Sounds Scientific

Sounds Scientific

By Bonnie and AverillScience
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Sounds Scientific episodes

  • Happy Seasonal Pleasantries from Sounds Scientific

    Seasons Greetings Podcast Pals, we're back for another catch-up with a side of festive science!

    On this week's ep:

    • Bonnie, the artist
    • Christmas plans
    • Reindeer: not your average deer
    • Polar bears would definitely steal your food in the flat fridge 

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    30 min
  • Friendly (and not so friendly) felines

    Ahoy Podcast Pals, we're back for another catch-up with a side of science!

    On this week's ep:

    • Epponnee Rae’s inaugural haircut
    • Averill wins an award 
    • Strange situation test in cats
    • Shrek’s expressive ears 
    • Science at a LA cat cafe 

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    35 min
  • Background noise ASMR

    Howdy Podcast Pals, we're back for another catch-up with a side of science!

    On this week's ep:

    • Mum life
    • Averill's trip
    • Sounds Scientific goes to a conference
    • Live sushi train for orcas

    Bonus content: we've also created a new drinking game for you: take a shot every time you hear the word "incredible" 

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    24 min
  • Remember us?

    Howdy Podcast Pals, we're back!

    On this week's ep:

    • Where we've been for the past EIGHT MONTHS
    • Bonnie, the mum
    • Bonnie, the Dr
    • A dash of the science of breastfeeding 

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

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    28 min
  • Silent retreats and dreaming spiders

    Ahoy Podcast Pal's

    On this weeks ep:

    • How we have taken over UCE
    • Averill had a boogie
    • Bonnie was silent for 3 days
    • Spiders are *probably* dreaming

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    20 min
  • 4 months later...

    We're back back back again (but make no promises of staying back). 


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    14 min
  • Episode 2.7 Seahorses and Pipefish

    Woot woooot it’s seahorse and pipe fish time!!!

    On today’s ep:

    • Averill has a *shock horror* dog party
    • Everyone must clap for Averill’s good news
    • Bonnies complaints about stats
    • Male pregnancy and what it means for the patriarchy (speciation)
    • Pipe fish and the sexy lady in red 

    Papers:
    Seahorse pregnancy:

    https://www.academia.edu/24628228/Male_pregnancy_and_the_formation_of_seahorse_species_Male_pregnancy_and_the_formation

    The ‘Woman in Red’ effect: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2018.1335

    If you want to see us on social media we are here:
    Instagram: @soundsscientific
    Twitter: @soundscientific

    We are a tiny podcast so do your act of kindness for the day and click those like/subscribe/follow/share buttons 👊🏼 

    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    32 min
  • Casual Spinoff 3 - Bonnie and Averill the PhD students

    Greetings podcasters!

    Another non-science treat for your ears this week. Today we catch up on our own research, how our PhDs are going and then somehow end up talking about Huberman, of course. 

    If you want to see our ever evolving social media pages and/or share your thoughts with us, we are here:

    Instagram: @soundsscientific

    Twitter: @soundscientific 

    We are a tiny podcast clicking those like/subscribe/follow/share buttons is highly encouraged 

    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    27 min
  • Episode 2.6 Deep-sea fish

    Welcome back to Episode 2.6!

    On today’s ep:

    • Short weeks
    • A chemistry crash course on bioluminescence 
    • Angler fish lures
    • Massive stomachs
    • Sexual parasitism
    • Eye balls 

    Today we get into a few papers around the wild, whacky creatures that are deep sea fish and question “are they the embodiment of real life thriller movies?” Yes. They are. The answer is yes. 

    Papers:
    Bioluminescence:
    https://www.britannica.com/science/bioluminescence

    Sexual parasitism:
    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaz9445

    Symbiosis:
    https://elifesciences.org/articles/47606

    Rod opsins:
    https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aav4632

    If you want to see our ever evolving social media pages and/or share your thoughts with us we are here:

    Instagram: @soundsscientific

    Twitter: @soundscientific

    We are a tiny podcast so do your act of kindness for the day and click those like/subscribe/follow/share buttons 👊🏼 

    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    30 min
  • Casual Spinoff 2 - Feeling guilty?

    Hello again podcast pals!

    Breaking up the science with another casual spin off. Today we are talking about guilt. Following a survey in the UK of 2000+ people
    that summarised the most common things people feel guilty about. We go through said list and discuss if we resonate with each topic or not - a great insight into our brains!

    As always, please share your thoughts with us:
    Instagram: @soundsscientific
    Twitter: @soundscientific

    We are a tiny podcast clicking those like/subscribe/follow/share buttons is highly encouraged

    views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution

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    *views are our own and not the opinions of our employers or institution*

    39 min

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