Explain It To Me!
Season 1
by Stephen Strand
I speak with an Ice Age Expert from the Royal Alberta Museum. We talk about Ice Age Paleontology and whether or not if we are currently in an Ice Age.
I speak with an Ornithologist from the Royal Alberta Museum, and we talk about birds! Bird is the word!
I speak with Dr. Henderson from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology about dinosaurs, fossils, the accuracy of Jurassic Park, and what would a dinosaur taste like? Here is a link to one of the papers Dr. Henderson co-authored: Maniraptoran pelvic musculature highlights evolutionary patterns in theropod locomotion on the line to birds [PeerJ]
I speak with Andrea Zemrau again, but this time it is about Reiki, Sound Healing, Crystals, and Vibrational Colour Therapy.
I speak with Dr. Piepgrass about what a periodontist does, gum disease, gum grafting, and sedation.
I speak with Mechanical Engineer Christopher Strand about Supersonic and Hypersonic jets. And whether or not you can cook a turkey by throwing it really fast.
I speak with Environmental Consultant Andrea Zemrau about wetlands and wetland conservation. Did you know that over 70 percent of wetlands in Southern Alberta have been lost?
I talk with Julia Grochowski and Carcinisation, which is the evolution of crustaceans into crabs! See link for the article on Carcinisation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285324538Evolutionofcrabs-historyanddeconstructionofaprimeexampleofconvergence/fulltext/5ca74aff92851c64bd513608/Evolution-of-crabs-history-and-deconstruction-of-a-prime-example-of-convergence.pdf?origin=publicationdetail
Christopher Strand joins me to talk about lasers and how they work and whether or not you should look directly into one.