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The Tangents crew needed to get out and enjoy some summer sun, so this week we're reposting our classic Bees episode! Tune in next week for a new episode!Do you ever just wonder, “are the bees doing okay?” They’re so important to our food industry and native ecosystems, and every couple of years it seems like something horribly bad is happening to them. So this week, we’re taking a look at the fascinating lives and deaths of bees! Can they recognize human faces or understand the concept of zero? Why are blister beetles mimicking sexy bee pheromones? And what do nightclubs and honeybee hives have in common? 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangnets.org![Poem]https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120316-hot-bee-balls-hornets-insects-brains-animals-science/http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/206/2/353.full.pdf[Truth or Fail]Handedness in beesBees understanding zeroBees recognize faces[Fact Off]Blister beetles: Drunk bees:[Ask the Science Couch]CCD: https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/colony-collapse-disorderGlyphosate:http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/17/2799https://www.glyphosate.eu/glyphosate-mechanism-actionhttps://www.pnas.org/content/115/41/10305Native bees:https://www.wired.com/2015/04/youre-worrying-wrong-bees/http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Xerces_policy_statement_HB_Final.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722319/[Butt One More Thing]Isopentyl acetate:https://www.extension.entm.purdue.edu/beehive/pdf/Breed_et_al.pdfhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/isoamyl_acetate#section=Top 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 toenails to T-cells, human bodies have a whole lot of moving parts, which means there’s ample opportunity for things to go not-quite-according-to-plan!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangents.org![Truth or Fail]Salmonellahttps://www.technologyreview.com/2007/09/25/223729/deadly-bacteria-from-outer-space/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-space-infectious-diseases-reveal-their-true-nature-19761956/)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515522/UTIhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/germs-in-space-tougher-and-deadlier/article694273/#:~:text=In%201970%2C%20Fred%20Haise%2C%20part,2006%20mission%2C%20including%20Pseudomonas%20aeruginosa.https://history.nasa.gov/SP-350/ch-13-5.htmlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23658630/Green Musclehttps://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/IS1976%20Deep%20Pectoral%20Myopathy.pdfSupplemental https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547736/what-happens-when-astronaut-gets-sick-space#:~:text=Astronauts%20floating%20around%20in%20zero,can%20sometimes%20cause%20an%20injury.&text=That%20happened%20with%20spaceflight%2Dassociated,their%20eyes%20during%20space%20missions.[Fact Off]Fake Typhus epidemichttps://archive.org/stream/NavyMedicine198004/Navy%20Medicine%201980-04#page/n27/mode/2uphttps://www.cdc.gov/typhus/epidemic/index.htmlhttps://www.dshs.texas.gov/lab/serology_agg.shtmhttps://amednews.com/article/20040705/profession/307059953/6/https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/article-abstract/37/5/321/1898852?redirectedFrom=fulltextGlaucoma T-cellshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180810091530.htmhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05681-9 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 sea is filled with giant, super-smart aquatic mammals communicating across vast distances and using the stars to navigate. No jokes in this description! Whales are amazing!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangnets.org[Truth or Fail]Dogs sniffing out poophttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703337/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-dogs-sniffing-out-whale-poop-science-180958050/https://conservationbiology.uw.edu/research-programs/killer-whales/https://www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/1504634400/tucker-orca-poop-detection-dog-seattlemetRobots scooping poophttp://dcs.whoi.edu/https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/02/22/whale-of-a-journey-robot-searches-for-elusive-humpbacks-on-high-seashttps://money.cnn.com/2016/09/30/technology/mit-robots-sewers/index.htmlWhale litter boxhttps://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/faking-out-whales[Fact Off]Whale heartbeathttps://www.pnas.org/content/116/50/25329https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/su-rrf112219.phphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-measure-blue-whales-heart-rate-first-time-180973662/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/diving-blue-whales-heart-beats-very-very-slowly/602557/Lunge feedinghttps://www.nature.com/articles/nature11135https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/uobc-gwh042815.phphttps://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-ultimate-mouthful-lunge-feeding-in-rorqual-whaleshttps://www.popsci.com/whale-nerve-cells-can-stretchhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982215002845[Ask the Science Couch]Whale navigationhttps://www.wired.com/2011/04/humpback-whale-migration/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0279https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/solar-storms-might-throw-migrating-whales-course-180974278/https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcr/article-abstract/doi/10.2112/SI75-111.1/29667/Coastal-Fronts-Utilized-by-Migrating-Humpback?redirectedFrom=PDFhttps://www.livescience.com/63791-underwater-volcanoes-tasmania.html[Butt One More Thing]Anal syruphttp://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/rwb/kogiastat.pdfhttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/pygmy-sperm-whalehttps://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/slimy-saliva-sticky-tongues-and-anal-syrup-3-of-the-slimiest-creatures-in-the-animal-kingdom/ 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.

Humanity’s quest for flight has been, all things considered, extremely successful! Sure, we aren’t all zipping around in jetpacks yet… but honestly I don’t think we’re ready for jetpacks. 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangnets.org![Truth or Fail]Donut-shaped aircrafthttps://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=2014319274A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20141030&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EPhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/flying-saucer-patents-alexander-weygershttps://patents.google.com/patent/US2377835A/enWilliams X-Jethttps://patents.google.com/patent/US4447024https://www.theguardian.com/science/2000/sep/14/technology2More pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_X-Jet#/media/File:Williams_X-Jet_-_side_view.jpgFlying magic carpet https://books.google.com/books?id=biYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&https://www.theverge.com/2011/11/3/2504531/jetpack-history-future-passed[Fact Off]First aerial photographhttps://www.geriwalton.com/felix-nadars-giant-balloon-le-geant/#:~:text=Felix%20Nadar's%20giant%20balloon%2C%20or,known%20by%20the%20pseudonym%20Nadar.&text=Caricature%20of%20Nadar%20as%20a%20ballooning%20photographer.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/23/books-felix-nadar-france-photography-flighthttp://www.artinsociety.com/the-adventures-of-nadar-photography-ballooning-invention--the-impressionists.htmlhttps://papa.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=808138&module_id=158950Drone organ transporthttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uomm-uom042619.phphttps://www.jems.com/2020/01/29/new-partnership-in-drone-delivery-system-for-human-organs/https://weare.techohio.ohio.gov/2019/10/30/vyrtx-pioneers-air-corridor-for-drone-delivery-of-organs/[Ask the Science Couch]Alberto Santos-Dumonthttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Santos-Dumonthttps://www.cnet.com/news/were-the-wright-brothers-really-first-not-in-brazil/https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/10/brazil.santosdumont.reut/http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/History_of_the_Airplane/Who_Was_First/Santos_Dumont/Santos_Dumont.htm[Butt One More Thing]Airplane stinky poophttp://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/31908620/ba-flight-forced-to-land-early-because-of-smelly-poo 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 the joyful to the hateful to the extremely weird, the Internet is all of the complexity of human thought given shape! And boy do humans think about cats and sex a lot! I hope you're all doing well! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangnets.org! 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 itchy and annoying to potentially deadly, allergies seem to make our lives worse for pretty much no discernible reason! [Truth or Fail]Hot Dog Allergy https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/hot-dog-allergiehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1994783/Cat-Porkhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594363/Parent Spithttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/05/06/180817114/parents-saliva-on-pacifiers-could-ward-off-babys-allergies[Fact Off]Thunderstorm asthmahttps://academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/106/3/207/1565254https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cea.12709https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/thunderstorm-asthma-the-night-a-deadly-storm-took-melbournes-breath-away-20170308-gut8ur.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/27/thunderstorm-asthma-oure-talking-an-event-equivalent-to-a-terrorist-attackLangerhans cellshttps://www.popsci.com/allergy-immunotherapy-toothpaste/https://allovate.com/how-allerdent-works/[Ask the Science Couch]Allergies & public horticulturehttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-allergies-blame-male-treeshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920461100137Xhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/asoa-hpc082615.php[Butt One More Thing]Milk allergy fecal transplanthttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0324-z 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.

Are you suffering from mild boredom, a grumpy frown, and a general lack of extremely niche scientific knowledge? Well, SciShow Tangents has the cure for what ails you!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Cleaner Shrimphttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180823092057.htmhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-018-3379-yDolphin letterhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111205105601/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=57991&PageTemplateID=295Stressed Micehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050729063608.htmhttps://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-dont-be-misled[Fact Off]Ant Medicshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajp.1350160407https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/matabele-ants-rescue-heal-injured-soldiers/https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-paramedic-ants-20180216-story.htmlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.2457Two-Headed Flatwormshttps://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(17)30427-7https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002481https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273612000855[Ask the Science Couch]Scar tissue vs. normal tissuehttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07430-whttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840475/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352699/https://medicine.yale.edu/dermatology/dermsurg/Chapter%2018%20Time%20and%20Care%20Heals%20All%20Wounds_36907_284_5_v1.pdfReducing scarringhttps://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/surgery/specialties/endocrine/patient-care/adrenalectomy/scar-managementhttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/everyday-cuts-and-scrapes-how-to-prevent-scarringhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842869/Fetal wound healinghttps://hsci.harvard.edu/skin-regeneration-and-rejuvenationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229131/[Butt One More Thing]Cow poop poulticehttps://books.google.com/books?id=0y6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=In+dung#v=onepage&q=In%20dung&f=falsehttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/poultice 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.

