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Virtual event A rescue plan for nature An all-star panel of scientists and economists explains how our disregard for nature helped cause the covid-19 pandemic – and how we can begin to get back on the right track. This event is presented in association with the United Nations Environment Programme and is free to all. Join us at 6pm BST on 15 April. Register your place now. newscientist.com/events Podcasts Weekly The Large Hadron Collider just might have found something that challenges the standard model of particle physics. The team also hear what the Perseverance rover is up to on Mars and discuss vaccine hesitancy in the EU. Escape Pod This week’s dose of escapism is all about scales: why some musical scales sound happy and others sad; the strange world at the Planck scale; and the maths of…