Benjamin Thompson

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746 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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Nature Podcast · Briefing Chat: Sweet! Elusive sugar molecules found in space · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

And I think what would be particularly interesting is if they can find this five carbon ribos in interstellar space, because this is what nucleic acids are made of. matched

Obviously difficult to draw a line between sugars in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way and life on Earth. matched

But it's one of these tantalising things and it's an interesting find that who knows where it might go. matched

Alright, so the Mayan civilization then where and when are we talking in this instance? matched

Really? matched

So as you say then Mayen's famous for their calendar work and someone's just got these two calendars and said, I can see a pattern between these two and just scribbled it down on a wall. matched

Really? matched

So other than seeing that mathematicians were amazing, um, does it give any insights that researchers hadn't picked up on before? matched

Goodness. matched

What an exciting find that we love a math story and that is an excellent one. matched

Where does this go now? matched

Is it looking for more of this? matched

Well that is a fantastic story, and I can't wait to hear about the next Mayan mathematician showing off how smart they may be. matched

But let's call it there for this week's briefing chat. matched

We'll put links to both of those stories in the show notes and a link where you can sign up to the Nature Briefing to get even more stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. matched

But for the time being, I've been Benjamin Thompson. matched

And I've been Nick Patrichell. matched

Thanks for listening. matched

Nature Podcast · Briefing Chat: The 30 year-legacy of a science icon – Dolly the sheep · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

Hi listeners, Benjamin here. matched

It's the Friday show, the briefing chat, where we talk about a couple of stories we've read about in the Nature Briefing. matched

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