Podcast appearances and mentions of Jonathan B Losos

How does tickling work? You can't tickle yourself. But if you are the ticklish type, you'll start laughing if you know someone is about to tickle you even though they haven't touched you yet. This episode begins with the weird ways tickling works. http://www.livescience.com/3882-tickle.html You know what is interesting about our 7-day week? It is totally artificial. In other words, the other ways we measure time - such as days, hours, months and years – those are based on the sun, the moon, the rotation of the earth and other things – but the week is just made up. Still, it seems to work very well. Imagine life without the week. Keeping a schedule would be extremely difficult. Here to discuss where the 7-day week came from and why it is so important is David Henkin, a professor of history at the University of California at Berkley and author of book The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are (https://amzn.to/3InCDwl) There are a lot of cat lovers in the world. So, how did cats become household pets in the first place? They haven't always been. In fact, having an indoor cat didn't become a normal thing until the 1930s. There is an interesting story here and here to tell it is Jonathan B. Losos an evolutionary biologist at Washington University and author of the book The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from The Savanna to Your Sofa (https://amzn.to/41PpAe1). If you have valuables in your home, where do you put them, so a burglar won't find them? Maybe in the freezer? In the closet? Well, you could but there's a place burglars almost never look. Listen and I will tell you where that is. https://www.rd.com/list/where-do-burglars-look/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! MINT MOBILE: Ditch overpriced wireless and get 3 months of premium wireless service from Mint Mobile for 15 bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://MintMobile.com/something⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor! Get 50% off at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://FactorMeals.com/something50off⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TIMELINE: Get 10% off your order of Mitopure!  Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Timeline.com/SOMETHING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ROCKET MONEY: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster! Go to ⁠⁠⁠https://RocketMoney.com/SOMETHING⁠⁠⁠ QUINCE: Elevate your shopping with Quince! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns! INDEED: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ right now! DELL: The power of Dell AI with Intel inside is transforming the world of pro sports! For the players and the fans who are there for every game. See how Dell Technologies with Intel inside can help find your advantage, and power your wins at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Dell.com/Wins⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button.   You can find Katherine Marsh at her website www.katherinemarsh.com or on IG at @katherinemarshauthor.   This week we chat with Katherine Marsh, author of The Lost Year, a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. I recently discovered this book after one of our book club members selected another Katherine Marsh book, Nowhere Boy, for our August read. The Lost Year is middle-grade historical fiction and it is super timely because part of it is set in Ukraine in the 1930s. The story introduced me to a topic in Ukraine history I knew nothing about called the Holodomor. Katherine tells us all about her novel which was inspired by her relationship with her grandmother who was from Ukraine. It is a perfect book selection if you are curious about Ukrainian history that influences current events; reading this book would also allow you to check off having read something for Middle Grade March.    For our book recommendations in this episode, we're talking about books in which cats are a central part of the story. We have some nonfiction selections, as well as literary fiction and graphic novels that will definitely appeal to your inner cat. If you don't love cats, you can check out these books anyway for their compelling stories OR you can wait around for Amy to muscle Carrie into a future dog episode.    Books Mentioned in this Episode:   1- The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh   2- Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh   3- Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) by Katherine Marsh   4- The God's Revenge (The Myth of Monsters #2) by Katherine Marsh   5- The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West   6- Leslie F***ing Jones by Leslie Jones   7- Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp   8- The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp   9- A 5 star Read recommended by fellow book lover Elaine Hoystead @bookmadlibrarian - Hall of Smoke by Hannah M. Long   10- Pineville Trace by Wes Blake   11- Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero   12- The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuka Natsukawa   13- Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther by Craig Pittman   14- The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean   15- The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa by Jonathan B. Losos   16- Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue   17- The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Shawn Harris   Media mentioned--   1- Kaos (Netflix, 2024)   2- Are Cats Actually Liquid -  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-cats-actually-liquid/   3- Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-bezos-opinion-trump-market-liberty-97a7d8113d670ec6e643525fdf9f06de   Reply    

