Monstrous Growing Pains

Have you ever dreamed of being big? But like skyscaper big, though. You could climb a building, go on a rampage, or skateboard with a train! Sounds pretty nice- except you forgot to ask about the unintended side effects, buddy. Sorry. This week on Naturalish, scienceman Alex Duckles leads producer Ben Schultz through the science of gigantic movie monsters, specifically the perils of magnifying creatures (or oneself) to create a colossal terror (or gentle giant). For one, there's more urine than you'd think... SCIENCE IN THE NEWS covers hardy coral in Colombia, an alien invasion on the ISS, and concerning hybrid snakes in where else but Florida. Check out the article that inspired this podcast on Medium! Big Naturalish shout outs to Noel Carroll, Isaac Asimov, The Fantastic Voyage, radiation, King Kong, Godzilla, Eight-Legged Freaks, Rampage, Dwayne Johnson, The Matrix, human body heat combined with a form of fusion, The Phantom Tollbooth, Monsters vs. Aliens, cells, genes, DNA, atoms, mutation, and the 50-Foot Woman!

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Monstrous Growing Pains is an episode from Naturalish by Alex Duckles & Ben Schultz.

This episode is 35:43 long.

This episode was published on Sep 17, 2018.

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