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Nature Podcast

26 July 2018: Conservation, automata, and pet DNA tests

Nature Podcast

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4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week, automata through the ages, problems with pet DNA tests, and a conservation conundrum.

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0:00.0

The Admiral is out for her morning walk with Alfie.

0:02.7

Good morning, William. Where's your fairy friend today?

0:05.4

Curled up at home, I'm afraid. He's not feeling himself.

0:08.8

Yes, Alfie, it is a worry.

0:10.9

You don't say, a 24-hour vet line?

0:16.1

Wow.

0:16.9

With Admiral Pet Insurance, you get Poor Squad, which means impartial advice from vets on speed dial.

0:22.3

And if you cover more than one pet on our multi-pet policy, you get a 15% discount.

0:27.0

Admiral, always looking out for you.

0:32.2

In an experiment,'t know yet.

0:38.4

Why is it like so far?

0:40.3

Like it sounds so simple.

0:41.6

They had no idea.

0:43.0

But now the data's people.

0:44.4

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

0:52.2

Nature.

0:54.6

Nature. Nature.

0:57.5

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

1:01.6

This week we'll be learning about the problems with genetic testing for pets and hearing about the history of automata.

1:04.7

Plus, an ongoing debate about what to do with conservation data.

1:09.8

I'm Adam Levy.

1:10.9

And I'm Benjamin Thompson.

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