Just Na Science

Earlier this week China's moon rover landed on Earth with samples of moon rocks, the first in a few decades. But with this incredible accomplishment you can hear the voices echoing over the internet saying the moon landing was fake and staged by NASA. In this episode, we discuss the claims made by those who think the moon landing was a hoax.

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Photo of Buzz Aldrin taken by Neil Armstrong

Have you heard that men are more rational and women are more emotional? Maybe that men have better visuospatial skills than women? There are a lot of ideas and misconceptions about how the brains of men and women differ. But is there any truth behind it? In this podcast episode, we discuss the myths and misconceptions about neurological brain differences between genders and how they may or may not influence behavior. Also, I'm pretty sure we don't curse in this episode, but I marked it explicit because I don't remember. 

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Look up at the sky and you'll see white streaks as planes fly by. But to some, those clouds left behind the plane aren't harmless. There's speculation that there is a super secret government plan to spray us with chemicals to control our minds, control the population, destroy food and manipulate the stock market. But what are they really? In this episode we look at chemtrails!

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It’s common knowledge that we have five senses. But is that all we have? People make mention of a sixth sense all the time. In this podcast episode we explore the idea of the sixth sense and discuss how many senses humans actually possess. Without spoiling the episode, we have a lot more than six senses! Also, if you're interested in seeing nightmare fuel, check out the sensory homunculus picture we posted on our website!

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Another week, another podcast episode about vaccines. There's so many myths and misconceptions surrounding the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that we had to cover them. Topics in this episode range from herd immunity and clinical trials skipping phases, all the way to vaccines are just a tool to make you an atheist. These are all things we've seen on Twitter or questions we got from listeners. Have a science question you want answered? Let us know using any of the links below!

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It's flu season which means you can't open your computer without being told to consume 90 glasses of orange juice a day to get all the Vitamin C your body can handle. But does Vitamin C actually help with immunity and preventing the flu? How does Vitamin C work and what are some ways we can protect ourselves from the flu? In this podcast episode we go through the research and give you some answers and dispel some common science misconceptions. We also read some real tweets and oh boy are they good.

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The 2020 Presidential Election has come and gone and as many scientific and environmental groups had hoped, Joe Biden won. To celebrate such a historic win, we thought it would be fun to discuss our top 5 favorite science myths and misconceptions spread by President Trump. We also go into detail on what we would like to see from the Biden administration on how to promote science and restore faith in the government over the next four years. Finally, we touch on what to do if you make a claim, doing research, and providing evidence. 

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Halloween might have passed but we still wanted to get in on the fun! This week we're looking at the idea of why are kids so creepy? This was a listener suggestion from Chris W. so thank you very much for the idea! We dive into some creepy stories and discuss the Uncanny Valley phenomenon to explain why kids (and realistic robots) can be so creepy.  If you want to see the Uncanny Valley in action, head to our website and click on today's episode. The episode picture is a creep life-like robot. If you want more science related posts, check out our Instagram. We put up interesting and educational science posts throughout the week! Links to all our social media, including our Instagram are down below.

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Flu season is officially here which means all the anti-vaxxers will be crawling out from their disease ridden holes to tell us how unsafe vaccines are. Some have been citing a study that suggests the flu vaccine will increase the chances of catching the coronavirus. But is that true? We also discuss how vaccines are made, what information the CDC and FDA use in their decisions, and so much more!

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Lauren and I got married this past weekend (16Oct2020)! We’re exhausted from the wedding so we’re taking a break this week. We didn’t want to leave you with nothing, so we recorded what our experience planning a wedding was like during the pandemic. It’s a casual conversation about what we dealt with and how we handled it. There’s so much more that we could have discussed but this episode just covers the major stuff. If you want to see pictures click on the link below to go to our website! Next week we're back starting with season 2 and an all new science-related podcast episode.

Pictures of Wedding

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