Katten är vårt populäraste husdjur, men ses också allt oftare som en mördarmaskin och artutrotare. Ann-Helen Meyer von Bremen frågar sig vad kraven på att tämja katten egentligen handlar om. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Sommaren 1969 hade jag fått mitt livs första två tama kattungar att leka med. Det var något helt annat än de halvvilda lagårdskatterna som aldrig gick att klappa. Så bröt den ena kattungen benet och morfar skulle i vanliga fall ha slagit ihjäl den, man gick inte till veterinären med katter, knappt ens med hundar, men nu fanns ett gråtande barnbarn att ta hänsyn till. Morfar ringde veterinären och fick rådet att gipsa benet med glasspinnar. Finette, som katten hette, blev något hjulbent men levde ett aktivt kattliv tills hon blev 16 år gammal.Det vi inte förstod då var att vi tog klivet in i ett modernt synsätt på katten. Finette fick visserligen på många sätt leva ett fritt kattliv, men hon fick också bo inomhus om nätterna, äta särskild kattmat och finna sig i att bli körd i dockvagn. Katten har tassat bredvid människan under tusentals år och är numera vårt vanligaste husdjur, ändå har den aldrig anpassat sig på samma sätt som hunden, kon, hästen, fåret, hönan och de andra husdjuren har gjort. Den amerikanska evolutionsbiologen Jonathan B. Losos menar till och med att katten inte kan anses som helt domesticerad. Skillnaderna mellan tamkatten och den nordafrikanska vildkatten, som anses vara alla tamkatters ursprung, är små, betydligt mindre än mellan hunden och dess vilda förfader. Tamkatten har dock förändrats på några områden för att kunna leva ett mer människonära liv. Tarmarna har blivit längre för att kunna smälta även vegetabilier, de områden i hjärnan som styr rädsla och aggressivitet har minskat och kurrandet och jamande har ändrats till en frekvens som vi människor gillar.Katten kommer och går som den vill, låter sig ibland klappas, ibland inte, är en ivrig jägare även om matte serverar delikatesser och bestämmer själv kärlekspartner och därmed över sin egen evolution. En gränsöverskridare, mellan det vilda och tama, men också mellan vår värld och andra världar, som varit gudomlig i vissa kulturer och en djävulens representant i andra. I det forna Egypten sågs katter som magiska lyckobringare som till och med uppnådde helig status och tillbads. Kopplingen till det gudomliga berodde till stor del på Bastet. Hon började sin gudinnekarriär som krigsgudinna med lejonansikte men fick senare kattansikte och blev då skyddsgudinna för kvinnor, barn och katter och med ansvar för allt som gör livet kul som sång, musik, dans, sex och festligheter. Å ena sidan var det dödsstraff för den som dödade en katt, även om det var en olycka, å andra sidan kunde katter avlivas och mumifieras av religiösa skäl. Enorma mängder kattmumier offrades till Bastets tempel, där det också etablerades kattuppfödningar, en mer brutal variant av vår tids blomsterbutiker i närheten av kyrkogårdar. Av alla de kattmumier som senare upptäcktes vid utgrävningar och plundringar, är bara ett litet antal bevarade. Merparten har blivit vägfyllning eller gödning.I Norden drogs Frejas vagn av katterna Hogni och Tovner. ”Bullret” från deras tassar användes för att tillverka repet Gleipner som till slut band Fenrisulven och för alltid gav katten dess ljudlösa gång. Förutom kattbuller bestod repet också av kvinnoskägg, bergens rötter, björnsenor, fiskens andedräkt och fågelspott. Katten har haft rollen som trickster, gett både tur och otur och än idag lever detta kvar när vi ibland spottar tre gånger för en vägkorsande svart katt.Mycket tyder på att katten tidigt uppskattades som sällskapsdjur, men också som jägare. Nu är jaktinstinkten allt mer en belastning. Samtidigt som nätet svämmar över av gulliga katter, betraktas de också som mördarmaskiner och artutrotare. En internationell forskningsstudie från 2023 beräknade att tamkatter äter drygt 2 000 olika arter av fåglar, kräldjur, små däggdjur, insekter och amfibier, varav ett par hundra anses hotade. I Sverige uppskattas våra 1,44 miljoner tamkatter och ett oklart antal förvildade katter tillsammans döda drygt 13 miljoner fåglar, det vill säga fyra procent av alla fåglar som finns här under sommaren. En uppmärksammad vetenskaplig artikel föreslog att tamkatter inte borde få vistas utomhus, eftersom katter har för stor negativ påverkan på den övriga naturen. Forskare i Polen vill klassa den som en invasiv art och även i Sverige har kattens eventuella invasiva status prövats av Artdatabanken, trots att det finns arkeologiska lämningar som visar att husdjuret funnits här under dryga 2 000 år och inte direkt kan ses som någon nykomling. Katten klarade sig denna gång.Lösningen på Misses glupande aptit är att begränsa Misse själv. I vissa delar av Australien finns olika restriktioner som kastrering, maxantal katter per hushåll och förbud mot ett fritt uteliv. I USA lever redan 90 procent av alla katter sina liv inomhus. I tyska staden Walldorf har katterna de senaste åren fått tillbringa sina somrar inlåsta för att skydda en hotad lärka, vilket lett till starka protester från tyska djurskyddsorganisationen Deutscher Tierschutzverbund, som anser detta vara kattplågeri. Även i Sverige har kraven på kattägare ökat i form av id-märkning, registrering, kontroll av fortplantningen med mera.Sannolikt fällde halvvilda lagårdskatter betydligt fler byten förr då det inte alltid var självklart med regelbundna mattider hos människorna. Dagens minskade populationer av fåglar kan heller inte skyllas på katten, utan på att lantbruket och skogsbruket har förändrats radikalt och ger mindre utrymme för många arter. Kanske handlar de ökade kraven på att tämja katten inte om vare sig katten eller det vilda djurlivet, utan om oss människor? Det verkar finnas något provocerande i kattens starka integritet.När katten ska omskolas till att vara enbart kärleks- och mysproducent, passar inte rollerna som magiker eller jägare. Det levande gosedjuret får inte vara för självständigt och inte som tidigare stå med en tass i det tama och en i det vilda. Och tassens klor måste också klippas om livet levs i mjuka soffor. I USA är det till och med vanligt med amputation av klorna, något som är förbjudet i Sverige om det inte finns hälsoskäl. Precis som vi människor har blivit allt mer specialiserade, i våra yrken, ja i hela våra liv, ska nu också katten följa efter. Men även om vi gärna vill sortera in vår omgivning i olika fack, är det kanske nu som vi behöver gränsöverskridare mer än någonsin. Den mångfacetterade katten är en ständig påminnelse om att även vi människor har betydligt fler egenskaper och färdigheter som vi kan odla, om vi tillåter oss det. Och att vassa klor är viktiga för att leva ett fritt och mångsidigt liv. Och för att klättra högt upp i träden.Ann-Helen Meyer von Bremenjournalist och författare. LitteraturJonathan B Losos: The Age of CatsArie Trouwborst, Han Somsen: Domestic Cats (Felis catus) and European Nature Conservation Law—Applying the EU Birds and Habitats Directives to a Significant but Neglected Threat to Wildlife. Journal of Environmental LawA global synthesis and assessment of free-ranging domestic cat diet, Christopher A. Lepczyk et al. Nature Communications.https://www.tierschutzbund.de/ueber-uns/aktuelles/presse/meldung/erneute-kritik-an-ausgangssperre-fuer-katzen-in-walldorfGlobal patterns in threats to vertebrates by biological invasions. C. Bellard,P. Genovesi and J. M. Jeschke. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2454

