Podcast appearances and mentions of eleanor drinkwater

In this week's Question of the Week, listener James writes in to ask, is it just him, or does spider silk feel really strange? James Tytko took on the question with Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Genetics at the University of Nottingham, Sara Goodacre, and entomologist at Western Sydney University, Eleanor Drinkwater... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The third episode of our specialist series, Explore: How To Plan An Expedition, focuses on the reality of funding, and who's paying. Money is one of the least favoured things to talk about when it comes to expedition planning but it's unavoidably essential, as without it, your grand plan is very little more than an idea. In this episode, Matt speaks with Dr Eleanor Drinkwater, Ben Saunders, Tom Allen, and Shane Winser. They go deep into grant applications - how to write them, what to include, and how to review them. They also cover crowdfunding, corporate commercial funding, and even self-funding. They discuss how competitive it can be, how to stand out, and what work remains even when the expedition is over. Dr Eleanor Drinkwater is an entomologist, expedition leader, lecturer and science communicator. Having completed her PhD on invertebrate personality, she is fascinated by both invertebrate behaviour, as well as understanding how humans can work with and cultivate invertebrates in a sustainable and ethical way. She has worked both in the UK and further afield in Peru, Australia, Honduras and French Guiana. She is committed to science communication, and has also co-founded an entomophagy science festival group.Ben Saunders is a pioneering polar athlete and a record-breaking long-distance skier, who has covered more than 6,000km on foot in the Polar Regions. He's broken the record for the longest human-powered polar journey in history, and holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton. He has shared his story with a huge range of people, businesses and organisations, and his focus is now on climate technology investment.Tom Allen has been a full-time traveller, writer and filmmaker for over 15 years. He has undertaken adventurous journeys on 5 continents, runs a long-established adventure cycling website, and now describes himself reluctantly on his social media profiles as a 'self-unemployed creative explorer'. In 2016 he led the RGS-supported Land Rover Bursary expedition to explore and map the first long-distance hiking trail across the Caucasus. The Transcaucasian Trail, as it is now known, has since evolved into a massive international development project which he estimates will take a good decade or so to complete.Shane Winser works for the Royal Geographical Society where she curates the annual Explore symposium and Festival. A zoology graduate, she assisted in the planning and organisation of the RGS's own research programmes to the tropical forests of Sarawak and Brunei, the mountains of the Karakoram, and the drylands of western Australia, Kenya and Oman. She chairs the technical panel for BS 8848: the British Standard for organisers of a wide variety of ventures, including university and academic fieldwork, gap year experiences, adventure holidays, charity challenges and research expeditions.You can find out more about the RGS and use the Explore digital resources by visiting rgs.org/explore, or @rgs_ibg on socials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-adventure-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eleanor Drinkwater is a bug nut and adventurer. Her love of all things creepy-crawly has led her to carry out research in field sites across the world, from Australia to the Amazon.    She is fascinated by invertebrate behaviour and has been awarded Inspirational Explorer of the Year award by the Scientific Expedition Society for her work looking into the behaviour of the biggest beetle on the planet.    However, she is equally fascinated by the weird and wonderful critters we have in the UK and has recently she finished her PhD which researched how and why woodlice have personalities.   Eleanor is passionate about communicating and sharing her enthusiasm for invertebrates. She is currently working as a lecturer at Writtle University College where she teaches about ecology and conservation. She also really enjoys encouraging little bug enthusiasts through running bug-hunting events with community groups and schools.   Ultimately, she believes that there's a real need to encourage budding bug lovers (of every age) and hopes to share some of her enthusiasm with future bug enthusiasts.   New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out.    Support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast and subscribe - super quick and easy to do and it makes a massive difference. Thank you.   Show notes Who is Dr. Eleanor What exactly does she do Getting into more detail about her fascination with bugs Growing up with environmentally conscious parents What was it like to study Developmental Biology and how did it go Her desire to go on expeditions and study butterflies. Her story of how she got her first project, which began her career Over-confidence as her real turning point Finally getting into a PhD program Volunteering in the Peruvian Amazon with Crees Manu Taking part in research expeditions with lots of help and connections Memorable and fun experience she had while crossing a river Lessons she learned from her previous expedition What new expeditioners and researchaer should know and talk about before starting their journey Her love for an expedition-focused research centre Having an amazing research trip in Honduras Being extremely lucky to have been successful on all of her expeditions Wanting to be the first person to do a recorded behaviour study of various creatures Getting into more detail about the Titan beetle How thrilled she is to find the first creature Challenges she had in catching the beetle in such a short period of time How she managed to stay motivated while dealing with a lot of stress Bugs and insects for human consumption Cricket protein powder Protein Rebel  Her thoughts on eating live invertebrates for entertainment Finishing her PhD and what are her future plans Talking about woodlice and its personality Keeping a hedgehog and giant African snails as pets Participating in a short film and rewilding project with Citizen Zoo    Social Media   Website: www.eleanordrinkwater.com   Instagram: @dr.drinkwater.eleanor   Twitter: @E_Drinkwater  

