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Do you love science but hate having to dredge through walls of jargon-riddled text to understand it at the source? Well look no further! In this podcast, host Jared Adelman and friends do all of the work for you, reading the papers ourselves and interpreting them in a fun way so you don't have to. So come get your peer-reviewed literature on and let us teach you about science without the added headache!

Jared Adelman, Madison Dix


    • May 27, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Cuckoo Cookbook

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 39:39


    R U Smarter Than A Fish?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 42:25


    Are YOU smarter than a fish? (Jared isn't).Follow science_in_podcast on instagram to see the video! Cichlids and stingrays can add and subtract 'one' in the number space from one to five, Scientific Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07552-2. www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07552-2

    What that (prehistoric) mouth do?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 37:02


    Link to (open access!) article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl3644

    Make Love Not War (Bonobo Style)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 58:39


    DOI: 10.7554/eLife.59191 DONATE to protect Bonobos: https://www.bonobo.org/Further Reading:https://www.bonobo.org/programs/kokolopori-bonobo-reserve https://news.mongabay.com/2009/05/new-rainforest-reserve-in-congo-benefits-bonobos-and-locals/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030521092615.htm https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/12/getting-to-know-hippie-apes-through-martin-surbeck/

    End of the world on a Saturday?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 53:05


    Let us know what works for your schedule. Link to article (paywalled, unfortunately): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5

    Froggy dippin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 72:18


    Moretta-Urdiales MM, Ernst R, Pontón-Cevallos J, Bermúdez JR, Jäger H (2020) Eat and be eaten: trophic interactions of the introduced frog Scinax quinquefasciatus in anthropogenic environments in Galápagos. NeoBiota 61: 17-31. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.61.53256

    Male houseflies are FREAKS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 50:04


    Source: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.21.465334v1.full.pdfA bit more on Entomophthora muscae

    Can you fit an elephant anywhere?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 50:26


    Link to article: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13766OneZoom: https://www.onezoom.org/

    The vindication of Pluto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 62:22


    Link to article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103521004206IAU page on planets and our solar system: https://www.iau.org/public/themes/pluto/

    A very old baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 49:51


    Get ready for a lot of swears, mispronunciations, and a really squeaky chair! But also, lots of cool science.Link to original article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02804-z Link to explore Arma Veirana Cave: https://chei.ucsd.edu/arma-veirana-cave/Shout out to the scientists: Jamie Hodgkins, Caley M. Orr, Claudine Gravel-Miguel, Julien Riel-Salvatore, Christopher E. Miller, Luca Bondioli, Alessia Nava, Federico Lugli, Sahra Talamo, Mateja Hajdinjak, Emanuela Cristiani, Matteo Romandini, Dominique Meyer, Danylo Drohobytsky, Falko Kuester, Geneviève Pothier-Bouchard, Michael Buckley, Lucia Mancini, Fabio Baruffaldi, Sara Silvestrini, Simona Arrighi, Hannah M. Keller, Rocío Belén Griggs, Marco Peresani, David S. Strait, Stefano Benazzi & Fabio Negrino

    Erasing memories with flashes of light?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 51:03


    Original Article: SCIENCE•11 Nov 2021•Vol 374, Issue 6569•pp. 857-863•DOI: 10.1126/science.abj9195 Researchers: Akihiro Goto, Ayaka Bota, Ken Miya, Jingbo Wang, Suzune Tsukamoto, Xinzhi Jiang, Daichi Hirai, Masanori Murayama, Tomoki Matsuda, Thomas J. McHugh, Takeharu Nagai, and Yasunori Hayashi Other Sources: https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/memory/where-are-memories-storedhttps://www.dana.org/article/neuroanatomy-the-basics/ https://soranews24.com/2021/11/19/here-come-the-mice-in-black-kyoto-university-experiment-removes-mouse-memories-with-light/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211112121514.htm https://www.fpbase.org/protein/anm2cp/ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Green-Fluorescence-of-Cytaeis-Hydroids-Living-in-in-Prudkovsky-Ivanenko/3e3799cf2a50987b2418c05af2ef3130d8a1cff9/figure/0

