Episode 05: Men, Look After Your Sperm

Hello there! This week we welcome our first ever science guest – who also happens to be the show’s harshest critic!

Join us as he takes us and our extremely scientifically aware non-science guest (his questions put the scientists to shame!) through the cute but sometimes grim world of epigenetics, where we learn why men should take care of all those little guys hanging out in their balls.

WARNING – animal lovers/those that are squeamish may want to skip this one!

And follow these links here for the responses to Science’s original critique of science communication.

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Siklenka et al. (2015). Disruption of histone methylation in developing sperm impairs offspring health transgenerationally. Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2006

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