SciShow Tangents

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  • SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.
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  • Stomachs

    Stomachs
    Nov 12 2024
    From one to four to none at all, stomachs enjoy a stunning variety across all the creatures who have (or don't have) them. And with our stomachs all happily full of spooky month treats, we thought it was the perfect time to learn all about this weird, wobbly, wonderful organ.SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen[This, That, or the Other: Stomachs ROCK]Bird with over 1% of their total body weight of gastrolithsAquatic animal helps control buoyancy by swallowing silt Animal eats its exoskeleton that stores calcium in stomachhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8342792/#bib0037https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6549149_No_gastric_mill_in_sauropod_dinosaurs_New_evidence_from_analysis_of_gastrolith_mass_and_function_in_ostricheshttps://bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de/xmlui/handle/20.500.11811/2110https://www.jstor.org/stable/4098635https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26818557/[Trivia Question]Mammal species without stomachshttps://www.livescience.com/41661-why-platypus-wont-regain-stomach.htmlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.2669https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-the-platypus-and-a-quarter-of-fishes-lost-their-stomachshttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/obl4he/vertebratediversity/monotremes.htmlhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Rzx7yeh7c[Fact Off]Ghost crabs use their stomach teeth (gastric mills) to growlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.1161https://www.science.org/content/article/listen-ghost-crab-frighten-away-enemies-its-stomach-rumbleshttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/11/ghost-crabs-use-teeth-in-stomachs-to-growl-at-predatorsSomeone ate a shrew to study what human digestion does to rodent bones [Ask the Science Couch]Borborygmus and the biology of stomach rumbles https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-your-stomach-gro/https://www.etymonline.com/word/borborygmushttps://www.nature.com/articles/nrgastro.2012.57https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpgi.00212.2015Patreon bonus: Stomach and brain communication for hunger/satiety (or other things) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174087/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555906/https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpgi.00448.2003https://www.livescience.com/health/food-diet/does-it-really-take-20-minutes-to-realize-youre-fullhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/693111[Butt One More Thing]Florida carpenter ants swallow their own formic acid to help protect their stomachshttps://elifesciences.org/articles/60287https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/491275
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  • Spooky Month: Nocturnal Animals with Tom Lum!

    Spooky Month: Nocturnal Animals with Tom Lum!
    Oct 31 2024
    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 you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! 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: Boys’ Night Out]Male animals float and call out to femaleshttps://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Pseudis_paradoxa%20-%20Paradoxical%20Frog.pdfAnimals in ritualistic sparring matches for several hourshttps://echidnawalkabout.com.au/how-kangaroos-fight/Patrolling perimeter and building up poop pileshttps://www.britannica.com/animal/kiwi-birdhttps://www.livescience.com/57813-kiwi-facts.html[Truth or Fail Express]Hedgehogs inflate like a balloonhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-68833432https://www.livescience.com/59994-balloon-syndrome-hedgehog.htmlBandicoots spin to defend themselves https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Spinhttps://www2.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/land-mammals/bandicootsTasmanian devils are soothed by musichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_the_Devilhttps://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/tasmanian-devilhttps://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/08/native-animals-should-be-renamed-with-their-aboriginal-names/Pygmy tarsiers / gremlins rotating their headshttps://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 animalshttps://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.xhttps://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/3/1/1 Patreon bonus: Teenage humans sleeping habits shifted towards nighthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820578/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/07420528.2023.2265480https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/10/among-teens-sleep-deprivation-an-epidemic.htmlhttps://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/134/3/642/74175/School-Start-Times-for-Adolescentshttps://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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  • Spooky Month: Psychics with Dylan Marron!

    Spooky Month: Psychics with Dylan Marron!
    Oct 15 2024
    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 you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! 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 predictionshttps://www.noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-use-to-forecast-weatherhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-trust-farmers-almanacs-weather-predictions/Flu shot planninghttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htmShort-term volcanic eruption predictionhttps://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eruptionforecasthttps://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6[The Scientific Definition]Spirit trumpethttps://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-SPR-TRUMPET/1https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spirit-trumpets-dead-speakhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-harry-houdini-seances-and-spiritualism-were-just-an-illusion-180978944/The Barnum effecthttp://apsychoserver.psych.arizona.edu/JJBAReprints/PSYC621/Forer_The%20fallacy%20of%20personal%20validation_1949.pdfhttps://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104425651https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00271.xhttps://psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-21271-001Table-turninghttps://fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/psychical-research-collection/tabletalkingandtableturning/tabletalkingandtableturningboohttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52954-2_6https://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/s00415-005-0677-3https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251874/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810012000049https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420423/https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/the-psychology-of-deja-vu.htmlhttps://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deja-vuPatreon bonus: Brain-computer interfaces and using technology to detect thoughtshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497935/https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/21/8639905/brain-control-robot-arm-paralyzed-quadriplegichttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaa5417https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/4/23708162/neurotechnology-mind-reading-brain-neuralink-brain-computer-interfacehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9[Butt One More Thing]Scatomancy pseudoscience vs. fecal tests run by gastroenterologistshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/scatomancer_n_4309974https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000704.htmhttps://www.columbiadoctors.org/news/how-know-your-colon-healthy
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Excellent science chemistry

Whether they're talking about literal chemistry or not, they're such a joy to listen to and learn from.

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Fun and smart

A wonderful show, where facts and knowledge meet fun. I follow Tangents for a while now, and it never disappoints.

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Hilarious nerds, surprisingly educational

This is one of the few podcasts that really works well with the free form conversation. You'll learn a lot from each episode, but the strange conversational detours to things like Minions is fantastic.

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A really good show!

'Very fun and informative pod with a wide variety of topics. From microbes to the Universe itself. The show covers it all in a funny and informative Way.

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Silly, science-y fun!

Across a vast array of topics, this podcast loosely follows a game show pattern. Hank Green, our charming host claims to hand out ‘Hank Bucks’ to the winners as he sees fit, and there are a couple of regularly appearing ’games’, for example; each episode the co-hosts present stories about the topic du jour, and Hank decides which story is cooler, then he presents two lies and a fact about the topic, and his co-hosts have to figure out which one is true. The topics range from the silly, Poop, Butts, etc…to interesting science, Elephants, Radiation, Gas, Pain, Ants.
It’s silly irreverent fun, and it’s all cool facts about science! Seriously, one of the best things in life!

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