Topic: Birds

Steve Brusatte discusses the dinosaurs that survived the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact: birds. The episode follows fossil evidence for feathered dinosaurs and the emergence of avian traits, then considers how surviving bird lineages diversified after the extinction. Publisher illustrations connect fossils, anatomy and evolutionary relationships.

We at Neuromatch 4.0 wish to open up science conferences to everyone and that is why we have included a session for kids and the young at heart. The NMC for kids has three excellent speakers from around the globe to talk about the balance system from bird butts to space: 1. Birds balance with their butts” by Bing Wen Brunton (Associate Prof of Biology at University of Washington, Seattle) 2. “The brain in motion” by Jenifer L. Campos (Associate Prof, University of Toronto) 3. “Getting ready for Mars: what happens to the brain in space?” By Elisa R Ferre (Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck University of