There's no such thing as a female peacock, Dr Sally Le Page
Dr Sally Le Page explains why you'll ever see a female peacock, but if you see a honey bee, she's almost certainly a female.
Recorded at Ada Lovelace Day Live at The IET on 8 October 2019.
In this hilarious talk, Dr Sally Le Page explains how to sex a fruit fly, explores how sexual dimorphism isn’t reflected in the way we commonly name insects, birds and animals, why Bee Movie is not scientifically accurate (and not just because the bees have human teeth), and why sexual dimorphism in research matters.
Dr Sally Le Page
Sally Le Page is a biologist, YouTuber and science communicator and her personal mission is to bring science further into pop culture so that people enjoy and appreciate it in the same way they enjoy music, sport or literature. She makes videos about science and biology on her YouTube channel, Shed Science, and has worked closely with companies such as General Electric and Discovery to share her passion for science to an audience of millions. Her PhD was on fruit flies and how family ties affect how they behave towards one another.
Twitter: @Sallylepage
YouTube: youtube.com/sallylepage
About Ada Lovelace Day
Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths which aims to increase the profile of women in STEM and create new role models for both girls and women studying or working in STEM.
Ada Lovelace Day Live 2023 was held at the Royal Institution on Tuesday 10 October. It was hosted by comedian Helen Arney, and featured Prof Jennifer Rohn, head of the Centre for Urological Biology UCL; Dr Azza Eltraify, senior software engineer at Ultracell Networks Ltd; Dr Sophie Carr, mathematician, Bays Consulting Ltd; Dr Aarathi Prasad, writer, broadcaster, and geneticist; Dr Anjana Khatwa, Earth scientist and presenter; Dr Antonia Pontiki, biomedical engineer at King’s College London; and Rosie Curran Crawley, presenter at L’Oreal Young Scientist Centre.
About The IET
The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.