In this episode I talk about the age old battle between animals that want to eat plants and plants that don't want to be eaten. One of the defenses that plants use is to create toxins that poison the animals. This is why so many plants are a source of medicines and drugs that affect just about every physiological process in the body of animals. One of the defenses of animals is to rapidly detect a poisonous plant by the taste. They do this by a rapid and specialized form of conditioning calle...
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In this episode I talk about the age old battle between animals that want to eat plants and plants that don't want to be eaten. One of the defenses that plants use is to create toxins that poison the animals. This is why so many plants are a source of medicines and drugs that affect just about every physiological process in the body of animals. One of the defenses of animals is to rapidly detect a poisonous plant by the taste. They do this by a rapid and specialized form of conditioning calle...
Episode 6 - A Short History of You: From Big Bang to Cells
The Grand Scheme of Things
31 minutes
6 years ago
Episode 6 - A Short History of You: From Big Bang to Cells
In this episode I describe the events that happened from the big bang to the advent of cells. Hear about how subatomic particles formed hydrogen atoms and how these atoms were transformed into the elements inside of stars. Find out how these elements became the molecules that learned how to replicate themselves, and how they eventually became living cells.
The Grand Scheme of Things
In this episode I talk about the age old battle between animals that want to eat plants and plants that don't want to be eaten. One of the defenses that plants use is to create toxins that poison the animals. This is why so many plants are a source of medicines and drugs that affect just about every physiological process in the body of animals. One of the defenses of animals is to rapidly detect a poisonous plant by the taste. They do this by a rapid and specialized form of conditioning calle...
