Biologue

Biologue Podcast

Biologue is a (mostly - unless we go off on a tangent, which is often) biology based science communication podcast. Your hosts are three (self proclaimed) delightful and hilarious undergraduates from the University of Manchester: Lotty, Kamila and Jack. Each episode we hope to impart our wisdom and opinions on all things science (anything from soviet agriculturalists to the corpus collosum), as well as interviewing scientific faculty and diving into their niches. So grab yourself a cuppa and join us for some Biologue... Content warning: Contains swearing

Episodes

  1. In which we discover the science of LOVE

    2022-02-24

    In which we discover the science of LOVE

    In homage to St. Valentine (aka the patron saint of beekeepers and lurveee), this February we’re bring you an amorous episode of Biologue. In this episode we try to find Kamila’s love via a tweaked version of the Drake Equation, discuss the scandalous sex-lives of insects and fish, and ponder the neuroscience of falling in love. So, buy yourself a box of chocolates and get on down with us in the newest episode of Biologue. Links: The Love Calculator: https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/drake-equation-for-love#the-drake-equation-for-love-calculator The Drake equation of Love: Peter Backus Research - “Why I don’t have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK” - Can be found through the Omni Calculator Website. The Neuroscience of love: Fisher, Xu, Aron and Brown (2016) “Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other”, Frontiers in Psychology, 7(687). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861725/ Examples of Oedipal mating: McCulloch, J.B., Owen, J.P. Arrhenotoky and oedipal mating in the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) (Acari: Gamasida: Macronyssidae). Parasites Vectors 5, 281 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-281 Content Warnings: Contains Swearing. May contain chatting of a saucy nature. p.s. Don’t forget to practise Biologue-and-chill safely xoxo

    42 min

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Biologue is a (mostly - unless we go off on a tangent, which is often) biology based science communication podcast. Your hosts are three (self proclaimed) delightful and hilarious undergraduates from the University of Manchester: Lotty, Kamila and Jack. Each episode we hope to impart our wisdom and opinions on all things science (anything from soviet agriculturalists to the corpus collosum), as well as interviewing scientific faculty and diving into their niches. So grab yourself a cuppa and join us for some Biologue... Content warning: Contains swearing