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| Predators with Jaida Elcock! | 20 Aug 2024 | 00:50:12 | |
Here in the remote vistas of the Tangents jungle, observe a group of mighty science communicators expertly stalking their primary prey: knowledge. Ever so tantalizing to behold, knowledge lounges in the shade of a fern, oblivious to the danger sneaking up behind it, ready to strike at a moment's notice! Truly, these must be the most fearsome of all predators! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [This, That, or the Other: Munch Squad] Barnacle and crab-eating animal in North American oceans Bird-eating ungulate in captivity Small mammal that ate raptor’s meat meal instead of being eaten https://new.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/29-01_Courbis.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-015-0980-y [Fact Off] Late-stage bamboo shark embryos have electroreception within their egg case Collaborative hunting gestures in coral reef residents (e.g. groupers or coral trout and moray eels) https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040431 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2781 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)00885-9 [Ask the Science Couch] Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of pollutants in the food web (including humans) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/toxic-killer-whales https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969722022549 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10212926/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021002671 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-013-1722-x Patreon bonus: Sharks have cartilaginous skeletons https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557576/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0944200606000080?via%3Dihub https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2015/12/preserving-soft-skeleton-backs-without-bones/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfb.14444 [Butt One More Thing] Coprolites show that Smok wawelski (an archosaur from the Late Triassic) was eating bones https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37540-4 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/838032 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Bake A Cake! | Compilation | 15 Aug 2024 | 02:43:08 | |
For those who want a megadose of Tangents shenanigans, this compilation is for you! In the many seasons of Tangents we've covered lots of interconnected topics, and now you can listen to them back-to-back like the best podcast many-feature ever. This compilation has been handcrafted from premium ingredients, sifted and whisked together with care, and baked to podcast easy listening perfection. Bon Appetite! Original episodes: S1 E5 - Eggs, original airdate: December 11, 2018 S2 E18 - Sugar, original airdate: March 10, 2020 S2 E26 - Salt, original airdate: May 5, 2020 S2 E38 - Milk, original airdate: August 18, 2020 S3 E44 - Yeast, original airdate: January 18, 2022 Sources for each episode can be found in the descriptions of the original episodes. Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes of our podcast here: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to find great SciShow Tangents merch! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Glue | 14 May 2024 | 00:46:38 | |
Humanity is bound together by so many qualities, and in this episode, we add Being Goopy to the list. What does that have to do with glue? A whole lot, it turns out - cue some ominous foreshadowing....Memento goopy! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! [Secret Ingredient] Fibers mixed with water to make adhesive https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/1/pgac026/6549457 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945194 Adhesive inspired by animal protein https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945194 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c10936 Chinese bricks made with gluey substance https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chinese-architecture https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eem2.12143 [Trivia Question] Year that the first adhesive stamp Penny Black was mailed https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-a-single-postage-stamp-birthed-the-information-age https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-piece-of-mail-sent-using-a-stamp-auction-180983619/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-of-the-first-postage-stamp-14931961/ [Fact Off] Reversible glue made with caffeic acid exposed to certain UV light wavelengths Blood albumin glue used in plywood and pre-plastic resin objects https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-154.pdf https://foodeng.wisc.edu/images/publications/2010-9.pdf https://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14216 [Ask the Science Couch] How glue adhesion/cohesion works and why glue (sometimes) doesn’t cure in the bottle https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01182# https://www.uhu.com/en-en/glue-advice/adhesive-types https://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/D-Lab_Learn-It_Adhesives_Jul13.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143749618300575 https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/CT07137 [Butt One More Thing] Fibrin glue used to help seal anal fistulas https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12682544/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1782483/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| SciShow Tangents Classics - The Internet | 22 Feb 2022 | 00:29:52 | |
Season 3 has come to a close, and the Tangents crew is taking a week off. While we scour the World Wide Web for all new, mind-blowing science facts, enjoy this classic episode about the Internet! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Butts | 15 Feb 2022 | 00:44:38 | |
It's all led up to this! We usually relegate our butt facts to the end of episodes, but this week we're giving butts the respect they deserve. It's butts all the way down, baby! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Hands & Feet | 08 Feb 2022 | 00:36:43 | |
The Season 3 finale draws ever nearer, but before we get to that big beautiful Butt episode, we need to make a detour to those nifty tools on the ends of our limbs: hands and feet! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Heel-toe or toe-heel running https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31525171/ [Fact Off] Trench foot and (possibly, tenuously) water balloons https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482364/ https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(06)70334-9/fulltext https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0666752 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012821606400017X http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2049243_2048654_2049039,00.html [Ask the Science Couch] Nail care evolution/history https://www.britannica.com/story/how-do-monkeys-and-apes-trim-their-fingernails https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-fingernails-and-toenails-110989 https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/ancient-primates-had-grooming-claws/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248417305134 https://tedium.co/2017/02/07/fingernail-trimming-history/ [Butt One More Thing] Bidets and poopy hands https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29709985/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Heads | 01 Feb 2022 | 00:38:37 | |
Season 3 of Tangents is drawing to a close, and we're celebrating by taking a long, top to bottom (literally) look at bodies! To kick us off, we'll be appreciating that brain-holding, eye-having, mouth-possessing orb on top of almost all necks on Earth: the head. Thank you, the head! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Embalming head diameter https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021929009001444?via%3Dihub [Fact Off] Chicken heads for rabies oral vaccines https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/that-time-europe-air-dropped-vaccine-loaded-chicken-heads-to-bait-rabid-foxes/417951/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1982.tb01237.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31927421/ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.500.9910&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614052/ Alligator stick hats https://www.livescience.com/41898-alligators-crocodiles-use-tools.html https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/alligators-dont-play-pick-up-sticks-to-lure-lunch/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24750-zoologger-alligators-use-tools-to-lure-in-bird-prey/ [Ask the Science Couch]
Blood-brain barrier https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292164/ https://www.rndsystems.com/research-area/blood--brain-barrier-permeability https://bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2377-9-S1-S3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494002/ [Butt One More Thing] Amblyopsidae/cavefish head anus https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3824 http://webhome.auburn.edu/~armbrjw/Amblyopsidae.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Birds of Prey | 25 Jan 2022 | 00:37:16 | |
The pointiest birds in the wild blue yonder finally get their due! Join us to learn all of these lethal birds killer secrets, and to discover their hidden softer sides. Some use teamwork! Some keep pets! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Definition] [Trivia Question] Alkyl mercury in goshawks https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10646-013-1128-z [Fact Off] Bald eagle cyanobacteria toxin mystery https://www.livescience.com/eagle-killing-mystery-disease-solved.html https://www.inverse.com/science/mystery-behind-mass-bald-eagle-deaths-solved Screech owls & threadsnakes https://www.audubon.org/news/what-would-screech-owl-want-blind-snake https://www.jstor.org/stable/4218201?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Leptotyphlops_dulcis/ https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/eastern-screech-owl [Ask the Science Couch] Harris’s hawks (social raptors) https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Harriss_Hawk/overview https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/harriss-hawk [Butt One More Thing] Anthrax in raptor cloacas https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17347404/
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| Yeast | 18 Jan 2022 | 00:37:41 | |
These little, bubbly guys help us make such perennial favorites as 'bread' and 'beer.' If you're saying to yourself "what is yeast, Alex," I got good news for you: you're right! Come learn about the microscopic fungus amung us on this week's Tangents! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Yeast mitotic arrest https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255140/ [Fact Off] Stinking hellebore flower and yeast relationship https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871880/ Fruit fly and yeast relationship https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(14)00777-3 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196440 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556146/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0300962983906011 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)00075-9 [Ask the Science Couch] History of yeast https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/yeasts https://books.google.com/books?id=gy_SAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228 https://books.google.com/books?id=XILwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Mirrors | 11 Jan 2022 | 00:40:33 | |
We're back, baby! And we're seeing double! Ring in the new-ish year with us as we reflect on mirrors! Deboki is hosting a new podcast called Tiny Matters! It’s a science podcast about “the little stuff that makes the big stuff possible!” You can subscribe here! And be sure to follow her on Twitter: @okidoki_boki Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [The Scientific Definition] Heliograph https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-technology/507305/ https://www.nps.gov/fobo/learn/historyculture/the-heliograph.htm https://books.google.com/books?id=RBC2nY1rp5MC&q=heliograph&pg=PA211#v=snippet&q=heliograph&f=false Pseudoscope https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/cinematic/3/ Etalon http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/fabry.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/etalons https://www.osapublishing.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-5-6-985 Reflecting circle https://amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=5 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstl.1801.0019 Pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflecting_instrument#Reflecting_circles [Trivia Question] James Webb Space Telescope mirrors https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/telescopes/en/ [Fact Off] Enantiomers (mirror versions of chemical compounds) https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2004/ch_4.html https://www.wired.com/2003/11/newsugar/ The Venus Effect (mirror sight-lines) https://www.bertamini.org/lab/venus.html [Ask the Science Couch] Super efficient mirrors https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-physical-proc/ https://news.mit.edu/1998/mirror http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.html https://physicsworld.com/a/crystalline-supermirrors-cut-optical-losses/ https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=14069 [Butt One More Thing] Mirror test IBS https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3617051/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16258235/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| SciShow Tangents Classics - Timekeeping | 04 Jan 2022 | 00:33:14 | |
SciShow Tangents is off again this week, but since it's a new year and all, we thought this was the perfect opportunity to rerun our episode all about ways humans have devised to measure time! See you for a new episode next week! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Stump Ceri - Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode | 28 Dec 2021 | 00:34:35 | |
SciShow Tangents is taking a couple weeks off for the holidays, but we aren't gonna leave you hanging! This week, we present an unlocked Patreon patron bonus episode in which we try to stump Ceri with a barrage of science and pop culture questions! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The North & South Poles | 21 Dec 2021 | 00:37:51 | |
The Tangents crew gets lightly festive as they talk about the increasingly-less-cold tippity-top and bippity-bottom of good old planet Earth! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Plant species in Arctic https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21988606/ [Fact Off] Old Seeds! https://www.pnas.org/content/109/10/4008 Camel ancestors living in Arctic https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/the-camel-an-arctic-animal https://www.sciencenews.org/article/camel-ancestors-lived-arctic https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2516 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379111001661# https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/fun-facts-about-reindeer-and-caribou [Ask the Science Couch] Animals/plants in polar night https://www.popsci.com/how-do-animals-survive-polar-night/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/arctic-marine-life-polar-night/474870/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064627.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215014323 Animals/plants in midnight sun https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2921307/ https://www.livescience.com/62870-summer-solstice-animals.html https://uphere.ca/articles/what-does-24-hours-light-do-animals https://www.alaskacenters.gov/explore/attractions/midnight-sun/effects https://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/polar-plants/plants-of-the-arctic-and-antarctic [Butt One More Thing] Poop bacteria in Antarctica https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25451839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908950/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Introducing Crash Course Pods: The Universe | 07 May 2024 | 00:48:11 | |
