Creature Feature

Radical Animals!

Today I'm joined by particle physicist Daniel Whiteson to talk about RADIATION! What does it do to humans? How have animals adapted to radioactive contamination? Also: killer bananas!?! Footnotes:  <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/509011a">Birds Adapting to Chernoby</a>l <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140424223057.htm">Study on Chernobyl's Birds</a> <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/04/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science/">Chernobyl Wildlife 30 Years Later</a> <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106468-worlds-hardiest-animal-has-evolved-radiation-shield-for-its-dna/">Tardigrades Have Radiation Shields! </a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/news/tardigrade-protein-helps-human-dna-withstand-radiation-1.20648">How Tardigrades Might Help Human Cells</a> <a href="http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_02/deinococcus.shtml">Conan the Bacterium</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals