Explain This

What are the vital signs? Why is the nurse checking out my pecs, while choking my biceps with a very tight band? What can go wrong when your blood pressure is too low?
All this and more as we learn about how physiological monitoring helps healthcare workers look out for dangerous, life-threatening events while caring for you!
Lynn, L.A., Curry, J.P. Patterns of unexpected in-hospital deaths: a root cause analysis. Patient Saf Surg 5, 3 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-3
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What is happening in the brain when someone is depressed? How can an electric shock to the brain treat depression? Why is ECT still used in medicine, when movies such as One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest show how horrible it is?
Today we talk about a controversial medical treatment with a rather terrible public image. We'll discuss how it works, how effective and safe it is, and try debunk some widespread myths about ECT!
Watch this video for a visual example of what ECT looks like nowadays!
The ECT Journey - Gold Coast Health
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

How do magnets stick to metals? Why isn't the Iron Throne magnetic? How can we use magnets to record and play sound, or levitate a frog?
Let's learn about one of the fundamental physical forces that glues the world together, by learning about how magnets work!
Bar magnet field lines
Iron filing experiment
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What is DNA and how does it work? How can scientists tweak DNA with molecular scissors, and why would they want to? How could genetic engineering create an unfair society?
All this and more on this episode of Explain This, where we learn about how this cool new technology has completely revolutionised the world of genetics!
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Why does steak taste so much better grilled or seared, compared to boiled? What does the colour brown have to do with the taste of food? How can I up my cooking game to impress my date?
Let's learn about the science of what makes cooked food delicious!
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

What happens to us after we die? What is the weirdest, sex-related death in history? How is Death personified in different parts of the world?
Explain This is back from Jin's long exam study hiatus and we're coming strong out of the gates with the deep, fascinating topic of how we die! Come learn about all of the fascinating things that happen in your body as death overcomes you, and how death has been envisioned throughout the ages.
Trigger warning: mentions of suicide, violent death, decay of human bodies in this episode. Listen at your own discretion please!
Dumb Ways To Die - original video
Example of Dancing Death (Danse Macabre)
Example of Memento Mori 
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Can people change? What can I do to improve my school grades, job performance and relationship? How does mindset affect success, learning, growth and happiness?
For our last episode of the year, we explore a powerful mental tool that will change how you approach learning new skills, overcoming challenges, and becoming a happier, better you! 
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

How does breathing and thinking work? What magic makes my body tick and keep me alive? Where in the Sistine Chapel can I find an anatomical painting of the human brain?
Today's episode is a five-part rapid fire episode, covering the five "most important" organs in your body (the bias will be explained in the episode). Come learn about how YOU work!
Heart anatomy
Lung anatomy
Kidney anatomy
Liver anatomy
Brain anatomy
Prometheus Bound by Rubens
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
Comparison of The Creation of Adam with actual brain cross-section 
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

What is the scientific method? What do you mean that Power Pose is pseudoscience? How is the Replication Crisis invalidating my pop psychology knowledge base?
We're back from our break to bring you more simplified explanations of complex concepts, like the Replication Crisis - one of the biggest crises to shake the academic world in modern times! Come learn how we (should) learn new things!
Relevant xkcd comic - "Significant"
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

NB: This episode was reuploaded as the original upload had a corrupted audio file. Please enjoy and sorry for the interruption!
Why does coffee make me feel so good and let me work harder, faster and longer? Why do I need to poop every time I drink coffee? How did caffeine start the greatest scientific revolution in European history?
Let's learn about the world's most popular and most used psychoactive, performance-enhancing drug, and the various benefits of being hooked on it!
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Opening music: "Groundwork" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0