No, your eyes and ears don't deceive you - this is, in fact, a super special cross-feed treat from our friends over at Crash Course in the form of the first episode of their brand new show, "Crash Course Pods: The Universe." Hosted by novelist John Green and astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack, "The Universe" is a podcast about the history of the entire universe, from its explosive beginnings to its mysterious, but inevitable, end. In this first episode Dr. Mack walks John through the Big Bang and the very first micro-moments of the universe, and some of the ways that that ancient event is actually still connected to us, here, today. It's great, we really like it, we're really proud of the Crash Course team, and we thought you guys would also really enjoy the show! So to make it easy, we put the entire first episode right here! The rest of John and Dr. Mack's conversation will cover 11 episodes airing every other week on the Crash Course YouTube channel at youtube.com/crashcourse or wherever you get your podcasts. Give it a listen, and we hope you enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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| Cells | 14 Dec 2021 | 00:37:04 | |
We’ve talked about all sorts of living things. Bugs, for instance. And plants… elephants… the list goes on. But what we haven’t discussed is the thing that all of those animals are made of: cells! What are they? Why are they? Answers to half those questions await you! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Trivia Question] B. natans number of genes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24502779/ https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085824/ [Fact Off] Streptococcus disguises itself as red blood cells https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31801066/ https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/886535 Ciliate nuclei + genetics (O. trifallax/S. histriomuscorum) https://www.wired.com/2014/09/oxytricha-encrypted-genome/ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=427777 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(14)00984-2 https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647009/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558436/ [Ask the Science Couch] Cell movement & motor proteins https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/microtubules-and-filaments-14052932/ https://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20275 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1893118/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(98)70264-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26867/ [Butt One More Thing] Buttock cells https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2787452/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12308-013-0175-y https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888610/
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| Snakes | 07 Dec 2021 | 00:35:24 | |
Snakes get a bad rap. Sure they’re slithery, venomous, silent killers… but they have some nice qualities, too! We don’t talk about many of those nice qualities in this episode, but they do exist. Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Gliding snakes jumping or not https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21816808/ https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44950 [Fact Off] Kukuri snakes disembowel https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/639331 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/881934 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvmk_PDzKw https://snakesarelong.blogspot.com/2012/06/snakes-that-chew-their-food.html Python heart growing and shrinking https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16002308/ https://www.nature.com/articles/434037a?proof=t https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/python-heart-food-news-animals https://cob.silverchair-cdn.com/cob/content_public/journal/jeb/211/24/10.1242_jeb.023754/3/3767.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383835/ https://www.livescience.com/16764-python-hearts-treat-human-cardiac-disease.html [Ask the Science Couch] Snake locomotion Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDDha9MxIDob8lOcy8UMC1g/videos https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391877/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180112132922.htm [Butt One More Thing] Snake cloaca “farting” https://www.cabi.org/isc/FullTextPDF/2006/20063121845.pdf
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| Food | 30 Nov 2021 | 00:37:38 | |
Between now and the end of the year, people all over the world will be enjoying all sorts of holiday feasts, eating lots of cookies, and maybe even enjoying a sugar plum or two. In other words: it's food season, baby! And we've got a piping hot bowl of science stew for you! Don't forget to save room for desert: a big slice of butt pie!
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While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Apple sweetness https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44950 [Fact Off] Yeast & vitamins advertising https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9105273/ https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/the-healing-power-of-compressed-yeast https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069802166&view=1up&seq=352 https://www.seriouseats.com/what-is-nutritional-yeast-nooch Evolution of gourds https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/11/11/1516109112 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/517382 https://insider.si.edu/2015/11/dull-mastadon-taste-buds-once-helped-pumpkins-wild-ancestor-thrive/ [Ask the Science Couch] Shark digestive systems https://german.bio.uci.edu/images/PDF/Leigh%20et%20al.%20(2017)%20RFBF_online.pdf https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/anatomy/the-shark-inside/ http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=567 https://www.himb.hawaii.edu/ReefPredator/pH.htm Vulture digestive systems https://www.wintuaudubon.org/tag/turkey-vulture/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30216294 https://www.audubon.org/news/how-vultures-can-eat-rotten-meat-without-getting-sick https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.16345 Crocodile digestive systems https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/524150 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1Hgcr4VrDNgG0RFdVYtH0H3/wonder-facts-crocodiles https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13285-super-size-me-alligators-reveal-digestive-trick/ https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/55/6/986/2363554 [Butt One More Thing] Cow butt meat https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32526619/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Cosmetics | 23 Nov 2021 | 00:35:14 | |
Since the beginning of recorded history, people have been putting on lipstick, applying perfume, wearing fake nails, and just generally making themselves look nice for all sorts of reasons. Heck, there are even some animals in on it!
