#5 - Headless Pigs and the Size of Life Occam's Laser

In this episode, we discuss the recent study published in Nature, where scientists restored some cellular functions in the brains of pigs hours after they were disembodied. Neat!

Also, why are some animals bigger than others? As animals scale, different physical effects dominate. We pick apart the reasons that some animals evolve to be large, while others find it beneficial to stay small.

Intro music: Triplecee – Funcky
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Links:
Pig brains kept alive outside body for hours after death: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01216-4
Disembodied pig brains revived: Your questions answered: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01289-1
Pig experiment challenges assumptions around brain damage in people: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01169-8.
Part-revived pig brains raise slew of ethical quandaries: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01168-9
What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? Life & Size 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7KSfjv4Oq0
How to Make an Elephant Explode – The Size of Life 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUWUHf-rzks