Dog rainbows and T. rex lips
Added 2024-05-31 13:00:14 +0000 UTCPeople of Howtown,
We're very excited to bring you our first episode: How do they know dogs are colorblind?
This is one of the most googled "how do they know that" questions on the Internet, so we were already planning on tackling it -- and then our friend Cleo Abram brought it to us independently.
But we don't stop at color: this episode talks about other aspects of dog vision, including the all-important connection between vision and smell recently revealed by cutting edge brain scans.
On Patreon, we dive even deeper, discussing attempts to test cat vision, a Clockwork-Orange-esque method to get evidence of color vision directly from electrical activity in the retina, and a human with an incredible rare condition who helps us better understand the canine spectrum.
On YouTube shorts this week:
Joss unpacks a new paper on T. rex lips - what's the evidence that this king of the dinos looked like a sock puppet?
Adam explains how we see solar storms coming
Heads up to all paying members: there's a poll live on Patreon now to help us choose a future episode. A huge thanks to all the Howtown Citizens, Heroes, Councilors and Mayors who are keeping our team of two afloat.
In two weeks, we'll be back with another full episode ... featuring the one and only Hank Green! See you then,
Joss & Adam
