Nature.

In a experiment, I don't know yet.

Why is Blight so far?

Like, it sounds so simple.

They had no idea.

But now the data's people.

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

Nature. Welcome back to the Only nature.

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

This week in the show, a transportable optical clock and refocusing age-related research.

Plus, how field scientists manage pregnancy and motherhood.

This is the nature podcast for the 15th of February 2018.

I'm Noah Baker.

And I'm Adam Levy. Amy Dickman is a researcher from the University of Oxford. Amy Dickman is a researcher from the University of Oxford.

I'm the Kaplan Senior Research Fellow in Wildcat Conservation.

And she spends a lot of time in the field.

So I work in southern Tanzania in the Rojah landscape.

This is a hugely important place for large carnivores, particularly lions.

It has about 10th of the lions left in the world.

Like many field scientists, her job comes with some features that you wouldn't expect from the average 9 to 5.

I've had lions sleep on my tent. I've had elephants, you know, charge me and snakes all over the place.

So there's lots and lots of potential risk.

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