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What is mutation bias and how can scientists study it? How does changing a population’s mutation bias influence its evolutionary trajectory?In this episode, we talk with Deepa Agashe, an Associate Professor at the National Centre for Biologica
This week on Big Biology we're sharing an episode from The Naked Scientists Podcast about how humans lost their tails.Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans do not have tails. It sets us apart from other primates, but suggests that our s
At what levels does causation happen in biology? Are metaphors useful for understanding biology?In this episode, we talk with Phil Ball, a science writer who was also an editor for the journal Nature for over 20 years. Phil has written over 25
How should biologists deal with the massive amounts of population genetic data that are now routinely available? Will AIs make biologists obsolete?In this episode, we talk with Andy Kern, an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of
How should we study complex biological networks? How do cells keep time and stay in sync? What does it mean for a network to be resilient?In this episode, we talk with Rosemary Braun, Associate Professor at Northwestern University in the Depar
How do biologists strike a productive balance between descriptive natural history and manipulative experiments in the lab or field? Should we bring back species to areas where they’ve gone extinct and what values do we use to make these decisio
What is an agent, and does an organism have to be conscious to be one? How does organismal agency affect evolution?In this episode, we talk with Samir Okasha, a Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol. Samir studies fun
On this episode, we talk with Alina Chan, postdoc at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and co-author with Matt Ridley of Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 could have plausibly jumped into humans in Wuhan via one of t
How can we reconcile the evolutionary problem of cooperation? What can social amoebae tell us about the origins of multicellularity?In this episode, we talk to Joan Strassmann and David Queller, professors at Washington University in St. Louis
If the tape of life were replayed, how recognizable would today’s species and ecosystems be? How and why does power increase over evolutionary time? How have humans unleashed so much power, and what are the consequences of that power for life o
How are cephalopods like us, but also completely alien? How can they become so intelligent when they have such short lives? How do they coordinate a distributed set of brains?In this episode, we talk with Danna Staaf, a science communicator an
Does biological plasticity have a cost? Are there evolutionary consequences of plasticity and of organisms acting on their environments?In this episode, we talk with Sonia Sultan, the Alan M. Dachs Professor of Science in the Department of Bio
How do small, founding populations establish and thrive in new places? What is biocontrol, and how is it carried out responsibly?In this episode, we talk with Ruth Hufbauer, a Professor of Applied Evolutionary Ecology at Colorado State Univers
How do biologists categorize species? What’s the best and quickest way to describe millions of unknown species?On this episode, we talk with Michael Sharkey, an entomologist and taxonomist who spent much of his career at the University of Kent
How do living things exert agency in a world of strict physical and chemical laws? Do humans have free will? In this episode, we talk with Kevin Mitchell, an Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. The quest
How has evolutionary biology evolved over time? What does it take to study evolution in natural populations?On this episode, we talk with Erik Svensson, an evolutionary biologist at Lund University, Sweden. Historically, evolutionary theory h
Can we predict evolutionary outcomes if we know starting conditions? Do the products of evolution in nature differ from those studied in well-controlled lab experiments?On this episode, we talk to Katie Peichel, head of the Division of Evoluti
Season 6 of Big Biology will kick off at the beginning of September - woohoo! Before then, we have a quick message to share:We’re looking for a new producer to join the Big Biology team! If you are a passionate team player with experience in p
Why can some animals regrow limbs while others can’t? Will understanding regeneration in other vertebrates help us regrow arms one day?Our intern team has taken over the channel to talk about one of their favorite biology topics, limb regenera
Where does biological innovation come from? Why do some innovations wait millions of years for their spotlight?Life must constantly innovate for evolution to occur, but many forms of biological innovation often lie dormant, sometimes for milli
What makes a pest? Why are some animals revered in one culture and vilified in another? How do our ways of life bring us into conflict versus companionship, and what do these interactions mean for us and them?Rats, squirrels, coyotes, pigeons.
What is inherency? What are the potential flaws with our understanding of biological function?On this episode, we talk with Stuart Newman, professor at New York Medical College. In his recent paper, “Inherency and agency in the origin and evol
What is NEON? What hopes and concerns do we have for large-scale research projects in ecology?On this episode of Big Biology, we talk about the challenges of doing…big biology! The National Ecological Observatory Network, or NEON, is a US Nati
Big Biology celebrates its 100th episode! You’re only 100 once, and though we hope there will be many more episodes to come, we wanted to celebrate this milestone with something special. A recurring theme from many of our conversations with gu
On this episode, we take a break from the regular format to talk with Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher of The Night Science Podcast, a show that explores the creative side of science with guests from across the globe. Itai is a professor in the De
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