110- The World's Smallest Snake
A few weeks ago in episode 108, we talked about the largest species of snake to ever exist. Well, today we are travelling to the other end of the size spectrum to talk about the smallest snake in the ...
24 Aug 20259min
109- Colestein Veglin
Throughout history, there have been several claims of unusual longevity. For example, Pliny the Elder mentions several cases of people claiming to be 140 in a first century CE census. Moreover, there ...
10 Aug 20257min
108- Titanoboa
Previous episodes of the podcast have established the precedent of examining specific species or taxa. On today's episode, we are going to examine a snake. Not just any snake- the biggest snake to hav...
27 Jul 20255min
107- Pascal's Triangle in Biology
Pascal's Triangle is a useful concept in binomial theorem. However, it also has uses in biology. Today, we use it to answer the question- if you have X number of kids in a family or randomly chosen pe...
13 Jul 202514min
106- Mitochondrial Eve and Y-Chromosomal Adam
Adam and Eve, Ask and Embla, Deucalion and Pyrrha... The cultures of the world seemingly love the idea of humanity descending from two founders. While this notion may not be in line with scientific th...
29 Jun 20259min
105- Former Estimates of Earth's Age
We know today that our planet Earth is billions of years old. However, the people of a few centuries ago would have been equally convinced it was only a few thousand years old. So what were some of th...
15 Jun 20255min
104- Ming the Mollusc
It was one of the oldest individual organisms to have lived. And yet, in 2006, its story would come to an end. To find out how, come and join us on this adaptation of a post on the Biopedia website in...
1 Jun 20255min
103- The Gaia Hypothesis
Tackling James Lovelock's most famous theorem is no easy task. However, that's exactly what we're going to do today. Join us for a breakdown of the Gaia Hypothesis, a discussion of altruism, a throwba...
18 Mai 202512min
