The Lab With Brad

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Ep 261: Sex

Posted May 7, 2020 • 00:26:06

Sex Parental guidance is advised as we examine the strange, sometimes fatal, always messy world of sex. Queue the sax and have a look at fish joined...

Ep 260: The urge to merge: hives, colonies and multicellular life

Posted April 30, 2020 • 00:21:07

The urge to merge: hives, colonies and multicellular life When does cooperation become identity? How and why did single celled life, which was doing...

Ep 259: The molecular clown car: DNA and your cells

Posted April 23, 2020 • 00:23:15

The molecular clown car: DNA and your cells If your cell’s nucleus was about as tall as Brad, your DNA could stretch for more than 200 miles. How...

Ep 258: Living cells that make their living inside other living cells

Posted April 16, 2020 • 00:19:43

Living cells that make their living inside other living cells Inside the membrane of most of your cells are what look like little cells, with their...

Ep 257: Comes the oxygen

Posted April 2, 2020 • 00:18:15

Comes the oxygen When oxygen first began to accumulate in our oceans and our atmosphere, most of what was alive at the time couldn’t take it. The...