SciShow Tangents

When I was a kid, everything was on paper. Books were on paper, magazines were on paper, newspapers were on, you guessed it, paper. Nowadays, everything's on the internet, but you can still find paper if you know where to look! Note: The podcast ad for the IMPACT app is unscripted and being recorded live. It may contain some slight differences. Please visit https://impact.interactivebrokers.com/ for full details of products and services. Interactive Brokers, LLC member FINRA/SIPC. The projections or other information generated by IMPACT app regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Please note that results may vary with use of the tool over time. The paid ad host experiences and testimonials within the Podcast may not be representative of the experiences of other customers and are not to be considered guarantees of future performance or success. The opinions provided within the ad belong to the host alone. 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!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[Definition]https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/cover-to-cover/papyrus/[Trivia Question]Margaret E. Knight’s paper grocery bagshttps://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/margaret-e-knight-and-charles-b-stilwell-flat-bottomed-paper-bag-1870s-1880s/https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/11/03/in-the-bag/https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/margaret-knighthttps://www.invent.org/inductees/margaret-e-knight[Fact Off]Rag paper and mummy linen in the 1800shttps://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/12/europes-morbid-mummy-craze-has-been-an-obsession-for-centurieshttps://uh.edu/engines/epi1227.htmhttps://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3874https://bookpatrol.net/has-this-library-solved-the-mystery-of-the-mummy-paper/Cellulose nanocrystal films from waste paperhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639556/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13369-022-06609-8https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266689392100075Xhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.625878/full#Image of biodegrading film: https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/625878/fpls-12-625878-HTML/image_m/fpls-12-625878-g006.jpghttps://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/glitterhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-021-01135-8[Ask the Science Couch]Smell of new books and paperhttps://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/whats-that-smell-youre-readinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/that-old-book-smell-is-a-mix-of-grass-and-vanilla-710038/https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=669&toxid=124#https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1309104220302051https://www.ucop.edu/risk-services/_files/bsas/safetymeetings/ozonefrprinters.pdfhttps://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58097/~/the-printer-produces-a-faint-smell-or-odor-when-printing.-what-can-i-do%3F[Butt One More Thing]Gayetty’s medicated toilet paperhttps://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.13400600https://www.findagrave.com/photos/2013/61/106087826_136230829409.jpghttps://books.google.com/books?id=yXY0yQnvmmUC&pg=PA679#v=onepage&q&f=false Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When, in nature, two little guys are benefiting off each other one way or another, we call that symbiosis. But, if you think about it too hard, you start to realize that everything in nature is benefitting off some other thing in nature somehow and come to the conclusion that all of Earth is a giant symbiotic relationship! To that I say: simply try not to think about it too hard!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!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[Fact Off]Figs and fig wasp cheating prevention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635526/https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtmlhttps://news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/01/figs-kill-wasp-larvae-when-wasps-do-not-pollinate-figshttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2009.2157Magnetotactic bacteria in tissues of animals with magnetoreception https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200914112224.htm[Ask the Science Couch]Symbioses with more than 2 organismshttps://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/species-interactions-and-competition-102131429/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8331144/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17255511/https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/06/27/sea-slugs-use-algaes-bacterial-weapons-factory-three-way-symbiotic-relationshiphttps://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/yeast-emerges-as-hidden-third-partner-in-lichen-symbiosis.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-drives-a-sloths-ritualistic-trek-to-poop-180949419/[Butt One More Thing]Crab that lives in sea urchin rectumPicture: https://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/arthropods/crabs/echinoecus-pentagonus.htmhttps://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/11997https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022098178800070https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-anatomy Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! From big, slimy earthworms to microscopic C. elegans, worms are everywhere... or are they? It turns out, as is often the case on Tangents, that everything you thought you knew about worms is a lie, up to and including their very existence!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!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]Dave the longest earthwormhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/04/uk-biggest-worm-record-breaking-in-cheshire[Fact Off]Geosmin smells like danger to C. eleganshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220405143530.htmhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35323022/Ice worms in glaciershttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1097-4687(200012)246:3%3C192::AID-JMOR3%3E3.0.CO;2-Bhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10930-020-09889-xhttps://glaciers.nichols.edu/iceworm/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/amazing-ice-worms-threatened-melting-glaciershttps://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1011376403/its-summer-and-that-means-the-mysterious-return-of-glacier-ice-worms[Ask the Science Couch]Invasive earthworms in North Americahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003807170600527Xhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-006-9019-3http://genesee.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/natural-resources/invasive-pests/jumping-worm-amynthas-spphttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038071720302510https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Invasives/fact/jumpingWorm.htmlInvasive flatworms that prey on earthwormshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5969052/https://eastland.agrilife.org/invasive-hammerhead-flatworms/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3858619[Butt One More Thing]Largest human coprolite has parasitic wormshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lloyds-bank-coprolitehttps://www.theguardian.com/careers/2016/may/12/paleoscatologists-dig-up-stools-as-precious-as-the-crown-jewelshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/51Et55R_RuCmabtTgQllzQ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're hard at work on a cool new project, but we needed a little extra time to work on it! So this week, please enjoy a rerun of the all-time classic Pee episode!And did you know there's a video version of this episode? You can check it out here!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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Last week we talked about boring old rocks on the ground. This week, we're again talking rocks, but these are rocks... from SPACE!