{"id":18937,"date":"2022-10-21T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=129766"},"modified":"2022-10-21T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T10:14:08","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-flies-with-dr-erica-mcalister","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-flies-with-dr-erica-mcalister\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: Flies with Dr Erica McAlister"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Alice Lipscombe-Southwell\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week\u2019s episode, we talk to Dr Erica McAlister.<\/p>\n

She is the curator of flies at the Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n

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In this episode of Instant Genius<\/em>, McAlister takes the time to explain why flies are actually very useful. Important pollinators, and expert cleaners, flies are really quite misunderstood.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\""im-instream-video-con"\">\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em> on your preferred podcast platform here: <a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-and-soul-of-music-with-prof-susan-rogers\/"\">The science and soul of music, with prof Susan Rogers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-medical-detection-dogs-with-dr-claire-guest\/"\">Medical Detection Dogs, with Dr Claire Guest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-learning-music-with-adriana-barton\/"\">The science of learning music, with Adriana Barton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/instant-genius-podcast-the-future-of-self-driving-cars-with-jack-stilgoe\/"\">Instant Genius Podcast: The future of self-driving cars, with Jack Stilgoe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-heart-with-sian-harding\/"\">The heart, with Sian Harding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-spider-season-with-prof-adam-hart\/"\">Spider season, with Prof Adam Hart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-dung-beetles-with-sally-ann-spence\/"\">Dung Beetles, with Sally-Ann Spence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-podcast-artemiss-first-launch-with-libby-jackson\/"\">Artemis\u2019s first launch, with Libby Jackson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-crabs-with-peter-davie\/"\">The science of crabs, with Peter Davie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-podcast-meteorites-with-dr-tim-gregory\/"\">Meteorites, with Dr Tim Gregory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. 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