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Eukaryotes, living large

We take a look at a few eukaryotes, including some single celled creatures large enough to be seen with the naked eye.

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Take 140 of Episode One: 13 kinds of death

Here’s a link to the earlier episode we referenced.

Ep 141: The largest of the small

Here’s an article about the largest single celled organism, caulerpa taxifolia.

Structure of world's largest single cell is reflected at the molecular level

Here’s something about cells that have more than one nucleus.

Multinucleated Cells

Here’s an article about how the DNA of symbiotic cells living inside other cells move over time into the nucleus of the host cell.

Gene transfer from organelles to the nucleus: Frequent and in big chunks

And here are a couple of articles about the only known eukaryote with no mitochondria.

First eukaryotes found without a normal cellular power supply

1st eukaryote without mitochondria redefines our limb on tree of life

The cells that carry it

Take a tour of eukaryotic cells by following a bit of food, as the cell turns it into, well… more cell.

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Take 139 of Episode One: Wait, what was that one thing, about the one thing?

Here are some of the old episodes, though not all of them, that we referenced.

Ep 254: Prebiotic evolution part 1: proteins

Ep 255: Prebiotic evolution part 2: DNA and RNA

Ep 256: What was the first food?

Here’s an article about electricity producing animals.

The world's most electric animals

Here’s how to turn volts and amps into watts.

How to Convert Watts, Amps, & Volts

Here’s a bit about the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Introduction to Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes

And here’s a bit about eukaryotes.

Eukaryotic Cells

Viruses, from the horse’s mouth

We finally explain what viruses are, with a side trip to the battle against diphtheria, and heroic horses.

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Take 138 of Episode One: Evil books and wag bags

Here are a couple of articles about diphtheria, and the fight against this childhood killer.

How Science Conquered Diphtheria, the Plague Among Children

Diphtheria

Here’s an article about the tobacco mosaic virus, and how it helped us discover what viruses are.

How a Few Sick Tobacco Plants Led Scientists to Unravel the Truth About Viruses

And here’s a bit about how Wendell Stanley crystalized a virus, to help us understand the little suckers.

Wendell Stanley

A tale of two plants | how we discovered viruses

With a side trip to antibiotics, we explore the discovery of viruses.

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Take 137 of Episode One: Geographic trivia, and sailing the unsettled seas

Here are a couple of sites on the history of the study of viruses.

Introduction: A Short History of Virology

History of Viruses

And here’s an article about the Chamberland filter.

The Filter of Life

Of people, potatoes and pathogens

From the Irish potato famine, to the first vaccine for rabies.

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Take 136 of Episode One: A perfectly cromulent list

Here’s an article about Louis Pasteur.

Louis Pasteur

And here are a couple of articles about the Irish potato famine.

Potato Late Blight, Plant Diseases

Berkeley and Lindley Debate the Cause of the Potato Blight

The birth of vaccination, and holy cow!

Part by accident and part deliberate experiment, we discovered the very first vaccination, thanks to Blossom the cow.

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Take 135 of Episode One: Substandard subs, and a ball with a bath

Here’s an article about the smallpox vaccination.

Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination

Here’s an article about the guy who came up with the first vaccination.

About Edward Jenner

And here’s an article debunking a popular story about how the smallpox vaccination came about.

The White Lie at the Heart of Vaccine History

Microbes, and other ideas, good and bad

What we thought before learning of microscopic life, and how we found out different.

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Take 134 of Episode One: Ancient inventions, historical trivia, and a salute to good doggies

Here are a few sites on the history of microbiology.

A Brief History of Microbiology and Immunology

A Brief History of Microbiology

History of Microbiology

The Lab’s six year anniversary

Our show Turns six-years-old. We celebrate with experiments, science, and madness for all.

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Take 133 of Episode One: Weird head space, and GPT!

Here’s a link to Phil’s show, even though there’s already one on this page.

Episode One

And here’s a link to our home on Twitter.

@lobbyandlab

The how and why of electric batteries

Brad has always wanted to understand how batteries make electricity. He more or less figured it out, and more or less explains.

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Take 132 of Episode One: Fanciful creatures and electric mud

Here’s a video that explains how a specific kind of battery works, including the technical terms and details we left out.

How Batteries Work

Big bang business, and the end of all things

This time, we talk of the birth of our universe, and several ways in which it could end.

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Take 131 of Episode One: The weirdness of the natural world.

Here’s an article about dark energy.

How Do We Know Dark Energy Exists?

Here’s something on how black holes could be the source of dark energy.

Black holes as source of mysterious dark energy

And here’s a video on the different ways the universe could end.

How will the Universe end?