How Great Is That for Real?

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I did not realize that this was a thing to do for a living, generally speaking. It's sort of a really special circle for me. And so when you got your PhD, what exactly were you studying about these annoles? Yeah,. So I was studying the evolution of cold tolerance in annoles and trying to understand how geographic variation in temperature influences patterns of like gene flow across space.

This episode, and Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton, are a true joy. The UCLA professor, host of the Biology of Superheroes Podcast and Thermophysiologist talks about big animals vs. little ones, lizard storms, dinosaur blood, hibernating bears, why you sweat in your sleep, antifreeze frogs, miracle hamsters, why different people run at very different temperatures, how comic books influence the way he sees science, learning how his brain works and some time management hacks that he uses as a professor and host of an amazing podcast. Get ready to have a new science buddy.

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