NATURE PODCAST12 June 2026Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.ByBenjamin Thompson &Nick Petrić HoweBenjamin ThompsonView author publicationsSearch author on: PubMed Google ScholarNick Petrić HoweView author publicationsSearch author on: PubMed Google ScholarYou have full access to this article via your institution.Download the Nature Briefing podcast 12 June 2026In this episode:00:37 Evidence that Stonehenge’s Altar Stone travelled by glacierBBC Science Focus: We may have just cracked one of Stonehenge's greatest mysteries05:44 Fossilized faeces reveal DNA from ancient ecosystemNature: Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Nature Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music or your favourite podcast app. An RSS feed for the Nature Podcast is available too.doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01912-y A Scottish origin for Stonehenge's Altar Stone Read the paper: A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA Pleistocene dreams: recreating ancient grasslands to save the planetSubjectsArchaeologyPalaeontologyLatest on:ArchaeologyPalaeontologyJobs Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Human BehaviourJob Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Human Behaviour Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: Shanghai, Milan or Pune – hybrid working mod...Shanghai, Milan or Pune – hybrid working modelSpringer Nature LtdAssistant Professor Tenure Track, PCMM Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School ImmunologyAssistant Professor, Tenure Track, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Dept. of Immunology, Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts (US)Boston Children's Hospital - Program in Cellular and Molecular MedicineAssociate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Clinical Infectious Diseases)Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Clinical Infectious Diseases) Location: Shanghai, Beijing or Pune, Hybrid Worki...Shanghai, Beijing or Pune, Hybrid Working ModelSpringer Nature Ltd