SoT 61: You Still Need a Golf Club

Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Daniel Midgley.

Topics covered:

• Lowland gorillas found to use gesture ‘baby talk’ with their young
• Out of Asia? New Primate Fossils Pose Origin Riddle
• Scientists Reveal Structure of Bacterial Chainmail
• Humanoid Robot Learns Language Like a Baby
• To control cannibal toads, you just need the right bait
• Wider letter spacing helps dyslexia: study
• Get Ready, Because Voyager I Is *This Close* to Leaving Our Solar System

Daniel Midgley is a linguist at the University of Western Australia. He is also a presenter on Talk the Talk, a weekly podcast and radio show on RTRFM 92.1 in Perth, discussing new and interesting ideas in the world of language. He blogs at Good Reason and on Google+.

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