It's that time again for another Q&A show, a chance for you to have your say! This week we delve behind the headlines as well, trying to figure out what social media platforms are doing to protect their users and discovering why Bitcoin, after 12 years, is now considered a threat to the global financial market. All that and more with Gareth Mitchell, Chris Riley, Eleanor Drinkwater and Andrew Steele. If you have a question, why not give us a whirl. Let us help you scratch that scientific itch... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

It's that time again for another Q&A show, a chance for you to have your say! This week we delve behind the headlines as well, trying to figure out what social media platforms are doing to protect their users and discovering why Bitcoin, after 12 years, is now considered a threat to the global financial market. All that and more with Gareth Mitchell, Chris Riley, Eleanor Drinkwater and Andrew Steele. If you have a question, why not give us a whirl. Let us help you scratch that scientific itch... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Why are billionaires racing for space? What is the UK's Covid-19 strategy since freedom day? And how will Covid-19 affect the Olympics? This week it's QnA time, and with us to explore where weightlessness begins, whether animals other than mammals suckle their young, if recent findings of methane mean life on Mars, and why the UK isn't vaccinating kids against Covid, are Richard Hollingham, Linda Bauld, Eleanor Drinkwater and Dan Gordon. Plus, an Olympic-themed quiz to boot! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Why are billionaires racing for space? What is the UK's Covid-19 strategy since freedom day? And how will Covid-19 affect the Olympics? This week it's QnA time, and with us to explore where weightlessness begins, whether animals other than mammals suckle their young, if recent findings of methane mean life on Mars, and why the UK isn't vaccinating kids against Covid, are Richard Hollingham, Linda Bauld, Eleanor Drinkwater and Dan Gordon. Plus, an Olympic-themed quiz to boot! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

E62: What can we learn from the personalities of woodlice with Eleanor Drinkwater

The things we see inhabiting our planet have evolved fantastic adaptations and habits to overcome issues in their environment that get in the way of an ultimate happy ending. This week an international collaboration led by scientists from Japan, have established the first life cycle in a creature other than the famous cicadas where they erupt from the earth all at the same time to cause havoc and interrupt human lives. Martin Khechara spoke to arthropod researcher Eleanor Drinkwater from the University of York about the research... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The things we see inhabiting our planet have evolved fantastic adaptations and habits to overcome issues in their environment that get in the way of an ultimate happy ending. This week an international collaboration led by scientists from Japan, have established the first life cycle in a creature other than the famous cicadas where they erupt from the earth all at the same time to cause havoc and interrupt human lives. Martin Khechara spoke to arthropod researcher Eleanor Drinkwater from the University of York about the research... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The woodlouse is an familiar, unobstrusive little creature - dull, grey and unassuming. What if we defy that expectation? In this episode we lift up a log, and enter the incredible world of the woodlouse. Tom chats with scientist Eleanor Drinkwater about her research in the field of woodlouse personality, as well as woodlouse diversity, the challenges faced by terrestial crustaceans and a great deal more. Come and hear about the bacteria which turns male woodlice female, about the woodlice that form pair bonds, and about the intuitive relationship that can percieved between woodlice and the Christian Trinity. 

