Sveriges mest populära poddar
Science Of The Times
Vetenskap

Why Ginger Cats Are Mostly Boys (and Why Some Wolves Are Black!)

3 min•16 maj 2025

In this third quick hit explainer of the week. Why are most ginger cats male? Simple genetics — the orange fur gene is on the X chromosome. Males only need one to flaunt that fiery coat, while females need two, making ginger ladies much rarer.

And as for wolves — not all are grey! Some are black. Nature loves a remix.

Fler avsnitt av Science Of The Times

Visa alla avsnitt av Science Of The Times
The Art and Science of our Beating Hearts
•50 min
Where Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence meet New Species Lie
•45 min
Badly Behaving Billionaires
•43 min
The Science of Christmas
•23 min
A Little History Of The Earth
•32 min
The Rise and Decline of Us
•30 min
Cracking The Code Of Chronic Pain
•39 min
The Microbial Majority
•36 min
Entangled Futures: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
•32 min
What’s it like to be a bat? How do they see the world?
•38 min

Science Of The Times med Tim Coulson And Syma Khalid finns tillgänglig på flera plattformar. Informationen på denna sida kommer från offentliga podd-flöden.