Whipped Cream Difficulties

Science Sunday!

I wanted to do some biology today. Specifically, I wanted to do some stuff about malaria, as that would give me an opportunity to work in a couple of (appropriate!) videos about the gin and tonic.

But I couldn’t find any real science videos about malaria that I liked. I might do the G&T videos another day, if I decide to do a day of mixology.

Anthropology is kind of close to biology, though, and is science: “The Natural History of our World: The Time of Man”. I apologize for the naked man a-s early on, but you can safely fast forward past that. Also: narration by Richard Basehart!

Bonus: “How Does Forensic Anthropology Help Solve Crimes?”, with Dame Susan Margaret Black.

Dame Susan Margaret Black DBE FRSE FRCP is a Scottish forensic anthropologist, anatomist and academic. She is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. Sue was awarded an OBE in 2001 for her work in war crimes investigations in Kosovo and in 2016 she was awarded a DBE for her services to education and forensic anthropology.

Bonus #2: I find something kind of soothing in Dame Black’s voice, so how about another lecture from her?

“Forensic anthropology in the real world – this is not CSI!”

“So if I do nothing else this evening but remind you to switch off the television when ‘CSI: Fleetwood’ or whatever it is comes on next, can we please not?”

(And I quote Dame Black as a person who actually has a certain amount of affection for “CSI: Original Recipe”, at least the first eight or so seasons. I also say this as a person who can distinguish TV from reality, which I guess means I need to “check my privilege” or something.)

(I also say this as someone who is interested in forensic anthropology, but has never studied it formally.)