Kicking the ball, passing another type of ball, running around the big arena and making a point! SciShow Tangents knows one thing and that one thing is SPORTS! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Crowd Noisehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/45821302_Crowd_Noise_as_a_Cue_in_Referee_Decisions_Contributes_to_the_Home_Advantagehttps://www.earq.com/hearing-health/articles/going-to-a-football-gamehttps://www.hear-the-world.com/en/media/media-releases/world-cup-fans-warned-about-risk-of-hearing-damage-from-vuvuzelaRoboCuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=350&v=H8xc6LpiNVs&feature=emb_titlehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/annatobin/2019/06/25/what-to-expect-from-robocup-2019-the-robotics-soccer-world-cup-kicks-off-july-2/#484935147485https://www.robocup.org/leagues/3HudGlasseshttps://newatlas.com/form-ar-swim-goggles/60985/https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/04/everysight-cycling-display.html[Fact Off]Rats playing hide-and-seekhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/why-scientists-taught-rats-play-hide-and-seek/597799/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/lab-rats-play-hide-and-seek-fun-it-new-study-showshttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/so-you-think-you-know-why-animals-play/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/science/animals-play-games.htmlhttps://science.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aax4705 Empathy video gamehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uow-avg080918.phphttps://news.wisc.edu/a-video-game-can-change-the-brain-may-improve-empathy-in-middle-schoolers/[Ask the Science Couch]Getting competitive about gameswww.nbcnews.com/better/pop-culture/why-board-games-bring-out-worst-us-ncna828726www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/uoc--yga061314.phpwww.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/ucl-ddm053116.phpwww.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/s-tsh062818.phpParasocial relationships & sports fanshttps://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1963&context=thesesdissertationshttps://surface.syr.edu/thesis/358/https://www.units.miamioh.edu/psybersite/fans/sit.shtmlhttps://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2368&context=thesesdissertations[Butt One More Thing]Butt controllerhttps://phys.org/news/2013-12-valve-mouth-mouse-butt-gadgets-video.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.

Mammals pretty much have the market cornered on hair, and you know all the other types of animals are jealous of us. Imagine a little lizard with bangs or something? It just wouldn’t be right. Sorry!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangents.org![Truth or Fail]Camarillo white horsehttps://books.google.com/books?id=WyYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA216&lpg=RA1-PA216&dq=%22telescopic+sight%22+spider+silk#v=onepage&q=%22telescopic%20sight%22%20spider%20silk&f=falsehttps://vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse/CamarilloWhite.phphttps://www.camarillowhitehorses.org/history_camarillo_white_horses.htmlAfrican crested rathttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2011.1169https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/08/case-poisonous-rathttps://www.livescience.com/15360-crested-rat-poison-hairs-kills.htmlMalabar giant squirrelhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/indian-giant-squirrels-colors-camouflage/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2017/jan/08/colour-changing-cats-warn-radioactive-waste-nuclear-plants-distant-descendants[Fact Off]Hyena poop hair preservationGraphene hair dyehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/nu-gfn031218.phphttps://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(18)30082-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2451929418300822%3Fshowall%3Dtrue[Ask the Science Couch]Grey hairwww.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-hair-turn-gray/https://science.sciencemag.org/content/307/5710/720https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(05)00293-X?https://www.fasebj.org/doi/full/10.1096/fj.08-125435Stresswww.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/22/stress-speeds-up-hair-greying-process-science-confirmshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-1935-3https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/hair-turn-gray-2017091812226[Butt One More Thing]Trichobezoar https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083501/ 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.

Salt: a mineral so nice that much of early human civilization was based on its procurement! Now we put big chunks of it on tasty pretzels at the mall! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Lake Peigneurhttps://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom/https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/08/sinkhole-swallowed-11-barges/Brinacleshttps://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/underwater-brinicles.htmSalt Hotelhttps://theculturetrip.com/south-america/bolivia/articles/welcome-to-the-hotel-thats-made-entirely-from-salt/[Fact Off]Coconut water IVhttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/12/5144https://podcasts.ufhealth.org/can-coconut-water-mimic-human-plasma/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735675700900627https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/08/15/139638930/saved-by-the-coconut-water-parsing-coconut-waters-medical-claimshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK154437/Salt flats for satellite calibrationhttps://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Characterization-of-the-Salar-de-Uyuni-for-in-orbit-Lamparelli-Ponzoni/6b6a5037f838a2342d5681b642944fd68c775551https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/172/1/31/2081107https://www.nature.com/news/2007/071130/full/news.2007.315.html[Ask the Science Couch]Salt in a wound historyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=29gV_kCmZrIC&pg=PA141https://www.abc.net.au/life/will-sea-water-help-heal-open-sores/11279036http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abestwa8t.htmlSaline solutionhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/31/597666140/why-did-sterile-salt-water-become-the-iv-fluid-of-choicehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794509/Nociceptionhttps://nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience/m/s2/chapter06.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32659/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2903433/[Butt One More Thing]Rectal salt glandshttps://www.jstor.org/stable/1541076?seq=1https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216465/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1963.10410275?journalCode=ssar20 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.

Humans have been digging deep holes for fun and profit since time began, and some animals have been doing it for way longer than that! And all of those holes can't hold a candle to some of the natural holes the Earth's got going on. And those are nothing compared to space, which some (Sam) would argue is the biggest hole of all!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Termite mounds: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31287-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218312879%3Fshowall%3DtrueBand of holes: https://www.sciencealert.com/is-this-mile-long-strip-of-holes-an-ancient-inca-tax-systemMolecular drills: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b22595#Roman skin cream: http://cenblog.org/artful-science/2013/01/14/ancient-roman-cosmetics-skin-cream-from-the-2nd-century-a-d/[Fact Off]Ant colony fallen through holePictures in this paper: https://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9096&display_type=element&element_type=4&element_id=43&element_name=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s000400050022https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/bizarre-ant-colony-discovered-in-an-abandoned-polish-nuclear-weapons-bunker/https://www.popsci.com/story/science/ant-colony-escape/https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/38972/Star-nosed mole nose holesThe video!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMz0Q7VbT9whttps://news.vanderbilt.edu/2006/12/20/scientist-discovers-some-mammals-can-smell-objects-under-water-58788/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/26/science/26bubble.htmlhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10834-star-nosed-mole-can-sniff-underwater-videos-reveal/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171120090051.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170424084028.htm[Ask the Science Couch]Sinkholes / blue holeshttps://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/blue-holes-and-hurricanes/http://geology.wlu.edu/intro3d/sinkhole/sinkhole.htmlhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/sinkholes?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objectshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/explore-worlds-deepest-blue-holes-180959977/Flooded pit caveshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/30/worlds-deepest-underwater-cave-found-czech-republic-hranice-abysshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/destinations/europe/czech-republic/deepest-underwater-cave-discovered/Mariana trenchhttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/mariana-trench-deepest-place-earth/Kola Superdeep Boreholehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-whats-deepest-hole-ever-dug-180954349/[Butt One More Thing]Scorpion anushttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/01/when-attacked-some-scorpions-discard-their-stinger-and-their-anus 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 Arbor Day, give your favorite tree the gift they really want: this tree-themed episode of SciShow Tangents. Just put the headphones around its trunk or in a knothole! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Dragon’s Blood Treehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/socotra-yemen-biodiversity-photography/Dynamite Treehttps://youtu.be/lNlk2V9yFhMhttps://rare.us/rare-news/science-and-nature/sandbox-tree-hura-crepitans/Coconut Fatalitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut [Fact Off]Vampire stumphttps://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(19)30146-4https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/cp-ats071819.phphttps://www.livescience.com/66025-kauri-tree-superorganism-root-grafting.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/science/tree-stump-alive.htmlGhost redwoodshttps://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/28/albino-redwoods-hold-scientific-mystery/https://sempervirens.org/discover-redwoods/ghost-redwoods-solving-the-albino-redwoods-mystery/https://ucanr.edu/sites/Redwood2016/files/250645.pdfhttps://ucanr.edu/sites/Redwood2016/files/243400.pdf[Ask the Science Couch]Tree definitionhttps://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/AF-Tree-Measuring-Guidelines_LR.pdfWillowshttps://oregonstate.edu/trees/broadleaf_genera/willow.htmlhttps://www.thoughtco.com/worlds-smallest-tree-species-1343503Bonsai / Pygmy Forestshttps://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/426/426-601/426-601_pdf.pdfOther treeshttps://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C944&title=Crape%20Myrtle%20Culturehttp://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=169[Butt One More Thing]Butt rothttps://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2007/7-11/root_butt_rot.htmlhttps://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5347109.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.

