Episodes

  • Moth Vacations and Deep Sea Peril
    Jun 11 2024

    Katie tells us why moths need a summer vacation, and Amy talks about people dying in the ocean.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Lemming Lies and the Blindness-Schizophrenia Connection
    May 27 2024

    Katie breaks the news that we've all been lied to about the habits of lemmings and Amy discusses the connection between blindness and schizophrenia.

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    46 mins
  • Celebrity Monkeys and Frozen Frogs
    May 13 2024

    Amy presents a study about monkey viewing preferences and Katie discusses how animals survive extreme cold!

    References:

    Deaner RO, Khera AV, Platt ML. Monkeys pay per view: adaptive valuation of social images by rhesus macaques. Curr Biol. 2005 Mar 29;15(6):543-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.044. PMID: 15797023.

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    58 mins
  • Zombie Ants and Lethal Shrimps
    May 6 2024

    Katie tells us how to make an ant think it's dead, and Amy talks about shrimp with similarities to firearms.

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    45 mins
  • Egg Teeth, Fairy Fingers, and Sexual Suicide
    Apr 29 2024

    Katie reviews the ways that animals escape from their eggs and other weird adaptions for being born. Amy discusses a tiny marsupial that exchanges sleep for sex before dropping dead.

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    39 mins
  • Sexy Birds and Sea Unicorns
    Apr 22 2024

    Amy presents a study about coloring barn swallows with a marker, and Katie discusses everything weird about narwhals.

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    1 hr