Wir geben vier Lesetipps: Zur Evolutionsgeschichte der Katze, zur Funktionsweise der künstlichen Intelligenz, zum Zusammenhang von Klimakatastrophe und Kapitalismus und zum Sammeln von Moosen. Wir stellen diese vier Bücher vor: (01:00) Von der Savanne aufs Sofa. Eine Evolutionsgeschichte der Katze, von Jonathan B. Losos, Hanser Verlag, ISBN 978-3-446-27763-2 (09:05) Der elektronische Spiegel. Menschliches Denken und künstliche Intelligenz von Manuela Lenzen, Verlag C. H. Beck, ISBN 978-3-406-79208-3 (14:40) Klimaungerechtigkeit. Was die Klimakatastrophe mit Kapitalismus, Rassismus und Sexismus zu tun hat, von Friederieke Otto, Verlag Ullstein, ISBN: 978 3 550 20244 5 (21:15) Das Sammeln von Moos von Robin Wall Kimmerer, Verlag Matthes&Seitz, ISBN 978-3-7518-4502-1 Mehr zum Wissenschaftsmagazin und Links zu Studien: https://www.srf.ch/wissenschaftsmagazin .

The domestic cat--your cat--has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you'd be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats, including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels. Do lions and tigers meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What's with all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice, casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly different in anatomy and behavior from their ancestral stock. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild, and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands around the world. Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are transforming the world around them. The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa (Viking, 2023) suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens. Melek Firat Altay is a neuroscientist, biologist and musician. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The domestic cat--your cat--has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you'd be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats, including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels. Do lions and tigers meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What's with all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice, casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly different in anatomy and behavior from their ancestral stock. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild, and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands around the world. Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are transforming the world around them. The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa (Viking, 2023) suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens. Melek Firat Altay is a neuroscientist, biologist and musician. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

