Big Biology
The biggest biology podcast for the biggest science and biology fans. Featuring in-depth discussions with scientists tackling the biggest questions in evolution, genetics, ecology, climate, neuroscience, diseases, the origins of life, psychology and more.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 296 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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Conservation in a cup with David Lodge
How do you find an invasive species that no net can catch? What happens to the scientist whose research samples end up in federal court?
In this episode, we talk with David Lodge, a freshwater ecologist at Cornell University and past presi...
How flowers shaped (some of) our oceans, with David George Haskell
When you think of flowers, the ocean probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind—and for good reason, because flowering plants evolved on land and less than 0.03 percent of all known flower species now live in the ocean. This 0.03 per...
Coevolution isn’t just for specialists, with Dr. Diego Vázquez
The hawkmoth and Darwin’s orchid. Fig wasps and fig trees. Rough-skinned newts and garter snakes. These classic examples of coevolution present images of particular species linked in tight relationships of mutual dependence or, in the case...
A tribute to slow science: remembering Bob Ricklefs
What was distinctive about Bob Ricklefs’ mentorship style, and how did he influence his students and collaborators?
What was distinctive about Bob Ricklefs’ mentorship style, and how did he influence his students and collaborators? What we...
Cassandra in the Lab: Scientists who didn’t “fit” and our bias against the contrarian with Matt Kaplan
A young honors thesis student stands in front of her poster. A crowd gathers around, swarming her with a ferocity more fitting a pack of hyenas than tenured faculty at a paleontology conference. This is how Matt Kaplan, recent Big Biology g...
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Big Biology is a podcast that tells the stories of scientists tackling some of the biggest unanswered questions in biology.
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