Episodes
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There's a chill in the air and a shudder in our bones...it's Spooky Month! Come along with us on a treacherous journey full of mischief, mayhem, and many marvelously mysterious guests! Steady yourself, for who knows what frights lurk around the corner...
Alas, our frightful fiends and friends, Spooky Month has nearly run its course - but not until we go out with a bang with our final ghoulish guest, Tom Lum! Join as we dare to tread amongst the creatures who belong to the night...nocturnal animals!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[This, That, or the Other: Boysâ Night Out]
Male animals float and call out to females
https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Pseudis_paradoxa%20-%20Paradoxical%20Frog.pdf
Animals in ritualistic sparring matches for several hours
https://echidnawalkabout.com.au/how-kangaroos-fight/
Patrolling perimeter and building up poop piles
https://www.britannica.com/animal/kiwi-bird
https://www.livescience.com/57813-kiwi-facts.html
[Truth or Fail Express]
Hedgehogs inflate like a balloon
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-68833432
https://www.livescience.com/59994-balloon-syndrome-hedgehog.html
Bandicoots spin to defend themselves
https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Spin
https://www2.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/land-mammals/bandicoots
Tasmanian devils are soothed by music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_the_Devil
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/tasmanian-devil
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/08/native-animals-should-be-renamed-with-their-aboriginal-names/
Pygmy tarsiers / gremlins rotating their heads
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-tarsier/
https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-tarsier/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Vitamin D chemistry and nocturnal animals
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK56061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761812/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12899852/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2095.2009.00722.x
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/3/1/1
Patreon bonus: Teenage humans sleeping habits shifted towards night
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820578/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/07420528.2023.2265480
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/10/among-teens-sleep-deprivation-an-epidemic.html
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/134/3/642/74175/School-Start-Times-for-Adolescents
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084759/
[Butt One More Thing]
Bats with false butts (but some sort of muscle)
https://www.instagram.com/batworldsanctuary/p/DAbKf45RDjW/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mexican_free-tailed_bat_(8006850693).jpg
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There's a chill in the air and a shudder in our bones...it's Spooky Month! Come along with us on a treacherous journey full of mischief, mayhem, and many marvelously mysterious guests! Steady yourself, for who knows what frights lurk around the corner...
Our next shocking mystery friend to join us is none other than Dylan Marron! Tread the floorboards of Tangents Manor with us in pursuit of the truth behind fortune-telling and future-predicting as we examine Psychics!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[This, That, or the Other: Crystal Ball]
Weather forecast predictions
https://www.noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-use-to-forecast-weather
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-trust-farmers-almanacs-weather-predictions/
Flu shot planning
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htm
Short-term volcanic eruption prediction
https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eruptionforecast
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6
[The Scientific Definition]
Spirit trumpet
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-SPR-TRUMPET/1
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spirit-trumpets-dead-speak
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-harry-houdini-seances-and-spiritualism-were-just-an-illusion-180978944/
The Barnum effect
http://apsychoserver.psych.arizona.edu/JJBAReprints/PSYC621/Forer_The%20fallacy%20of%20personal%20validation_1949.pdf
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104425651
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00271.x
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-21271-001
Table-turning
https://fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/psychical-research-collection/tabletalkingandtableturning/tabletalkingandtableturningboo
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52954-2_6
https://www.ria.ie/blog/table-turning-a-victorian-fad/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Neuroscience or psychology explanations for deja vu
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-005-0677-3
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251874/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810012000049
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420423/
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/the-psychology-of-deja-vu.html
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deja-vu
Patreon bonus: Brain-computer interfaces and using technology to detect thoughts
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497935/
https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/21/8639905/brain-control-robot-arm-paralyzed-quadriplegic
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaa5417
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/4/23708162/neurotechnology-mind-reading-brain-neuralink-brain-computer-interface
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9
[Butt One More Thing]
Scatomancy pseudoscience vs. fecal tests run by gastroenterologists
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scatomancer_n_4309974
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000704.htm
https://www.columbiadoctors.org/news/how-know-your-colon-healthy
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There's a chill in the air and a shudder in our bones...it's Spooky Month! Come along with us on a treacherous journey full of mischief, mayhem, and many marvelously mysterious guests! Steady yourself, for who knows what frights lurk around the corner...