The domestic cat--your cat--has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you'd be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats, including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels. Do lions and tigers meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What's with all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice, casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly different in anatomy and behavior from their ancestral stock. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild, and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands around the world. Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are transforming the world around them. The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa (Viking, 2023) suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens. Melek Firat Altay is a neuroscientist, biologist and musician. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The domestic cat--your cat--has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you'd be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats, including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels. Do lions and tigers meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What's with all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice, casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly different in anatomy and behavior from their ancestral stock. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild, and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands around the world. Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are transforming the world around them. The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa (Viking, 2023) suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens. Melek Firat Altay is a neuroscientist, biologist and musician. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

The domestic cat--your cat--has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you'd be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats, including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels. Do lions and tigers meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What's with all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice, casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly different in anatomy and behavior from their ancestral stock. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild, and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands around the world. Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are transforming the world around them. The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa (Viking, 2023) suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens. Melek Firat Altay is a neuroscientist, biologist and musician. Her research focuses on deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

If you could talk to your pets, what would you want to know? This hour, host Krys Boyd won't be interviewing any animals, but she will talk with some folks who know them very well. We'll start with a conversation about puppies with Alexandra Horowitz, head of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College. Then we'll hear from Jonathan B. Losos, an evolutionary biologist and cat expert at Washington University in St. Louis. We'll then wrap up the show by hearing Courtney Collins's conversation with veterinarian Karen Fine about how her job requires her to care for the well-being of people, too.

As you know, you can't tickle yourself. But if you are ticklish, anyone else can tickle you. So why is that? Even if you know someone is about to tickle you, it still tickles. Listen as this episode begins with an explanation of how tickling works. http://www.livescience.com/3882-tickle.html Our culture – in fact the whole world lives on schedule of a 7-day week. Yet, the week is a totally artificial, man-made invention. Other ways of measuring time such as days, hours, months and years are related to the sun, the moon, the rotation of the earth and other things – but the week is all just made up. Yet it works so exquisitely well! Imagine life with the week. Your schedule would be a disaster. Here to discuss how the week came into being and why it is so important is  David Henkin, a professor of history at the University of California at Berkley and author of book The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are (https://amzn.to/3InCDwl) Are you a cat lover? There are millions of them. And even if you are not, you have probably lived in or spent time in a home with cats. Where did cats come from? How did they get to be household pets? And what's really interesting is that having an indoor cat didn't actually become a thing until the 1930's. That's an interesting story. And here to discuss all this is Jonathan B. Losos an evolutionary biologist at Washington University and author of the book The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from The Savanna to Your Sofa (https://amzn.to/41PpAe1). If you have valuables in your home, where is the best place to hide them? The freezer? A dresser drawer? No. There's another place that burglars almost never look. Listen and I will tell you where that is. https://www.rd.com/list/where-do-burglars-look/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Zocdoc is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun! Go to https://Zocdoc.com/SYSK and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. The Dell Technologies' Summer Sale Event is on, with limited-quantity deals on top tech!  It's the perfect season to power your passions during Dell's Summer Sale Event. Save today by calling 877-ASK-DELL. Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome. At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned! See terms and check it out for yourself at https://Discover.com/match If you own a small business, you know the value of time. Innovation Refunds does too! They've made it easy to apply for the employee retention credit or ERC by going to https://getrefunds.com to see if your business qualifies in less than 8 minutes! Innovation Refunds has helped small businesses collect over $3 billion in payroll tax refunds! Let's find “us” again by putting our phones down for five.  Five days, five hours, even five minutes. Join U.S. Cellular in the Phones Down For Five challenge! Find out more at https://USCellular.com/findus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, meet author, musician, and professor Warren Zanes, evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos, and bestselling author and journalist Jancee Dunn. What do Bruce Springsteen, cats, and peri-menopause have in common? Tune in to find out. Deliver Me from Nowhere by Warren Zanes https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/647205/deliver-me-from-nowhere/ The Cat's Meow by Jonathan B. Losos https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/610619/the-cats-meow/ Hot and Bothered by Jancee Dunn https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/714293/hot-and-bothered/

Maria chats with evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos about his book "The Cats Meow"Jonathan talks about how cats evolved and why they do the things they do! It's a fun read and perfect if you're a cat lover or just want to learn more about cats!

House cats are more akin to wild animals than dogs are (something cat owners already know). Jonathan B. Losos, evolutionary biologist at Washington University and the founding director of the Living Earth Collaborative, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the evolution of our feline friends and explore the relationship we humans have with Felis catus. His book is “The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa.”

