The Bone LabScience
The Bone LabScience
The Bone LabScience
The Bone LabScience

About

The Bone Lab was created as an outlet to share the stories that we love, with everybody else. We believe that bones have qualities that capture the imagination. Whether fossilized, x-rayed, displayed in a museum, or just helping us move around, bones have stories to tell.

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  • Episode 10 - What Makes Us Human
    What makes us human? We learn about the ways in which cognitive abilities and hand evolution worked hand in hand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  • Episode 9 - Unmaintained History
    Colma, California is an odd place: the dead outnumber the living. This imbalance arose through massive cemetery relocations to free up space in nearby San Francisco. In this episode, we unearth obscure Bay Area history with volunteers who work to ident...
  • Episode 8 - Phossy Jaw
    Early in the history of matchsticks, factory workers in London were plagued by a gruesome and debilitating illness: their jaw bones would glow green in the dark and eventually crumble apart. It was discovered that a chemical interaction was occurring b...
  • Episode 7 - Curious Caskets: Sagada
    Perhaps, there is nothing more human than the multitude of ways that we honor the dead. Each culture has its own attitude about death and its own funeral traditions. This episode is a story from a mountainous location in the Philippines where the nativ...
  • Episode 6 - Mystery Skeleton
    Have you ever wondered if there was a skeleton in your backyard? Would you know how to identify which bones were which? In this episode, we join a group of children as they try to assemble and identify the bones of a mystery skeleton.
  • Episode 5 - Patella Me A Story
    In this episode, our founder, Kate, tells a story about soccer, knee pain, and some secret lab shenanigans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  • Episode 4 - Life and Limb
    For some people, a chance life event can change everything. Injury or disease may require amputation- the loss of a limb. But not necessarily a loss of your game. In this episode, you’ll hear the story of these special athletes, the coaches that inspir...
  • Episode 3 - Good Vibrations
    Think of your favorite song. How does it make you feel? What images do you see when you hear it? Before reaching the brain to create those feelings and images, those musical sounds take a strange, physical, mechanical, and sometimes violent path throug...
  • Episode 2 - Bones Don't Lie
    Picture the flag on a pirate ship. What do you see? A grinning skull and bones crossed in an ominous “X.” These bones are always gleaming white. But have you ever thought about how they got that way? Those pristine bones used to be wrapped in sheaths o...
  • Episode 1 - About Face
    When Francis was born, nobody knew whether he’d survive. The doctors didn’t know what happened. His parents were in such a state of shock that they immediately abandoned him. His whole life, strangers have underestimated him just because he looks diffe...
  • Episode 0 - Promo Episode
    We’re super excited to bring a new podcast to your ears. This is a show about bones. But it’s more than that. Just like bones carry our bodies, the bones that we’ll discuss carry stories. Like what life was like for Mongolian warriors, the way that bon...