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]2020 QG asteroid flybyhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asteroid-makes-the-closest-earth-flyby-a-space-rock-has-ever-survived/[Fact Off]Libyan desert glasshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022309384901777?via%3Dihubhttps://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/47/7/609/570318/Overestimation-of-threat-from-100-Mt-class?redirectedFrom=fulltexthttps://www.mindat.org/min-39796.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X13004998Hopewell asteroid event https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-debris-from-a-comet-airburst-devastate-an-early-native-american-culture-180979523/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05758-yhttps://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/02/did-comets-fiery-destruction-lead-to-downfall-of-ancient-hopewell.html[Ask the Science Couch]Asteroid belt won’t become a planethttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-science-fiction-movies/https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015IAUGA..2256597V/abstracthttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/in-depth/https://lasp.colorado.edu/outerplanets/kbos_dwarfplanets.phphttps://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/origin?show=hs_origin_story_jupiters-influencehttps://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-asteroid-belt-wreckage-of-a-destroyed-planet-or-something-elsehttps://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/k/Kirkwood+Gaps[Butt One More Thing]Meteorism medical condition fartshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430851/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meteorism Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic... need I say more? Welcome to SciShow Tangents or, as I like to call it, Rock Talk. Note: The podcast ad for the IMPACT app is unscripted and being recorded live. It may contain some slight differences. Please visit https://impact.interactivebrokers.com/ for full details of products and services. Interactive Brokers, LLC member FINRA/SIPC. The projections or other information generated by IMPACT app regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Please note that results may vary with use of the tool over time. The paid ad host experiences and testimonials within the Podcast may not be representative of the experiences of other customers and are not to be considered guarantees of future performance or success. The opinions provided within the ad belong to the host alone. 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]Stonehenge sarsen vs. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonhttps://www.livescience.com/22427-stonehenge-facts.html[Fact Off]Microgranite used for curling stoneshttp://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/505002/https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91856/ailsa-craighttps://olympics.com/en/news/the-remarkable-properties-and-origins-of-the-olympic-curling-stonehttps://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/getting-to-the-core-of-olympic-curling-stones/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043164813000732Solitary bees drilling into sandstonehttps://eos.org/articles/rock-chomping-bees-burrow-into-sandstonehttps://www.earthmagazine.org/article/busy-bee-new-species-bee-quarries-sandstone/https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(16)30902-2[Ask the Science Couch]Licking rocks or bonehttps://www.discovery.com/science/Difference-Between-Rock-Fossilhttps://www.clemson.edu/public/geomuseum/specimen_id/id_tool.htmlhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018WR023233https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/wettabilityhttps://twitter.com/mikamckinnon/status/1030188006966214660?s=20&t=_yJPJKVlGOpjTIMLy4y4mghttps://voices.pomona.edu/2013/11/on-the-merits-of-licking-rocks/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stick-with-it-put-your-duct-tape-to-the-test/[Butt One More Thing]Limestone-eating and sand-pooping shipwormhttps://www.sciencealert.com/a-newly-discovered-genus-of-shipworm-eats-holes-into-rocks-and-poops-out-sandhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/incredible-rock-eating-shipworm-is-first-of-its-kindhttps://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/ship-worm-clam/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Get a jump start on Earth Day by joining us as we discuss garbage's sexy, complicated little brother: recycling! Grab the NordVPN deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/TANGENTSTry it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!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]Minnesota paper waste ballhttps://www.pca.state.mn.us/featured/worlds-largest-wad-paper-0[Fact Off]Palimpsests (reusing parchment, but also documenting microbes)https://www.abaa.org/blog/post/the-history-of-vellum-and-parchmenthttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/how-monks-remixed-technology-in-the-middle-ages/373956/http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/about/imaging/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.170988https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-014-0481-7Pressure-sensitive, reusable tape inspired by housefly feethttps://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-is-adhesive-tape-made/https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/biomechanics/172099/shoe-flyhttps://cen.acs.org/articles/85/i42/Adhesive-Tape.html[Ask the Science Couch]Sevier County (Dollywood and Gatlinburg) composting/waste managementhttps://www.seviersolidwaste.com/http://www.louisianaweekly.com/dollywoods-environmental-solution/https://www.zankerrecycling.com/sites/default/files/biocycle-nov-2010.pdfhttps://www.biocycle.net/mixed-waste-composting-facilities-review-2/https://greenblue.org/reloop-what-is-mixed-waste-processing-or-all-in-onedirty-mrf-recycling/http://compost.css.cornell.edu/MSWFactSheets/msw.fs6.html[Butt One More Thing]Iron nutrient recycling through whale poophttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00356.x/abstracthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16370118 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spring is a soft and fluffy time of year, what with all the baby chicks and bunnies bopping around, so we here at Tangents are seizing the opportunity to talk about the softest, cutest, most huggable science there is!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]MLB baseball yarn yardagehttps://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-woolhttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/1676509-the-evolution-of-the-baseball-from-the-dead-ball-era-through-todayhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/04/09/83408264.html?pageNumber=43[Fact Off]Saturn moon Methone and fluffy icehttps://gizmodo.com/the-weird-ways-nasa-thought-moon-dust-might-kill-apollo-1836459545https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&placeholder=Enter+moon+name&condition_1=38%3Aparent_id&condition_2=moon%3Abody_type%3Ailikehttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23560-astrophile-saturns-egg-moon-methone-is-made-of-fluff/Milk fiber (made from casein)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyLnKz7uNMQhttps://ecoworldonline.com/what-is-milk-fiber-yarn/http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ajee.20190902.02.htmlhttps://www.milkgenomics.org/?splash=back-to-the-future-milk-fibers-in-the-21st-centuryhttps://www.ijcmas.com/abstractview.php?ID=7406&vol=7-4-2018&SNo=140https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lanital-milk-dress-qmilch[Ask the Science Couch]Cat fur vs dog furhttps://cdn.citl.illinois.edu/courses/ANSC207/week2/hair_coat/web_data/slides_and_notes.htmhttps://animaldiversity.org/collections/mammal_anatomy/hair/https://www.uakron.edu/im/news/how-biomechanics-research-led-to-a-hairbrush-inspired-by-a-cat-tonguehttps://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1809544115https://texaswolfdogproject.org/resources/phenotyping/what-is-phenotyping/coat-and-color[Butt One More Thing]Moth coremata butt feathershttps://www.wired.com/2013/12/this-is-not-a-penis/https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/leps/bella_moth.htmPicture: https://www.mothidentification.com/creatonotos-gangis.htm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Someone can get on your nerves. You can have nerves of steel. Heck, they can even be frayed! But have you ever wondered what nerves actually are? If so, you've come to the right place! This week, our dear friend and contributor Deboki Chakravarti (@okidoki_boki) stops by to join the fun, and Ceri hosts for the first time ever! Don't miss it!Grab the NordVPN deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/TANGENTS Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!