    Lungfish Lipkit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 39:07


    (Don't tell the Kardashians) Link to article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj0829

    Squashing Nonsense: Sex, murder, and vegans

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 66:41


    The latest installment in our world-renowned Squashing Nonsense series! what happens when people enforce human morals on non-human organisms?Works cited:Research paper: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-33419-6_17Vice article: https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/vbw55j/understanding-the-alt-rights-growing-fascination-with-eco-fascismTeen Vogue article: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-ecofascism-explainer/ampCivilEats article: https://civileats.com/2020/08/26/is-the-vegan-movement-ready-to-reckon-with-racism/

    Dear Fatphobes: Go Kick Rocks!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 51:02


    link to article: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02206

    Picture a basketball with acne

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 42:07


    Link to article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016815912100246X?via%3Dihub

    It's a great problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 46:07


    Link to article: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001172#sec003

    Big ol' blob of being alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 63:14


    Sorry in advance for the language! It was quite hot, as we will say more than once.Link to article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202008161

    Shark Month 4: Stop picturing an egg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 47:07


    Link to article: https://elifesciences.org/articles/53414#contentCorrection from episode: the tobacco and tomato hornworms (Manduca sexta and Manduca quinquemaculata) are indeed found in Massachusetts!

    Shark Month 3: White Sharks Waving White Flags?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 65:39


    Link to article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39356-2The Ecology of Fear: A Primer https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.042

    Shark Month 2: Cascades of fear!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 47:02


    Link to article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15679-wFeaturing Jared's keys that he really should have put down before hitting record.

    Shark Month 1: The one about shark sperm!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 48:19


    Link to article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-88568-y#Abs1Participating Aquariums: Adventure Aquarium, The Florida Aquarium, Aquarium of the Pacific, and Ripley's Aquarium of the SmokiesAssociation of Zoos and Aquariums: https://www.aza.org/?locale=en

    That time kids drew happy pictures for science

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 61:33


    Link to article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-021-09811-6

    SciFri #5: An explosive volcanic eruption on Mars!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 14:37


    Link to press release because article is paywalled (#FreeSciHub): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103521001779?via%3Dihub

    Cannon-face vs hemoglobin!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 60:22


    Link to article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83978-4#:~:text=Forager%20and%20farmer%20evolutionary%20adaptations,you%20for%20visiting%20nature.com.Support the Thalassemia International Federation!: https://thalassaemia.org.cy/supporters/

    Science Friday Minisode #3: A jackpot fossil assemblage from southeast China!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 20:15


    Link to article: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/18/eabg0625

    Congratulations and we're sorry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 71:06


    Link to article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.648646/fullView or download the 2020 Debunking Handbook in your language: https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/debunking-handbook-2020/Inoculate yourself against information by learning to spot logical fallacies: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/fallacies.htmlLearn about cognitive distortions (internalized misinformation) http://www.pacwrc.pitt.edu/curriculum/313_MngngImpctTrmtcStrssChldWlfrPrfssnl/hndts/HO15_ThnkngAbtThnkng.pdfHow Right-Leaning Media Coverage of COVID-19 Facilitated the Spread of Misinformation in the Early Stages of the Pandemic in the U.S. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-political-science-revue-canadienne-de-science-politique/article/how-rightleaning-media-coverage-of-covid19-facilitated-the-spread-of-misinformation-in-the-early-stages-of-the-pandemic-in-the-us/6B0EB93F6BA17608D82B4D23EDA75E50Why do people believe COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories? https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/why-do-people-believe-covid-19-conspiracy-theories/How to help India with the COVID-19 Crisis https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/india-covid-how-to-help.amp.html

    Science Friday Minisode #2: Growing coral cells in the lab!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 24:38


    Article Linkhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10126-021-10031-w#Sec2Coral Restoration Foundationhttps://www.coralrestoration.org/FrogWatchhttps://www.aza.org/frogwatch?locale=en

