In the last episode of this series, we’re taking tips on Instagram fame from the bird world, finding out about the history of Antarctica from a small green rock, getting sticky with some bacterial nets, traumatising bilbies for the sake of conservation, splashing down with a historic space mission, and deciding whether dolphins deserve their good reputation.

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King et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22668-1 

Moseby et al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.023

Siddoway et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9151

Thömmes and Hayn-Leichsenring (2021): https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695211003585 

Pint of Science: https://pintofscience.co.uk/pint21

Climate change and conservation after the COVID-19 pandemic: what’s next?: https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/climate-change-and-conservation-after-the-covid-19-pandemic 

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This week we’re finding out whether our morning espresso is safe from climate change, getting acquainted with a droopy creature that enjoys a cold bath, being dazzled by some high-tech paint, hearing about Geronimo the hero beaver, asking what monkeys can tell us about making friends after the pandemic, and trying not to yawn along with a pride of lions.

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Casetta et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.02.010

Heter et al (1950): https://doi.org/10.2307/3796322

(and a video of the parachuting beavers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrOE-m7sX9E 

Li et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c02368

Plumptre et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.626635

Testard et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.029  

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This week we’re asking whether octopuses dream of punching fish, finding out how the Amazon rainforest was born, wondering whether we’re heading for a fiery asteroid-generated doom, learning about how major corporations are turning their backs on deep-sea mining, slipping between the pages of an ancient book to find a butterfly, working out what an April fool can tell us about ecological modelling, and getting acquainted with a fearsome new dinosaur.

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Brunk et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109081

Carvalho et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1969

Gianechini et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2020.1877151

de Souza Medeiros et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102223 

Warren et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13591 

Matt Hayes’ guide for iRecord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFbLiPV2UaY

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This week we’re finding out how the moon is powering cars in the Shetlands, asking if cats value kindness, investigating whether a sperm-filled solar-powered lunar ark is viable, wondering whether sleepiness is to blame for a walrus on the Welsh coast, and learning some social skills from a very sneaky beetle.

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Journal Club

Chijiiwa et al (2021): https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.08.01.03.2021 

von Beeren and Tishechkin (2017): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-016-0010-x 

Isolation Recommendations

www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/battle-beasts

www.earthoptimism.cambridgeconservation.org 

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This week we’re finding out whether the magnetic poles flipping killed the Neanderthals, asking how a bird species could hide for 170 years, marvelling at a swarm of tiny robot bees, wondering how two species of sea slugs manage to lose their heads but keep their cool, having a disco party with some glowing sharks, and wishing a very Happy Mother’s Day to the world’s oldest bird mum.

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Bioluminescent sharks:

Mallefet et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.633582

Insect drones:

YuFeng Chen et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2021.3053647 & video: https://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-introduce-new-generation-tiny-agile-drones-0302

Black-browed babbler:

Akbar et al. (2020): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1a9e03f407b482a158da87/t/6034c09a3440914018d3c306/1614071211606/Black-browed-Babbler.pdf

Adams Transitional Geomagnetic Event:

Cooper, Turney et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb8677

Autotomising sea slugs:

Mitoh and Yusa (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.014 

The Brilliant Abyss:

Helen Scales: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-brilliant-abyss-9781472966865/ 

Us and STEMM:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/us-and-stemm/id1547268807 

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This week we’re asking what a sarcastic fringehead is, nerding out about Perseverance’s flashy gadgets, finding out how much tyrannical power a naked mole-rat queen has, cooing over an adorable clone, checking if thylacines are back from the dead, and marvelling at Europe’s most active volcano blowing its load.

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Barker et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc6588 

Yorzinski (2020): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0786

Know Your Pollinators: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/f229629c-c0c5-11ea-855a-01aa75ed71a1#

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This week we’re asking whether science can solve one of the world’s greatest conspiracy theories, checking if groundhogs can live forever, delving into Greek myths to find out more about butterflies, being dazzled by a new shade of blue, electrifying ourselves with some genuinely stunning eel research, and finding out what the world’s tiniest chameleon’s rather large secret is.

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Bastos et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7121 

Gaume and Puzrin (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00081-8 

Glaw et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80955-1 

O’Mara et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042 

Yang et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01230K

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This week we’re finding out how to make your Burns Night stellar, deciding whether we have what it takes to control a herd of bison, discovering what’s causing sci-fi blue jets visible from the ISS, asking whether Suki can recognise us from voice alone, and working out how much we now need to fear the criminal potential of macaques.

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Brumm et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd4648

Leca et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0677 

Neubert et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03122-6

Saito and Shinozuka (2013): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0620-4 

Simmons et al. (2021): http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7249 

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This week we’re finding out just how identical identical twins really are, asking whether the didgeridoo can help us get better sleep, reacquainting ourselves with the mother of palaeontology, listening out for some eery “singing”, investigating what really drives feelings of disgust, and checking out what Sir David Attenborough has been up to lately. 

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Jonsson et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-00755-1

Nord et al. (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.087

Puhan et al. (2006): https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38705.470590.55

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It’s the last show of 2020, a year when finding non-COVID science news was like searching for a needle in a viral haystack. This week we’ve got a bumper edition of our Science of Week quiz, covering news from the whole year, and we’re introducing a brand new feature - Animal Etymologies!

We’re investigating the liquid properties of cats, finding out how fast space junk flies around the Earth, looking at what lasers can tell us about ancient archaeological remains, asking whether we’ve just made contact with aliens in the next solar system over, stretching the boundaries of animal lengths with siphonophores, and pitching a gritty new sequel to Finding Nemo.

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Fardin (2014): https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-of-cats.pdf

Sampaio et al (2020): https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3266 

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