Interview w/ Kelly Weinersmith, Noisy Feathers, Smelly Feathers, Wine Time, Climatia Update, Neolithic Farmer Gatherers, Pulsar Pulse, Zinc Finger Treatment, Sex Attacks, And Much More…

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This Week in What Has Science Done for me Lately?!?

“My first what has science done for me lately Limerick:

I work as a pharmacy technician.

Healing the sick is my mission.

With research and tech,

I yell go to heck,

And beat viruses to submission.

–Travus Leroux”

Interview with Dr. Kelly Weinersmith, Co-Author of Soonish!

Dr. Weinersmith is Adjunct Faculty in the BioSciences Department at Rice University, where she studies parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts. In addition to being a respected researcher, she co-hosts ‘Science… Sort Of’, which is one of the top 20 natural science podcasts. Kelly spoke at Smithsonian Magazine’s “The Future is Here 2015,” and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, Science, Nature, National Geographic, BBC World, Gizmodo, and CBC’s Quirks and Quarks.

Blair’s Animal Corner!

Noisy feathers

Crested pigeons make a noise when they take off that warns their comrades of incoming trouble. Birds may be nature’s one man band!

Smelly feathers

Australian parrots have smelly feathers that tell their story to fellow birds, and unfortunately, their fiercest predators.