41: Soonish with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Beth, Kelly and Zach have way too much fun geeking out about:

Whether or not we would put an Elon Musk- invented NeuroLink implant in our brains… How Kelly and Zach had to really focus on only 10 technologies for their book, “Soonish” Kelly’s extreme fear of being bored and her many career achievements from bugs to asteroids…and how she keeps parasites in her ice cubes in her kitchen freezer sometimes (not really). Asteroid mining and the future of accessing raw materials while we’re traveling in space How Zach captures his cleverness all in one (single-panel) cartoon

 

About Kelly: Dr. Kelly Weinersmith

From www.weeklyweinersmith.com: “I’m a parasitologist, podcaster, mom, and sci writer (not necessarily in that order). I study parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts, making the host behave in ways that benefit the parasite. My favorite parasite is the crypt-keeper wasp, which you can read more about here. I am an adjunct assistant professor at Rice University in the BioSciences Department. You can find out more about my research here.

Follow me on twitter, where I occasionally post photos of the cool parasites I study.” -Kelly

 

Read and learn more about Kelly’s work at:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/01/crypt-keeper-wasps-parasites-new-species/

and www.weinersmith.com

 

About Zach: Zach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic SMBC, the creator of the nerd comedy show BAHFest, and the co-author of the New York Times-bestselling popular science book, Soonish.

Read and learn more about Zach’s work at:

Zach's graphic novel on immigration (Open Borders, with Bryan Caplan)   http://openborderscomic.com/

And http://theweinerworks.com/

 

Watch great videos with BOTH Zach and Kelly: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=about+kelly+and+zach+weinersmith&&view=detail&mid=8EB541CDAE82452444AC8EB541CDAE82452444AC&rvsmid=CB7EFDB51B7A10837EF1CB7EFDB51B7A10837EF1&FORM=VDMCNR