Sally Le Page

S2E12: Level Up Human is a podcast on a mission to redesign the human body. Simon and Rach chat to biologist and science YouTuber Sally Le Page and science communicator James Piercy . We discuss periods, expanding skulls and a rebooted ear. In the news Female female aggression in fruit flies: https://bit.ly/LUHfruitflies The new kilogram: physicsworld.com/a/new-definition-of-the-kilogram-comes-into-force/ Robots powered by the spines of rats: https://bit.ly/LUHRatSpines The pitches Sally wants selective ovulation, James wants a skull flap. There’s a suggestion from the audience for One Massive Ear and Simon is borrowing from the opossums which could hold the key to saving snakebite victims. Mentioned this episode Dragons’ Den: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006vq92 Lesbian lizard colonies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_whiptail Parthenogenesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis Decompressive craniectomy: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319755 Fontanelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontanelle Barn owl hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SI73-Ka51E Opossum’s natural immunity to snake venom: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/03/150323-opossums-snakes-snakebites-venom-health-world-science/ Stay In for Towel Day: https://www.savetherhino.org/get-involved/events/stay-in-for-towel-day-2020/ Support us If you're enjoying the podcast, you can support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leveluphuman Leave us an iTunes review: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/level-up-human/id1096637285 …or join our newsletter: http://www.leveluphuman.com/keep-in-touch With thanks to the Physiological Society . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/leveluphuman . 
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