Join Shawn and friends of the Weird Biology Show podcast for a deep dive into all the most bizarre, strange, and downright weird experiments in the field of biology.
Your ole podcast dad, Shawn, is back with that gallon of milk and pack of cigarettes (Just like he said he would be!) …you know like 2 years later. It’s been a long hiatus, but I think we’re ready to start back up again.
We also discuss , with Dr. Pagán's new book, Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication. Available everywhere books are sold Nov 16th, 2021
29 Nov 2021
Flatworms on Cocaine, with Dr. Oné Pagán
Shawn, Dan, and featured guest , with Dr. Oné Pagán discuss how getting flatworms addicted to cocaine could help us better understand addiciton in Humans.
We also discuss , with Dr. Pagán's new book, Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication. Available everywhere books are sold Nov 16th, 2021
22 Sept 2021
These Beautiful Suntanned Sharks
Shawn and Dan discuss Lowe & Goodman-Lowe’s 1996 paper about hammerhead sharks’ ability to tan. But is it all esthetic or does the ability to tan in sharks offer some evolutionary advantage?
Listen to learn how these sharks get their summer bodies ready through tanning.
31 Aug 2021
WBS Newsroom ep:1
This week on the Weird Biology Show Newsroom
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mRNA vaccinations for HIV
The Intergovernmental pannel on Climate Change 2021 Report
Indigenous Water Protectors Vs The Enbridge Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline.
19 Jul 2021
Mouth Crimes: Could your tongue get you sentenced?
Shawn and special guest, Dr. Molly, discuss Radhika et al. 2016, and their recent paper aimed at using tongue prints as an alternative form of biometric data.
Thinking about committing some mouth crimes? Think again! Your tongue print may be the evidence the DA needs to put you away for good!
In this episode, we discuss current forms of biometric data, like fingerprinting, and propose some more unorthodox methods, like scanning your tongue, that could potentially take its place someday! (But probably not).
13 Jun 2021
The Hobbit: An Unexpected D-ficiency
Shawn and Dan discuss Hopkins and Hopkins, 2013, and their recent paper aimed at understanding biological reasons behind the hobbits and the forces of good triumphing over the forces of evil in the Novel and Film, The Hobbit.
19 Apr 2021
Living Robots: Autotoads vs Deceptifrogs
Shawn and Dan discuss Kriegman et al. 2020, and their recent paper aimed at creating biological robots from the stem cells of the African clawed frog!
27 Dec 2020
Killer Bees and Crossbows
Shawn and Dan discuss the coolest way to rid the rain forest of invasive killer bees, all while saving an endangered species of macaws!
2 Dec 2020
Head Transplants
Shawn and Dan discuss the gruesome history or head and organ transplants in the early 1900s and how they laid the groundwork for modern-day transplants.
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