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Episode XLV: Rebroadcast of How Muscles Work

Posted April 30, 2018

In this rebroadcast, Chris and Mike invite David Altman from Willamette University to talk about his research into Myosin, a protein that the body uses...

Episode XLIV: New Buds of Spring (a very northern hemisphere episode)

Posted April 16, 2018

In this episode, Chris and Mike discuss how plants prepare for winter and what happens once spring begins again.  Plants have developed many techniques...

Episode XLIII: What would you do with three exes?

Posted April 2, 2018

In this episode, Chris and Mike discuss what happens when the wrong number of chromosomes are passed onto offspring.  Nominally in humans, eggs and...

Episode XLII: Super cold computers for a super cool future

Posted March 19, 2018

In this episode we sit down with Norman Birge, a professor of Physics from Michigan State University.  He tells us about his research into building...

Episode XLI: Did you know your cells carry symbiotes?

Posted March 5, 2018

In this episode, Chris and Mike discuss endosymbiosis, the process in which one organism subsumes another organism to the benefit of both.  There is...