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Radical Animals!
Season 2 · Episode 53

Radical Animals!

Creature Feature

May 27, 20201h 22m

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Show Notes

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: 

  1. Birds Adapting to Chernobyl
  2. Study on Chernobyl's Birds
  3. Chernobyl Wildlife 30 Years Later
  4. Tardigrades Have Radiation Shields! 
  5. How Tardigrades Might Help Human Cells
  6. Conan the Bacterium

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