Real robots have more and more in common with science fiction robots every day. Not enough that you need to worry about them rising up against humans, but you should maybe consider being nicer to your smartphone...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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Plesiosaur Swimminghttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/odd-swimming-style-plesiosaurs-decoded-robothttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.0951RangerBothttps://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/rangerbot-programmed-to-kill/https://www.sciencealert.com/rangerbot-great-barrier-reef-conservation-crown-of-thorns-starfishhttps://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=137688https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zjKTvj0lB4Firefighting Robothttps://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7986345/firefighting-robot-saffir-prototype-us-navyLifeguard Robothttps://mentitude.com/ocean-alpha-dolphin-1-unmanned-usrv/[Fact Off]Clothing robothttp://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/05/14/robot-teaches-itself-how-dress-peoplehttps://futurism.com/pr2-ai-robot-dressing-gownhttps://robots.ieee.org/robots/pr2/Video of the dressing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYj7gHQ_fwYParasitic turtle robotshttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2130292-parasitic-robot-controls-turtle-its-riding-by-giving-it-snacks/https://phys.org/news/2017-05-parasitic-robot-waypoint-turtle.html[Ask the Science Couch]Synthetic skinhttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=85&contentid=P01336https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/4/32/eaax2198https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35732/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8812712OmniSkinhttps://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/3/22/eaat1853https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/24/17895328/robotic-skin-flexible-soft-robotics-yale-nasa-spacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/these-robotic-skins-turn-everyday-objects-into-robots-180970328/[Butt One More Thing]https://www.sciencealert.com/this-robotic-rectum-lets-doctors-get-a-feel-for-prostate-examshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/07/04/robotic-rectum-developed-to-help-doctors-get-to-bottom-of-prosta/ 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 here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the rivers swell with crystal clear snowmelt from tall mountain peaks... and we're all stuck inside and can't really look at it! Dang it! So I guess close your eyes and imagine floating down a beautiful river with your favorite podcast hosts as they drone on and on about bridges and salmon and stuff. Again, a big thanks for choosing us as the thing to spend your time with! Be well, everyone! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Kiteshttp://www.kitehistory.com/Miscellaneous/Homan_Walsh.htmhttps://www.uu.edu/dept/physics/scienceguys/2004Apr.cfmhttps://books.google.com/books/about/The_Kite_that_Bridged_Two_Nations.html?id=7tukmQEACAAJStone-carvinghttps://www.asce.org/project/five-stone-arch-bridges/Explosionshttp://www.bbc.com/travel/sponsored/story/20160815-the-buddha-that-calmed-the-seashttps://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/02/why-is-ottawa-blowing-up-its-river/338889/https://www.nap.edu/read/6289/chapter/3#16[Fact Off]Salmon & sea lionshttps://wildlife.org/sea-lions-to-be-culled-to-protect-salmon/https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2018/03/battle_of_species_pits_protect.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/killing-sea-lions-save-salmon/581740/https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/adult-upstream-passage-west-coasthttps://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/fish-ladder.htmlWildebeest boneshttps://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7647https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00031/full#h6https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352249618300429?via%3Dihubhttps://news.uga.edu/animal-carcasses-source-river-nutrients/[Ask the Science Couch]Rivers on Titanhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-mysterious-lakes-on-saturns-moon-titanhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassini-explores-a-methane-sea-on-titanhttps://www.space.com/36904-titan-evolution-more-like-mars-than-earth.html[Butt One More Thing]The Great Stinkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/victorian_britain/social_conditions/victorian_urban_planning_04.shtmlhttps://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-technology/how-london-got-its-victorian-sewers 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.

Ducks! Basically a joke of an animal, if we're being perfectly honest. They make silly noises, they waddle around, they are extremely cute and goofy looking, and they love to swim around in big piles of money! And look, you might see the title and think 'a duck isn't science.' Well i've learned a thing or two from those eggheads on the science couch and I can definitely say that you are wrong! It turns out, everything is science! Seems like a cop out, but it's true.Anyway, we sincerely hope everyone out there is doing well and staying safe! Love you guys! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Definition] Duck matinghttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2009.2139https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000418https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2009.1159[Truth or Fail]Spermhttps://www.livescience.com/1279-rival-sperm-hook-cooperate.htmlMallard Billshttps://www.livescience.com/13681-duck-ejaculate-sperm-antibiotic-beaks-110412.html[Fact Off]Duck Imprintinghttp://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/getting-ducklings-row-look-inside-animal-mind-2/http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/getting-ducklings-row-look-inside-animal-mind-2/Duck hearinghttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uod-wdd092518.phphttps://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/august/graduate-student-works-on-training-ducks-hearing-fishing-nets/https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pwrc/science/air-and-underwater-hearing-abilities-seabirds?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects[Ask the Science Couch]Quackssounds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mallard/soundshttps://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2019/03/04/ask-scientist-ducks-quack-several-different-reasons/3009779002/https://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-research-science/waterfowl-vocalizationsSyrinxhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/bird-voice-box-one-kind-animal-kingdomhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/12/oldest-fossil-of-birds-voicebox-gives-new-hint-at-soundscape-of-the-cretaceous-syrinxDuck quack echoessounds: http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/duck/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3086890.stm[Butt One More Thing]Fly that only breeds in duck poophttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-species-fly-found-breeding-central-park-duck-droppings-180965118/https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13411/element/2/12/ 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 has a little bit of everything: the French Revolution, haunted amulets, mummies (maybe??)... why, it's like a regular Night at the Museum! Have fun! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Da Vinci’s Faceshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100715090917.htmFirst Museum:https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-ennigaldi-nanna-curator-of-the-worlds-first-museum-116431https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-story-behind-the-worlds-oldest-museum-built-by-a-b-5805358Woman Hit By Meteoritehttp://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2015/06/02/the_hodges_meteorite_is_one_of_the_few_space_to_ever_strike_a_human.html?wpisrc=obnetworkhttp://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1995LPI....26.1133P/0001133.000.html?high=484678bbd531063[Fact Off]Blaschka glass scientific modelshttp://www.cmog.org/article/blaschkas-glass-models-invertebrate-animals-1863-1890https://web.archive.org/web/20160411221330/http://www.journalofantiques.com/Feb04/featurefeb04.htmThese three links include info + pictures:https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/blaschkahttp://hmnh.harvard.edu/glass-flowershttps://hmnh.harvard.edu/fruits-decay[Ask the Science Couch]Painting restorationhttps://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/conservation_meaning.htmlhttps://www.invaluable.com/blog/the-science-behind-art-restoration/Sculptureshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/modern-chemistry-techniques-save-ancient-art/https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-art-of-conservation/3009092.articleBacteriahttps://www.wired.com/2011/11/st-artrestoremicro/[Butt One More Thing]Coprolite inside another fossilhttps://peerj.com/articles/1191/https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2015/08/21/spectacular-flying-reptile-fossil-discovered-along-with-its-last-meal-and-something-surprising/#7ca22283bf22 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.

Space… it’s big, it’s confusing, and there isn’t any gravity! That’s why we have a dedicated team of people up in the International Space Station running all kinds of experiments to try and figure out just what the heck is even going on up there. You truly have no idea how much of us ordering Popeye’s I had to cut out of this. This was definitely our longest recording session ever and I was livid!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Chicken Fathttps://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/aafex_biofuels.htmlBone losshttps://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=187Perfumehttps://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/spacescents_feature.htmlhttps://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff2002/ch_1.html[Fact Off]Wake Shield Facilityhttps://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19920014405https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/pg46s95.htmlhttps://uwaterloo.ca/molecular-beam-epitaxy/about/what-epitaxyhttps://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/03jan_bioniceyeshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0042207X01003839https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457650000148XImage: https://archive.org/details/STS069-724-095 Mouse sperm experimenthttps://www.pnas.org/content/114/23/5988http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/theme/second/pmlatter/spacepup/ [Ask the Science Couch]Human pregnancyhttps://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/prenatal.pdfhttps://www.livescience.com/33047-space-sex-pregnancy.htmlhttps://www.thoughtco.com/can-women-get-pregnant-in-space-3072590NASA sperm studyhttps://futurism.com/sperm-space-nasaSpace childbirth startuphttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/space-childbirth-babies/579064/Other animal developmenthttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/what-space-jellyfish-tell-us-about-interplanetary-travel/https://www.popsci.com/article/technology/space-born-jellyfish-hate-life-earth/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wnjkkw/making-babies-in-space-may-be-a-terrible-idea[Butt One More Thing]Flatworms in spacehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/reg2.79 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 editorial assistant/genius Deboki Chakravarti joins us once more to talk about that sweet sand we all love so much: sugar!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Deboki: @okidoki_bokiIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Definition]https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fathttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2548255https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/big-sugar-isnt-to-blame-for-steering-us-away-from-fat.html[Truth or Fail]Nicotine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434031/https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/nicotine.htmHearing Flowershttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/01/flowers-can-hear-bees-and-make-their-nectar-sweeter/?utm_source=reddit.com#closeCity Bee, Country Beehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/ncsu-njd051816.php[Fact Off]Honeypot antshttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/honey-ant-adaptations-wbt/https://www.nature.com/articles/025405a0https://books.google.com/books?id=E_6-pGOLUgcC&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://abt.ucpress.edu/content/48/6/335Picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HoneyAnt.jpgPicture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_ant#/media/File:Honey_Ants_(7344580116).jpgSugar dust explosion[Ask the Science Couch]Hangerhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4788579/https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000422https://qz.com/work/1302394/why-do-people-get-hangry-a-study-suggests-it-involves-more-than-low-blood-sugar/Hyperactivityhttps://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/88/5/960.long?sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+tokenhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002221948301600604https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/what-is-the-feingold-diet#1https://www.livescience.com/55754-does-sugar-make-kids-hyper.htmlAddictionhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/52/14/910https://news.psu.edu/story/141336/2006/01/16/research/probing-question-sugar-addictivehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/sugar-addiction-drug_n_4173632Orexin systemhttps://www.wired.com/2011/12/why-sugar-makes-us-sleepy-and-protein-wakes-us-up/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551664/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/cp-nme052506.phphttps://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/52/1/111.longMemoryhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16225962https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf3lxvWfA9oC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113[Butt One More Thing]Rectal prolapsehttp://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/MBCP/ReduceYourRectalProlapse.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9287900 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.