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[Truth or Fail]Electric rays/low voltages to treat painful nerveshttps://www.mjrheum.org/assets/files/792/file60_974.pdfhttps://arthritis.ca/living-well/2019/women,-arthritis-and-neuropathic-painhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/15840-transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tenshttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tens/Mouse tail galvanoscope (sciatic nerve)https://books.google.com/books?id=SJNMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/olympusmicd/galleries/brightfield/mousetail.htmlhttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=85&contentid=p01382Electrically stimulating tastebuds https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1307523/http://longevity3.stanford.edu/design-challenge-winners-announced/[Trivia Question]Glaucoma retinal nerve fiber layerhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00417-022-05619-4[Fact Off]C. elegans auditory nerveshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220223103054.htmhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/928925[Ask the Science Couch]Paresthesia aka pins and needles https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=58https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Paresthesia-Information-Pagehttps://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2015/march/paraesthesia-and-peripheral-neuropathyhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735610362950https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384201/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/107385840200800209[Butt One More Thing]Sciatic butt nervehttps://www.scielo.br/j/acb/a/rwFj4BBy4p35XbfKDLNFLkx/?lang=enhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sciatica/symptoms-causes/syc-20377435#:~:text=The%20sciatic%20nerves%20branches%20from,one%20side%20of%20your%20body.https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12792-sciatica Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Spring Breeeaaaak baby, and we're taking the day off! Enjoy this classic episode on Flowers so you'll know all you need to know when they start blooming! See you next week! Note: The podcast ad for the IMPACT app is unscripted and being recorded live. It may contain some slight differences. Please visit https://impact.interactivebrokers.com/ for full details of products and services. Interactive Brokers, LLC member FINRA/SIPC. The projections or other information generated by IMPACT app regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Please note that results may vary with use of the tool over time. The paid ad host experiences and testimonials within the Podcast may not be representative of the experiences of other customers and are not to be considered guarantees of future performance or success. The opinions provided within the ad belong to the host alone. 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From shells to hives to holes in the ground, most animals have a place to call home. And today, we're paying them all a visit! So open up, cause Science is knocking and it needs to use your bathroom!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]Machine learning saving kilowatt-hourshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765259/[Fact Off]Cichlid fish dream houses (for conservation) https://www.mpg.de/14854482/3d-printing-cichlidshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/if-fish-could-build-its-own-home-what-would-it-look-like-180976172/Devil’s garden - lemon ant & rainforest tree symbiosis https://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/september28/devil-092805.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/437495ahttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/606022?journalCode=anhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2124481/https://www.jstor.org/stable/2459556[Ask the Science Couch]Estimate of how many animals there are​​https://www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/animals/article/how-many-species-have-not-found-december-26https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/5/871/1734723Animals that are parasites https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0324https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-evolution-parasites-ed-yonghttps://www.audubon.org/news/the-brilliant-ways-parasitic-birds-terrorize-their-victimsConstructing homes (natural & artificial)https://www.naturepl.com/pictures/pdfs/NPL_Architecture.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34269510/ [Butt One More Thing]Snail shell poop + African swine fever virushttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35151121/https://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/mollusks/dietbehavior.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Grass... money... Ninja Turtles... some of the best things in the world are all the same color: green! This week, we're taking a deeper look at this most verdant of colors. 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[Definition]https://www.wired.com/2012/06/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-ii/ [Truth or Fail][Trivia Question]Green spaces reduce systolic blood pressurehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721075914?via%3Dihubhttps://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/about.htm#:~:text=The%20second%20number%2C%20called%20diastolic,%E2%80%9C120%2F80%20mmHg.%E2%80%9D[Fact Off]Green glacier mysteryhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/icebergs-can-be-emerald-green-now-we-know-why?loggedin=truehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/859296Emerald ash borer pest control by biomimicry and electrocutionhttps://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/emerald-ash-borerhttps://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/emerald-ash-borer/emerald-ash-borer-beetlehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01496-8https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/femme-fatale-emerald-ash-borer-decoy-lures-kills-males/https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1412810111[Ask the Science Couch]U.S. green paper moneyhttps://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/02/the-canadian-roots-of-the-greenback/https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/artifact/hr-240-legal-tender-act-february-25-1862https://www.moneyfactory.gov/resources/faqs.htmlhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/important-improvement-in-bank-note/https://cite.case.law/barb/56/84/https://cite.case.law/barb/56/96/[Butt One More Thing]Orb weaver buttshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_-_Eriophora_nephiloides,_Caves_Branch_Jungle_Lodge,_Belmopan,_Belize.jpghttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4263&context=etd Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Back in my day, a computer was a computer: It was big, tan, and was plugged into your living room wall. But now we've got computer cars, computer phones, even computer lightbulbs! And that's great! But I think we better keep an eye on them all, just in case...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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We kick off Season 4 by getting up close and personal with Earth's other, less popular, more mysterious neighbor: Venus!