Assisted Reproduction (ft. Jarrod McKenna)

This episode, Kate is joined by reproductive biologist and science communicator Jarrod McKenna about some of the cool research going on in the world of assisted reproduction. How does a cute little animal like the Egyptian Spiny Mouse help us study reproduction? What are some of the cool techniques that exist to assist with reproduction? We also tackle a listener question about yawning. Why do we do it? And why does looking at other people yawning make us yawn? If you liked what Jarrod had to say and want to find more of him, you can find him on Twitter @jarrod_mckenna (https://twitter.com/jarrod_mckenna). And, as always, you can find us @curiosityrat on twitter, instagram, and facebook, and send your listener questions in to curiosityrat@gmail.com We also now have a Patreon! If you love our content and want to support us you can jump on to https://www.patreon.com/curiosityrat and become a patron. There is absolutely ZERO pressure but if you have as little as $1/month you can chuck it our way to help us out and show you appreciate all the time and effort that goes into making this show. Listener Q References: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763417303500 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938419302665 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301008217300035 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678674/ https://www.albany.edu/news/pdf_files/Yawning_Report_Gallup_May_2007.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534187/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23982621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780782/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-020-01462-4 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938419302665