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Brooke Borel, Contributing Editor at Popular Science Magazine and freelance science writer, joins us to discuss her new book Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated our Bedrooms and Took Over the World, the industry behind edible insects, and how to fact check your journalism.

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Direct download: BB86_Brooke_Borel_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:41pm EDT

Dr. Joe Schumacher, Post-doc at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience joins us to talk about treeshrews and how complicated the brain truly is!

 

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Direct download: BB_85_-_Dr._Joe_Schumacher_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:54pm EDT

Dr. David Steen of Auburn University joins us to talk about the Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi), what he's doing to help conserve this endangered species, and how Twitter is helping him improve public knowledge surrounding venomous snakes in North America.

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Direct download: BB_84_-_David_Steen_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

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