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Episode 64: Blood-Eating Mosquitoes, Mosquito-Eating Spiders
This episode was originally recorded several years ago and I never got around to editing and posting it - but we're getting back into the swing of things and I didn't want to let this one molder away…
Episode 63: Our Triumphant Return from Hiatus! Space Updates
We're back from hiatus and talking about several updates in space news from the time we were gone - specifically, Arizona naming Pluto its state planet, the status on phosphine in Venus's atmosphere,…
Episode 62: The (Trans) Body in Space
In this the first episode of Trans Medicine March - the one month of the year where this podcast is specifically and explicitly about being trans, and specifically aspects of medical transition - we…
Episode 61: Genetic Control of Courtship Behaviors in Flies and Roaches (Happy Belated Valentine’s Day)
In this episode which is definitely right on time for Valentine's Day, Charles tells Tessa about a paper he read on the fruitless gene (originally identified in Drosophila melanogaster, the…
Episode 60: Jackson Reyna on Chemistry, Fire, and the Chemistry of Fire
On this episode we're joined by PhD student Jackson Reyna to talk about his love of chemistry and specifically fire. Some topics include organometallics, practical applications of chemical research,…
Episode 59: Dead Dinosaurs, Cockroach Sperm, and Monkey Testicles - A Science Sampler Platter for the New Year
In this episode, the two of us share several different interesting topics we've read about recently, including the timing of the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, the first fossil cockroach found…
Episode 58: Where Do Insects Go When It’s Cold?
In this episode, we address what happens to all the insects when it's cold out - where do they go? how do they survive? how do you survive freezing temperatures? Including the elusive grylloblattids,…
Episode 57: Rose Eveleth on the future, Flash Forward, whether you are your brain, and whether to put that brain in a robot
In this episode - recorded almost 18 months ago but still great - we talk to our first and only cis (?) guest: Rose Eveleth, the creator, writer, producer, and host of the podcast Flash Forward (in…
Episode 56: Nona the Ninth (SPOILERS)
It's Nona time baby!!!!!! A transcript and show notes are available on our website here: https://asabpodcast.com/2022/09/19/episode-56/ The show is on Twitter @ASABpod, Charles @cockroacharles, and…
RE-RELEASE: The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir (Books 1-2)
In anticipation of the release of the third entry in the Locked Tomb quartet by Tamsyn Muir (Nona the Ninth, out 13 September), we're re-releasing our conversation with friend of the pod Erin on the…
Episode 55: ”The Neutral Zone” (TNG 1x26) and the Past and Future of Cryonics
In this episode we use the TNG episode "The Neutral Zone," in which three people from the 20th century are revived from cryopreservation to find themselves on the Enterprise 300 years later, to talk…
Episode 54: What’s the Big Deal With the James Webb Space Telescope?
In this episode, we talk about the significance of the new James Webb Space Telescope (and why it should have a different name) - how it works, why it's important, and what people are going to do…
Episode 53: Laurel Hiatt on What’s Really Happening in Your Colon
In this episode we're joined by MD-PhD student Laurel Hiatt, whose work focuses on somatic mosaicism, or the differences between individual cells, specifically in the human colon. We talk about…
Episode 52: Father’s Day Special - Seahorses and Male Pregnancy
In this special holiday episode, we talked about Syngnathidae (the family of ray-finned fishes including pipefish, seahorses, and sea dragons), particularly Hippocampus spp. (seahorses) and their…
Episode 51: Robin Aguilar on Genetics
In this episode we're joined by geneticist and artist Robin Aguilar to talk about their research using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to visualize DNA, brush up on some basic genetics, and…
Episode 50: Lyra Cronin on Quantum Physics and When to Become a Robot
This week we're joined by quantum physics student Lyra Cronin. We talk about the meaning of quantum physics, Lyra's work with nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds, the possibilities of quantum…
Episode 49: The Science of Our Flag Means Death
Like most gay people, we have now watched the HBO series Our Flag Means Death (full season 1 available now!). Unlike most gay people, Charles is a PhD candidate in history and philosophy of biology.…
Episode 48: Lucianne Walkowicz on Space - Who Does It Belong To? How Gay Is It?
In this episode we're joined by science superstar (pun intended) Lucianne Walkowicz to talk about their research, who space belongs to (including whether it can "belong" to anyone), and how gay space…
Episode 47: ”So, What’s In Your Pants?” (Genitals, Part II)
Warning for this episode that we are talking at length about reproductive anatomy and genitals, the effect of testosterone and genital reconstruction of the clitorophallus. The second in our…
Episode 46: ”So, What’s In Your Pants?” (Genitals Part I)
Warning for this episode that we are talking at length about reproductive anatomy and genitals, particularly vaginoplasty as a gender-affirming surgery. This episode includes frank discussion of…
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Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s has published 66 episodes since July 2020, covering topics in Natural Sciences, Science.
Assigned Scientist at Bachelor‘s is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 42m.
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