In our first Spooky Month episode we dare to venture into the cold, dark world of caves. Joining us on our search for hidden knowledge deep within the earth is the estimably terrifying Brennan Lee Mulligan!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[This, That, or the Other: Deep Trouble]
Optymistychna Cave in Ukraine
Plura Cave in Norway
Veryovkina Cave in Georgia (the country)
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36097300
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/veryovkina-cave-deepest
https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/minerals-database/gypsum/
https://saltworkconsultants.com/downloads/31.%20Dissolution%202-%20Caves.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262182704_Fractal_dimensions_of_cave_for_exemplary_gypsum_cave-mazes_of_Western_Ukraine
https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/handle/1956/10413?locale-attribute=en https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-97292-3_9 https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2499&context=ijs
[The Gauntlet]
Madagascar cave graveyard
Armenia wine cave
Bosnia & Herzegovina cave barely moving animal
Devilâs Hole cave in Nevada
Cheese storage caves in the U.S.
Mexico cave with giant formations
[Ask the Science Couch]
Science of cave climate in cheese/wine production
https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/underground-wine-caves-good/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214289419306088#
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/missouri-cheese-caves-history
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-stockpile-cheese-missouri-caves/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213329116300260
Patreon bonus: âSubsurface access pointsâ or caves in non-Earth places like the Moon and Mars
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/news/caves-across-solar-system
https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/what-we-do/applications/subsurface-access/
https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/lunar-pits-could-shelter-astronauts-reveal-details-of-how-man-in-the-moon-formed/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02302-y.epdf
[Butt One More Thing]
Indigenous Caribbean cave art from 1200-1400s, carved from moonmilk or painted using guano compounds
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440317301413?via%3Dihub
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-05389-8
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Get ready for a stomach-turning, heart-pounding, gravity-defying thrill ride as we plummet down, up, and all around the amazing world of roller coasters! We're joined by legendary podcaster, YouTuber, and roller coaster fanatic Tom Scott who wows us with his encyclopedic knowledge of these engineering marvels. So take a deep breath, strap in, and keep all your limbs inside the ride until the episode comes to a complete stop! Oh, and have fun!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[This, That, or the Other: All Downhill from Here]
https://www.goldreefcity.co.za/theme-park/rides-and-attractions/tower-of-terror/
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20170005323/downloads/20170005323.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663089/
https://www.ferrariworldabudhabi.com/en/rides/formula-rossa/worlds-fastest-rollercoaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8pJiV44hVM
https://www.iaapa.org/news/funworld/tmnt-shellraiser
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3281645/
https://www.powermotiontech.com/hydraulics/accumulators/article/21883506/want-thrills-go-with-hydraulics
[Trivia Question]
Annual deaths in roller coaster accidents in the United States
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730261
https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-victims
https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/NEISSQuery/Data/Info%20Docs/2023%20NEISS%20Coding%20Manual.pdf
ââhttps://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/2023-Fireworks-Annual-Report.pdf?VersionId=61twx_Y4c5dkn6MhfDIT7QhGg2T6Gf1q
https://www.uspa.org/discover/faqs/safety
[Fact Off]
Riding roller coasters can help reduce perception of breathlessness/dyspnea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005796706001653
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611106003209
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1191/1479972306cd110ra?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
Riding in the back of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad can help dislodge kidney stones
[Ask the Science Couch]
Roller coaster stomach drop feeling and the enteric nervous system
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7495222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367209/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-why-does-your-stomach-drop-on-a-roller-coaster/
https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2020/may/roller-coaster-terminology-101
Patreon bonus: Motion sickness and relation to age
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11135238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6241144/
[Butt One More Thing]
Dog-fart-themed steel roller coaster in Denmarkâs BonBon-Land
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/624229/take-virtual-ride-hundeprutterutchebane-denmarks-infamous-dog-fart-rollercoaster
https://www.southzealand-mon.com/BonBon-Land
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The knowledge of our couch of finely-honed scientific minds didn't pop out of the ground fully-formed - it had to be planted, tended, and grown lovingly over a long period of time to flower into the beautiful curiosity tree it is today. But like so much of life, it started as just a tiny, humble seed - which is super convenient for the topic of this episode!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Definition]
https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/what-is-a-seed/
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.00027
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/female-gametophyte
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/male-gametophyte
[This or That: Seed Numbers]
25: seed weight or germination time
2000: preserved species or oldest germinated seed
385 million: individual Amazonian trees or oldest seed-producing fossilized plant
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2012/687832
