Podcast Episodes

29: What's in a Scientific Name, How Many Cells are in a Human, and What the British Museum Stole

What is the science of scientific naming, and could it actually be life saving?  How many cells are in a human body, and why is it important to know?…

3 years, 4 months ago

28: Cerebral Organoids, Are Cats Liquids, and The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

How can you study a brain without a brain?  In what ways is a cat actually like a liquid?  And why do we say The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?

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3 years, 5 months ago

27: Zoologist Ash Campbell, Kleptoparasitism, and Australia's Best Animal

Today our guest Ashlen Campbell asks us: how do you stop a seagull from stealing your chips?  And what can that teach us about the wild world of klep…

3 years, 5 months ago

26: Pain, Vampiric Animals, and Penny Dreadfuls

How do we define pain, and what animals can feel it?  How similar are vampires to real vampiric animals?  And what are penny dreadfuls and how were t…

3 years, 6 months ago

25: 🎂 The Timeline of Timekeeping, Origins of Speech, and the Birthday of Birthdays

It's the show's birthday!  And we're going to celebrate with LEARNING!  How much do we really know about the history of keeping time?  When did human…

3 years, 6 months ago

24: Self Experimentation, Amputation Archaeology, and Learning to Love PowerPoint

What are the pros and perils of self experimentation? What archaeological clues do we have to the first human amputation?  And why should we actually…

3 years, 6 months ago

23: Plastic's Past, Imperfect Pitch, and the Dumb History of Generation Naming

What is the history of plastic, and what could the future hold?  Why is perfect pitch, not so perfect, and do any animals have it?  And how on Earth …

3 years, 7 months ago

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22: Magnetic Mysteries, The Real Trolley Problem, and Hitchbot

How do animals sense magnetic fields? Why was the first Trolley Problem written? And who was Hitchbot?

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- Hitchbot with Santa

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3 years, 7 months ago

21: Paleontologist Evelyn Vollmer, Figuring out the Age of the Earth, and What Defines a Dinosaur

How old did Aristotle think the Earth was? What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur? And how did our guest get into paleontology?           

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3 years, 8 months ago