Viruses are the subject of confusion & misinformation. Luckily, we have a friend who knows a lot about them! We sit down with microbiology genius Deboki Chakravarti to talk viruses. Be sure to check out more of Deboki’s work on Journey to the Microcosmos, and the upcoming Crash Course Organic Chemistry! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Tulipshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/science/broken-tulips.htmlhttps://amsterdamtulipmuseumonline.com/blogs/tulip-facts/broken-tulips-the-beautiful-curseCoffinshttps://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/12/21/then-there-were-no-coffinshttps://www.acf.org/the-american-chestnut/[Fact Off]Multicomponent Viruseshttps://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30310-9https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825141714.htmPolydnaviruseshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424053/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758193/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123846846000264https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123848581000096https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553618/[Butt One More Thing]Caribou poop frozen virushttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/10/virus-resurrected-700-year-old-caribou-dunghttps://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16842 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.

Oceans: they cover 70% of the planet, but what do we really know about them? Like what’s with all the salt, huh? And just what is the difference between a ‘sea’ and an ocean anyway?! I have questions!This one has a real doozy of a Stefan poem. I cut out a lot of us interrupting him with raucous laughter! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Boat cloakhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227101-500-explorers-dont-forget-your-inflatable-cloak/?ignored=irrelevanthttps://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/boat-cloak-or-cloak-boathttps://web.archive.org/web/20120425161825/http://resource.canadashistory.ca/media/pdf/34-4-Spr-955-p46-51.pdfhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18511220.2.5Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Halkett_Boat_Cloak.jpgWater chairhttps://archive.org/details/watercurejournal12newy/page/1/mode/2upImages: https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-ridiculous-victorian-era-rocking-bath-wasnt-just-f-1515091109Modesty barrelhttps://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/15/victorian-prudes-beachside-bathing-machines/https://www.researchgate.net/figure/1715-Lethbridges-diving-barrel-John-Lethbridge-1678-1759-of-Newton-Abbot-Devon_fig2_228397874https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-strange-and-wonderful-history-of-diving-suits-from-1262529336https://devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/john-lethbridge-and-his-diving-machine-1880/Image: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_470/18zb0i2fswtkxjpg.jpg[Fact Off]Pumice raftshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-believe-the-hype-the-pumice-raft-wont-save-the-great-barrier-reef/https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145490/a-raft-of-rockhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/dbnl-hxh052317.phphttps://www.npr.org/2019/08/25/754190347/giant-pumice-raft-floating-towards-australia-could-help-replenish-great-barrier-Albatross tracking systemhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/31/albatross-marine-poaching/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/albatrosses-outfitted-with-gps-detect-illegal-fishing-vessels-180974054/[Ask the Science Couch]Salty oceanhttps://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.htmlhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/why-ocean-salty?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects 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.

Things get a little weird this episode, and by ‘little’ I mean very little! One thing I learned in this episode is that everything in the universe is touching each other, yet the particles in your body never truly touch! Mama Mia! Well anyway, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]https://history.fnal.gov/felicia.html#Timehttps://history.fnal.gov/meson.htmlpictures: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/felicia-ferret-particle-accelerator-fermilabhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/stocking-series-part-1-wartime-rationing-and-nylon-riots-25391066/[Fact Off]Surface plasmon resonancehttps://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/12/nist-device-detecting-subatomic-scale-motion-has-potential-roboticshttps://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13746Dark matter supercold water[Ask the Science Couch]Do atoms touch?https://www.sciencealert.com/99-9999999-of-your-body-is-empty-spacehttps://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/04/16/do-atoms-ever-actually-touch-each-other/https://www.britannica.com/science/Pauli-exclusion-principlehttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pauli.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/science/fermionhttps://www.pnas.org/content/114/23/5766[Butt One More Thing]Proton-powered poopshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109104251.htmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867407014791 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 Valentine’s Day, what could be better than cuddling up with someone special and listening to the Tangents Crew talk about various medical procedures in gory detail! Pucker up! They say the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but I think if you ask a doctor they would probably say that’s wrong! But what do I know?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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Dr. Clarence Walton Lillehei and Heart Surgeryhttps://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002950.htmhttps://www.healthline.com/health/open-heart-surgery#when-it's-neededhttp://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/why/human-health/history-of-the-heart-lung-machine/https://www.texasheart.org/heart-health/heart-information-center/frequently-asked-patient-questions/how-is-the-heart-stopped-during-open-heart-surgery/https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circ.102.suppl_4.IV-87Cold Operating Roomhttps://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(11)00421-1/pdfhttps://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(89)90151-3/pdfPatient-Donor Pumphttps://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(09)01080-7/pdfhttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.CIR.100.13.1364https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circ.102.suppl_4.IV-87https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(04)00093-5/pdfhttps://books.google.com/books?id=M5sbCxd5cioC[Fact Off]Chopin’s hearthttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/chopin-heart-tuberculosis.htmlhttps://apnews.com/bc0f09217f564329ae6fa2aefa6349a6/chopins-heart-exhumed-secret-relichttps://www.livescience.com/60953-chopin-pickled-heart-reveals-cause-of-death.htmlhttps://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)31025-2/abstracthttps://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)31278-0/abstractHeart catheterization https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(90)90272-8/pdfhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/clc.4960150715https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1956/forssmann/facts/https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-catheterization/about/pac-20384695[Ask the Science Couch]Non-human hearts (octopuses, earthworms, etc.)https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-does-an-octopus-have-more-than-one-heart/https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~rlenet/Earthworms.htmlhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)60870-7/fulltextHumans multiple heartshttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20131122-can-humans-have-two-heartshttps://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/circulatory/two-lungs-one-heart1.htm[Butt One More Thing]Poo-phoriahttps://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/18/poo-phoria-passing-a-stool_n_4808627.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3778072 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.

Meat... seems pretty simple on the surface, but what do we really know about it? Like.. are living things made of meat? Or is meat only meat once it's being eaten? What was the first meat? What was the first thing to eat the first meat? Is eating prehistoric meat a good idea? Do we find the answer to any of these questions in this episode? I can't remember, frankly, but probably a few. 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail] Foal https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-extracted-liquid-blood-42000-year-old-foal-found-siberian-permafrost-180971979/ Bison https://www.uaf.edu/museum/press/spotlight/blue-babe/ https://historythings.com/aged-beef-delicacy-eating-meat-36000-year-old-bison/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-bison-stew-blue-babe-alaska Crocodile https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptians-hunted-then-mummified-crocodiles-180973197/ [Fact Off] Carnivorous Herbivores https://bioone.org/journals/Northwestern-Naturalist/volume-99/issue-3/NWN18-05.1/Scavenging-By-Snowshoe-Hares-iLepus-americanusi-In-Yukon-Canada/10.1898/NWN18-05.1.short https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-herbivores-arent-poor-chicken-got-eaten-cow-180951115/ https://bioone.org/journals/Northwestern-Naturalist/volume-99/issue-3/NWN18-05.1/Scavenging-By-Snowshoe-Hares-iLepus-americanusi-In-Yukon-Canada/10.1898/NWN18-05.1.short https://www.outdoornews.com/2015/03/19/who-knew-tape-shows-deer-raiding-birds-nests/ Dyeing Salmon https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=738 https://nextnature.net/2012/06/dyeing-salmon-pink-for-farms-and-profit https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/The-salmon-struggle-A-fish-by-any-other-color-is-1115339.php [Ask the Science Couch] Gamey meat https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309174015301376 https://extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/cooking-venison-flavor-and-safety https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6154429/ https://bastyr.edu/news/general-news-health-tips-spotlight-1/2015/08/why-choose-grass-fed-meat http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.361.2312&rep=rep1&type=pdf [Butt One More Thing] Pork butt https://www.southernliving.com/bbq/why-is-it-called-boston-butt https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/22382/how-9-cuts-meat-got-their-names 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.

So look, Stefan sings a song in this episode, so I’m not sure what more you need. He looked cool as heck when he was doing it and I was really proud of him! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Music & Creativityhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/lu-hlt022619.phpInspirational Music & Sports performancehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/f-mmi012918.phpMusic & Drivinghttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/aabu-tdm082213.phphttps://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e5b0/98e4ef211279d26a14d7502a80232a90dc2d.pdf[Fact Off]Nanoguitar Telharmoniumhttp://synthmuseum.com/magazine/0102jw.htmlhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-380-music-and-technology-contemporary-history-and-aesthetics-fall-2009/lecture-notes-and-videos/MIT21M_380F09_lec11.pdfhttp://120years.net/the-telharmonium-thaddeus-cahill-usa-1897/http://www.csun.edu/~dwh50750/Classes/MUS191/Emusic_readings/ECenturyPartI.htmlScientific american article: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Telharmonium_-_Scientific_American_1907.png[Ask the Science Couch]Timbrehttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Sound/timbre.htmlhttps://cecm.indiana.edu/etext/acoustics/chapter1_timbre.shtmlhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/health-sciences-and-technology/hst-725-music-perception-and-cognition-spring-2009/lecture-notes/MITHST_725S09_lec07_timbre.pdfBeetlejuicehttps://twitter.com/VoiceSLPChris/status/1111285302352625665/video/1[Butt One More Thing]Brown notehttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=khzDRYfj97AC&pg=PA932&lpg=PA932&dq=the+collophone+commemorated&source=bl&ots=vrgUH_MUh4&sig=Z2nnGZJ6W3_Ph_gzXKuhXCbLfW0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwie2pKZw7_QAhWsJcAKHdIlCYEQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ppv35z/in-search-of-the-brown-noise 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 diet, to shoes, to movement efficiency, people devote their lives to researching and perfecting the art of running. Meanwhile, cheetahs run 75 mph and they sleep all day. No fair! Ceri caught a plane to run a marathon right after we recorded this! I probably went home and watched TV for four hours. Oh well! 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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangents.org! 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.