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/science/12/chap5.htm
https://www.seedvault.no/about/the-seeds/
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1153600
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/708279
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309767/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1102491
https://web.archive.org/web/20130608110356/http://sura.ots.ac.cr/local/florula3/docs/Hura.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/story/can-apple-seeds-kill-you
[Trivia Question]
2024 record for smallest creature to disperse ingested seeds
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1042977
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10519
https://bantam.earth/common-rough-woodlouse-porcellio-scaber/
[Fact Off]
HybriBots are a cyborg way to plant seeds, made from wild oats and human-made capsules
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.202313906 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34506974/
Video of wild oat fruits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlUparIDfzE
Human urine does not protect acorns against predation by the wood mouse
[Ask the Science Couch]
Heirloom seeds and non-recently-hybridized plant cultivars (vs. hybrids vs. genetic modifications)
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/heirloom-vegetables/
https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/dkk-mg-seed-swap-hybrid-heirloom.pdf
https://ag.umass.edu/home-lawn-garden/fact-sheets/heirloom-vegetable-varieties
https://extension.illinois.edu/node/21430
https://hles.unl.edu/translating-language-seed-packets-hybrid-heirloom-non-gmo-and-more
https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond
Patreon bonus: How seeds germinate and seeds that grow better after being digested
https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/4/462
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00973.x
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1433831904700104
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.1667
[Butt One More Thing]
Mysterious tomato plant on the volcanic island Surtsey came from a seed in human poop
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/dirty-secret-uncovered-doing-business-surtsey/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1267/
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Here in the remote vistas of the Tangents jungle, observe a group of mighty science communicators expertly stalking their primary prey: knowledge. Ever so tantalizing to behold, knowledge lounges in the shade of a fern, oblivious to the danger sneaking up behind it, ready to strike at a moment's notice! Truly, these must be the most fearsome of all predators!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[This, That, or the Other: Munch Squad]
Barnacle and crab-eating animal in North American oceans
Bird-eating ungulate in captivity
Small mammal that ate raptorâs meat meal instead of being eaten
https://new.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/29-01_Courbis.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340941147_Do_lowland_tapirs_Tapirus_terrestris_eat_meat_Evidence_of_carnivory_in_a_large_South_American_herbivore
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-015-0980-y
https://bioone.org/journals/annals-of-the-entomological-society-of-america/volume-105/issue-1/AN11057/Opportunistic-Carnivory-by-Romalea-microptera-Orthoptera-Acrididae/10.1603/AN11057.short
[Fact Off]
Late-stage bamboo shark embryos have electroreception within their egg case
Collaborative hunting gestures in coral reef residents (e.g. groupers or coral trout and moray eels)
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040431
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2781
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)00885-9
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/04/24/groupers-use-gestures-to-recruit-morays-for-hunting-team-ups/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of pollutants in the food web (including humans)
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/toxic-killer-whales
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969722022549
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10212926/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021002671
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-013-1722-x
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/tiny-matters/plastic-micro-plastic-everywhere-what-does-it-do-and-why-should-we-care.html
Patreon bonus: Sharks have cartilaginous skeletons
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557576/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0944200606000080?via%3Dihub
https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2015/12/preserving-soft-skeleton-backs-without-bones/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfb.14444
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/221/24/jeb188318/20570/Mechanical-behavior-of-shark-vertebral-centra-at
[Butt One More Thing]
Coprolites show that Smok wawelski (an archosaur from the Late Triassic) was eating bones
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37540-4
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/838032
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For those who want a megadose of Tangents shenanigans, this compilation is for you! In the many seasons of Tangents we've covered lots of interconnected topics, and now you can listen to them back-to-back like the best podcast many-feature ever. This compilation has been handcrafted from premium ingredients, sifted and whisked together with care, and baked to podcast easy listening perfection. Bon Appetite!
Original episodes:
S1 E5 - Eggs, original airdate: December 11, 2018
S2 E18 - Sugar, original airdate: March 10, 2020
S2 E26 - Salt, original airdate: May 5, 2020
S2 E38 - Milk, original airdate: August 18, 2020
S3 E44 - Yeast, original airdate: January 18, 2022
Sources for each episode can be found in the descriptions of the original episodes.
Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes of our podcast here: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts!
Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!
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A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
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From our episode on Sweat, here's Ceri's brilliant rendition of "Why Do We Sweat?"
