{"podcast":{"title":"Nature Podcast","slug":"nature-podcast-836788","podcast_index_feed_id":836788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f","website_url":"http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/1768403592746-2c5f9e78-ae15-499a-9d0a-ae6ca82bb9ca.jpeg","author":"podcast@nature.com","episode_count":904,"summary":"The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature 's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T04:18:06.312931+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788"},"episode":{"title":"Newly-discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years","slug":"newly-discovered-whale-graveyard-dates-back-millions-of-years","published_at":"2026-06-10T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/newly-discovered-whale-graveyard-dates-back-millions-of-years","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01864-3","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/nature/e/6a29779f4df224c1a469f09b/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode: 00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis Research article: Peng et al. News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found 08:52 Research Highlights Nature: Babies’ birth weight improves with help of payments to parents Nature: Earliest signs of vision recorded in ancient sea-floor tracks 11:11 Turning plant material into chemical building-blocks Research article: Mains et al. 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.","meta_description":"In this episode: 00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis Research article: Peng et al. News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found 08:52 Rese…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1298,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-podcast-836788/episodes/newly-discovered-whale-graveyard-dates-back-millions-of-years/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/newly-discovered-whale-graveyard-dates-back-millions-of-years.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}