Charlie sent in this question "Humans have adrenaline for our fight or flight situation, do bugs have this too?" Eva Higginbotham put the question to insect-lover and expert, Eleanor Drinkwater from the University of York... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week, pull up a chair, a drink, and get your pens and paper ready, because it's time for The Naked Scientists science pub quiz! Playing along are climate scientist Ella Gilbert from the British Antarctic Survey, animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, plants and pollinators researcher Hamish Symington and physiologist Sam Virtue... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week, pull up a chair, a drink, and get your pens and paper ready, because it's time for The Naked Scientists science pub quiz! Playing along are climate scientist Ella Gilbert from the British Antarctic Survey, animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, plants and pollinators researcher Hamish Symington and physiologist Sam Virtue... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week - from genetics to geoscience, chemistry to komodo dragons, an explosive hour of science fun! Hear what went on at our live event recorded back on 11th March for the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival - one of the last events that went ahead before the rest of the festival was cancelled. Demos, anecdotes, questions, and booms with Giles Yeo, Ljiljana Fruk, Eleanor Drinkwater and David Rothery... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Here are a few extra bits from our live show as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, recorded back on 11th March 2020 before the rest of the festival was cancelled, that we couldn't fit into this week's episode, but that we thought you might enjoy, nonetheless. To remind you of our panel - there's geneticist Giles Yeo, chemist Ljiljana Fruk, animal behaviour expert Eleanor Drinkwater and planetary geoscientist David Rothery, and former Naked Scientist Dave Ansell. Presenting the show were Adam Murphy and Chris Smith... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week - from genetics to geoscience, chemistry to komodo dragons, an explosive hour of science fun! Hear what went on at our live event recorded back on 11th March for the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival - one of the last events that went ahead before the rest of the festival was cancelled. Demos, anecdotes, questions, and booms with Giles Yeo, Ljiljana Fruk, Eleanor Drinkwater and David Rothery... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Here are a few extra bits from our live show as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, recorded back on 11th March 2020 before the rest of the festival was cancelled, that we couldn't fit into this week's episode, but that we thought you might enjoy, nonetheless. To remind you of our panel - there's geneticist Giles Yeo, chemist Ljiljana Fruk, animal behaviour expert Eleanor Drinkwater and planetary geoscientist David Rothery, and former Naked Scientist Dave Ansell. Presenting the show were Adam Murphy and Chris Smith... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week: How long can someone hold their breath and can you train for this? Who are fitter - footballers or rugby players? And what's the most intelligent insect? We've assembled an expert panel to take on your science questions - University of York animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, exercise physiologist Dan Gordon from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University physicist Fran Day, and Cambridge University mathematician and University Challenge icon Bobby Seagull! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week: How long can someone hold their breath and can you train for this? Who are fitter - footballers or rugby players? And what's the most intelligent insect? We've assembled an expert panel to take on your science questions - University of York animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, exercise physiologist Dan Gordon from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University physicist Fran Day, and Cambridge University mathematician and University Challenge icon Bobby Seagull! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

It's QnA time, or should we say ZOO and A? We're pondering about pets and inquiring about insects as Jacob Dunn, Eleanor Drinkwater, Jason Head and Stuart Eves join Chris Smith to answer the animal-inspired questions you've been sending in.For more podcasts by The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com or follow us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. We're @nakedscientists. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