This song is a parody of Rusted Root's "Send Me On My Way."
Lyrics: Ceri Riley
Music: Joseph "Tuna" Metesh
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Some are itchy, some are painful, some go totally unnoticed by us every single day...bugs have such variety in the ways they chomp, some chomps aren't even from bug mouths, but from bug butts! Join us while we debate, query, and learn all we can about the wide world of bug bites.
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[This, That, or the Other: These Ouches Are No Slouches]
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12103
https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/10878/sting-wild
[Trivia Question]
Size of giant toe-biting water bugs found in Cyprus
https://travaux.pensoft.net/article/94457/
https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/giant-toe-biter-water-bugs-discovered-in-cyprus-for-the-1st-time
https://blog.abchomeandcommercial.com/do-water-bugs-bite/
https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/03/20/massive-bug-sighted-keep-your-toes-out-of-the-water/
[Fact Off]
Epomis beetle larvae and adults eat frogs as role-reversal predators
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025161
Bumble bees bite plant leaves to make them flower early
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay0496
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-bite-plants-to-force-them-to-flower-seriously/
https://wisconsinbumblebees.entomology.wisc.edu/about-bumble-bees/life-cycle-and-development/
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/67/17/4925/2197656
[Ask the Science Couch]
Causes of itchiness and how calamine lotion / zinc oxide works
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862869/
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/how-stop-bug-bites-itching
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9532860/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02090/full
https://jsstd.org/calamine-lotion/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120804/
Patreon bonus: Bugs with big mandibles or bite marks (even if they rarely bite humans)
https://pukaha.org.nz/the-wacky-world-of-new-zealand-weta/
https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/2995
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/stag-beetles.html
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/217/7/1065/13119/Biomechanical-determinants-of-bite-force
https://www.nps.gov/articles/giant-water-bug.htm
[Butt One More Thing]
Beaded lacewing (Lomamyia latipennis) larvae paralyze termites with farts before eating them
https://www.wired.com/2015/06/silent-deadly-fatal-farts-immobilize-prey/
https://www.nature.com/articles/289506a0
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Woo boy! It's hot out there, why don't ya grab a nice glass of ice cold lemonade and listen in on everything you did and didn't want to learn about sweat. Are humans the sweatiest of them all? Do fish sweat? What lives in the ecosystem between two people holding hands for the first time? What is it all even for!??
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
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Sources:
[Truth or Fail]Sweat sucking spiders supplementing salts
Polar bears follow sweaty paw paths in search for love
A new bacteria-infecting cure for extra stinky sweaty feet
[Trivia Question]
NASAâs ECOSTRESS measures evapotranspiration aka plant sweating
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ecosystem-spaceborne-thermal-radiometer-experiment-on-space-station-ecostress
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/watching-plants-water-use-is-no-sweat-for-ecostress
[Fact Off]
Charles Blagden experiments with âsuper-saunaâ that cooked steak but made humans sweat
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/experiments-and-observations-in-a-heated-room-1774/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/106218?seq=1
https://royalsociety.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/
Antiperspirant made with propylene glycol that evaporates your sweat before it leaves the ducts
[Ask the Science Couch]
Non-water stuff in eccrine sweat (salt, urea, hormones, etc.)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6773238/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12817713/
https://www.penn.museum/sites/bulletin/1733/
https://ontarioarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/oa048-02_macdonald.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941775/
Patreon bonus: Effects of stress/emotion on sweat composition and smell
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-2494.2007.00387.x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9246182/
[Butt One More Thing]
Treating hyperhidrosis in the perianal region with botox
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436621/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11172190/
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This summer's hottest North American bug is without question, the cicada. They've got everything: neon-colored wing veins, bendy-straw-style exoskeletons, an insatiable thirst for tree goo, and after 17 years of napping, they're bursting out of the ground ready to par-tay!
