SoT 54: A Guy Called Herbert
- Author
- Ed Brown
- Published
- Sun 06 May 2012
- Episode Link
- https://science.libsyn.com/so-t-54-a-guy-called-herbert
Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Adam vanLangenberg, Kate Naughton.
Topics covered:
Early tetrapods used their body armour for breathing. Using your brain as your password. A lack of diversity in Tasmanian Tigers led to their extinction, and Tasmanian Devils are facing a similar fate. Drugged honeybees give insights into jetlag and body clocks. Does thinking in a foreign language make you more rational? What makes people seem 'creepy'? A new mathetmatics model predicts the proportion of left-handed people in sports like boxing and golf.
