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NATURE PODCAST

17 April 2026

Nature staff discuss some of the week's top science news.

Shamini Bundell &

Maren Hunsberger

Benjamin Thompson

Shamini Bundell

Maren Hunsberger

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00:30 The penguins measuring environmental PFAS

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