It's QnA time, or should we say ZOO and A? We're pondering about pets and inquiring about insects as Jacob Dunn, Eleanor Drinkwater, Jason Head and Stuart Eves join Chris Smith to answer the animal-inspired questions you've been sending in.For more podcasts by The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com or follow us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. We're @nakedscientists. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week: Is everything in the universe spinning? How do lazy dogs keep fit? And is it safe to heat our dinner in plastic tubs? We've recruited 4 experts to tackle your science questions - astronomer Carolin Crawford, animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, geneticist Patrick Short and chemist Ljiljana Fruk. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week: Is everything in the universe spinning? How do lazy dogs keep fit? And is it safe to heat our dinner in plastic tubs? We've recruited 4 experts to tackle your science questions - astronomer Carolin Crawford, animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, geneticist Patrick Short and chemist Ljiljana Fruk. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Of the many thousands of species of birds on Earth, only about 25 are known to do something special with their food—they dunk it in water before eating.Nobody knows for sure why the birds do it. It might moisten foods for easier eating. Or it might wash away nasty-tasting chemicals. The behavior is seen most often in super smart species, like crows. And now it's been observed for the first time in a bird called the Australian magpie."We were very, very lucky to see it. It was entirely by chance." University of Cambridge zoologist Eleanor Drinkwater."And so, on a day to day basis, we'd get up and we would essentially spend hours and hours following these different families of magpies around the place, and tempt them towards us and then see how they reacted when we presented them with different foods."The researchers offered an adult male magpie a mountain katydid, an insect that's presumed to be distasteful. It's thought that the insect defends itself against being gobbled up by secreting a bitter substance from underneath its wings as well as by vomiting a bitter-tasting cocktail."This one individual comes up and takes the katydid that we presented and kind of waddles off, and then goes and kind of plops it in a little stream that was behind us. We were kind of watching this together and looking at each other, like, this is a bit interesting. Haven't seen this before."But then something even more surprising happened. The magpie dropped the wet katydid on the ground and hopped away. A few minutes later, a juvenile magpie approached, dunked the katydid once again in the puddle, and then gobbled it up. The observations were described in the journal Australian Field Ornithology. [E. Drinkwater et al., A novel observation of food dunking in the Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen]Drinkwater thinks what they saw might be an example of social learning in this species."To us, it kind of appeared to be the case that it could be food washing. That would make sense within the context of this particular insect.”While the behaviors are hard to interpret, she says that she and her team reported these observations in hopes that other researchers might investigate the behavior further."We were just very, very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to see this interesting behavior. And in the current day and age, there are loads of people with iPhones and cameras who I'm sure have also captured all sorts of weird and wonderful animal behavior, which might not be common knowledge to the scientific community."And unless those folks think to share their photos and videos with experts, who knows what discoveries are out there remaining to be made.—Jason G. Goldman[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]中文翻译：在地球上成千上万种鸟类中，只有大约25种人知道他们的食物会做些特别的食物 - 他们在进食前将它们浸泡在水中。没有人确切知道为什么鸟会这样做。它可能滋润食物，更容易进食。或者它可能会洗去令人讨厌的化学物质。这种行为最常见于超级聪明的物种，如乌鸦。现在，这是第一次被称为澳大利亚喜鹊的鸟类。“我们非常非常幸运地看到它。这完全是偶然的。”剑桥大学动物学家Eleanor Drinkwater。“所以，在日常生活的基础上，我们起床了，我们基本上会花费数小时的时间跟踪这些不同的喜鹊家庭，并诱惑他们走向我们，然后看看他们在我们呈现时是如何反应的不同的食物。“研究人员向成年雄性喜鹊提供了一种山羚羊，这种昆虫被认为是令人反感的。据认为，昆虫通过从翅膀下面分泌一种苦味物质以及呕吐一种苦味的鸡尾酒来防御被吞噬。“这个人出现了，拿走我们提出的k and和一种蹒跚的吵架，然后继续把它放在我们身后的一条小溪里。我们有点看着对方，看着对方，就像，这有点有趣。以前没见过。“但后来发生了更令人惊讶的事情。喜鹊把湿漉漉的k k扔在地上然后跳了下去。几分钟后，一只少年喜鹊走近，再一次在水坑里扣了k，然后吞了起来。澳大利亚野生鸟类学杂志对这些观察结果进行了描述。 [E. Drinkwater等，澳大利亚Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen食物扣篮的新观察Drinkwater认为他们所看到的可能是这个物种中社会学习的一个例子。“对我们来说，它似乎可能是食物洗涤。这在这种特殊昆虫的背景下是有意义的。”虽然行为很难解释，但她说她和她的团队报告了这些观察结果，希望其他研究人员可以进一步研究这种行为。“我们非常非常幸运能够在合适的时间出现在正确的地方，看到这种有趣的行为。在当今这个时代，有很多人使用iPhone和相机，我肯定也抓住了所有这些各种奇怪而奇妙的动物行为，这可能不是科学界的常识。“除非那些人想与专家分享他们的照片和视频，谁知道还有什么发现仍然存在。-Jason G. Goldman

