This is second part of the conversation with Prof. Alice Hughes. She is  working at XTBG in China. Her work focuses on understanding patterns of  biodiversity and drivers of biodiversity change, with an aim to form  more rigorous & appropriate conservation. In this conversation we  discuss about what are bats, evolution of bats, importance of the bats  for the biodiversity, bats and viruses, eating bats, bats and pandemic,  biodiversity, importance of biodiversity, various ways for biodiversity  conservation, diversity in science and women in science.

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Website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HNTYjVHFATRbARoPvs-VYFplsy6WSZpJ8CLexygh2IA/edit

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliceCHughes?s=20

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction 

0:51 What are bats? 

04:57 How many species of bats? 

05:42 Evolution of bats? 

08:12 Habitats of bats? 

11:35 Immunity of bats 

17:00 Are bats beautiful? 

21:14 Eating bats 

24:49 Why we should know, what to eat 

26:30 Lifestyle for you and others 

27:18 Why do we need biodiversity? 

31:10 Biodiverse world 

31:31 Challenges for the conservation of biodiversity 

34:22 Biodiversity and role of consumers 

36:13 Being conscious of what are you eating 

39:13 What you can do from distance for biodiversity conservation? 

44:03 Supporting local populations to support biodiversity 

51:17 Diversity in science 52:28 Gender roles in science 

54:53 Science of genders 

57:02 How to overcome gender biases?  

1:00:30 Can 50-50% formula work in research institutes? 

1:05:10 Education and science communication to flourish science 

1:07:27 Nobel prizes for women! 

1:09:38 Experience of a woman in science 

1:11:24 Find out more about Alice's work 

1:12:07 Thanks!