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Ep 92: A journey into the brilliant abyss (with Helen Scales)
Big Biology November 17, 2022 deep ocean , deep , people , ocean , species , deep sea , fish , happening , bit , ecosystems , seabed , hydrothermal vents , book , snail , metals , talking , yeti , carbon , crabs , depth
Ep 91: How stealth organs make super soldier ants (with Rajee Rajakumar)
Big Biology November 3, 2022 ants , phenotypes , soldiers , development , tissue , colony , species , plasticity , workers , morphology , cast , super soldier , developmental , army ants , cells , wing , called , head , organism , rudimentary
Ep 90: Fabricated images threaten the integrity of Alzheimer’s research (with Charles Piller)
Big Biology October 20, 2022 genes , alzheimer , cassava , images , papers , people , amyloid , scientists , called , protein , hypothesis , journals , science , problem , field , manipulations , drug , nih , studies , western blot , western blots
Ep 89: How one gene determines the fate of a food web (with Matt Barbour)
Big Biology October 6, 2022 genes , keystone , plant , aphids , variation , allele , species , effects , insects , system , community , starting , thinking , genetic variation , influence , population , experiment , maintained , context , chemical compounds
Ep 88: How I learned to stop worrying and follow the data (with Timothy Caulfield)
Big Biology September 22, 2022 misinformation , people , science , studies , coffee , topic , book , pandemic , scientific uncertainty , absolutely , microbiome , bad , big , impact , starting , masks , talk , question , happen , important
Ep 87: Life in the lab, are model organisms an asset or impediment to biology? (with Sabina Leonelli and Rachel Ankeny)
Big Biology September 8, 2022 model organisms , organisms , biology , people , model , sabina , species , question , study , genes , human genome project , lab , important , genetic , mouse , scope , research , projects , elegans , work
Ep 86: What the flux? The evolution of oxygen cascades (with Graham Scott)
Little Biology: Zombie Parasites
Ep 85: The rise of the mammals and fall of the dinosaurs (with Steve Brusatte)
Ep 84: Fractals in the Foliage (with Van Savage)
Ep 83: The Amazon in Us (with Corrie Moreau)
Ep 82: Organisms are not Machines (with Dan Nicholson)
Ep 81: How Staying Cool Blunts Evolution (with Martha Muñoz)
Ep 80: Human-wildlife conflict in a changing world (with Briana Abrahms)
Ep 79: How the genetic lottery affects complex human traits (with Kathryn Paige Harden)
Big Biology March 3, 2022 people , genes , genetics , phenotype , populations , book , polygenic , snps , plasticity , outcomes , study , human , thinking , terms , human behavior , psychologists , question , biology , norm , evolutionary biologists
Ep 78: The amphibian omnivore’s dilemma: Plasticity-led evolution in spadefoot tadpoles (with David Pfennig and Nick Levis)
Ep 77: A (Very) Short Interview with Henry Gee: 4 Billion Years in 30 Minutes (with Henry Gee)
Ep 76: Beasty beats: The origins of musicality (with Henkjan Honing)
Ep 75: Hidden network: The evolutionary relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants (with Toby Kiers)
Big Biology January 6, 2022 networks , fungi , fungal , plants , phosphorus , nitrogen , fungus , host , resources , nutrients , genotypes , called , soil , trade , system , evolve , form , root , legumes , cooperation
Ep 74: Food for thought: Plant domestication and the promise of green super rice (with Michael Purugganan)
