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Send a text This is part 2 of a two part lesson on how to read a scientific paper.  In part 1 Prof Joanna Coleman and I talked about the parts of a scientific paper and we compare our approaches to actually sitting down and trying to understand scientific publications. We also introduced the topic of "co-evolution".  In this episode Prof. Coleman and I actually read a paper together and...

Send a text If you are a university professor - how often do you ask your class to read a paper... and how often do you actually explain how they should do it?   As a student, how often has someone actually walked you through how to understand scientific publications.... my guess is not enough! Teaching from scientific publications is great, but they take practice to get onto the style of writing....

Send a text On this episode of BioAudio, Prof. Gerry Carter and I talk about the complexity of understanding the evolution of cooperation in animals groups 

Send a text In this episode Prof. Ryan Gregory of the University of Guelph and I discuss how sexual selection explains the evolution of traits that seem to have a cost to an individual's survival. It's the battle of the sexes on the BioAudio podcast. 

Send a text In this episode of the BioAudio podcast I talk to 3rd year undergraduate student Ghazal Hooshyar and she's going to explain to me what she's learned about different types of selection. 

Send a text Dr. Dave Hone from Queen Mary University of London returns to talk about what evidence Darwin presented to argue for Natural Selection as the mechanism of evolution in nature. 

Send a text In this episode Dr. Dave Hone from Queen Mary University of London joins me to talk about the life of Charles Darwin and how he developed natural selection as a mechanism for evolution. 

Send a text In our first full episode Dr. Mark Vicari and I look at the sorts of discussions about evolution that happened before Charles Darwin came along.  Many students mistakenly think Darwin "invented" evolution but the question of whether species were fixed or changed through time was discussed and debated for thousands of years before he was born. This is a quick overview of some...

Send a text Trailer - where I explain just what it is I'm doing! Welcome to the BioAudio Podcast. I'm Professor Elizabeth Clare a biologist who has taught in both the UK and Canada.  X (formerly twitter) @Dr_bat_girl Mastodon @ProfBatGirl@ecoevo.social