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.
#525 Chernobyl
#524 The Human Network
#523 Happy As A Clam (Garden)
#522 Home Alone?
#521 The Curious Life of Krill
#520 A Closer Look at Objectivism
#519 Animal Architects
#518 With Genetic Knowledge Comes the Need for Counselling
#517 Life in Plastic, Not Fantastic
#516 The Keys to Skeletons Lost
#515 Humanimal
#514 Arctic Energy (Rebroadcast)
#513 Dinosaur Tails
#512 All Over The Map
#511 Ok you worked out, now what?
#510 Gene Drives (Rebroadcast)
#509 Anisogamy: The Beginning of Male and Female
#508 Freedom's Laboratory
#507 Poaching, and We Don't Mean Eggs
#506 Everybody Poops (Rebroadcast)
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