Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why heterochromia is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Bluesky
- @ProBirdRights on Bluesky
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color (Science Advances)
- SciShow News: We Found a Bunch of New Eye Color Genes (YouTube)
- Genetics 101: From Chromosomes and the Double Helix to Cloning and DNA Tests, Everything You Need to Know about Genes by Beth Skwarecki
- What’s in Your Genes?: From the Color of Your Eyes to the Length of Your Life, a Revealing Look at Your Genetic Traits by Katie McKissick
- Inherited deafness in white cats (ICatCare.org)
- Your Blue Eyes Aren’t Really Blue (American Academy Of Ophthalmology)
- Eye Colors (Cleveland Clinic)
- Structural color – mimicking the brilliance of nature (BASF)
- What Are Limbal Rings and Does Everyone Have Them? (Healthline.com)
- Myth or Fact: Blue Eyes Are More Sensitive to Light (Duke Health)
- What Is Heterochromia? (American Academy Of Ophthalmology)
- Heterochromia (Cleveland Clinic)
- The remarkable story behind David Bowie’s most iconic feature (The Conversation)
- The science behind David Bowie’s eyes (The Daily Dot)
- The Story Behind David Bowie’s Name Change (Time Magazine)
- Despicable Me Fandom Wikia entry for Bob the Minion
- YouTube upload of a trailer for ‘Minions’ (2015), featuring Minion movements, and also soundtracked to the David Bowie and Queen song “Under Pressure” in tribute to David Bowie
- The Claim: Eye Color Can Change as We Age (The New York Times)
- Horner’s, Heterochromia, and Harlequins (J Gen Intern Med / National Library Of Medicine)
- Nine People with Heterochromia — and One Without (Mental Floss)
- Face oddity: ‘David Bowie of koalas’ rescued by Australia Zoo staff (The Guardian)
- Merriam-Webster definition and pronunciation for “anisocoria”
- Skin Deep: Looking for a Match (The New York Times)
- Eye colour-changing surgeries are nothing to blink at – they could leave you blind (The Conversation)
- SciShow: 11 Things That Can Change Your Eye Color (YouTube)
- Baseball-Reference.com entry for Max Scherzer
- Why Max Scherzer’s eyes are two different colors: Explaining the rare condition embraced by Rangers ace (The Sporting News)
- Mets’ Max Scherzer suffers dog bite injury on pitching hand (Yahoo! Sports)
- Why Max Scherzer has 2 different colored eyes: Heterochromia, explained (USA Today “For The Win”)
- Max Scherzer channels his inner Mike Mussina, refusing to leave mound during dominant start (Yahoo! Sports)
- YouTube upload: “Nationals Star Max Scherzer Stars in Humane Rescue Alliance Public Service Announcement”
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