Wise men have long pondered how magnets work. We all know the answer is “magic,” but Ceri and Hank have to keep up the illusion that science is real, so please humor them.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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Magnet Therapyhttps://www.livescience.com/40174-magnetic-therapy.htmlGod Machinehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtmlhttps://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/brain-religion2.htmhttps://www.psypost.org/2018/01/fake-god-helmet-can-elicit-extraordinary-experiences-especially-among-spiritual-people-50619https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2017.1403952https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/test-of-god-helmet-at-music-fest-yields-strange-results/Electro-Metabographhttps://books.google.com/books?id=CeMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=Electro-metabograph+machine&source=bl&ots=JjXhceV_VG&sig=ACfU3U3mlpAO1DmRW9B8ef9cSK12nuCRew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs2dOe6b_mAhXSHjQIHZPICLMQ6AEwEHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Electro-metabograph%20machine&f=falseRadium Ore Revigatorhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/1/100118-radiation-toxic-water-revigator/[Fact Off]Airport runways/WMMhttps://www.wired.com/story/airports-rename-runways-magnetic-shift/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/airport-runway-names-shift-magnetic-fieldhttps://cires.colorado.edu/news/airport-runway-names-shift-earth%E2%80%99s-magnetic-fieldhttps://flightsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/asw_may08_p18-22.pdfhttps://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/GeomagneticPoles.shtmlhttps://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/world-magnetic-model-2020-releasedFerrofluidshttp://aerospace.mtu.edu/research/ionic-liquid-ferrofluid-microthrusters/https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/ferrofluidhttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4985141[Ask the Science Couch]Demagnetizinghttps://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-falling-magnets-in-stranger-things-season-3/https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/plan-a-lesson/demagnetizinghttp://www.magmamagnets.com/electromagnets-solenoids/https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/150570/what-is-the-difference-between-electromagnet-and-solenoid[Butt One More Thing]Magnetic anal sphincterhttps://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-first-to-implant-device-to-solve-fecal-incontinence/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27926562https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654242 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.

Listening to Tangents is like making an investment with your brain. And the dividend? Knowledge. Invest today, won't you?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: Stefan- @itsmestefanchin Ceri- @ceriley Sam- @slamschultz Hank- @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out this episode's page at SciShowTangents.org![Truth or Fail]Supernoteshttps://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/magazine/23counterfeit.htmlhttps://www.uscurrency.gov/historyCounterfeit $1 billshttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/finding-mr-880-case-1-counterfeit-article-1.109016https://www.nysun.com/on-the-town/little-old-moneymaker/9282/pictures: https://thehustle.co/worst-counterfeiter-in-history-mr-880/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/Costume jewelry scamhttps://books.google.com/books?id=ELgiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85https://o.canada.com/technology/nigerian-email-scams-royally-obvious-for-good-reason-study-says-3[Fact Off]Xerox machine anti-counterfeitingYap stone moneyhttps://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sea2.12154?referrer_access_token=PoYDhuZQ2I3K6rW0TZp1r04keas67K9QMdWULTWMo8PSbwnv52oah6avTUlc6Ncg2Fsq-XbfQibDgqrz1_Z5GxRdKzRhmEzfI08Tv5kPNn5935yywdPadRZC0bxzVlqKx6dktyKOLwawQhLnG1PcSg%3D%3Dhttps://www.sciencealert.com/the-original-bitcoin-still-exists-as-giant-stone-money-on-a-tiny-pacific-islandhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0012186[Ask the Science Couch]Plastic vs. paper billshttps://www.banknoteworld.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-polymer-banknotes/https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/16/polymer-vs-paper-banknotes-which-one-is-better-for-environment-https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2019/08/21/englands-new-currency-is-harming-the-climate-report/#543d2d76524fhttps://www.moneyboat.co.uk/blog/paper-vs-polymer/https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/banknotes/polymer/lca-of-paper-and-polymer-bank-notes.pdf?la=en&hash=7D3845CE11AD21F300CFA023F8FCF4AA37FB73CCComposting or washing U.S. moneyhttps://www.cnet.com/news/cash-to-trash-watch-millions-of-dollars-turn-into-compost/https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014/acs-presspac-january-8-2014/laundering-money-literally-could-save-billions-of-dollars.html[Butt One More Thing]Penny swallowinghttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-12-01-9812010102-story.htmlhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/12/981201033841.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.

SciShow Tangents’ exploration of the electromagnetic spectrum continues with good old, dependable light! What is it? Where does it come from? Only Ceri knows (sort of)!Also, happy New Year to all of our amazing listeners! Thank you for your support over the last year, and here's to another year of laughing and learning with all of you!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out this episode's page at SciShowTangents.org![Truth or Fail]E. colihttps://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3113https://phys.org/news/2014-04-bacterial-fm-radio.htmlCactus Radiohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1shcxHWQasFrequency Combhttps://www.pnas.org/content/116/19/9181https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/14035201/frequency-combs-trick-a-laser-into-producingreceiving-an-rf-signal[Fact Off]Battle of the Beamshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/63/a3714563.shtmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/19/us/r-v-jones-science-trickster-who-foiled-nazis-dies-at-86.htmlhttp://vc.airvectors.net/ttwiz_07.htmlRV Jones ObituaryW5LFLhttps://amsat-uk.org/2013/01/19/amateur-radio-on-bbc-between-the-ears-space-ham/#more-12135https://www.amsat.org/owen-k-garriott-w5lfl/[Ask the Science Couch]Analog radiohttps://public.wsu.edu/~bryan.mclaughlin/Radio/Who_Invented_Radio.htmlhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/radio/radiorelayer.htmlhttps://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4suas5/eli5_why_is_the_sound_quality_of_am_radio_so_much/Digital/HD radiohttps://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/digital-radiohttps://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hd-radio.htmhttps://hdradio.com/trademark/https://www.cnet.com/news/digital-radio-all-you-need-to-know/[Butt One More Thing]Pigeon poop / cosmic microwave backgroundhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-scientists-confirmed-big-bang-theory-owe-it-all-to-a-pigeon-trap-180949741/ 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.

Humans have wielded the power of radio waves for more than a century, but what exactly are they and how do we use them to transmit information? It turns out, even geniuses like Hank and Ceri have a hard time explaining that!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]EROShttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25788334MOZEhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-019-0389-0FReSHhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10428.html[Fact Off]Eidophorhttps://www.earlytelevision.org/eidophor.htmlhttps://hackaday.com/2016/03/15/retrotechtacular-eidophor-an-unknown-widely-used-projector/http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/f1/t004319.htmlhttp://www.earlytelevision.org/yanczer_eidophor.htmlCentennial lighthttp://www.centennialbulb.org/index.htmhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66009/light-bulb-has-been-burning-1901https://www.lampsplus.com/ideas-and-advice/how-an-incandescent-light-bulb-works/https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracyhttps://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707188193/the-phoebus-cartel[Ask the Science Couch]Brightest artificial lighthttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/brightest-light-ever-computer-chipshttps://www.nature.com/articles/nphoton.2017.100https://www.unl.edu/diocles/homehttps://www.labmanager.com/research-specific-labs/2017/11/home-of-the-world-s-brightest-laser-looks-to-bring-high-quality-x-rays-to-research-medical-applications#.Xe_nrZNKhnN[Butt One More Thing]Firefly butt vs. LEDhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030402619300452?via%3Dihubhttps://www.futurity.org/light-bulbs-leds-fireflies-1988062/ 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.

Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Let it Snow; the timeless sounds of the holiday. And to that pantheon of greats is added another track: this 30-minute-long, spoken-word science podcast!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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Poinsettia monopolyhttps://www.npr.org/2017/12/22/573046507/how-poinsettias-became-synonymous-with-christmashttp://www.mobileranger.com/blog/the-plant-of-christmas-the-poinsettia/https://www.actahort.org/books/226/226_34.htmhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-23-me-poinsettia23-story.htmlhttps://pubag.nal.usda.gov/download/12136/PDFVanilla flavorhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-cream-bananas_n_55f8d911e4b0d6492d638853https://www.webmd.com/children/features/is-poinsettia-really-poisonousLatex/rubberhttps://web.extension.illinois.edu/poinsettia/facts.cfmhttp://www.industrialrubbergoods.com/natural-rubber.htmlhttps://www.thespruce.com/facts-about-poinsettias-that-may-surprise-you-2132343[Fact Off]Tinniculite https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS1075701517070078https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/102/2/466/264546/new-mineral-nameshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/6/373/htmPine needle recyclinghttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/329280439_Fuels_and_Value-Added_Chemicals_from_Biomasshttps://theconversation.com/new-recycling-process-could-help-your-christmas-tree-lead-a-surprising-second-life-107984https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610217350713[Ask the Science Couch]Natural vs. artificial treehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/business/energy-environment/fake-christmas-tree-vs-real-tree.htmlhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/14/real-vs-fake-heres-why-artificial-christmas-trees-rise/2314418002/https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Real-vs-Artificial-Christmas-Tree-Which-Is-More-14866084.phphttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/14/real-vs-fake-heres-why-artificial-christmas-trees-rise/2314418002/[Butt One More Thing]Mistletoehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/121218.htmlhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/mistletoe-natural-history/https://www.etymonline.com/word/mistletoehttps://www.etymonline.com/word/missel?ref=etymonline_crossreference 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 ancient clay pots to the heat-proof panels on the space shuttle, ceramics have been an integral part of human technology from the very beginning. I can’t even think of any jokes about ceramic! It’s just cool!More importantly! Over the last week or so, Hank has absolutely ruined everyones’ Twitter timelines with one simple question: “is butt legs?” In this episode, you get to bear ear-witness to the genesis of this wretched, society-shattering question! #buttislegsFollow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Non-deflatable footballhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflategatehttp://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Air-Bag.htmlStrong waterhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-oxide#section=Mechanism-of-Actionhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.470.4214&rep=rep1&type=pdfPajamashttps://www.underarmour.com/en-us/tb12https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699878/https://www.espn.com/espnw/life-style/story/_/id/23315114/we-tried-do-tom-brady-recovery-pajamas-live-their-name[Fact Off]Moon artMagnetic fieldhttps://www.livescience.com/57868-earth-magnetic-field-spike-ancient-times.htmlhttps://www.space.com/43173-earth-magnetic-field-flips-when.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/14/515032512/iron-age-potters-carefully-recorded-earths-magnetic-field-by-accidenthttps://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/earths-mysterious-magnetic-field-stored-in-a-jar?verso=true[Ask the Science Couch]Glazeshttps://edu.rsc.org/feature/the-chemistry-of-pottery/2020245.articlehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/glazeSpecific materials (tin, salt, etc.) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/ceramic-and-glaze-fluxes-2745860https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1560&context=open_access_etdshttps://www.britannica.com/art/tin-glazed-earthenware[Butt One More Thing]Ceramic butt wipinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toilet-tissue-anthropologists-uncover-all-the-ways-weve-wiped/https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8287.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.