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[Definition] https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetics-laws-regulations/it-cosmetic-drug-or-both-or-it-soap [Trivia Question] Carthamus tinctorius L https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126054/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263051/ [Fact Off] Vultures painting themselves red https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19076-zoologger-vultures-use-twigs-to-gather-wool-for-nests/ https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.1840 https://www.audubon.org/news/these-birds-wear-makeup WWII nylon-replacing liquid leg makeup https://books.google.com/books?id=OygDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30 https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_765873 https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/nylon-a-revolution-in-textiles https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-nylon-stockings-changed-world-180955219/ http://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/ded/liquid-powder.php [Ask the Science Couch] Dangerous cosmetics (lead, radium, atropine) https://books.google.com/books?id=A3C_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=LpplCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT67&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/glowing-complexion.php https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtml [Butt One More Thing] Butt hair forensics https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/AY/D0AY01068E https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128119082/coronary-artery-disease Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Ceri's Cnidarian Song - Deluxe Edition | 18 Nov 2021 | 00:01:15 | |
Please enjoy this version of Ceri's smash hit Cnidarian Song, with musical accompaniment by our own maestro Joseph "Tuna" Metesh! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Cnidarians | 16 Nov 2021 | 00:35:05 | |
Jellyfish, corals, anemones… they have a couple things in common. They’re all cnidarians, and they all seem like they don’t really have a whole lot going on. They just sort of float around! But looks can be deceiving: this mysterious, blobby phylum holds many secrets! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Jellyfish with or against current https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937341/ [Fact Off] Moon jelly vortex https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/626033 Boxer crabs and sea anemones https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289105/ ^ pictures in both these links [Ask the Science Couch] Peeing on jellyfish sting Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjTKKFSb9h8 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/3/105/htm?xid=PS_smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-fix-jellyfish-sting-180963582/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-behind-that-jellyfish-sting-2844876/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773479/ [Butt One More Thing] Coral - good poop (clam) bad poop (surgeonfish) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33841351/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33326418/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2020.621111/full Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| SciShow Tangents Classics - Flightless Birds | 09 Nov 2021 | 00:31:36 | |
Turns out we needed a week off to recuperate from all the Halloween festivities, so please enjoy this very old episode about Flightless Birds in the meantime! Thanks for listening, and we'll see you next week! Don't forget to pick up a few hundred thousand new SciShow Tangents stickers, featuring our new logo! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Heat | 02 Nov 2021 | 00:33:26 | |
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be starting to notice a chill in the air. Let's all fondly reminisce about those warm, summer days that feel so long ago as we learn about heat! And don't forget to pick up a few hundred thousand new SciShow Tangents stickers, featuring our new logo! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question] Hot flashes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/495671/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612529/ [Fact Off] Thermogenic plants https://www.natureinstitute.org/article/craig-holdrege/skunk-cabbage https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ849536.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21205176/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634508/ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.186.4165.746 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781904/ Superionic ice https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-create-extraordinary-alien-form-of-super-hot-ice/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1114-6 [Ask the Science Couch] Breath temperature changing https://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/faculty/breidenthal/pubs/Brazil.book_REB.pdf http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=5530 http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/turbulent_flow.html [Butt One More Thing] Butt welding https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780857095107/welding-processes-handbook https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080965338/comprehensive-materials-processing https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780815515814/handbook-of-plastics-joining https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/27516/9/Turrell_Ultra-fast%20collisional_NC.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Graveyard Smash - It was a Dark and Stormy Month | 26 Oct 2021 | 00:35:44 | |
Ceri and Sam headed on down to the cemetery to dig Hank up for one more bone-chilling edition of It Was a Dark and Stormy Month! We hope you enjoy and have a happy and safe Halloween! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Trivia Question] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969716324202?via%3Dihub https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lam.12345 https://www.epa.gov/so2-pollution/sulfur-dioxide-basics [Fact Off] Spaceship debris graveyard https://www.greenmatters.com/p/what-happens-to-rocket-boosters-after-launch https://www.nature.com/articles/433095a.pdf?origin=ppub https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19127713 Oleic acid as a death cue https://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/previous/Gordon1983Dependence.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/106/20/8251 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24054-2 https://www.ijbs.com/v09p0313.htm http://www.researchtrends.net/tia/article_pdf.asp?in=0&vn=9&tid=20&aid=5289 [Ask the Science Couch] Eco-friendly burial options https://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysis https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4895712/New-type-cremation-DISSOLVES-bodies-LIQUID.html https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12421 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWo2-LHwGMM [Butt One More Thing] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30111659/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17091303/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| The Moon with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month | 19 Oct 2021 | 00:33:45 | |
“It Was A Dark & Stormy Month" rises from its grave once more to deliver knowledge so good... it's scary! Hank accidentally buried himself alive again, so we are once again joined by Deboki Chakravarti to learn about Earth's little buddy, the Moon! This one's guaranteed to have you howling! Need more Deboki in your life? Follow her on Twitter: @okidoki_boki! There you can find links to the myriad of projects she's involved in! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Coral reef spawning by moonlight https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071019093814.htm https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1145432 https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(03)00647-0 https://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/corals/coral-reproduction Earthshine on the Moon is less than before https://gizmodo.com/earth-is-getting-dimmer-1847782399 https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/weather/earth-dimming-climate/index.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930069 [Ask the Science Couch] Moon drifting away from the Earth https://public.nrao.edu/ask/what-happens-as-the-moon-moves-away-from-the-earth/ https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/marvelMoon/background/moon-influence/ http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/when-a-day-lasted-only-four-hours https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/28/3642932.htm https://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/index.php [Butt One More Thing] Defecation collection devices on the Moon https://history.nasa.gov/FINAL%20Catalogue%20of%20Manmade%20Material%20on%20the%20Moon.pdf https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Machine Learning | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:47:41 | |
