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Undisciplined: November Science News Roundup

This week on Undisciplined, we’re talking about monarch caterpillars, ancient big-game hunters, and of course we’ll be talking about the biggest news in science this month — two apparently effective vaccines for COVID-19.

We're joined by a frequent guest of our show, an amazingly brilliant scientist, and a good friend: Utah State University geneticist Mirella Meyer-Ficca. 

And also with us today is Ryan Haupt, a paleontologist and podcaster and one of the hosts of a super-cool show called “Science… sort of,” which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.

Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.