Bones… seems like a simple enough topic, right? Well, would you believe me if I told you that scientists can’t even agree on how and why bones evolved in the first place?! And teeth? Don’t even get us started on teeth...Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Bone Conductionhttps://www.kqed.org/science/1926248/how-elephants-listen-with-their-feethttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010312071729.htmhttps://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/february18/elephants-triangulation-seismic-vibration-signal-021809.htmlChew Boneshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/giraffes-eat-skeletons-bones-spd/https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/9767/Bredin_Can(2008).pdf;jsessionid=8BFA2F57B27C91C3BB4F18175D4712A8?sequence=1Glowing Boneshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/01/chameleon-bones-florescent-ultraviolet-light-spd/https://www.sciencealert.com/these-cute-little-orange-frogs-have-a-florescent-secret-under-their-skin[Fact Off]Myotragus goathttps://www.pnas.org/content/106/48/20354https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325260/https://phys.org/news/2009-11-extinct-goat-cold-blooded.htmlhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/11/17/extinct-goat-tried-out-reptilian-cold-blooded-living-it-didnt-work/#.XdMCY5JKhxwpics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotragus Subvocalization remotehttps://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/2018/03/23/p43-kapur_BRjFwE6.pdfhttps://www.sciencealert.com/silent-voice-headset-subvocalisation-computer-interface-mit[Ask the Science Couch]Bone evolution:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237026/https://austhrutime.com/bone.htmhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC509207/Aspidin: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/169723-joseph-keating/posts/37157-aspidin-a-bone-of-contentionhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109381/Teeth: https://www.nature.com/news/fossil-scans-reveal-origins-of-teeth-1.13964https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24268-fish-fossil-suggests-our-skeleton-evolved-face-first/[Butt One More Thing]Lizard Tails:https://www.futurity.org/salamanders-lizards-tails-regeneration-1838762/ 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 it comes to proper nutrition, just about the only thing everyone can agree on is that people need to eat food. Everything else, from eggs to carbs to vitamins, is basically up in the air!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these link:[Fact Off]Osedax wormshttps://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00824.xhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063707001483https://science.sciencemag.org/content/305/5684/668/tab-pdf“Vitamin” B17 aka. Laetrilehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3322/canjclin.31.2.91?sid=nlm%3Apubmedhttps://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/laetrile-pdq#_10https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65988/https://www.amboss.com/us/knowledge/Vitamins[Ask the Science Couch]History of nutrition sciencehttps://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2392Nutrition research is complicatedhttps://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10760622/nutrition-science-complicatedhttps://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/food-medicine/why-does-nutrition-advice-change[Butt One More Thing]Sewage sludge protein https://www.feednavigator.com/Article/2017/04/06/Sewage-sludge-to-animal-feed 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.

Be Advised! This episode was recorded before we decided to reset the scores for Season 2 and rename them Sambucks. Please don't tweet at us about this (and if you do tweet at us about it, be nice)!People absolutely love going places and doing stuff! And in our zeal to go places and do stuff even faster, we've invented some wild things. Come with us on journey of discovery as we sail the seven seas of science and fly the friendly skies of... innovation...? Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Loading Patternshttps://www.who.int/ith/mode_of_travel/tcd_aircraft/en/https://www.pnas.org/content/115/14/3623Reducing Fiber https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-you-should-fart-in-planes-2013-2Dirtiest Part of a Planehttps://www.travelmath.com/feature/airline-hygiene-exposed/[Fact Off]Ski lifthttps://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2953.htmPictures/info:https://books.google.com/books?id=slgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23https://books.google.com/books?id=XFgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38https://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2006/0228_skilift.shtmlFlight suithttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/04/13/wiley-post-one-eyed-pilot-first-fly-solo-around-world-developed-first-pressure-suits-discovered-jet-stream/https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/si-98-15012hjpghttps://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/new-label/this-pressure-suit-helped-pilots-survive-new/[Ask the Science Couch]License plate restrictionshttps://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/20/licence-plate-driving-bans-paris-ineffective-air-pollutionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095756416000039https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967070X01000245?via%3DihubBraess’ Paradoxhttp://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Dietrich.Braess/Paradox-BNW.pdfhttps://phys.org/news/2010-09-scientist-braess-paradox-high-traffic.htmlRemoving roadshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/nov/01/society.travelsenvironmentalimpacthttps://www.landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs/cheonggyecheon-stream-restoration[Butt One More Thing]Fart volumehttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-big-is-a-fart-somewhere-between-a-bottle-of-nail-polish-and-a-can-of-soda/ 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.

YRHA WJ, XAWOQT KXTAQOQCT! XP DEW TEKIQ LD TWJQC TQNCQA LQTTHVQ, AYQQA LQ "KEEMT KXMQ TAECLD YQHARQC" HOF DEW YXKK SQ XOFWNAQF XOAE ARQ THL NHFQAT, LD OQY QZNKWTXIQ PHO NKWS! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out this episode's page at scishowtangents.org! 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.

Ancient man harnessing and wielding the elemental power of the flame was pretty cool, I guess, but I think this being Tangent's one year anniversary is a little cooler, honestly! Plus, we announce who won the first season, so actually this episode is sort of twice as important as fire if you think about it! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! And if you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Fire-chasing beetleshttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0037627https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227016226_The_Photomechanic_Infrared_Receptor_for_the_Detection_of_Forest_Fires_in_the_Buprestid_Beetle_Melanophila_Acuminatahttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/how-a-half-inch-beetle-finds-fires-80-miles-away/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3998979?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2012/05/27/fire-chasing-beetles-sense-infrared-radiation-from-fires-hundreds-of-kilometres-away/https://academic.oup.com/jee/article-abstract/36/2/341/2202937[Fact Off]Surgical fireshttps://www.livescience.com/65615-chest-cavity-fire-surgery.htmlhttps://www.ismp.org/resources/surgical-fires-caused-skin-preps-and-ointments-rare-dangerous-and-preventableDeath ray buildinghttps://twitter.com/tara_mulholland/status/374877389425086464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E374877389425086464&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinancialpost.com%2Fnews%2Flondons-fryscraper-owners-to-spend-millions-of-pounds-to-block-car-melting-beamhttps://www.pri.org/stories/2013-09-03/londons-walkie-talkie-skyscraper-blamed-melting-cars-starting-small-firehttps://www.livescience.com/39371-skyscraper-melts-cars-20-fenchurch.htmlhttps://www.mississauga.com/news-story/4067822-london-s-fryscaper-draws-crowd-on-hottest-day/https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-walkie-scorchie-melted-my-jag/[Ask the Science Couch]Flame Extinguishment Experiment (FLEX) https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/FLEX_Video.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/in-space-flames-behave-in-ways-nobody-thought-possible-132637810/Cool flameshttps://blogs.nasa.gov/ISS_Science_Blog/2013/11/25/cool-flames-on-the-international-space-station-an-anatomy-of-discovery/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010218012002131https://youtu.be/BxxqCLxxY3M[Butt One More Thing]Incinerating toiletshttp://www.nsf.org/consumer-resources/water-quality/wastewater-sewage-treatment/electrical-incinerating-toiletshttps://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-06/documents/incinera.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.

