Birds carry out some of the most amazing feats of athleticism in the world. Hummingbirds cross the entire Gulf of Mexico, their tiny wings beating continuously for three days straight. A single bird will fly across the entire Pacific ocean in one go. What do we really know about bird migration, and how do we know it? This week we're talking with Rebecca Heisman about her new book: Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.
#406 Running Low (Rebroadcast)
#405 STEM Pipeline
#404 Sex In The Sea
#403 Indigenous DNA
#402 Boozy Science (Rebroadcast)
#401 The Serengeti Rules
#400 What Doesn't Kill You...
#399 The Sugar Pill
#398 Gifts For Nerds
#397 Risk Management
#396 Trench to Bedside
#395 Happy People (Rebroadcast)
#394 On the Origin of Bad Science
#393 Check Your Facts
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#390 Decolonizing Colonization
#389 The Jazz of Physics
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