    Squashing Seaspiracy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 72:47


    Fact Check: (because Madison is not perfect!) -Please note that Ali Tabrizi is actually a dual citizen of the US and UK (so Jared did not mis-hear that British Accent).-Also, the Marine Stewardship Council is faaaar from perfect. While we do support their efforts, please know that choosing their products does not guarantee the seafood you are consuming is sustainably caught. -Check out the resources below to learn more and take action!Daniel Pauly Seaspiracy Articlehttps://www.vox.com/2021/4/13/22380637/seaspiracy-netflix-fact-check-fishing-ocean-plastic-veganism-vegetarianismTake action to protect the ocean!https://www.globaldealfornature.org/petition/en/ http://www.highseasalliance.orghttps://oceanconservancy.org/action-center/Contact your representatives!https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representativehttps://www.planning.org/advocacy/toolbox/emails.htmFind sustainable seafood near you!https://www.seafoodwatch.org

    Damn it ALAN, leave those grasshoppers alone!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 53:02


    Link to article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0808

    Science Friday Minisode #1: The musical language of spider webs!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 15:33


    In collaboration with Science in Pictures! scienceinpictures.comLink to lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWM7Xgbh2Ps&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8KNYDUd6icIvRwl0OBg79RN&index=10

    Getting Learnt: Featuring fat tailed lemurs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 48:28


    Link to articlePhys.orgEurekalert.com

    Water miracles and a really good stalagmite

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 71:06


    Link to articleEurekalert Article: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/mpif-ipa032921.phpCult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database: http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/Max Planck Institute: https://www.mpg.de/short-portraitScihub bitcoin donation link: 12PCbUDS4ho7vgSccmixKTHmq9qL2mdSns

    Blue tits and paper butterflies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 45:37


    Link to articleVideo from experiment Konnevesi Research Station

    butterflies blue tits
    Quantum Secret Cave Out Under Terrace?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 54:44


    I need to gush about T. rex for a sec

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 58:31


    Article linkDino/mammal graph

    You have all your (anole) genes, right?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 49:55


    Article:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1131-8The Biology of Superheroes Podcast:https://thebiologyofsuperheroespodcast.podbean.com/

    genes anole
    Climate is changing, now we must too

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 105:51


    Article link: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-009-9345-1.pdfSome of Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's involvements:allwecansave.earthurbanoceanlab.orgoceancollectiv.co

    No more about pigeon milk, please

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 88:40


    The Origin and Diversification of Birds: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215009458#bib4Hummingbird snoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uEfmQt34Nc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0zKDw6G0Q6_TyHKwSK0BCiTgrBbfkyLzUIXalDiLaCqWjQWQlrwzYd2mMEvolution of the eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9TFPMO6pk

    Lessons in equity from unculturable microbes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 81:50


    100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America:https://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/100-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america?fbclid=IwAR1isIVJYJ0pKgXFTf9nCyD9wnXqsl_ca5jq2ZKWNrbpa_r1vUYYahrui_AMicrobe Article: https://msphere.asm.org/content/5/5/e01046-20

    It's one of the (eight) arms

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 71:10


    Cuttlefish Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022098120300642

    eight arms
    Killer nurses and cone snails. That's it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 67:42


    Sources:Cone snails: https://www.pnas.org/content/112/6/1743#:~:text=When%20injected%20into%20fish%2C%20the,net%20strategy%20to%20capture%20prey.Apex predator centipede:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58537/

    Thank you for your space spider sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 45:08


    Sources:luminous galaxy: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01275-yspace spiders: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-020-01708-8

    Let's talk about these killer grandmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 60:15


    Sources:Baikal seals: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/49/31242#:~:text=The%20mean%20foraging%20rate%20per,SI%20Appendix%2C%20Table%20S2).Killer grandmas: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/52/26669#:~:text=Here%2C%20we%20test%20the%20grandmother,grandmothers%20are%20no%20longer%20reproducing.

    That poor titanosaur

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 56:47


    Dino article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667120303591Indo-Pacific shark fin trade:https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12780

    +1 (tail) for alligators!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 44:05


    Hosts Jared and Becca talk about biofluorescent platypuses and gators that regrew their tails.Sources:Biofluorescence in the platypus: https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mamm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027.xml?language=enGator Article:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77052-8

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