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[This or That: Cicadas or the Beatles]
https://www.science.org/content/article/secret-cicadas-chirp
https://cicadas.uconn.edu/behavior/
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/698019
Algorithm to measure song changes over time
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/500262
https://www.science.org/content/article/computer-charts-evolution-beatles
Test signals in fiber optic cables
https://entomologytoday.org/2023/12/04/broadband-buzz-periodical-cicadas-chorus-measured-fiber-optic-cables/
https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/23/6/3/7425398?login=false
Female flies responding to songs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4932889/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/cicadas-are-the-barry-white-of-the-insect-world/
Eroomâs Law principle related to drug development
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/eroom-s-law
https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bmb.21617
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroom%27s_law
[Trivia Question]
Bird hunting caterpillars on emergence and non-emergence years
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi7426
https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/24148209/cicadas-2024-periodical-brood-eat-ecosystem-impact
[Fact Off]
Brown bears digging up cicada nymphs in Japanese human-planted forests
https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/86161
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2020-0222
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4266
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1036064
Cicadas pee in a very mammal-like stream
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-cicadas-power-spray-their-pee/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Cicada sound production using the tymbal, stridulation, or wing impacts
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_4279
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/198/4/1001/6996/The-Role-of-the-Tymbal-in-Cicada-Sound-Production
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118554
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/151/1/41/5697/Do-Cicadas-Radiate-Sound-through-their-Ear-Drums
Patreon bonus: Periodical cicadas emerge after 13 or 17 (prime numbers) years
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2406585
https://www.livescience.com/14238-southern-cicadas-emerge-exact-prime-number-cycles.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690011/
https://cicadas.uconn.edu/
[Butt One More Thing]
Cicada nymph anal liquid is adhesive and mucus-like
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044523104700686
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rax3CKoj8
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It wouldn't be Pride at Tangents if we weren't getting into some science! We're joined by Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson, the hosts of a new show from news outlet Canadaland called "Field Guide to Gay Animals." Our conversation ranged far and wide across a myriad of ways queerness is expressed in the animal world and the challenges and joys of studying it.
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
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Sources:
[Truth or Fail Express]
Sequentially hermaphroditic shrimp
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/eeblog/2020/12/01/sequential-hermaphroditism-or-why-to-be-wary-of-frog-dna/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oceans-rising-acidity-could-impact-shrimps-early-sex-reversal-180972521/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218238
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355179232_Protandric_Transcriptomes_to_Uncover_Parts_of_the_Crustacean_Sex-Differentiation_Puzzle
Nudibranch with male and female sex organs
https://www.livescience.com/27065-sea-slug-uses-disposable-penis.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639767/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-018-0562-z?wt
Sparrows with white or tan stripes and functionally four genders
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-fascinating-and-complicated-sex-lives-white-throated-sparrows
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725849/
[This or That: Bird or Bug?]
Male-male duo that dances together to attract a mate (blue-backed manakin)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51171525#page/225/mode/1up
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/18/1/21/209396
Male-male pair that takes over a male-female pairâs nest (Japanese termites)
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/680968
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347216301233
Mating-related injuries on both male and female specimens (dragonflies)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252041#page/48/mode/1up
[Ask the Science Couch]
History of sexual diversity in animals documented or not in zoology (e.g. Adelie penguins)
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/195/1/1/6568055
https://www.penguinscience.com/reprints/10%20Russell.pdf
http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/pdf-77304-13455?filename=Same_sex%20sexual%20behaviour.pdf
[Butt One More Thing]
Aristotleâs History of Animals mentions female pigeons laying wind-eggs after same-sex sexual behavior
https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/history_anim.6.vi.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-an-egg-with-no-yolk
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It's all right there on the tin - this episode is BANANAS. And not just because we have the most guests we've ever had in Tangents history. Not even just because one of them is a super special surprise RETURN friend of the pod. And not even because we check out some flowers that are way more uncomfortable to look at than you think. No, this episode is bananas because we're talking about (you guessed it) bananas!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
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Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where weâll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
[Truth or Fail Express]
Banana peel pasta
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022023325
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220809141224.htm
Banana peel perfume adherent
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132323007679
https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021229177&origin=inward&txGid=4b400d048de28231cfb5cce2c0ee924a
Banana peel water filtration
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2011/acs-presspac-april-13-2011/banana-peels-get-a-second-life-as-water-purifier.html
https://www.livescience.com/13276-banana-peels-filter-toxic-metals.html
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ie101499e
[This or That: Yellow or Not Yellow?]