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]Venera missionshttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-060Ahttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology_venus.html[Fact Off]Venus tables & Maya Codex of Mexicohttps://www.mesoweb.com/articles/Coe_etal/Fourth_Codex.pdfhttps://www.brown.edu/news/2016-09-07/mayacodexhttps://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/7497-inah-ratifica-al-codice-maya-de-mexico-antes-llamado-grolier-como-el-manuscrito-autentico-mas-antiguo-de-americahttps://www.news.ucsb.edu/2016/017062/mayan-momentPhosphene/ammonia on Venus (and microbial life possibility)https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938538https://news.mit.edu/2020/life-venus-phosphine-0914https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/science/venus-life-clouds.htmlhttps://news.mit.edu/2021/newer-nimbler-faster-mission-venus-search-signs-life-clouds-sulfuric-acid-1210https://venuscloudlife.com/venus-life-finder-mission-study/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7381915/https://www.pnas.org/content/118/52/e2110889118[Ask the Science Couch]Pictures of the surface of Venushttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/v09_lander_proc.htmlhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/venera-13/in-depth/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/sun/parker-solar-probe-captures-its-first-images-of-venus-surface-in-visible-light-confirmedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ueMGZTezfYhttps://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/venus/magellan.cfmhttps://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3728https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe-instruments[Butt One More Thing]Venus cloacina goddesshttps://drainfast.co.uk/blog/cloacina-goddess-sewers/https://books.google.com/books?id=SYqFBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 runninghttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31525171/[Fact Off]Trench foot and (possibly, tenuously) water balloonshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482364/https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(06)70334-9/fulltexthttps://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0666752https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012821606400017Xhttp://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2049243_2048654_2049039,00.html[Ask the Science Couch]Nail care evolution/historyhttps://www.britannica.com/story/how-do-monkeys-and-apes-trim-their-fingernailshttps://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-fingernails-and-toenails-110989https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/ancient-primates-had-grooming-claws/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248417305134https://tedium.co/2017/02/07/fingernail-trimming-history/[Butt One More Thing]Bidets and poopy handshttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 diameterhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021929009001444?via%3Dihub[Fact Off]Chicken heads for rabies oral vaccineshttps://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.xhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31927421/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mUu6o7SiSZ8C&lpg=PA71&ots=SlWS7Vyp4u&dq=getting+rid+of+rabies+switzerland&pg=PA71&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.500.9910&rep=rep1&type=pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614052/Alligator stick hats https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/crocodiles-and-their-ilk-may-be-smarter-than-they-look/2013/12/06/1084cf28-5d2c-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/what-do-croc-tools-mean-for-dinosaur-innovation?loggedin=truehttps://www.livescience.com/41898-alligators-crocodiles-use-tools.htmlhttps://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 barrierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292164/https://www.rndsystems.com/research-area/blood--brain-barrier-permeabilityhttps://sites.duke.edu/apep/module-2-the-abcs-of-intoxication/content-getting-alcohol-to-the-brain-crossing-the-blood-brain-barrier/https://bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2377-9-S1-S3https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494002/[Butt One More Thing]Amblyopsidae/cavefish head anushttps://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/scientist-names-blind-fish-with-neck-anus-after-his-favorite-teamhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3824http://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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]https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-53/issue-4/0892-1016-53.4.419/Commentary-Defining-Raptors-and-Birds-of-Prey/10.3356/0892-1016-53.4.419.full [Trivia Question]Alkyl mercury in goshawkshttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10646-013-1128-zhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/4312117?casa_token=3PPQWWTwiYAAAAAA%3A7giiI7DEJGZCee8kh5vBBGP51efUFHyxLFdfDGHESY1plAdhTZLY8F5sua8iP5JMNYzhZaNZRjWpC9gYSiKEeZo5sU_BxcEbUk38ZTwCEA37g9mOpHo&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents[Fact Off]Bald eagle cyanobacteria toxin mysteryhttps://www.livescience.com/eagle-killing-mystery-disease-solved.htmlhttps://www.inverse.com/science/mystery-behind-mass-bald-eagle-deaths-solvedScreech owls & threadsnakeshttps://www.audubon.org/news/what-would-screech-owl-want-blind-snakehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/4218201?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://landscapeipm.tamu.edu/what-is-ipm/ipm-concepts/pest-identification/good-bug-bad-bug/neither/texas-blind-snake/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/overviewhttps://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/harriss-hawkhttps://bioone.org/journals/the-auk/volume-130/issue-3/auk.2013.120063/Reexamining-Cooperative-Hunting-in-Harriss-Hawk-Parabuteo-unicinctus--Large/10.1525/auk.2013.120063.full[Butt One More Thing]Anthrax in raptor cloacashttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17347404/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 arresthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255140/[Fact Off]Stinking hellebore flower and yeast relationshiphttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871880/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527473-900-stinky-flower-is-kept-warm-by-yeast-partner/#ixzz7HEPFjzKBFruit fly and yeast relationshiphttps://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(14)00777-3https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196440https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556146/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0300962983906011https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)00075-9https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/fruit-flies-use-alcohol-to-self-medicate-but-feel-bad-about-it-afterwards/[Ask the Science Couch]History of yeasthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/yeastshttp://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Spinoza/Texts/WAW%20Moll%20Antonie%20van%20Leeuwenhoek.htmhttps://books.google.com/books?id=gy_SAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228https://books.google.com/books?id=XILwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72http://e-malt.com/statistics/ScientificDigest/Beginnings_of_microbiology_and_biochemistry_yeast_research.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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_bokiHead 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]Heliographhttps://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-technology/507305/https://www.nps.gov/fobo/learn/historyculture/the-heliograph.htmhttps://books.google.com/books?id=RBC2nY1rp5MC&q=heliograph&pg=PA211#v=snippet&q=heliograph&f=falsePseudoscope http://waywiser.fas.harvard.edu/objects/3538/combination-stereoscope-telestereoscope-and-pseudoscope;jsessionid=ADBDCEF0ECA144094F58FDB5779EB61Bhttps://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/cinematic/3/https://books.google.com/books?id=0_QMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=pseudoscope&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=pseudoscope&f=falseEtalon http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/fabry.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/etalonshttps://www.osapublishing.