Sleeping is trait shared by every member of the animal kingdom, but how sleep is done varies wildly from species to species. In this episode we will go all around the animal kingdom on a survey of what sleep looks like, how it works, and what impact it has for various animals.

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Measles is an incredibly dangerous disease. Luckily, in the 1960s a vaccine was developed and measles was put on the path towards eradication. Unluckily, Andrew Wakefield entered the picture in the '90s. He has, without a doubt, done more damage to the health of the human race than one man should conceivably be able to do.

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Everyone thinks Darwin the moment Evolution is mentioned and while he is the most predominant figure, there a rich history of thoughts, ideas, philosophers, and scientists who came before that paved the way for On the Origin of Species. This episode does include Darwin but focuses on the people and advancements that set the stage for his most famous contribution to science.

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For our 100th episode we have gone back 100 years to the Scopes trial of 1925. More commonly known as The Scopes Monkey Trial, this spectacle of the courtroom was less about determining guilt than it was about pitting evolution against fundamentalism.

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Crocodilians are cool! These amazing archosaurs are extremely well adapted to their environments, but you probably knew that. What you may not have known is how smart, loud, and caring they are (and their blood has super powers).

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Last episode we dove head first into the history of industrial environmental disasters and cover what is arguably the biggest disaster of them all. The reason being the that the Bhopal chemical plant disaster deserves its own feature length discussion. Learn about the events leading up to the disaster, the incident itself, and the effects that are still being occurring 40 years later.

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If you didn't already know, releasing waste chemicals into the environment is generally pretty bad. Sometimes geography and weather team up to trap harmful chemicals in one place and sometimes all it takes is the significant release of toxins all at once to create an industrial induced environmental disaster.

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You have heard of the Greek constellations, they are the driving force behind every horoscope, but have you heard each of their origin stories? Find out why the Greek gods decided to place various animals and people among the stars.

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