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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Fruit Fly Research Essentials (w/ Stephanie Mohr) and Why Doctors Work Long Hours

Learn about how and why we study fruit flies with some help from Stephanie Mohr, author of the new book “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery.” But first, learn why it’s actually a good thing that doctors work such long hours.

April 19, 2019

Episode Show Notes:

Get your copy of “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery” on Amazon: https://amazon.com

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why it might actually be a good thing that doctors work such long hours: https://curiosity.im/2UvhpVy

Additional resources from Stephanie Mohr:

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