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After a few weeks break, Krishna recounts his trip to South America, and briefly explains the story of how the Chilean giant squid led to a revolution in biophysics.

Rereleased from 12-12-17. Krishna brings in Alabama native and stand-up comedian Peyton Clarkson to talk about a modern Southern nightmare – teaching evolution in schools. We cover the basics of evolution, why some people in Alabama are so resistant to these ideas, and some interesting and often overlooked quirks about evolutionary biology.

Krishna sees his 23andMe results for the first time, and finds out some very surprising things. Namely, that he is the perfect human specimen and should procreate for the good of the human race.

Krishna reflects on an existential crisis, talks about why dreams are stupid, and talks about the discoveries awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (directed evolution and phage display).

Krishna, procrastinating as usual, tries to explain the science behind the Impossible Burger for the second time.

Krishna imparts a few tricks to non-scientists about how to distinguish between good and bad science.

Krishna talks about his research experience in Japan and some of the interesting quirks of being a scientist in a non-English speaking country.

Krishna rambles about the history of evolutionary thought and how it applies to present-day biology.

Krishna talks about the lifestyle of a scientist, what a PhD entails, and how he got into the game.

Fresh off another conference, Krishna discusses the types of conferences in science and why scientists go to them.