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-5-6-985Reflecting circlehttps://amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=5https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstl.1801.0019Pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflecting_instrument#Reflecting_circles[Trivia Question]James Webb Space Telescope mirrorshttps://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.htmlhttps://spaceplace.nasa.gov/telescopes/en/[Fact Off]Enantiomers (mirror versions of chemical compounds)https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2004/ch_4.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/space/must-all-molecules-life-be-left-handed-or-right-handed-180959956/https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2015/06/the-version-of-sugar-that-wont-affect-your-blood-glucose-levels-and-why-you-cant-have-it/https://www.wired.com/2003/11/newsugar/The Venus Effect (mirror sight-lines) https://www.bertamini.org/lab/venus.htmlhttps://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Venus-effect-in-real-life-and-in-photographs-Bertamini-Lawson/c6d67537323365e8fdae3c7e1b02635c7b1901aa/figure/3[Ask the Science Couch]Super efficient mirrors https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-physical-proc/https://news.mit.edu/1998/mirrorhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.htmlhttps://physicsworld.com/a/crystalline-supermirrors-cut-optical-losses/https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=14069[Butt One More Thing]Mirror test IBShttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Arctichttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21988606/[Fact Off]Old Seeds!https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science?loggedin=truehttps://www.pnas.org/content/109/10/4008Camel ancestors living in Arctichttps://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/the-camel-an-arctic-animalhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/camel-ancestors-lived-arctichttps://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2516https://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.htmhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-are-reindeer-eyes-golden-in-summer-but-blue-in-winterhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215014323Animals/plants in midnight sunhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2921307/https://www.livescience.com/62870-summer-solstice-animals.htmlhttps://uphere.ca/articles/what-does-24-hours-light-do-animalshttps://www.alaskacenters.gov/explore/attractions/midnight-sun/effectshttps://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/polar-plants/plants-of-the-arctic-and-antarctic[Butt One More Thing]Poop bacteria in Antarcticahttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 geneshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24502779/https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085824/[Fact Off]Streptococcus disguises itself as red blood cellshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31801066/https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/886535https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/harmful-bacteria-masquerade-red-blood-cells-evade-immune-system-180973678/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=427777https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(14)00984-2https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647009/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558436/[Ask the Science Couch]Cell movement & motor proteinshttps://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/microtubules-and-filaments-14052932/https://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20275https://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)70264-7https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26867/[Butt One More Thing]Buttock cellshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2787452/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12308-013-0175-yhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888610/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 nothttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21816808/https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44950[Fact Off]Kukuri snakes disembowelhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/639331https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/881934https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvmk_PDzKwhttps://snakesarelong.blogspot.com/2012/06/snakes-that-chew-their-food.htmlPython heart growing and shrinkinghttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16002308/https://www.nature.com/articles/434037a?proof=thttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/python-heart-food-news-animalshttps://cob.silverchair-cdn.com/cob/content_public/journal/jeb/211/24/10.1242_jeb.023754/3/3767.pdfhttps://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 locomotionVideos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDDha9MxIDob8lOcy8UMC1g/videoshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391877/https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/221/4/jeb166199/33944/Crawling-without-wiggling-muscular-mechanisms-andhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180112132922.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/invasive-brown-tree-snakes-stun-scientists-amazing-new-climbing-tactic-180976728/[Butt One More Thing]Snake cloaca “farting”https://www.cabi.org/isc/FullTextPDF/2006/20063121845.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1565572.pdf?casa_token=hasRmCpaVigAAAAA:PfR7INW6TS-UeKo3iImOG4qx-AI1nj82C6GvjKI0k8TRFtFv7VhADtbPnZZWEkU47AlmGJrFMF8b5Mk8P8MaAhfg6vdE6w5NqDhgil_8fyqYwzIDZA Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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! 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]Apple sweetnesshttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep44950[Fact Off]Yeast & vitamins advertising https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9105273/https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/28/675280193/how-a-little-science-and-a-lot-of-shady-advertising-boosted-yeasts-popularityhttps://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/the-healing-power-of-compressed-yeasthttps://books.google.com/books?id=MUwfAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA411&dq=nutritional+yeast&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2_KCv4vLeAhX4ITQIHQmcBCI4igUQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=nutritional%20yeast&f=falsehttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069802166&view=1up&seq=352https://www.seriouseats.com/what-is-nutritional-yeast-noochEvolution of gourdshttps://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/11/11/1516109112https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/517382https://insider.si.edu/2015/11/dull-mastadon-taste-buds-once-helped-pumpkins-wild-ancestor-thrive/[Ask the Science Couch]Shark digestive systemshttps://german.bio.uci.edu/images/PDF/Leigh%20et%20al.%20(2017)%20RFBF_online.pdfhttps://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/anatomy/the-shark-inside/http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=567https://www.himb.hawaii.edu/ReefPredator/pH.htmVulture digestive systems https://www.wintuaudubon.org/tag/turkey-vulture/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30216294https://www.audubon.org/news/how-vultures-can-eat-rotten-meat-without-getting-sickhttps://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.16345Crocodile digestive systemshttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/524150https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1Hgcr4VrDNgG0RFdVYtH0H3/wonder-facts-crocodileshttps://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 meathttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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! 