Banana fiddler crab
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-02899-w
Image: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/753425
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austruca_mjoebergi_coenobita.jpg
Banana galaxies
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15232
Nokia 8110 aka the âbanana phoneâ
https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/nokia-8110
https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/hmd-global-nokia-8110-4g
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nokia_8110.jpg
Image of 4G: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nokia_8110_4G.png
[Ask the Science Couch]
Commercial banana cultivar genetics and Fusarium wilt or other disease risks
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article-abstract/4/1/87/588827
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0154448
https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/31/6/article-p838.xml
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/11/462375558/our-favorite-banana-may-be-doomed-can-new-varieties-replace-it
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01670-6
[Butt One More Thing]
Honey bee alarm pheromones contain the banana flavor isoamyl acetate
https://www.nature.com/articles/1951018b0
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.2653
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Another wild teaser appears! This little snippet is from a bonus, cut-for-time question from our episode on Turtles! You can listen to the rest, and also a bunch more bonus content, on our Patreon. It's one of the best ways you can support the show and keep Tangents going and free for everyone. Head over to Patreon.com/scishowtangents and join in all the learning and shenanigans! Thank you so much to all our Patrons - we genuinely would not get to do this without you, and we really like doing this, so it rocks that we can. THANK YOU!
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It may seem like cloning really only shows up regularly in science fiction, but it turns out, it's been a sneaky, significant real-world process for a super long time! In this episode we learn about cloning found in nature, labs, and...this very podcast??
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
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[Truth or Fail]
Crayfish thatâs been cloning itself might help us study prion diseases
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/mutant-crayfish-clones-europe.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/904708
Scientists envision a new insect repellant while cloning hemlock trees
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/801445
Athleteâs foot fungus rejects sex for cloning
https://today.duke.edu/2018/02/toenail-fungus-gives-sex-infect-human-hosts
https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/208/4/1657/6084243
https://gizmodo.com/the-fungi-that-cause-athletes-foot-have-given-up-on-sex-1823265768
[Trivia Question]
First cloned cat, which was named Copy Cat
https://vetmed.tamu.edu/news/press-releases/texas-am-says-goodbye-to-cc-worlds-first-cloned-cat/
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/08/813384347/remembering-cc-the-cloned-cat
[Fact Off]
Electric ant queens and males sexually reproduce but actually like two different clonal species
A 34-member âtwin studyâ with Amazon molly fish clones
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009151
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43069-6
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-defeating-enemy-evolution-clone-fish.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919929/
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/twins-study/about/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Cross-species cloning and back-breeding as de-extinction strategies
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK223960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC521203/
https://lsspjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2195-7819-10-3
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/species-revival-bringing-back-extinct-animals
https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2021-02/genetic-research-boosts-black-footed-ferret-conservation-efforts
[Butt One More Thing]
Portuguese man oâ war is a colony of zooid clones, including gastrozooids for digesting (and maybe pooping)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51842-1
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/portuguese-man-o-war.html
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Humanity is bound together by so many qualities, and in this episode, we add Being Goopy to the list. What does that have to do with glue? A whole lot, it turns out - cue some ominous foreshadowing....Memento goopy!
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
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[Secret Ingredient]
Fibers mixed with water to make adhesive
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/1/pgac026/6549457
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945194
Adhesive inspired by animal protein
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945194
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c10936
Chinese bricks made with gluey substance
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chinese-architecture
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eem2.12143
[Trivia Question]
Year that the first adhesive stamp Penny Black was mailed
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-a-single-postage-stamp-birthed-the-information-age
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-piece-of-mail-sent-using-a-stamp-auction-180983619/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-of-the-first-postage-stamp-14931961/
[Fact Off]
Reversible glue made with caffeic acid exposed to certain UV light wavelengths
Blood albumin glue used in plywood and pre-plastic resin objects
https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-154.pdf
https://foodeng.wisc.edu/images/publications/2010-9.pdf
https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/fluidsengineering/article-abstract/54/11/15/1162589/Blood-Albumin-and-the-Woodworking-Industry?redirectedFrom=PDF
https://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14216
[Ask the Science Couch]
How glue adhesion/cohesion works and why glue (sometimes) doesnât cure in the bottle
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01182#
https://www.uhu.com/en-en/glue-advice/adhesive-types
https://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/D-Lab_Learn-It_Adhesives_Jul13.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143749618300575
https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/CT07137
[Butt One More Thing]
Fibrin glue used to help seal anal fistulas
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12682544/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1782483/
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No, your eyes and ears don't deceive you - this is, in fact, a super special cross-feed treat from our friends over at Crash Course in the form of the first episode of their brand new show, "Crash Course Pods: The Universe." Hosted by novelist John Green and astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack, "The Universe" is a podcast about the history of the entire universe, from its explosive beginnings to its mysterious, but inevitable, end. In this first episode Dr. Mack walks John through the Big Bang and the very first micro-moments of the universe, and some of the ways that that ancient event is actually still connected to us, here, today. It's great, we really like it, we're really proud of the Crash Course team, and we thought you guys would also really enjoy the show! So to make it easy, we put the entire first episode right here! The rest of John and Dr. Mack's conversation will cover 11 episodes airing every other week on the Crash Course YouTube channel at youtube.com/crashcourse or wherever you get your podcasts. Give it a listen, and we hope you enjoy!
