Episode 116 – Subnormal
00:00:00 – Naked mole rats are even more awesome than previous thought: their sperm is terrible. Doesn’t sound like a good thing? Well how come their awful sperm still works just fine? Because mole rates cannot be stopped, that’s why. 00:11:53 – Like it or not, drinks are a part of the show and thus [...]
Episode 115 – Feeling Crabby
00:00:00 – Who knew crustaceans could be so crafty? An amphipod has evovled the ability to spin silk like a spider, except under water! Fraught with awesome imagery and potential medical applications to be sure. 11:11:11 – Every week we consume something on air and this week those consumables varied more than usual. Kelly has crafty [...]
Episode 114 – Giving Thanks II, The Thankening
It’s time for the annual Thanksgiving Science… sort of special! Each year the Paleopals pick an extra-long PaleoPOW and cover it in a little more detail than usual. Just like the pilgrims did. 00:00:00 – Charlie starts things off with an e-mail from Michal about our dismissal of Evolutionary Psychology. Maybe the PaleoPOWs evolved to think that [...]
Episode 113 – Mo’ Money, Mo’ Science
00:00:00 – Jai Ranganthan joins Paleopals Charlie, Jacob, and Ryan to update everyone on the #SciFund Challenge. First and foremost, congrats to our own Kelly Weinersmith on being the very first project to get fully funded! Yay! But the Paleopals go one further and actually highlight a few projects that caught their eye. Jacob was [...]
Special Edition 5 – Switek, SVP, and Socialized Science
Brian Switek is fast becoming the arbiter of the special edition. This time Ryan and Brian sit down in person at the Paris Casino in Las Vegas to opine on the goings on of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. They discuss some of the cool talks and posters they saw, the benefits [...]
