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In the Name of Science
Season 1 · Episode 2

In the Name of Science

scientists have a sense of humor, too

Your Brain on Facts

February 14, 201819m 45s

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Show Notes

From a lone example of a trilobite in Hunan, China named Han Solo to a butterfly pea flower reminiscent of a Georgia O'Keefe painting, called clitoria ternatea, the naming of species offers almost as much in the way of entertainment as it does scientific classification.

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