We do a lot of learning on Tangents, so naturally, we've got questions about what learning looks like...for machines! AI and machine learning science communicator Jordan Harrod (https://www.youtube.com/@jordanharrod) lends her expertise to this episode as we definitely for sure learn all there is to know and will ever need to be known about machine learning, algorithms, and AI. Definitely we got all of it, everyone. SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! [Truth or Fail Express] Racoon-inspired algorithm https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8552661 Dolphin-inspired algorithm Pelican-inspired algorithm [Trivia Question] Using machine learning to measure plant vibration and sounds when they experience stress https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00262-3 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plants-make-noises-when-stressed-study-finds-180981920/ [Fact Off] Lenna (an image of a Playboy model) used as the standard for digital image processing https://www.404media.co/lena-test-image-ieee-policy/ Tricking speech recognition systems with “neural voice camouflage” https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/block-smartphone-microphone-speech-recognition-spying https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/16.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.07076.pdf https://gizmodo.com/these-academics-spent-the-last-year-testing-whether-you-1826961188 [Ask the Science Couch] AI image generator mistakes (hands, feet, teeth) and how they work (diffusion models) https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/ai-generated-art-hands-fingers-messed-up https://hai.stanford.edu/news/what-dall-e-reveals-about-human-creativity https://proceedings.mlr.press/v37/sohl-dickstein15.pdf [Butt One More Thing] Training machine learning models (convolutional neural networks) to classify poop images https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.10578.pdf https://journals.lww.com/ajg/abstract/2022/07000/a_smartphone_application_using_artificial.24.aspx https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33275399/ Anal Recognition Paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-020-0534-9 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Cats with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month | 12 Oct 2021 | 00:35:27 | |
Thanks to Basepaws for sponsoring this episode. Check out Basepaws here: https://basepaws.com/?rfsn=6159575.bff641 “It Was A Dark & Stormy Month" lumbers along with more frightful topics and frightfully bad poetry! This week, an oft-requested and much anticipated topic: cats! These weird little goblins can steal our hearts even while infesting us with behavior-altering, poop-dwelling parasites! We must really love 'em! Need more Deboki in your life? Follow her on Twitter: @okidoki_boki! There you can find links to the myriad of projects she's involved in! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Truth or Fail] Fact 1: https://phys.org/news/2021-07-dogs-people-lying.html Fact 2: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347296903206 https://theaggie.org/2021/09/14/study-finds-domestic-cats-prefer-freeloading-to-working-for-food/ Fact 3: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923830 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/cat-genomes/619587/ [Fact Off] Cats in development of cochlear implants https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/1688121 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1931-04076-001 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000348947308200407 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921065/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3220685.pdf https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cochlear-implants/about/pac-20385021 [Ask the Science Couch] Cat tail movements https://www.nationalgeographic.com/pages/article/animals-behavior-cats-tail-body-language https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/56/1-2/article-p69_3.xml https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7696400/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2074215/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432897001010 http://www.architalbiol.org/index.php/aib/article/view/138271/ [Butt One More Thing] Cats sitting and not flipping over litter boxes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159114002366?via%3Dihub Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Storms - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month | 05 Oct 2021 | 00:34:10 | |
It’s October, so you know what that means: SciShow Tangents is about to get a little spooky! This year, we’re celebrating the Halloween season by talking about traditionally eerie subjects and writing bad collaborative poems! Welcome to “It Was A Dark & Stormy Tangents” month! And to kick it off, we’re talking about the number one most scary of all types of weather: storms! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Project Ice Storm - possible effects of stress on pregnancy https://www.thoughtco.com/canadian-ice-storm-in-1998-508705 https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/publications https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/icestorm https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/files/projetverglas/Laplante2007FunctionalPlay.pdf Blood/red rain mystery in Spain https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/882233 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20028490 https://www.livescience.com/62999-siberian-blood-rain-iron-oxide.html [Ask the Science Couch] Aches before storms https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/50/18/50_18_1923/_pdf https://health.clevelandclinic.org/do-you-get-a-migraine-headache-when-it-rains/ https://theconversation.com/can-bad-weather-really-cause-headaches-158258 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-014-0859-8 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7659442/ [Butt One More Thing] Lightning in plumbing https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/faq.html http://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lls/lightning-caused-deaths.pdf (table 3) https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/how-hurricanes-form.html
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| Mosquitos | 28 Sep 2021 | 00:31:04 | |
Summer's over, which is a bummer, but now's the perfect time to remember that summer isn't all perfect. It brings sunburns, too-hot car seats, and, worst of all, blood-sucking mosquitos! So let's embrace the beginning of fall by talking some smack about those nasty, itchy, little guys! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Millipede toxins as mosquito repellent https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1026489826714 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-003-0427-2 https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/science/for-monkeys-a-millipede-a-day-keeps-mosquitoes-away.html https://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/198138/wounds/whats-eating-you-millipede-burns https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504811/ Vampire jumping spiders eating mosquitoes https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53382/meet-vampire-spider https://www.livescience.com/5818-spiders-attracted-blood-perfume.html https://www.livescience.com/1214-killer-spiders-prefer-malaria-mosquitoes.html https://www.livescience.com/20800-vampire-spiders-blood-meal.html [Ask the Science Couch] Attracting mosquitoes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286741400155X https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-015-0587-5 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30215-5 https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/how-mosquitoes-smell-human-sweat http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=547&doi=10.11648/j.aje.20190302.13 https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949359/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219306943 [Butt One More Thing] Mosquito anus blood pre-urine https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/science/how-hungry-mosquitoes-cool-themselves.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Brains | 21 Sep 2021 | 00:37:47 | |
