fossils offer clues Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-podcast-836788/episodes/briefing-chat-stressed-mitochondria-spawn-new-organelles-in-cells/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/briefing-chat-stressed-mitochondria-spawn-new-organelles-in-cells.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.