
Ep. 162 Really Huge Bacteria
In today's episode, we discuss a recent discovery of a reaaaaaally big bacteria, like way big! Big enough that you can see it without a microscope! Longer than a fruit fly! BIG! How can a bacteria get...
5 Syys 202228min

Ep. 161 Monkeypox Pt 2: APOBEC3 and Microevolution
Sorry about the delay in this release folks! In this episode, we revisit the current unusual Monkeypox outbreak and dive into the DNA of this virus to try to understand why it is so much more global t...
29 Elo 202241min

Ep. 160 Caffeine Pt 2: Muscles and Sensitivity
In the second and final episode on our series on Caffeine, we dive into what acute caffeine toxicity can look like, along with other ways people can be sensitive to caffeine. We also discuss whether c...
22 Elo 202236min

Ep. 159 Caffeine Pt 1: The Most Popular Psychoactive Drug in the World
First episode of our two-parter on caffeine! For such a small and unassuming molecule, this drug is really popular, consumed all over the world for millennia! What is caffeine? How does it work? We'll...
15 Elo 202232min

Ep. 158 Alzheimer's Redux: Lies, Fraud, and Misconduct
The world of Alzheimer's research has recently been rocked by very strong evidence of scientific misconduct and fraud, specifically relating to a historically relevant paper about amyloid beta oligome...
8 Elo 20221h 2min

Ep. 157 Monkeypox
Hi folks! I know most people don't really want to hear it, but we have another disease running around the world besides COVID and the more you know the facts, the better you can do what you can to avo...
1 Elo 202254min

Ep. 156 Venom Pt 3: Medicine and Mammals
The final episode in our series on venom, we discuss how venom can be used in modern medicine before discussing some venomous reptiles. Then we finish up by talking about the very few and very strange...
25 Heinä 202247min

Ep. 155 Venom Pt 2: Animal Extravaganza
Part two of our series on venom! We start out talking about some venomous jellyfish and other cnidarians before moving on to arthropods, like some very venomous spiders! Then we go into treatment opti...
18 Heinä 202245min
