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 [Definition]https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetics-laws-regulations/it-cosmetic-drug-or-both-or-it-soap[Trivia Question]Carthamus tinctorius Lhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126054/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263051/[Fact Off]Vultures painting themselves redhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19076-zoologger-vultures-use-twigs-to-gather-wool-for-nests/https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.1840https://www.newscientist.com/article/2130980-vultures-smear-their-faces-in-red-mud-which-they-use-as-makeup/https://www.audubon.org/news/these-birds-wear-makeupWWII nylon-replacing liquid leg makeuphttps://books.google.com/books?id=OygDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_765873https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/nylon-a-revolution-in-textileshttps://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=falsehttps://books.google.com/books?id=LpplCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT67&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/how-we-realized-putting-radium-in-everything-was-not-the-answer/273780/https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/glowing-complexion.phphttps://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtmlhttps://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-8614-99/atropine-ophthalmic-eye/atropine-sulfate-ophthalmic/details[Butt One More Thing]Butt hair forensicshttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/AY/D0AY01068Ehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128119082/coronary-artery-diseasehttps://archives.fbi.gov/archives/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/april2009/review/2009_04_review02.htm#racebodyid Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 currenthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937341/[Fact Off]Moon jelly vortexhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/626033https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264056-jellyfish-push-off-a-pocket-of-water-under-their-bell-to-swim-faster/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/jan-9-covid-19-and-fighting-viral-evolution-ice-age-wolf-pup-and-more-1.5865449/jellyfish-are-the-ocean-s-most-efficient-swimmers-here-s-how-they-do-it-1.5865457Boxer crabs and sea anemones https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289105/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274037895_Bonsai_anemones_Growth_suppression_of_sea_anemones_by_their_associated_kleptoparasitic_boxer_crab^ pictures in both these links[Ask the Science Couch]Peeing on jellyfish stingClip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjTKKFSb9h8https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/3/105/htm?xid=PS_smithsonianhttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 flasheshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/495671/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612529/https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)30947-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124718309471%3Fshowall%3Dtrue[Fact Off]Thermogenic plantshttps://www.natureinstitute.org/article/craig-holdrege/skunk-cabbagehttps://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ849536.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21205176/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634508/https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.186.4165.746https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781904/Superionic icehttps://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-create-extraordinary-alien-form-of-super-hot-ice/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1114-6https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-hot-superionic-ice-may-be-natures-most-common-form-of-water-20190508/[Ask the Science Couch]Breath temperature changinghttps://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7868/why-does-the-air-we-blow-exhale-out-from-our-mouths-change-from-hot-to-cold-depehttps://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/faculty/breidenthal/pubs/Brazil.book_REB.pdfhttp://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=5530http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/turbulent_flow.html[Butt One More Thing]Butt weldinghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780857095107/welding-processes-handbookhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080965338/comprehensive-materials-processinghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780815515814/handbook-of-plastics-joininghttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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%3Dihubhttps://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lam.12345https://www.epa.gov/so2-pollution/sulfur-dioxide-basics[Fact Off]Spaceship debris graveyardhttps://www.greenmatters.com/p/what-happens-to-rocket-boosters-after-launchhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/in-russias-space-graveyard-locals-scavenge-fallen-spacecraft-for-profit#.w0egudhkhbwhttps://www.nature.com/articles/433095a.pdf?origin=ppubhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19127713Oleic acid as a death cuehttps://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/previous/Gordon1983Dependence.pdfhttps://www.pnas.org/content/106/20/8251https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2009/04/01/102601823/hey-im-dead-the-story-of-the-very-lively-anthttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24054-2https://www.ijbs.com/v09p0313.htmhttp://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.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/is-cremation-environmentally-friendly-heres-the-sciencehttps://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysishttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4895712/New-type-cremation-DISSOLVES-bodies-LIQUID.htmlhttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12421https://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“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 moonlighthttps://www.sciencealert.com/the-full-moon-just-triggered-one-of-the-largest-mass-spawning-events-of-2016https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071019093814.htmhttps://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1145432https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(03)00647-0https://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/corals/coral-reproductionEarthshine on the Moon is less than beforehttps://gizmodo.com/earth-is-getting-dimmer-1847782399https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/weather/earth-dimming-climate/index.htmlhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930069[Ask the Science Couch]Moon drifting away from the Earthhttps://public.nrao.edu/ask/why-is-the-moon-moving-away-from-the-earth-when-orbiting-black-holes-ultimately-collide/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-hourshttps://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/28/3642932.htmhttps://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/index.php[Butt One More Thing]Defecation collection devices on the Moonhttps://history.nasa.gov/FINAL%20Catalogue%20of%20Manmade%20Material%20on%20the%20Moon.pdfhttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.htmlFact 2:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347296903206https://theaggie.org/2021/09/14/study-finds-domestic-cats-prefer-freeloading-to-working-for-food/Fact 3:https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923830https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/cat-genomes/619587/[Fact Off]Cats in development of cochlear implantshttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/1688121https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1931-04076-001https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000348947208100514?