This episode is brought to you by Gates Notes, the blog of Bill Gates. Go to gatesnotes.com to learn about the future of Alzheimer's research. I don’t want to alarm you, but you’ve got a big ol’ glob of pink goop in between your ears right now, and it pretty much controls everything you do. In fact, it might BE you... But try not to think about that too much while you enjoy this episode! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Cetacean brains staying warm https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84762-0 https://phys.org/news/2021-03-whale-dolphin-brains-specialfor-production.html https://phys.org/news/2021-04-whale-dolphin-brains-lots.html Brain blood flow measuring device https://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340906546/the-machine-that-tried-to-scan-the-brain-in-1882 https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/137/2/634/284537?login=true https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5536794/ https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/divisions/fmrib/what-is-fmri/introduction-to-fmri [Ask the Science Couch] Brain evolution https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128311-800-a-brief-history-of-the-brain/ https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/320218 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873165/ https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-540-29678-2_3154 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614228/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worm-discovery-brain-evolution/ [Butt One More Thing] Bony-eared assfish smallest vertebrate brain https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Acanthonus-armatus.html https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1987.0018
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| SciShow Tangents Classics - Trees | 14 Sep 2021 | 00:31:06 | |
The days are getting shorter, the sweaters are coming out of the closet and the leaves are starting to take on just a hint of yellow... Fall is officially on its way. And speaking of trees, we spoke of trees at length last year! Please enjoy this encore presentation. Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Power Generation | 07 Sep 2021 | 00:33:51 | |
The power required to get this podcast into your ears was brought to you in part by wind, water, coal, gas, and a generous contribution from the old sky guy himself: The Sun! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Power from cheese & mayo (biogas) https://epa.gov/anaerobic-digestion/basic-information-about-anaerobic-digestion-ad https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-biogasconverting-waste-to-energy https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/ https://statenews.com/article/2017/04/msu-uses-mayonnaise-anaerobic-digester https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a18700/french-power-plant-runs-on-cheese/ Sensorfish for dams https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a7459/the-robot-fish-that-led-to-better-dam-designs/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a26135053/robotic-sensor-fish/ https://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=1046 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/827634 [Ask the Science Couch] Micro hydro power https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/microhydropower-systems https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/types-hydropower-plants https://energypedia.info/wiki/Micro_Hydro_Power_(MHP)_-_Pros_and_Cons https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/global/16iht-renmicro.html [Butt One More Thing] Pig poop ponds Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Elephants | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:31:23 | |
This week we pay tribute to our big, wrinkly, grey friends with funky trunks: elephants! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to see some great pictures from Ceri’s Fact Off fact, and to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Elephants and bees https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/893601 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/632820 https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/12/beehive-fences/ https://www.livescience.com/33261-elephants-afraid-of-mice-.html Elephant skin wrinkles https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/607368 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06257-3 Computer simulation image: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06257-3/figures/4 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010JF001842 https://elephantconservation.org/elephants/just-for-kids/ [Ask the Science Couch] Elephant communication/grief/etc. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/animal-grief/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-animals-experience-grief-180970124/ https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/11/04/1497634.htm https://www.audubon.org/news/how-do-elephants-talk-each-other https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/context/interdisciplinary-seminar/the-elephant-before-darwin [Butt One More Thing] Elephant gold enema https://muse.jhu.edu/article/442189/pdf https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-16th-century-pope-buried-his-pet-elephant-under-the-vatican
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| Water | 24 Aug 2021 | 00:32:42 | |
Time to take a big ol’ sip of science knowledge as we dive deep on that good, wet stuff we call water! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to see some great pictures from Ceri’s Fact Off fact, and to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Wet water (to fight fires) https://www.biolinscientific.com/blog/what-is-a-wetting-agent-and-where-are-they-used https://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/fighting-fires-with-wet-water/#gref https://childrensmuseumatlanta.org/blog/how-does-water-put-out-a-fire/ http://fcfsd.com/wetting-agents.html https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-016-0640-0 Water to air communication https://news.mit.edu/2018/wireless-communication-through-water-air-0822 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/489210 [Ask the Science Couch] Water conducting electricity https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-universal-solvent https://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6316/1131 [Butt One More Thing] Hippo poop water https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04391-6
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| Listener Questions- Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode | 17 Aug 2021 | 00:31:23 | |
This week, we're sharing one of our Patreon bonus episodes with all of our listeners! Join us as we answer some questions from our audience, and be sure to check out Patreon.com/SciShowTangents if you want more content like this! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Volcanoes | 10 Aug 2021 | 00:31:25 | |
In this truly explosive episode that will have you erupting with laughter, we share our lava of volcanoes! This is a hot one, folks! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to see a great video on the subject of Ceri’s Fact Off fact, and to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Sources: [Hear Ye] Round 1 Audio Source: NOAA Ocean Exploration https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april29/media/movies/spectragram.html Round 2 Audio Audio Credit: Robin Matoza Citation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486 Round 3 Audio Audio Credit: Robin Matooza Citation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486 Round 3 Audio - Airplane Credit: PDX Aviation PDX Aviation - https://www.youtube.com/user/buybygb [Fact Off] Elephant salt mining in extinct volcano http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/MtElgon/index.htm https://eawildlife.org/east-african-wildlife-societys-mount-elgon-elephant-project-eawls-meep/ https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/faq/how-volcano-defined-being-active-dormant-or-extinct https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/africa/mount-elgon-uganda Parícutin volcano http://www.unmuseum.org/7wonders/mob/paricutin.htm http://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Paricutin.html [Ask the Science Couch] Preventing volcano eruptions https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-we-tell-when-a-volcano-will-erupt https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/865376 https://theconversation.com/explainer-why-volcanoes-erupt-44732 https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-we-drill-yellowstone-stop-it-erupting?qt-news_science_products=0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02600367 https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/volcano-watch-did-aerial-bombing-stop-1935-mauna-loa-lava-flow [Butt One More Thing] Ardley island penguin poop https://www.audubon.org/news/how-millennia-old-penguin-poo-led-scientists-volcanic-discovery
