10 episodes

Rebecca and Susanna have a 30 minute journal club where we promise to speak about an academic paper and not just our furry kitty friends.

Cats and Charts Rebecca and Susanna

    • Science

Rebecca and Susanna have a 30 minute journal club where we promise to speak about an academic paper and not just our furry kitty friends.

    Red Pandas

    Red Pandas

    Rebecca presents “Fine-scale landscape genetics unveiling contemporary asymmetric movement of red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Kangchenjunga landscape, India” by S Dalui et al, DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-72427-3. We talk about bamboo wrangling and our (accidentally) recurrent topic of poop. As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and cat updates are provided.

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    • 17 min
    Lavoisier et David

    Lavoisier et David

    Susanna presents “Discovering the evolution of Jacques-Louis David’s portrait of Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier” by S Centeno et al, DOI 10.1186/s40494-021-00551-y. We pronounce french words très bien, we learn l’histoire et we appreciate les beaux-arts. As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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    • 29 min
    Mice Acupuncture

    Mice Acupuncture

    Rebecca presents "A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis" by S Lieu et al, DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04001-4. We talk about tomato as an unflattering colour, cats taking over Intensive Care Units and Agnes, who has a lot to say. As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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    • 24 min
    Wombat Poop!

    Wombat Poop!

    Susanna presents "Intestines of non-uniform stiffness mold the corners of wombat feces" by P Yang et al, DOI 10.1039/d0sm01230k. We talk in Italian and Latin, imagine fashionable marsupials and try to comprehend the squircle. As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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    • 21 min
    Penguin Poop Maths!

    Penguin Poop Maths!

    Rebecca presents "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" by H Tajima et al. It's more history than maths (we promise!), Agnes flexes her miaowing muscles and in true Cats and Charts fashion all the names are mispronounced. Thanks to Georgina for the paper recommendation! As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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    • 19 min
    Anglo-Saxon Obstetrics

    Anglo-Saxon Obstetrics

    Susanna presents "Reconsidering obstetric death and female fertility in Anglo-Saxon England" by D Sayer et al, DOI 10.1080/00438243.2013.799044. We talk about all the ways we would not survive without modern medicine, the excellent naming of King Ethelbert and the mysteries of coffins (dun dun duhhhh). As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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    • 25 min

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