Taipei Science Café 台北科普咖啡 Episode 006 - Burying Beetles 埋葬甲蟲
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Have a drink and fill your brain! DAYBREAK presents our new TAIPEI SCIENCE CAFÉ speaker series, where you can hear from brilliant creative minds who connect science knowledge with our community and our daily life. No prior science expertise required to attend — our multilingual talks will translate the language of science for you and your big curious brain. Bring a friend or come meet new ones — and leave with a deeper appreciation for our planet and humanity. Let’s toast to knowledge! 敬幾杯，科學會！
TONIGHT:
Taipei Science Café, Episode 006
"A House Made of Mouse: Animal Architecture, Thermal Buffering, and Climate Resilience of the Burying Beetle"
Meet the burying beetle: a loving parent, and one of Taiwan's smallest civil engineers! In this talk, we'll explore how these remarkable insects bury and reshape animal carcasses into carefully crafted nurseries for their young, and ask a surprising question: could the shape of their brood ball be the beetle's secret weapon against climate change? From 3D scanning to the physics of heat, we'll follow the beetle's journey from birth to dead mouse to a cosy, temperature-controlled home — and discover what a tiny insect can teach us about surviving on a warming planet. Join River for a talk that will make you look at maggots and mold in a whole new way!
SPEAKER BIO:
River Basham (they/them)
Master's Student, National Taiwan University
River is a Master’s student in Climate Change and Sustainable Development at National Taiwan University, where they study whether burying beetles engineer spherical brood balls to protect their larvae from heat stress. They are originally from Canada, where they studied dominance hierarchies and foraging behaviours in albatross. When not thinking about bugs or birds, you can find them trying to decide which bug or bird to get tattooed next!
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Doors Open 18:30
Science Café ~19:00
Science Networking ~20:30
Bar Last Call ~22:30
EVENT FEE:
$100 NTD Entry (does not include beverage)
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TONIGHT:
Taipei Science Café, Episode 006
"A House Made of Mouse: Animal Architecture, Thermal Buffering, and Climate Resilience of the Burying Beetle"
Meet the burying beetle: a loving parent, and one of Taiwan's smallest civil engineers! In this talk, we'll explore how these remarkable insects bury and reshape animal carcasses into carefully crafted nurseries for their young, and ask a surprising question: could the shape of their brood ball be the beetle's secret weapon against climate change? From 3D scanning to the physics of heat, we'll follow the beetle's journey from birth to dead mouse to a cosy, temperature-controlled home — and discover what a tiny insect can teach us about surviving on a warming planet. Join River for a talk that will make you look at maggots and mold in a whole new way!
SPEAKER BIO:
River Basham (they/them)
Master's Student, National Taiwan University
River is a Master’s student in Climate Change and Sustainable Development at National Taiwan University, where they study whether burying beetles engineer spherical brood balls to protect their larvae from heat stress. They are originally from Canada, where they studied dominance hierarchies and foraging behaviours in albatross. When not thinking about bugs or birds, you can find them trying to decide which bug or bird to get tattooed next!
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Doors Open 18:30
Science Café ~19:00
Science Networking ~20:30
Bar Last Call ~22:30
EVENT FEE:
$100 NTD Entry (does not include beverage)
#TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 #破曉咖啡 #科普 #ScienceCafe #Taiwan #Taipei #台灣 #台北 #ScienceInTaiwan #TaiwanResearch #台灣研究 #台灣科學 #科學新聞 #PublicScience #MadeInTaiwan
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台北市萬華區艋舺大道110號1樓, Taipei, Taiwan 108028, Taiwan
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