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| Teaser: Hygiene Patreon Bonus Episode | 26 Apr 2024 | 00:05:13 | |
Another wild teaser appears! This little snippet is the first part of our revisit of Hygiene and answering even more questions that we didn't get to in the episode. You can listen to the rest, and also a bunch more bonus content, on our Patreon. It's one of the best ways you can support the show and keep Tangents going and free for everyone. Head over to Patreon.com/scishowtangents and join in all the learning and shenanigans! Thank you so much to all our Patrons - we genuinely would not get to do this without you, and we really like doing this, so it rocks that we can. THANK YOU! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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| Toilets with Deboki Chakravarti | 03 Aug 2021 | 00:40:06 | |
Just because you poop and pee in them doesn’t mean that toilets don’t deserve your utmost respect! From the International Space Station to the comfort of your own home, these waste-disposing scientific wonders help make our lives cleaner and safer. So next time you see a toilet, say “thank you!” Can’t get enough Deboki? You can follow her on Twitter @okidoki_boki, and find her on Scientific American’s Science Talk Podcast starting August 6th! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Sources: [Fact Off] Lemur Toilet Tree http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150513-these-animals-use-public-toilets https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00265-014-1810-z.pdf https://www.dpz.eu/en/home/single-view/news/informativer-toilettengang.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26392-zoologger-shy-lemurs-communicate-using-toilet-trees/ Super Slippery Toilet https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/739396 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYc8RfqA3I&t=10s [Ask the Science Couch] https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/question314.htm https://iwaponline.com/wpt/article/13/1/157/38690/Vacuum-sewerage-systems-a-solution-for-fast https://www.courtesyplumbers.com/blog/2016/december/three-types-of-flush-systems-the-pros-and-cons/ [Butt One More Thing] https://patents.google.com/patent/US4320756A/en https://www.adventip.com/blog/wackypatent/freshair-breathing-device
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| Surgery | 27 Jul 2021 | 00:33:20 | |
This week, the Science Couch is more like the Science Operating Table. Get ready to have 33 minutes of pure, surgery-inspired science implanted directly into your brain, stat! A note about this week’s episode: Ceri is moving, and the room she normally records in is completely empty. That’s why she sounds like she’s lost in space. Sorry about that! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Sources: [Fact Off] Burn healing surgeries https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/burns https://www.jstor.org/stable/3408118 https://www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-9610(35)90119-2/fulltext https://www.nature.com/articles/125058a0.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591574003400104 https://parjournal.net/article/view/1881/1348 https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/sir-archibald-mcindoe Video Game Surgeons https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoo-hfa040121.php [Ask the Science Couch] Organ transplant DNA https://www.genome.gov/27544325/using-dna-sequencing-to-detect-early-organ-transplant-rejection https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Cyclosporin-A https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18290564/ https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/organ-transplants-without-life-long-drugs [Butt One More Thing] Louis XIV’s anal fistula https://tidsskriftet.no/2016/08/sun-kings-anal-fistula https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1043148914000566
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| Waves | 20 Jul 2021 | 00:37:16 | |
Whether you're surfing, listening to the radio, getting an x-ray, or just looking at something, take a moment and thank waves for making it all possible! Plus learn yet another shocking truth: all of reality is probably maybe waves! Uh oh! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Sources: [Truth or Fail] [Fact Off] Ruffed grouse sonic boom Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfiIp3QGs4 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruffed_Grouse/sounds https://www.nps.gov/articles/netn-species-spotlight-ruffed-grouse.htm https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/bird-sound-barrier https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-016-DFRC.html Meta-mirror https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/meta-mirror https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/du-rs030719.php [Ask the Science Couch] Underwater waves https://news.mit.edu/2013/the-oceans-hidden-waves-show-their-power-0108 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14399#affil-auth https://research.cornell.edu/research/understanding-formation-underwater-waves https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025322791900445 https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/mysterious-underwater-waves [Butt One More Thing] Toilet waves https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27377/why-does-toilet-water-move-when-its-windy-outside Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| SciShow Tangents Classics - Allergies | 13 Jul 2021 | 00:33:00 | |
It feels like this allergy season is never gonna end, so we decided to dig into the archives to learn a little more about the pollen, dander, and other tiny things currently making our lives a living heck! Achoo! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Teeth | 06 Jul 2021 | 00:34:36 | |
Get ready to take a big old bite of science (and fun)! This week, we’re sinking our teeth… into teeth! Ouch! Plus, Hank comes up with yet another Million Dollar Idea! You can’t afford to miss this episode! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Sources: [Tooth or Fail] Chiton Teeth https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/05/rare-mineral-from-rocks-found-in-chiton-teeth/ Pink Sea Urchin Teeth https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(19)30173-0 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/rock-munching-sea-urchins-have-self-sharpening-teeth [Fact Off] Piranha teeth https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/15/piranha-fish-swap-old-teeth-for-new-simultaneously/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ede.12306 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670376/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmor.20380 https://theconversation.com/how-sharks-could-help-us-regrow-our-own-human-teeth-63531 Baby Dino Teeth https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31269-6.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/gwu-ntn121516.php https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/newly-discovered-dinosaur-species-lost-teeth-adults Braces https://www.healthline.com/health/how-do-braces-work https://orthodonticassoc.com/braces/how-do-braces-work/ https://www.healthline.com/health/retainers-after-braces [Butt One More Thing] Fecal bacteria on toothbrushes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150602130650.htm
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| Cyborgs with AshleyRoboto | 29 Jun 2021 | 00:37:20 | |
This week, Twitch streamer and science enthusiast AshleyRoboto joins us to talk about cyborgs! Get ready to radically broaden your definition of cyborgs all the way down to “person with glasses!” Can’t get enough AshleyRoboto? Follow her @AshleyRoboto and check out her Twitch stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/ashleyroboto Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Fruit | 22 Jun 2021 | 00:36:39 | |
