Category: Biology (page 3)

Octopus tricks

Octopuses have amazing mimicking abilities. The video is short enough to watch whatever you are doing right now - don’t skip it!

It kind of makes me wish I had become a malacologist.

Biology

Good diet improves looks more than make-up

The human perception lab of St Andrews made the news.

Their results make a good story: your skin colour affects your attractiveness. Not the colour based on race, but the colour based on slight variations caused by diet and exercise.

No evidence was presented for diet or exercise making you more red or yellow. Instead, the BBC chose to show the reporter eating a cake - audiences are not trusted to pay attention to 1.5 min video otherwise.

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Baba Brinkman's rap guide to evolution

Baba Brinkman packs in a whole evolutionary biology course in a music album. The lyrics have been checked by one scientist, making it the first peer reviewed music album!

Naturally, the album was reviewed in the academic literature.

You can download the album for free here.

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