Biopedia Podcast
1) 117- Total Mass of Humanity's X Chromosomes
A silly question today- if you were to add together all of the X chromosomes of all of the people in the world, what would their total mass be? To answer this, we are going to have to estimate the mas...Show More
2) 116- Generations
Generation Beta is, according to futurist Mark McCrindle, just starting to appear in the world. So, today, let's examine the generations that have been given a label in societal consciousness since th...Show More
3) 115- Pregnancy Outcomes and Interpregnancy Intervals
Today, we are going to examine a paper studying the impact both age at first pregnancy and the interval between pregnancies has on the probability of various negative outcomes associated with childbir...Show More
4) 114- Voyage of the Beagle Part III
Charles Darwin makes his way south from Rio de Janeiro to Maldonaldo and the south of South America. Along the way, he witnesses some local activities and has time to show off technological marvels to...Show More
5) 113- Sex Ratios and Family Size in the 1790 US Census
In a sort of unofficial Part II to our discussion in episode 112, we are going to examine the data from the 1790 US census focussed on the towns of Danbury and Brookfield in Fairfield County, Connecti...Show More
6) 112- How Common Are Suffix Chains?
Something a bit different today- we are going to be following up from our discussion of namesaking and looking at suffix chains! Examples of links in such chains would include people like Theodore Roo...Show More
7) 111- Could Two People Repopulate the Earth? Part I
Today, we will be wiping out humanity to ask a simple question- what would happen if there really were only two people left to repopulate the planet? Let's meet our hypothetical protagonists Cornelius...Show More
8) 110- The World's Smallest Snake
A few weeks ago in episode 108, we talked about the largest species of snake to ever exist. Well, today we are travelling to the other end of the size spectrum to talk about the smallest snake in the ...Show More
9) 109- Colestein Veglin
Throughout history, there have been several claims of unusual longevity. For example, Pliny the Elder mentions several cases of people claiming to be 140 in a first century CE census. Moreover, there ...Show More
10) 108- Titanoboa
Previous episodes of the podcast have established the precedent of examining specific species or taxa. On today's episode, we are going to examine a snake. Not just any snake- the biggest snake to hav...Show More