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We do a lot of learning on Tangents, so naturally, we've got questions about what learning looks like...for machines! AI and machine learning science communicator Jordan Harrod (https://www.youtube.com/@jordanharrod) lends her expertise to this episode as we definitely for sure learn all there is to know and will ever need to be known about machine learning, algorithms, and AI. Definitely we got all of it, everyone.
SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!
Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks youâll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!
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[Truth or Fail Express]
Racoon-inspired algorithm
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8552661
Dolphin-inspired algorithm
Pelican-inspired algorithm
[Trivia Question]
Using machine learning to measure plant vibration and sounds when they experience stress
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00262-3
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plants-make-noises-when-stressed-study-finds-180981920/
[Fact Off]
Lenna (an image of a Playboy model) used as the standard for digital image processing
https://www.404media.co/lena-test-image-ieee-policy/
Tricking speech recognition systems with âneural voice camouflageâ
https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/block-smartphone-microphone-speech-recognition-spying
https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/16.pdf
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.07076.pdf
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/20/17594074/phone-spying-wiretap-microphone-smartphone-northeastern-dave-choffnes-christo-wilson-kara-swisher
https://gizmodo.com/these-academics-spent-the-last-year-testing-whether-you-1826961188
[Ask the Science Couch]
AI image generator mistakes (hands, feet, teeth) and how they work (diffusion models)
https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/why-ai-generated-hands-are-the-stuff-of-nightmares-explained-by-a-scientist
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/ai-generated-art-hands-fingers-messed-up
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/what-dall-e-reveals-about-human-creativity
https://proceedings.mlr.press/v37/sohl-dickstein15.pdf
[Butt One More Thing]
Training machine learning models (convolutional neural networks) to classify poop images
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.10578.pdf
https://journals.lww.com/ajg/abstract/2022/07000/a_smartphone_application_using_artificial.24.aspx
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33275399/
Anal Recognition Paper
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-020-0534-9
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[Truth or Fail]
Fossilized turtle poop showing green algae feast site
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995472
https://www.science.org/content/article/sea-turtles-have-3000-year-old-routines
Crushing of fossilized turtle shells shows burial site age
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/science/turtle-shells-fossils-paleontology.html
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/18/5/1524/616297/Crushed-turtle-shells-Proxies-for-lithification
Turtle fossil was actually a plant fossil
https://www.livescience.com/animals/120-million-year-old-plants-turn-out-to-be-ultra-rare-fossilized-baby-turtles
[Trivia Question]
Speed of a sand-digging robot modeled after a turtle hatchling
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/bot-inspired-by-baby-turtles-can-swim-under-the-sand-1
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aisy.202200404
[Fact Off]
Chinese soft-shelled turtles (basically) pee out their mouths
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/215/21/3723/19178/The-Chinese-soft-shelled-turtle-Pelodiscus
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121011090643.htm
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aohc/63/2/63_2_181/_article
https://theconversation.com/no-overwintering-turtles-dont-breathe-through-their-butts-getting-to-the-bottom-of-a-popular-misconception-224331
Microplastics in sand mess with sea turtle sex ratios
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230623210244.htm#:~:text=Warmer%20temperatures%20are%20known%20to,before%20their%20sex%20is%20set.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/temperature-dependent.html#:~:text=This%20is%20called%20temperature%2Ddependent,the%20hatchlings%20will%20be%20female.
[Ask the Science Couch]
Turtle communication and vocalization
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24553
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14356-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33741-8 https://gizmodo.com/jurassic-parks-dinosaur-sound-effects-were-actually-ani-5994278
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/06/turtles-eat-south-america/
[Butt One More Thing]
Collecting loggerhead sea turtle fecal samples by making them custom swimsuits
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/10/sea-turtles-don-swimsuits-science
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