SciShow Tangents' Month of Fear concludes with what is undeniably the scariest, most valid fear of any of those discussed... spiders! I'm not saying spiders will pour out of your headphones and into your ears when you listen to this, but I'm also not promising they won't.Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Recordshttps://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-10-weirdest-things-pressed-into-vinyl-records-this-year/https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-weird-secret-history-of-soviet-x-ray-musicTattooshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gwitchin-tattoo-skin-stitching-first-nations-1.3796606Canvaseshttps://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/07/cobwebportraits.htmlhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-lost-art-of-painting-on-cobweb-canvaseshttps://phys.org/news/2010-05-scientists-goats-spider-silk.html[Fact Off][Ask the Science Couch]Web constructionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-how-do-spiders-make-webs-180957426/https://sciencing.com/identify-spider-pattern-8635659.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6053566/Making silkhttps://www.livescience.com/32582-how-do-spiders-make-silk.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/spidroins[Butt One More Thing]Trashline orb weavershttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-spiders-that-completely-defy-what-we-know-as-jet-lag/https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/trashline-orbweavers 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' Month of Fear continues and… wait… do you feel it… the walls they’re... closing in around you! Crushing you!...were you scared? Well, if you were Hank you probably would have been because his fear is enclosed spaces! How is that related to science? Good question!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Fire Extinguisherhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tuot-ncf041819.phpWater-Filled Suithttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552417301335Air Purifierhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/space-station-mold-survives-200-times-radiation-dose-would-kill-human[Fact Off]Noc the beluga whalehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/story-one-whale-who-tried-bridge-linguistic-divide-between-animals-humans-180951437/?page=1http://cell.com/current-biology/supplemental/S0960-9822%2812%2901009-3https://www.public.navy.mil/navwar/NIWC-Pacific/technology/Pages/mammals.aspxNormal beluga: https://dosits.org/resources/resource-categories/feature-sounds/beluga/Noc sound: https://www.nature.com/news/the-whale-that-talked-1.11635Dark flieshttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/03/14/fifty-seven-years-of-darkness/#.XaY74udKgW_https://phys.org/news/2016-02-evolution-dark-fly.htmlhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160204111403.htm[Ask the Science Couch]Estimates of plant roomshttps://io9.gizmodo.com/how-many-plants-would-you-need-to-generate-oxygen-for-y-5955071http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-02/917906305.Bt.r.htmlhttps://everything2.com/title/How+much+plant+life+is+needed+to+keep+a+person+alive+in+a+sealed+room%253FPhotorespirationhttp://www.plantphysiol.org/content/155/1/56Biosphere 2http://biosphere2.org/visit/about-biosphere2/fast-factshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/sunday-review/biosphere-2-climate-change.htmlhttps://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/68/9/722/5055575?searchresult=1[Butt One More Thing]Apollo 10 floating poophttps://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poophttps://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a410/AS10_CM.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.

As the SciShow Tangents Month of Fear continues, your hosts get down into the wormy, slimy muck to discuss Ceri’s biggest fear: decomposition! Does that sound too generic to be truly terrifying? That’s what Sam thought too, and now he is also quite scared of decomposing! Boo!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out this these links:[Truth or Fail]Straw Urinals - https://www.unreservedmedia.com/paris-open-air-urinals/Peepee Day - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/6554958/Urinate-on-the-compost-heap-to-save-the-planet-says-the-National-Trust.htmlhttps://grist.org/living/ask-umbra-can-i-pee-in-my-compost-pile/Human Composting - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/washington-first-state-allow-burial-method-human-composting-180972020/[Fact Off]Ocean viruses - https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/9/e1602565.fullhttps://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/oc400/Arrigo2005.pdfBurying beetles - https://www.fws.gov/Midwest/endangered/insects/ambb/abb_fact.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-burying-beetle-nursery-bacteria-fungus-decomposition/[Ask the Science Couch]Food Safetyhttps://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/fsis-content/internet/main/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/safe-food-handling/food-safety-tips-for-college-students/ct_indexhttps://food.unl.edu/will-reheating-food-make-it-safe-if-you-forget-refrigerate-ithttps://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/food-technology/bacterial-food-poisoning/https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/what-you-need-know-about-foodborne-illnessesDecomposershttps://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/docs/tip-sheet-decomposer-id-cpts-id-f.pdfPizza (Quora answer)https://www.quora.com/Is-it-safe-to-eat-pizza-left-out-overnight[Butt One More Thing]A/V plughttp://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/deathly-doodle-leakagehttp://fluidpusher.blogspot.com/2009/10/questions-of-day-jenn-edition.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.

SciShow Tangents' Month of Fear continues! This week, Stefan is confronted by his fear of sharks! Thrill as we weave a tale of nigh-immortal sharks! Feel the chills run down your spine as you learn about how weird shark penises are! Try not to scream when you hear about Sharkarado, the Shark Colorado! This episode... might be too scary!!! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Still Shark Eggshttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0052551Tiger Shark Siblingshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/baby-sand-tiger-sharks-devour-their-siblings-while-still-in-the-womb-46192985/Thermal Ventshttps://www.livescience.com/61699-skates-eggs-thermal-vents.html[Fact Off]White Shark Caféhttps://schmidtocean.org/cruise/voyage-white-shark-cafe/#datahttp://whitesharkcafe.org/media/photos-videoshttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/28/613394086/great-white-sharks-have-a-secret-cafe-and-they-led-scientists-right-to-ithttps://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Mysterious-great-white-shark-lair-discovered-in-13234068.phphttps://www.nature.com/articles/415035bGreenland sharks eating sealshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098112001657?via%3Dihubhttps://animals.mom.me/seals-sleep-4736.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/6/120626-greenland-sharks-seals-sleeping-animals-science/[Ask the Science Couch]Intromittent organs/peniseshttps://academic.oup.com/icb/article/56/4/705/2198314https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/scienceshot-birds-disappearing-penisShark claspershttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-shark-penises-evolvedhttps://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7698https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/clasper[Butt One More Thing]Coprolite shark toothhttps://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/fossils/that-time-a-prehistoric-shark-took-a-bite-out-of-a-turd/ 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.

Here at Tangents, we don't mess around when it comes to Halloween. So each week in October, the topic will be one of our greatest fears! Hank was apparently too afraid to even be on this episode, so instead special guest Caitlin Hofmeister confronts her fear of failure as we tell her tales of science gone wrong! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Bubble Wraphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-bubble-wrap-180971325/Whoopee Cushionhttps://torontoist.com/2013/04/toronto-invents-the-whoopee-cushion/Vaselinehttps://www.dummies.com/education/history/american-history/the-history-of-an-incredibly-useful-u-s-product-vaseline/https://www.damninteresting.com/nugget/story-of-vaseline/[Fact Off]Mosquito self-limiting geneFour Pests campaignhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2014/02/26/mao-four-pests-china-disease/#.XKzfDOtKhxwhttps://io9.gizmodo.com/china-s-worst-self-inflicted-environmental-disaster-th-5927112https://chineseposters.net/themes/four-pests.phphttp://www.zonaeuropa.com/20061130_1.htmhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127087/[Ask the Science Couch]Killifishhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6317/1305https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/against-tide-fish-adapts-quickly-lethal-levels-pollution/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/science/atlantic-killifish-evolution-pollution.htmlRadiotrophic fungihttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/radiation-helps-fungi-grow/https://mbio.asm.org/content/7/6/e01483-16https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000457Birdshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140424223057.htmhttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.12283https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/pdf/S0169-5347(16)00019-7.pdf[Butt One More Thing]Artificial poop pillshttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/sham-poo-washes-out/493811/https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/214/2/173/2572105 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.

Plastic: space age wonder material or planet-destroying scourge? The real answer may lie... somewhere in the middle (but leaning more towards scourge). Plus, learn exactly how many LEGO minifigures you can eat before you die! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Milkhttps://blogs.getty.edu/iris/galalith-alchemy-in-the-age-of-plastic/https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/casein/3007625.articlehttps://www.ganoksin.com/article/galalith-jewelry-milk-stone/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-milk-plastic/Bloodhttps://books.google.com/books?id=3uoiAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/rjrtags/ill65.htmlhttps://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1261&context=beadshttps://materialdistrict.com/material/blood-plastic/https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1261&context=beadspictures: https://www.hippohardware.com/blogs/news/at-deaths-door-a-history-of-hemaciteVenomhttp://www.t3db.ca/toxins/T3D2544[Fact Off]Bees and plastichttps://www.sciencealert.com/wild-bees-have-been-found-building-nests-entirely-out-of-plastic-for-the-first-timehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13592-019-00635-6https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/pp-bsw030117.phphttps://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/ES13-00308.1Celluloid billiard balls http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/05/13/the_death_of_billiards_and_the_rise_of_plastic_on_99_invisible_with_roman.htmlhttps://www.liveabout.com/what-pool-balls-are-made-of-368742https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/once-upon-time-exploding-billiard-balls-were-everyday-thing-180962751/http://mentalfloss.com/article/64247/first-plastic-billiard-balls-routinely-exploded[Ask the Science Couch]Corn plastichttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/environmental-impact-of-corn-based-plastics/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/corn-plastic-to-the-rescue-126404720/https://mcgillcompost.com/blog/recycling-number-7-pla-plastics[Butt One More Thing]Cigarette buttshttps://www.sciencealert.com/this-company-recycles-cigarette-butts-and-turns-them-into-plastic 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.

For humans, the teenage years are marked by angst, self-discovery, and homework. For elephants, they’re marked by pus-weeping face glands, uncontrollable rage, and a green penis!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Guevedoces:https://secondnexus.com/opinion/the-intersex-children-of-salinas/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34290981https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/924291-overviewhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1991.tb03769.xCat scratch disease: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-case-of-schizophrenia-found-to-be-a-bad-case-of-cat-scratch-disease[Fact Off]Musichttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-teen-music-choices-fear-rules/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%22Gregory+S.+Berns%22Elephant Musthhttps://www.bbcearth.com/blog/?article=teenage-elephants-need-a-father-figurehttp://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=pdfviewer&id=1253211728&folder=125[Ask the Science Couch]Risk taking/brain developmenthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445337/https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontopsychology/chapter/6-3-adolescence-developing-independence-and-identity/Lyinghttp://www.jeffreyarnett.com/articles/articles/ARNETT_the_right_to_do_wrong.pdfhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691815300184https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109591[Butt One More Thing]Koala paphttps://www.savethekoala.com/about-koalas/life-cycle-koalahttp://koalainfo.com/pap-the-first-solid-food-of-koalas 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.