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmedhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000348947308200407https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921065/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3220685.pdfhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cochlear-implants/about/pac-20385021[Ask the Science Couch]Cat tail movementshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/pages/article/animals-behavior-cats-tail-body-languagehttps://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/S0166432897001010http://www.architalbiol.org/index.php/aib/article/view/138271/[Butt One More Thing]Cats sitting and not flipping over litter boxeshttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 pregnancyhttps://www.thoughtco.com/canadian-ice-storm-in-1998-508705https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/publicationshttps://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/icestormhttps://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/files/projetverglas/Laplante2007FunctionalPlay.pdfhttps://www.child-encyclopedia.com/stress-and-pregnancy-prenatal-and-perinatal/according-experts/prenatalperinatal-stress-and-itsBlood/red rain mystery in Spainhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/882233https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20028490https://www.livescience.com/62999-siberian-blood-rain-iron-oxide.html[Ask the Science Couch]Aches before stormshttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/50/18/50_18_1923/_pdfhttps://health.clevelandclinic.org/do-you-get-a-migraine-headache-when-it-rains/https://theconversation.com/can-bad-weather-really-cause-headaches-158258https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-014-0859-8https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7659442/[Butt One More Thing]Lightning in plumbinghttps://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/faq.htmlhttp://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lls/lightning-caused-deaths.pdf (table 3)https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/how-hurricanes-form.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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:1026489826714https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-003-0427-2https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/madagascar-s-lemurs-use-millipedes-for-their-tummy-troubles/15982512https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/science/for-monkeys-a-millipede-a-day-keeps-mosquitoes-away.htmlhttps://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/198138/wounds/whats-eating-you-millipede-burnshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504811/Vampire jumping spiders eating mosquitoeshttps://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/04/17/601896991/what-you-learn-when-you-put-smelly-socks-in-front-of-mosquitoeshttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/aug/05/mosquito-eating-vampire-spider-could-be-recruited-for-war-on-malariahttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53382/meet-vampire-spiderhttps://www.livescience.com/5818-spiders-attracted-blood-perfume.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/1214-killer-spiders-prefer-malaria-mosquitoes.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/20800-vampire-spiders-blood-meal.html[Ask the Science Couch]Attracting mosquitoeshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286741400155Xhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-015-0587-5https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30215-5https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/how-mosquitoes-smell-human-sweathttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/229127147_A_Review_of_Mosquito_Attraction_Studies_Important_Parameters_and_Techniqueshttp://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=547&doi=10.11648/j.aje.20190302.13https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949359/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219306943[Butt One More Thing]Mosquito anus blood pre-urinehttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 warmhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84762-0https://phys.org/news/2021-03-whale-dolphin-brains-specialfor-production.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2021-04-whale-dolphin-brains-lots.htmlBrain blood flow measuring devicehttps://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340906546/the-machine-that-tried-to-scan-the-brain-in-1882https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/137/2/634/284537?login=truehttps://www.umassmed.edu/strokestop/modules/module-3-the-blood-supply-of-the-brain/brain-circulation/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 evolutionhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128311-800-a-brief-history-of-the-brain/https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/320218https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873165/https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-540-29678-2_3154https://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 brainhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/20270929_Acanthonus_armatus_a_Deep-Sea_Teleost_Fish_with_a_Minute_Brain_and_Large_Earshttps://www.fishbase.se/summary/Acanthonus-armatus.htmlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1987.0018 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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-adhttps://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-biogasconverting-waste-to-energyhttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5021214#:~:text=It%20is%20wellknown%20that%20the,well%20%5B5%2D7%5Dhttps://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/https://statenews.com/article/2017/04/msu-uses-mayonnaise-anaerobic-digesterhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a18700/french-power-plant-runs-on-cheese/Sensorfish for damshttps://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=1046https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/827634[Ask the Science Couch]Micro hydro powerhttps://www.energy.gov/energysaver/microhydropower-systemshttps://www.energy.gov/eere/water/types-hydropower-plantshttps://energypedia.info/wiki/Micro_Hydro_Power_(MHP)_-_Pros_and_Conshttps://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/global/16iht-renmicro.htmlhttps://sswm.info/water-nutrient-cycle/water-distribution/hardwares/water-network-distribution/hydropower-%28small-scale%29[Butt One More Thing]Pig poop pondshttps://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/11/22/781565978/big-companies-bet-on-cleaner-power-from-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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 beeshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/893601https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/632820https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/12/beehive-fences/https://www.livescience.com/33261-elephants-afraid-of-mice-.htmlElephant skin wrinkleshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/607368https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06257-3Computer simulation image: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06257-3/figures/4https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010JF001842https://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.htmhttps://www.audubon.org/news/how-do-elephants-talk-each-otherhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/unforgettable-elephants-crack-the-code-of-elephant-communication/5885/https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-internet-appears-to-believe-elephants-worship-the-moon/https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/context/interdisciplinary-seminar/the-elephant-before-darwin[Butt One More Thing]Elephant gold enemahttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/442189/pdfhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-16th-century-pope-buried-his-pet-elephant-under-the-vatican Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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-usedhttps://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/fighting-fires-with-wet-water/#grefhttps://childrensmuseumatlanta.org/blog/how-does-water-put-out-a-fire/http://fcfsd.com/wetting-agents.htmlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-016-0640-0Water to air communicationhttps://news.mit.edu/2018/wireless-communication-through-water-air-0822https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/489210[Ask the Science Couch]Water conducting electricityhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/conductivity-electrical-conductance-and-waterhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-universal-solventhttps://www.sciencealert.com/after-centuries-scientists-have-finally-figured-out-how-water-conducts-electricityhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6316/1131[Butt