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Second of three episodes about flashcards reveals more behind the use of this tool for learning anatomy & physiology. The term pseudogene may cause problems. A junk-DNA analogy. Bonus track: Delta Wave Radio Hour. 00:47 | Pseudogenes 08:10 | Sponsored by AAA 08:49 | Pseudogene Analogy 12:35 | Sponsored by HAPI 13:18 | Need Some Sleep? 18:20 | Sponsored by HAPS 19:08 |  Flashcards Again 28:16 | Survey Says... 29:21 | Flashcard Learning Tricks 43:05 | More Flashcards 34:31 | Staying Connected 46:26 | Delta Wave Radio Hour (BONUS) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Please take the anonymous survey: theAPprofessor.org/survey Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram!   Pseudogenes 7.5 minutes Are we doing our students the best service by emphasizing the classic definition of a pseudogene as a gene "without function?" Discuss. Pseudogene word dissection found in Preview Episode 59 Overcoming challenges and dogmas to understand the functions of pseudogenes (journal perspective article from Nature Reviews Genetics) my-ap.us/2PMX3DW A pseudogene structure in 5S DNA of Xenopus laevis (research article in Cell using "pseudogene" for the first time) my-ap.us/2ZfqW2R Pseudogene use history in books (from Google Ngram Viewer) my-ap.us/2Q6UdJ7 Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos amzn.to/2L9fzCE Browse The A&P Professor Book Club https://theapprofessor.org/bookclub.html Sponsored by AAA 0.5 minutes A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org. Searchable transcript Captioned audiogram  Pseudogene Analogy 3.5 minutes Junk DNA, or pseudogenes, is a rather abstract concept for beginning learners, so perhaps an analogy is in order. 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Anatomy & Physiology Society theAPprofessor.org/haps Flashcards Again 9 minutes Part of our role as teachers is to be learning therapists who help our students diagnose barriers to learning and then develop effective treatment plans to become better learners. Flashcards: Hidden Powers | Episode 58 Survey Says... 1 minute Please take about 5 minutes to answer some questions—it will really help improve this podcast! theAPprofessor.org/survey   Flashcard Learning Tricks 13.5 minutes Building on Flashcards: Hidden Powers | Episode 58, Kevin discusses using images, color coding, the beauty of plaid flashcards (ahem), and the layering (interleaving) effect. Six a Day (blog article for A&P students) my-ap.us/2Z4Y5OV Learn how to Study Using... Retrieval Practice (blog article for any student) my-ap.us/35GW5Ph More Flashcards 1.5 minutes Yep, there's more about flashcards coming in the third part of this series. Check out Episode 60 when the time comes. 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Books and Ideas is back with an interview of Jonathan Losos, author of Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution. This fascinating book reveals the surprising world of experimental evolutionary biology. We explore how experiments both in the laboratory and in the wild are answering long-standing questions about how evolution works. Links and References: Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould Z.D. Blount, Lenski, R.E., and Losos, JB. 2018. "Contingency and determinism in evolution: Replaying life’s tape" Science 362. DOI: 10.1126/science.aam5979 Brian Swetik. 2019. "Strange Marine Creature Resembles a Reptilian Platypus: Small eyes and decorative plates make this Triassic creature stand out" Scientific American, January 30, 2019 L Chen, et. Al. 2019. "Early Triassic marine reptile representing the oldest record of unusually small eyes in reptiles indicating non-visual prey detection." Nature 152. R.D. H Barrett, et. al. 2019. "Linking a mutation to survival in wild mice" Science (363) 499-504. DOI:10.1126/science.aav3824 Social Media: Twitter: @docartemis Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/booksandideas Please send feedback to docartemis@gmail.com or submit voicemail at http://speakpipe.com/docartemis. Want an Amazon gift card? Just send me a screenshot of your iTunes review. Learn more about Dr. Campbell's other podcasts at:http://www.virginiacampbellmd.com/ginger-campbell-md/  

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of the upcoming full episode, which focuses on standards for test frequency in the A&P course.  There's more... a few content updates and end-of-year reminders... plus some word dissections and recommendations from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Topics Inheritance of red hair New information on how we form sensory maps in our brain Featured: Kevin answers Krista Rompolski's question about test frequency in A&P Word Dissections Omnigenic Primary somatosensory cortex Homunculus Here's an example: my-ap.us/2zX3NqO Book Club Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos  amzn.to/2L9fzCE Browse The A&P Professor Book Club  https://my-ap.us/bookclub Storytelling in teaching: Episode 12 End of Year Homework Don't forget your assignment: share an episode of this podcast with a colleague! End-of-term debriefing Review tips for debriefing in Episode 17  If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast.theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

JONATHAN B. LOSOS is the Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, and Curator in Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. He is the author of Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution. Jonathan B. Losos's Edge Bio Page (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/jonathan_b_losos) The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/jonathanblosos-urban-evolution