Of the many thousands of species of birds on Earth, only about 25 are known to do something special with their food—they dunk it in water before eating.Nobody knows for sure why the birds do it. It might moisten foods for easier eating. Or it might wash away nasty-tasting chemicals. The behavior is seen most often in super smart species, like crows. And now it's been observed for the first time in a bird called the Australian magpie."We were very, very lucky to see it. It was entirely by chance." University of Cambridge zoologist Eleanor Drinkwater."And so, on a day to day basis, we'd get up and we would essentially spend hours and hours following these different families of magpies around the place, and tempt them towards us and then see how they reacted when we presented them with different foods."The researchers offered an adult male magpie a mountain katydid, an insect that's presumed to be distasteful. It's thought that the insect defends itself against being gobbled up by secreting a bitter substance from underneath its wings as well as by vomiting a bitter-tasting cocktail."This one individual comes up and takes the katydid that we presented and kind of waddles off, and then goes and kind of plops it in a little stream that was behind us. We were kind of watching this together and looking at each other, like, this is a bit interesting. Haven't seen this before."But then something even more surprising happened. The magpie dropped the wet katydid on the ground and hopped away. A few minutes later, a juvenile magpie approached, dunked the katydid once again in the puddle, and then gobbled it up. The observations were described in the journal Australian Field Ornithology. [E. Drinkwater et al., A novel observation of food dunking in the Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen]Drinkwater thinks what they saw might be an example of social learning in this species."To us, it kind of appeared to be the case that it could be food washing. That would make sense within the context of this particular insect.”While the behaviors are hard to interpret, she says that she and her team reported these observations in hopes that other researchers might investigate the behavior further."We were just very, very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to see this interesting behavior. And in the current day and age, there are loads of people with iPhones and cameras who I'm sure have also captured all sorts of weird and wonderful animal behavior, which might not be common knowledge to the scientific community."And unless those folks think to share their photos and videos with experts, who knows what discoveries are out there remaining to be made.—Jason G. Goldman[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]中文翻译：在地球上成千上万种鸟类中，只有大约25种人知道他们的食物会做些特别的食物 - 他们在进食前将它们浸泡在水中。没有人确切知道为什么鸟会这样做。它可能滋润食物，更容易进食。或者它可能会洗去令人讨厌的化学物质。这种行为最常见于超级聪明的物种，如乌鸦。现在，这是第一次被称为澳大利亚喜鹊的鸟类。“我们非常非常幸运地看到它。这完全是偶然的。”剑桥大学动物学家Eleanor Drinkwater。“所以，在日常生活的基础上，我们起床了，我们基本上会花费数小时的时间跟踪这些不同的喜鹊家庭，并诱惑他们走向我们，然后看看他们在我们呈现时是如何反应的不同的食物。“研究人员向成年雄性喜鹊提供了一种山羚羊，这种昆虫被认为是令人反感的。据认为，昆虫通过从翅膀下面分泌一种苦味物质以及呕吐一种苦味的鸡尾酒来防御被吞噬。“这个人出现了，拿走我们提出的k and和一种蹒跚的吵架，然后继续把它放在我们身后的一条小溪里。我们有点看着对方，看着对方，就像，这有点有趣。以前没见过。“但后来发生了更令人惊讶的事情。喜鹊把湿漉漉的k k扔在地上然后跳了下去。几分钟后，一只少年喜鹊走近，再一次在水坑里扣了k，然后吞了起来。澳大利亚野生鸟类学杂志对这些观察结果进行了描述。 [E. Drinkwater等，澳大利亚Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen食物扣篮的新观察Drinkwater认为他们所看到的可能是这个物种中社会学习的一个例子。“对我们来说，它似乎可能是食物洗涤。这在这种特殊昆虫的背景下是有意义的。”虽然行为很难解释，但她说她和她的团队报告了这些观察结果，希望其他研究人员可以进一步研究这种行为。“我们非常非常幸运能够在合适的时间出现在正确的地方，看到这种有趣的行为。在当今这个时代，有很多人使用iPhone和相机，我肯定也抓住了所有这些各种奇怪而奇妙的动物行为，这可能不是科学界的常识。“除非那些人想与专家分享他们的照片和视频，谁知道还有什么发现仍然存在。-Jason G. Goldman

What is dj vu? Why do I get angry when I'm hungry? Why do I remember every Disney lyric, but can't remember how to set my oven? Materials physicist Jess Wade, neuroscientist Philipe Bujold, animal behaviour expert Eleanor Drinkwater, and physicist Francesca Day join Chris Smith, to answer a brilliant barrage of scientific questions... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

What is dj vu? Why do I get angry when I'm hungry? Why do I remember every Disney lyric, but can't remember how to set my oven? Materials physicist Jess Wade, neuroscientist Philipe Bujold, animal behaviour expert Eleanor Drinkwater, and physicist Francesca Day join Chris Smith, to answer a brilliant barrage of scientific questions... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Joshua asked us whether animals could ever experience the placebo effect. To find out, Laura Brooks spoke to Eleanor Drinkwater, researcher in animal behaviour at the University of York... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

From farting fish to the link between diet and cancer, Kat Arney and Chris Smith take on your questions with Matt Middleton, Giles Yeo and Eleanor Drinkwater...

From farting fish to the link between diet and cancer, Kat Arney and Chris Smith take on your questions with Matt Middleton, Giles Yeo and Eleanor Drinkwater... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

From farting fish to the link between diet and cancer, Kat Arney and Chris Smith take on your questions with Matt Middleton, Giles Yeo and Eleanor Drinkwater... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists