SoT 316 – Venoms Are Amazing
- November 28, 2018
- Tagged as: altruism, chimpanzees, cooperation, dolphins, evolution, opioids, pain
The opioid crisis in Australia, dolphin snout evolution, and cooperation among chimpanzees.
SoT 310: Faster Than Lightning
- September 26, 2018
- Tagged as: archaeology, art, climate change, dolphins, fish, mirror test, self-awareness, self-recognition, shark attacks
The oldest known drawing, sharks attacking dolphins, and the first fish to pass the mirror test.
SoT 306: Don’t Call It A Wolphin
- August 12, 2018
- Tagged as: bats, dolphins, Dr. Pamela Gay, ebola, evolution, hurricanes, hybrid, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, lizards, particle physics, whales, wolphin
A new Ebola virus, lizards evolve better grip after hurricanes, hybrid cross of two dolphins is not a ‘wolphin’ and the LHC has test-fired bunches of atoms.
SoT 146: It Hides My Face
- May 10, 2014
- Tagged as: animals using tools, babies, beards, dolphins, evolution, genetics, HPV, pap smears, science, sex, sleeping sequence, tsetse fly
Evolutionary biologist Professor Rob Brooks joins us to talk beards, crying babies, tsetse flies, dolphins and more!
SoT 131: Isaac Newton of the Marine World
- January 23, 2014
- Tagged as: climate change, dolphins, dragons, time travel, weather
Extreme weather and climate change, time travel, dolphin druggies and Toothless the dragon!
SoT 113: A Brain The Size Of A Pea
- August 7, 2013
- Tagged as: communication, dolphins, evolution, false memories, flatworms, language, mating, memory, peacocks, regeneration, technology
What does a peahen look for in a peacock? Dolphins may use names, but it’s sketchy. Scientists have implanted scary false memories into mice. And the thinnest, imperceptible technology.
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I have enjoyed this podcast b/c it is very funny banter about science stories but there is also a serious edge to the analysis. It's proof that you can be amusing and entertaining as well as giving the science content its due. Highly recommended weekly listening.