How did giraffes get long necks? Are plants secretly communists? What does epigenetics have to do with WandaVision? Nick and Ellie ponder these questions and more in this episode on the theories of Lamark and Darwin, as well as Trofim Lysenko, one of the worst scientists in history.

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Super curious about epigenetics? Check out this lecture from Dr. Lydia Wassink on the basics of epigenetics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvvJb8HwZL8

Want to learn more about the life and legacy of 'scientist' Trofim Lysenko?

A summary of Lysenko's work and its modern Renaissance: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/trofim-lysenko-soviet-union-russia/548786/

Recent correspondance on Lysenko's work: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-019-0422-5