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Neil Shubin is back to talk about the viruses lurking in your DNA. You’ll also learn about whether it’s true that turkeys are so dumb that they drown in rainstorms, and why domineering people don't rise through the ranks any faster.
Additional resources from biologist and author Neil Shubin:
Neil Shubin is back to talk about the viruses lurking in your DNA. You’ll also learn about whether it’s true that turkeys are so dumb that they drown in rainstorms, and why domineering people don't rise through the ranks any faster.
Additional resources from biologist and author Neil Shubin:
Pick up "Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/36mmaF1Neil Shubin's website: http://www.neilshubin.com/Neil Shubin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilShubinTurkeys Don't Drown in Rainstorms by Ashley Hamer
Watson, S. (2007, September 24). Will a turkey really drown if it looks up during a rainstorm? HowStuffWorks. https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/turkey-drown.htmSAVAGE, T. F., HARPER, J. A., & ENGEL, H. N. (1993). Inheritance of Tetanic Torticollar Spasms in Turkeys. Poultry Science, 72(7), 1212–1217. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0721212Halford, M. (2009, November 25). The Mental (and Amorous) Qualities of the Wild Turkey. The New Yorker; The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-mental-and-amorous-qualities-of-the-wild-turkeyMcWilliams, J. (2014, November 27). The Enigmatic Intelligence Of Turkeys. The Dodo; The Dodo. https://www.thedodo.com/the-enigmatic-intelligence-of--845163116.htmlDespite the stereotype, selfish, domineering people don't rise through the ranks any faster by Kelsey Donk
Selfish And Combative People Don’t Actually Get Ahead At Work. (2020, September 28). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/09/28/selfish-and-combative-people-dont-actually-get-ahead-at-work/Anderson, C., Sharps, D. L., Soto, C. J., & John, O. P. (2020). People with disagreeable personalities (selfish, combative, and manipulative) do not have an advantage in pursuing power at work. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(37), 22780–22786. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005088117Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/do-turkeys-really-drown-in-rainstorms
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This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.
Listen to episode one hereNeil Shubin is back to talk about the viruses lurking in your DNA. You’ll also learn about whether it’s true that turkeys are so dumb that they drown in rainstorms, and why domineering people don't rise through the ranks any faster.
Additional resources from biologist and author Neil Shubin:
Pick up "Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/36mmaF1Neil Shubin's website: http://www.neilshubin.com/Neil Shubin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilShubinTurkeys Don't Drown in Rainstorms by Ashley Hamer
Watson, S. (2007, September 24). Will a turkey really drown if it looks up during a rainstorm? HowStuffWorks. https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/turkey-drown.htmSAVAGE, T. F., HARPER, J. A., & ENGEL, H. N. (1993). Inheritance of Tetanic Torticollar Spasms in Turkeys. Poultry Science, 72(7), 1212–1217. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0721212Halford, M. (2009, November 25). The Mental (and Amorous) Qualities of the Wild Turkey. The New Yorker; The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-mental-and-amorous-qualities-of-the-wild-turkeyMcWilliams, J. (2014, November 27). The Enigmatic Intelligence Of Turkeys. The Dodo; The Dodo. https://www.thedodo.com/the-enigmatic-intelligence-of--845163116.htmlDespite the stereotype, selfish, domineering people don't rise through the ranks any faster by Kelsey Donk
Selfish And Combative People Don’t Actually Get Ahead At Work. (2020, September 28). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/09/28/selfish-and-combative-people-dont-actually-get-ahead-at-work/Anderson, C., Sharps, D. L., Soto, C. J., & John, O. P. (2020). People with disagreeable personalities (selfish, combative, and manipulative) do not have an advantage in pursuing power at work. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(37), 22780–22786. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005088117Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/do-turkeys-really-drown-in-rainstorms
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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