Brain Junk

Look grammar police, it's octopuses and we don't have to like it, BUT you are going to love learning that just like humans, octopuses do seem to have a preferred hand. Arm? Tentacle? OMG here we go again. Just listen to the episode, it's a hoot.

The actual paper! Hold your phone in whatever hand you prefer while reading https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01402-6

Just incase you need MORE of on octopus fix...Amy's husband Chris says it's amazing!

Additional research:

University of Minnesota Research Brief

Check out the California two-spot octopus on

Grab a snack and listen to how sneaky research was done on hungry people. It's devious and a great example of how being hungry influences mood.

Also Amy mentions Larks and Owls do a fun quiz on yourself to find out what kind of a person you are: Chronobiology Quiz

Some extra research⬇⬇⬇

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269629

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325694374_Feeling_Hangry_When_Hunger_Is_Conceptualized_as_Emotion

Itchy fish scratching wherever they can! Even on the nubby sides of SHARKS!!

Need to know more about those other episodes we mentioned? Episode 93: Farting Herring & 206:The Smartest Fish?

Measuring Cough Rates in Fish : from the EPA

PBS Fish have Feelings Too

That's right! We're back with a little more NSFW (Not Safe For Work)! We had so much fun doing Episode #222 After Dark that we just had to do a part two. It's longer and weirder and we definitely need you to tell us if you crave more. Here's a little breakdown of the mayhem we cover in this super extra long episode.

Historical Euphemisms for sexy time

fetishes & feet

https://www.audacy.com/kluv/latest/biologist-explains-why-some-people-have-foot-fetishes

https://www.livescience.com/33525-foot-fetishes-toe-suck-fairy.html

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1057.2762&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Achaemenian Empire and Scaphism

Butterflies drinking blood

Shrike

People pig snacks

Human blood sword

Female Hyena "junk" Check out some more research: https://www.holekamplab.org/

Wounds (ew, ick, gross) and foreskin

We're digging deep into right brain / left brain communication! But metaphorically, not like...with a spoon.

Want to get really into the weeds on this Brain Storm? Check out the PubMed.gov abstract: Running speed and REM sleep control two distinct modes of rapid interhemispheric communication

Brach's has done it again with the flavors you'd savor at a tailgate party. There's hot dog and hamburger candy corn that is...well, if not good, at least fun to talk about. The fruit punch was a particular favorite of Trace's and Amy double dipped on the popcorn. There's some fun Brach's history facts tossed into the pick-a-mix too!

If you follow XKCD you know the author, Randall Monroe, applies science to absurd questions. One of those questions had to do with the possibility of soccer ball size hail. Cover up with your steel umbrella and listen to find out if it's actually possible!

XKCD you should take a look!

images from Pixabay

Okay, they're really falling with style. But it's still cool that the Wandering salamander in the redwood forests of north western California can glide.

Check out the Current Biology paper if you want to read more!

And OF COURSE there's video!

Amy shares the solved mystery and history of Ponyhenge in Lincoln, MA.

Atlas Obscura article by Jessica Hester ! Click the link

Wouldn't it be cool if we could just put our eggs in a warmer instead of being pregnant for months and months?!?! We dive into some big science and BIG science words. Get ready for syncytin and viruses.

Check out the brain behind this topic, Dr. Noc on TikTok

Also Mammals Made By Viruses by Carl Zimmer