#563 Dissecting Bumble Bee Health

#563 Dissecting Bumble Bee Health

Yes, bumble bees are important pollinators. But they're also fascinating, cute and colorful. This week's episode can trace its origins to a flowery Sierra Nevada meadow where host Carolyn Wilke reported on guest Michelle Duennes' project of catching bumble bees to study their health. Three years and hundreds of bees later, we check in on the project. Hear all about the adventures of working with bumble bees, from flash freezing bees in the field to baking pollen cookies for lab colonies. We also talk bee conservation, bumble bee colors, and a bit of roller derby. Related links: Duennes Lab Michelle...

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#614 Clocks, Mugs and Other Nerdy Gift Ideas

#614 Clocks, Mugs and Other Nerdy Gift Ideas

It's that time of year when Rachelle spends far too much time finding strange and wonderful new clocks, Bethany adds more mugs to her collection, and together we spend some time embracing our inner ho...

22 Nov 20221h

#613 Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

#613 Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

We all know what a "pest" is. We can all point to creatures that are pests in our neighborhoods, those invasive hard-to-get-rid-of, disruptive animals that civilization seems to be in constant battle ...

10 Nov 20221h

#612 The Poopisode

#612 The Poopisode

Number 2. Poop. Crap. Doodoo. It's something that a lot of people just want to flush and forget, but others want to talk about it. Do they poop too much? Not enough? Easily enough? Not only can poop t...

25 Okt 20221h

#611 Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life

#611 Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life

Usually when we talk about electricity we're talking about the technology that runs the modern world, but electricity is a lot more integral to our existance than making our tech work. Without electri...

17 Okt 20221h

#610 Thieving Trees

#610 Thieving Trees

The word "poaching" conjures images of elephants, tigers and pangolins. But there's a multi-billion dollar industry in poaching...trees. It might seem ok at first, trees grow back right? But it's so m...

26 Sep 20221h

#609 A world of universal vaccines

#609 A world of universal vaccines

It seems like no one vaccine is ever enough. COVID mutates and the vaccines fall short. A new flu vaccine every year, and each one different from the last. Wouldn't it be nice if we just could get one...

12 Sep 20221h

#608 Bone Proteins and Body Farms

#608 Bone Proteins and Body Farms

Television dramas make it seem like easy work for forensic investigators to determine when a person has died. But figuring out the time since death can be tricky for bodies that have weathered away to...

31 Aug 20221h

#607 Shark Matters

#607 Shark Matters

Sharks are fascinating, often misunderstood creatures, and many of them are threatened or endangered, and they definitely deserve our conservation effort. But conservation effort takes time, money, an...

22 Aug 20221h

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