Jason is halfway recovered from his 25-hour long gaming charity marathon, so here we are. We'll get our act together soon (?). We talk about some really interesting stuff in this episode such as an extinct tree genus that physically tore itself apart to grow, a press release of a study in Panamanian tungara frog calls... Continued

Jason was a bit sick for this one, and his fundraising through Extra Life is taking a lot of his time. But here we are with a new episode! We finally get a handle on all this gravitational wave stuff, look at the fleshy bits of a fossil salamander, talk about the real-life testing of quantum communication... Continued

Nobel Prizes are here for the year! Listen as we act like we know what the heck they even are along with a caterpillar that mimicks a bird when disturbed, pesticides in honey found on every continent, algae blooms yet again, nunchaku and why the AI apocalypse is real, and rats that can now digest fast food... Continued

Some damned internet problems aren't going to stop the return of Matt to the show! He returns from Costa Rica, a deadline, and is very fortunately back home after hurricane Irma. He starts to knock some of that podcasting rust off with some sea snakes that adapt to pollution, robots that are made of DNA... Continued

Apologies as this episode goes up late. Sometimes you get lemons, other times you get Harvey and Irma. Matt and the rest of our friends are safe and are working to get back to their normal day-to-day. Our thoughts go out to the people affected by these storms. Friend of the show Kelyn Carlson joins Jason for some light-hearted talk about sharks having friends... Continued

We've got a milestone, double-digit episode this time around! And we celebrate with Jason talking into a microphone alone because Matt is busy being a good student and not having a place to live for a week. They made VR for animals and delivered antibiotics... Continued

This might be the end of poorly timed episodes! Enjoy this one a couple days early as we talk to Karie Altman, a PhD candidate in the same lab as Jason, and celebrate the return of Kelyn Carlson as Matt is off galavanting in the Costa Rican jungle... Continued

Sorry about the late episode everyone, the internet at Jason's apartment while in Quito, Ecuador was spotty at best! This episode will be a bit different while Matt talks about his trip to the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Austin, Texas and Jason's trip to Quito, Ecuador for the Latin American Congress for Herpetology conference... Continued

Happy early episode (including the technical difficulties at the end..)! Jason and Matt have a quick chat about the start of summer when you're an ecologist, the future funniest wildlife photos and highlights from the past two years, France and its newly acquired scientific badassery, how NASA found microbial food under 40km of ice... Continued

Jason and Matt talk to special guest Kelyn Carlson about her transition from research, to high school teaching, and back to genetics. Listen as we also talk about two orbiting black holes, a computer simulation of touch, and birds that use cigarette butts to reduce parasitism. We also talk about the Toxo protist and its effects... Continued