Heredity, Eugenics, and Scientific Racism
This week, Ash delves into the difficult topic of scientific racism, the eugenics movements of the early 20th century, and how it's still with us today. In our SNP, we discuss glowing, biofluorescent platypuses. As if they could get any weirder..
If you want to read more about eugenics, have a look at these articles:
- The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement
- Human Testing, the Eugenics Movement, and IRBs
For more on biofluorescence and glowing playtpuses, have a read of these:
- The Mystery of The Platypus Deepens With The Discovery of Its Biofluorescent Fur
- Glow Baby Glow: Biofluorescence vs. Bioluminescence
- Biofluorescence in the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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Music:
AhDah Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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