New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and the world's most stylish science podcast is celebrating by exploring the intersection of fashion and science! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Beards & miasma theoryhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/plague-know/https://mentalfloss.com/article/31056/why-did-people-wear-powdered-wigshttps://io9.gizmodo.com/the-science-behind-todays-plague-doctor-costume-1737404375Lightning rodshttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/9256546/lubbock_morning_avalanche/https://books.google.com/books?id=UEH1AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA184https://books.google.com/books?id=g6cwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA190Pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashionBulletproof silkhttps://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2578879http://mentalfloss.com/article/24039/brief-history-bulletproof-vestshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/29/bulletproof-silk-vest-prevent-first-world-war-royal-armouries[Fact Off]Julie and ear grassLizards and human shirts[Ask the Science Couch]Bamboohttp://www.patagonia.com/static/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-PatagoniaShared/default/dw0de5a5be/PDF-US/bamboo_rayon.pdfHemphttps://slate.com/technology/2011/04/hemp-versus-cotton-which-is-better-for-the-environment.htmlWoolhttps://www.iwto.org/news/environmental-impacts-wool-textilesLinenhttps://econation.co.nz/linen/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320307130_GOING_ECO_GOING_DUTCH_A_local_and_closed_loop_textile_production_systemMass production (dyeing, burning)https://e360.yale.edu/features/can_waterless_dyeing_processes_clean_up_clothing_industry_pollutionhttps://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/17/17852294/fashion-brands-burning-merchandise-burberry-nike-h-and-m[Butt One More Thing]Cow manure clotheshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/poop-clothing_n_58e7d6f0e4b058f0a02efa77 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.

Wether it's a human trying to figure out the quickest way to the airport, a salmon returning to the waters where they were born, or a dog trying to figure out the perfect place to poop, almost everyliving thing uses some sort of innate or technological navigation system every day. Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Orientation of mental maps:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135803Humans sensing magnetic fields:https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/can-humans-sense-the-magnetic-field--65611[Fact Off]Marine chronometerhttp://www.jgiesen.de/LunarDistance/index.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3087198?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-at-sea/longitude-problemhttps://archive.org/details/principlesmrhar00unkngoog/page/n22https://www.timeandwatches.com/p/the-detent-escapement-from-marine.htmlEtak navigator[Ask the Science Couch]Sunstone/calcite:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/11/viking-sunstone-revealedhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/mysterious-sunstones-in-medieval-viking-texts-could-really-have-worked/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.172187https://www.nature.com/news/2011/110131/full/news.2011.58.htmlImage of calcite: https://www.sciencesource.com/Doc/TR1_WATERMARKED/6/9/f/3/SS2509789.jpg?d63642476241 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.

Almost all of human culture and economics is structured around a handful of pretty metals that we have arbitrarily assigned value to! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Silver nanoparticleshttps://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12951-017-0254-9https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/osu-elc051418.phphttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/embryo-inspired-bandage-17-times-stickier-band-aidhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/ez-pnf021419.phpCopperhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK225400/https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/copper-toxicityPlatinumhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29632935https://www.forbes.com/sites/carmendrahl/2017/04/14/why-is-platinum-in-some-chemotherapy-drugs-and-can-we-improve-them/#1a89a88417d4[Fact Off]Alchemy and phosphorus:https://phys.org/news/2019-01-phosphorus-years-discovery-vital-element.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/02/465188104/phosphorus-starts-with-pee-in-this-tale-of-scientific-serendipityGold vein earthquakes: https://www.nature.com/news/earthquakes-make-gold-veins-in-an-instant-1.12615https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earthquakes-are-basically-gold-factories-4659100/[Ask the Science Couch]Nickel allergy/reactivity:https://www.nickelinstitute.org/about-nickel/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783936/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047925/https://books.google.com/books?id=CpAM1U1efqcC&pg=PA120Gold allergy/reactivity:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11244133https://books.google.com/books?id=1mk3lFVtBSQC&pg=PA104Implant metals:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9440845[Butt One More Thing]Metals in poop:https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es505329qhttps://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8803.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.

Extremophiles are tough little guys that not only survive but thrive in the harshest environments on Earth; unforgiving places like volcanic vents at the bottom of the sea, lakes of acid, and your bellybuttonTo learn more about extremophiles and a whole universe of other microscopic creatures, check out Journey to the Microcosmos at https://www.youtube.com/microcosmosFollow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Single-species Ecosystemhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10336-gold-mine-holds-life-untouched-by-the-sun/Extremophile Cheesehttps://www.businessinsider.com/belly-button-innie-inside-cheese-bacteria-lint-fungi-2019-7Fluffy Pink Golden Fungushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-discover-fungus-capable-collecting-gold-its-environment-180972293/[Fact Off]Berkeley pit extremophiles:https://medium.com/vision-2018/life-from-the-pit-70d3e0fbc0f6https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnWZcG3Nzkhttps://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Scientists-mine-potential-drugs-Berkeley/97/i18PCR & Taq polymerase:https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Polymerase-Chain-Reaction-Fact-Sheethttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/probe/docs/techpcr/https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/10342020https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/yellowstone-bacteria-beer-science[Ask the Science Couch]Extremophiles:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187170/Bacteria vs. Archaea:http://bio1520.biology.gatech.edu/biodiversity/prokaryotes-bacteria-archaea-2/https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.htmlArchaea characteristics:https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/astrobiology/environments/https://microbiologyonline.org/about-microbiology/introducing-microbes/archaeahttps://ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaeamm.html[Butt One More Thing]Pompeii worm:https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/marinesymbiosis/pompeii.htmlhttp://faculty.montgomerycollege.edu/gyouth/FP_examples/student_examples/sathya_ramachandran/pompeiiworms.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 week, the Other Couch's high-school-level understanding of chemistry is really put to the test as we talk about acid! What is it? How does it dissolve things? It has something to do... with protons? It seems way simpler in the movies!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Formic acid (general):https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Formic-acidFire ant antivenom:https://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6174/1014.abstracthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/invasive-crazy-ants-are-eating-up-invasive-fire-ants-in-the-south-65189409/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-rise-of-the-crazy-ants/Bone-house wasps:https://www.wired.com/2014/07/the-spider-eating-bone-house-wasp/Electricity-generating wasps:https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101221-solar-power-hornet-science-animals/[Fact Off]Internal sensor:https://www.seeker.com/when-swallowed-this-sensor-is-powered-by-stomach-acid-2248294501.htmlPregnancy gif:https://giphy.com/gifs/pregnancy-baby-fetus-WS91RYT47sA6Ihttps://imgur.com/gallery/d7n3eIHMoss bandage:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-humble-moss-helped-heal-wounds-thousands-WWI-180963081/https://images.app.goo.gl/TWkw555pqQcRF4Ap8[Ask the Science Couch]Battery energy storage:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-batteries-store-an/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IUsholjg&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPHzzYuWy6fYEaX9mQQ8oGrLead-acid batteries:https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lead_based_batterieshttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/leadacid.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.

You might think you know everything there is to know about deserts: big, sandy, hot, etc. But between the alien mummies and the ice blades, we're guessing there's a lot you don't know. All that and you get to see Hank just totally embarrass himself while trying to talk about Pokemon. Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Atacama Desert:Ata:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/science/ata-mummy-alien-chile.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-alien-skeleton-found-chile-was-likely-result-genetic-mutations-180968576/Ice Blades: https://www.sciencealert.com/eerie-ice-spires-harbour-life-in-one-of-the-harshest-environments-on-earthMicrobes:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35051-whttps://earthsky.org/earth/mars-like-atacanda-desert-rain-brings-death[Fact Off]Thorny devil lizard:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.170591Libyan Desert glass:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022309384901777https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/47/7/609/570318/overestimation-of-threat-from-100-mt-class?redirectedFrom=fulltexthttps://theconversation.com/how-we-solved-the-mystery-of-libyan-desert-glass-117253[Ask the Science Couch]Sand depth:https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-9213-9_325-1https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-65661-8_10https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92232/grand-erg-oriental-algeriahttps://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/nature/sand-dunes-sandstone.htm[Butt One More Thing]Dung beetles:https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uotw-bud101912.phphttps://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2812%2901061-5 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 you think metamorphosis, you might think a beautiful butterfly coming out of its cocoon. However, lots of things metamorphose in much less graceful, much more sticky, gooey, unsettling, and potentially dangerous ways!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/uoc-sbb010308.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4460030.stmKind of gross but very cool, highly recommend this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCo2uCLXvhk[Fact Off]Cryptometamorphosis:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/science/snail-metamorphosis.htmlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2018.1099#sec-3Figure from paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/cms/attachment/12748a2e-c968-4fff-912a-9f9cd2c3d514/rspb20181099f01.gifWax moths and plastic:https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/25/525447206/a-worm-may-hold-the-key-to-biodegrading-plastichttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28441558[Ask the Science Couch]Grasshoppers/locusts:http://mentalfloss.com/article/57104/whats-difference-between-grasshoppers-and-locustshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-grasshoppers-go-bibl/(includes picture) https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/01/serotonin-makes-locusts-swarmhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/306/5703/1881 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.