The Tangents team tackles one of the greatest controversies in science history: are tomatoes fruits? Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen [Fact Off] Thumping watermelons https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/07/how-to-pick-a-ripe-melon.html https://www.almanac.com/how-tell-if-watermelon-ripe https://www.bksv.com/en/knowledge/blog/perspectives/ripe-watermelon https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-a-ripe-watermelon-1498828907 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325046/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00779-013-0706-7 Animals eating moldy fruit https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05643-z [Ask the Science Couch] Ripening fruit biochemistry https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00016 https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/63/13/4741/484722 https://www.actahort.org/books/463/463_42.htm [Butt One More Thing] Medlar fruit https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210325-the-strange-medieval-fruit-the-world-forgot https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medlar-fruit-forgotten-butt-shape Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Dogs with Frankie Jonas | 15 Jun 2021 | 00:34:13 | |
Frankie Jonas stops by to chat with us about your best friend and mine, the humble dog! You'd think that in this, of all episodes, we'd be able to have a nice, simple definition of the topic. But guess what, no one even knows what a dog is apparently! Science! If you want more Frankie Jonas, check out his TikTok! He's got a cute dog! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Electricity | 08 Jun 2021 | 00:37:36 | |
Danger! High voltage episode! This week, we're zapping your earholes with electrifying knowledge that's sure to illuminate you! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Fact Off] Space tethers to generate electricity https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtether.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-75.html https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.3563?journalCode=jsr https://edisontechcenter.org/generators.html https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.3563?journalCode=jsr Electric fish with dramatic pauses ttps://www.fishbase.se/summary/5208 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/electric-fish-pause/618993/ https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/wuis-ef-051921.php [Ask the Science Couch] Static electricity https://www.utm.edu/staff/cerkal/electricity.htm https://www.livescience.com/51656-static-electricity.html [Butt One More Thing] Manure electricity Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| SciShow Tangents Classics - Cars | 01 Jun 2021 | 00:32:12 | |
It’s too nice outside to make a podcast this week, so instead, we’ve got a classic episode for you! Learn basically everything you need to know about cars before you set out on your epic summer road trip. Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Turtles | 16 Apr 2024 | 00:46:41 | |
Devotees of the testudines rejoice! Whether you have one as a pet, admire them at the zoo, or giggle with the rest of the internet when they rock each other off logs, chances are high, we think, that you like turtles. We like turtles! And conveniently for us, turtle science is also extremely cool, so this was basically an ideal episode to make. Enjoy! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! [Truth or Fail] Fossilized turtle poop showing green algae feast site https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995472 https://www.science.org/content/article/sea-turtles-have-3000-year-old-routines Crushing of fossilized turtle shells shows burial site age https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/science/turtle-shells-fossils-paleontology.html Turtle fossil was actually a plant fossil [Trivia Question] Speed of a sand-digging robot modeled after a turtle hatchling https://today.ucsd.edu/story/bot-inspired-by-baby-turtles-can-swim-under-the-sand-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aisy.202200404 [Fact Off] Chinese soft-shelled turtles (basically) pee out their mouths https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121011090643.htm https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aohc/63/2/63_2_181/_article Microplastics in sand mess with sea turtle sex ratios [Ask the Science Couch] Turtle communication and vocalization https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24553 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14356-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33741-8 https://gizmodo.com/jurassic-parks-dinosaur-sound-effects-were-actually-ani-5994278 https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/06/turtles-eat-south-america/ [Butt One More Thing] Collecting loggerhead sea turtle fecal samples by making them custom swimsuits https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/10/sea-turtles-don-swimsuits-science Pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/37175871@N06/albums/72157659326105212/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| DNA with Amanda Wacker | 25 May 2021 | 00:32:36 | |
This week, we’re joined by scientist and podcaster Amanda Wacker to talk about DNA, the building blocks of life! A blueprint for building a living thing, even! Webster’s dictionary defines DNA as “any of various nucleic acids that are usually the molecular basis of heredity, are constructed of a double helix held together by hydrogen bonds.” I define it as the little wiggly guys inside us that make our cells and stuff. We’re both right, in our own way. If you want more Amanda Wacker, check out her podcast, Triplicates! And check her out on Twitter: @AstroAma! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Ask the Science Couch] Gene expression & cell type https://www.cirm.ca.gov/our-progress/advanced-how-does-stem-cell-%E2%80%9Cknow%E2%80%9D-what-become https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26885/ https://www.cell.com/trends/cell-biology/fulltext/S0962-8924(20)30059-3 https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/our-cells-are-filled-with-junk-dna-heres-why-we-need-it https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05462-w [Butt One More Thing] Pooprints Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Smell | 18 May 2021 | 00:33:58 | |
If SciShow Tangents had a smell what would it be? It’s full of knowledge, so maybe a dusty old book? We talk a lot, so maybe all of our nasty breath? We talk about butts a lot… you know what? Podcasts don’t smell, and maybe that’s for the best. Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Fact Off] Rats smelling concepts https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uog-tso112520.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201125164455.htm https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.2327 https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000628 Big cats and perfumes https://www.thecut.com/2020/01/big-cats-love-calvin-kleins-obsession-for-men.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/100624-big-cats-cologne-vin-video https://www.rsc.org/Merck-Index/monograph/m3604/civetone?q=unauthorize https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Viverricula_indica/ [Ask the Science Couch] Smells & memory https://www.livescience.com/why-smells-trigger-memories.html https://www.discovery.com/science/Why-Smells-Trigger-Such-Vivid-Memories https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23147501/ [Butt One More Thing] Indole smell https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-is-a-compound-that-smells-like-feces-put-in-perfume-1717903411 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||
| Sticky Things | 11 May 2021 | 00:33:08 | |
Sticky seems easy, right? You step on gum, it sticks to your shoe, You put glue on paper, it sticks to other paper. It just works! But it turns out stickiness is one of those sneaky, impossible-to-explain science things that involves physics and atoms and stuff! Head to the link below to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny for helping to make the show possible! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Fact Off] Exploding ant butts with toxic goo https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A_nAQosWmC5o_jepXNJ0oc3RacjLK5qe1groWg34bL4/edit?usp=sharing https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/science/exploding-ants.html https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22661 Sticky rice mortar https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ar9001944 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11431-008-0317-0 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/amylopectin [Ask the Science Couch] Frog tongues https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5332565/ Picture of finger: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5332565/figure/RSIF20160764F1/ [Butt One More Thing] Sucker-bum squid https://australian.museum/blog-archive/science/sucker-bum-squid-and-other-intriguing-molluscs Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | |||