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What went wrong? You had such a clever system, but still lost all your money.
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Continue reading Ep 392: Gambler’s ruin
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For our first episode on games and game theory, inspired by “The Girls Who Don’t D&D” podcast, we take a look at the Monty Hall problem.
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Continue reading Ep 391: What if I want the goat?
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We try to figure out how eukaryotes, which include everything from single cells to the blue whale, got their nucleus.
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Continue reading Ep 390: How microbes went nuclear
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Have a look at prokaryotes, and how they do some of what they do. Including, but not limited to, mixing their genetics, without sex.
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Take 141 of Episode One: Our retroactive podcast
Continue reading Ep 389: Those sexy prokaryotes
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We take a look at a few eukaryotes, including some single celled creatures large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
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Take 140 of Episode One: 13 kinds of death
Continue reading Ep 388: Eukaryotes, living large
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Take a tour of eukaryotic cells by following a bit of food, as the cell turns it into, well… more cell.
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Take 139 of Episode One: Wait, what was that one thing, about the one thing?
Continue reading Ep 387: The cells that carry it
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We finally explain what viruses are, with a side trip to the battle against diphtheria, and heroic horses.
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Take 138 of Episode One: Evil books and wag bags
Continue reading Ep 386: Viruses, from the horse’s mouth
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With a side trip to antibiotics, we explore the discovery of viruses.
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Take 137 of Episode One: Geographic trivia, and sailing the unsettled seas
Continue reading Ep 385: A tale of two plants | how we discovered viruses
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From the Irish potato famine, to the first vaccine for rabies.
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Take 136 of Episode One: A perfectly cromulent list
Continue reading Ep 384: Of people, potatoes and pathogens
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Part by accident and part deliberate experiment, we discovered the very first vaccination, thanks to Blossom the cow.
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Take 135 of Episode One: Substandard subs, and a ball with a bath
Continue reading Ep 383: The birth of vaccination, and holy cow!