One More Thing]Hippo poop waterhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/hippos-poop-so-much-that-sometimes-all-the-fish-die/560486/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04391-6 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/SciShowTangentsA 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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: @hankgreenSources:[Hear Ye]Round 1 AudioSource: NOAA Ocean Explorationhttps://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april29/media/movies/spectragram.htmlRound 2 AudioAudio Credit: Robin MatozaCitation: 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:10.1029/2008GL036486Round 3 Audio Audio Credit: Robin MatoozaCitation: 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:10.1029/2008GL036486Round 3 Audio - AirplaneCredit: PDX AviationPDX Aviation - https://www.youtube.com/user/buybygb[Fact Off]Elephant salt mining in extinct volcanohttp://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/MtElgon/index.htmhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/240675138_Formation_of_cave_salts_and_utilization_by_elephants_in_the_Mount_Elgon_region_Kenyahttps://eawildlife.org/east-african-wildlife-societys-mount-elgon-elephant-project-eawls-meep/https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/faq/how-volcano-defined-being-active-dormant-or-extincthttps://theconversation.com/how-volcanoes-recycle-the-earths-crust-to-uncover-rare-metals-that-are-vital-to-green-technology-125159https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/africa/mount-elgon-ugandaParícutin volcanohttp://www.unmuseum.org/7wonders/mob/paricutin.htmhttp://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Paricutin.html[Ask the Science Couch]Preventing volcano eruptionshttps://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-we-tell-when-a-volcano-will-erupthttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/865376 https://theconversation.com/explainer-why-volcanoes-erupt-44732https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-we-drill-yellowstone-stop-it-erupting?qt-news_science_products=0https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2018/05/28/why-cant-we-artificially-drain-magma-chambers-to-stop-volcanic-eruptions/​​https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02600367https://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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode was brought to you by Gates Notes, the blog of Bill Gates. Go to https://www.gatesnotes.com to learn more about the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year!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/SciShowTangentsA 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: @hankgreenSources:[Fact Off]Lemur Toilet Treehttp://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150513-these-animals-use-public-toiletshttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00265-014-1810-z.pdfhttps://www.dpz.eu/en/home/single-view/news/informativer-toilettengang.htmlhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26392-zoologger-shy-lemurs-communicate-using-toilet-trees/Super Slippery Toilethttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/739396https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYc8RfqA3I&t=10shttps://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/materials-innovations/slip-and-slide-spray-on-polymer-coating-keeps-porcelain-toilet-bowls-cleaner[Ask the Science Couch]https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/question314.htmhttps://iwaponline.com/wpt/article/13/1/157/38690/Vacuum-sewerage-systems-a-solution-for-fasthttps://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/enhttps://www.adventip.com/blog/wackypatent/freshair-breathing-device Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/SciShowTangentsA 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: @hankgreenSources:[Fact Off]Burn healing surgerieshttps://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/burnshttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3408118https://www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-9610(35)90119-2/fulltexthttps://www.nature.com/articles/125058a0.pdfhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591574003400104https://parjournal.net/article/view/1881/1348https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/sir-archibald-mcindoeVideo Game Surgeons https://www.medtechdive.com/news/robotic-surgeries-surge-to-15-of-all-procedures-despite-limited-evidence/570370/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoo-hfa040121.php[Ask the Science Couch]Organ transplant DNAhttps://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/does-the-dna-of-a-transplanted-organ-change-to-that-of-the-recipient/https://www.genome.gov/27544325/using-dna-sequencing-to-detect-early-organ-transplant-rejectionhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Cyclosporin-Ahttps://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-fistulahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1043148914000566 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/SciShowTangentsA 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: @hankgreenSources:[Truth or Fail][Fact Off]Ruffed grouse sonic boomVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfiIp3QGs4https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruffed_Grouse/soundshttps://www.nps.gov/articles/netn-species-spotlight-ruffed-grouse.htmhttps://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/bird-sound-barrierhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-016-DFRC.htmlMeta-mirrorhttps://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/meta-mirrorhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/du-rs030719.php[Ask the Science Couch]Underwater waveshttps://news.mit.edu/2013/the-oceans-hidden-waves-show-their-power-0108https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14399#affil-authhttps://research.cornell.edu/research/understanding-formation-underwater-waveshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025322791900445https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/mysterious-underwater-waves[Butt One More Thing]Toilet waveshttps://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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/SciShowTangentsA 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/SciShowTangentsA 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: @hankgreenSources:[Tooth or Fail]Chiton Teethhttps://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/05/rare-mineral-from-rocks-found-in-chiton-teeth/Pink Sea Urchin Teethhttps://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(19)30173-0https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/rock-munching-sea-urchins-have-self-sharpening-teeth[Fact Off]Piranha teethpicture: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/uw-s3-cdn/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/10/15085831/Piranha-replacement-teeth-750x422.jpghttps://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/15/piranha-fish-swap-old-teeth-for-new-simultaneously/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ede.12306https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670376/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmor.20380https://theconversation.com/how-sharks-could-help-us-regrow-our-own-human-teeth-63531Baby Dino Teethhttps://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31269-6.pdfhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/gwu-ntn121516.phphttps://gwtoday.gwu.edu/newly-discovered-dinosaur-species-lost-teeth-adultsBraceshttps://www.healthline.com/health/how-do-braces-workhttps://orthodonticassoc.com/braces/how-do-braces-work/https://www.healthline.com/health/retainers-after-braces[Butt One More Thing]Fecal bacteria on toothbrusheshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150602130650.htm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/ashleyrobotoHead 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/SciShowTangentsA 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.