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Wise men have long pondered how magnets work. We all know the answer is “magic,” but Ceri and Hank have to keep up the illusion that science is real, so please humor them.
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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Magnet Therapy
https://www.livescience.com/40174-magnetic-therapy.html
God Machine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/brain-religion2.htm
https://www.psypost.org/2018/01/fake-god-helmet-can-elicit-extraordinary-experiences-especially-among-spiritual-people-50619
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2017.1403952
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/test-of-god-helmet-at-music-fest-yields-strange-results/
Electro-Metabograph
https://books.google.com/books?id=CeMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=Electro-metabograph+machine&source=bl&ots=JjXhceV_VG&sig=ACfU3U3mlpAO1DmRW9B8ef9cSK12nuCRew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs2dOe6b_mAhXSHjQIHZPICLMQ6AEwEHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Electro-metabograph%20machine&f=false
Radium Ore Revigator
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/1/100118-radiation-toxic-water-revigator/
[Fact Off]
Airport runways/WMM
https://www.wired.com/story/airports-rename-runways-magnetic-shift/
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/airport-runway-names-shift-magnetic-field
https://cires.colorado.edu/news/airport-runway-names-shift-earth%E2%80%99s-magnetic-field
https://flightsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/asw_may08_p18-22.pdf
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/GeomagneticPoles.shtml
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/world-magnetic-model-2020-released
Ferrofluids
http://aerospace.mtu.edu/research/ionic-liquid-ferrofluid-microthrusters/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/ferrofluid
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4985141
[Ask the Science Couch]
Demagnetizing
https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-falling-magnets-in-stranger-things-season-3/
https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/plan-a-lesson/demagnetizing
http://www.magmamagnets.com/electromagnets-solenoids/
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/150570/what-is-the-difference-between-electromagnet-and-solenoid
[Butt One More Thing]
Magnetic anal sphincter
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-first-to-implant-device-to-solve-fecal-incontinence/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27926562
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654242
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Wise men have long pondered how magnets work. We all know the answer is “magic,” but Ceri and Hank have to keep up the illusion that science is real, so please humor them.
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: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Magnet Therapy
https://www.livescience.com/40174-magnetic-therapy.html
God Machine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/brain-religion2.htm
https://www.psypost.org/2018/01/fake-god-helmet-can-elicit-extraordinary-experiences-especially-among-spiritual-people-50619
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2017.1403952
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/test-of-god-helmet-at-music-fest-yields-strange-results/
Electro-Metabograph
https://books.google.com/books?id=CeMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=Electro-metabograph+machine&source=bl&ots=JjXhceV_VG&sig=ACfU3U3mlpAO1DmRW9B8ef9cSK12nuCRew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs2dOe6b_mAhXSHjQIHZPICLMQ6AEwEHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Electro-metabograph%20machine&f=false
Radium Ore Revigator
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/1/100118-radiation-toxic-water-revigator/
[Fact Off]
Airport runways/WMM
https://www.wired.com/story/airports-rename-runways-magnetic-shift/
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/airport-runway-names-shift-magnetic-field
https://cires.colorado.edu/news/airport-runway-names-shift-earth%E2%80%99s-magnetic-field
https://flightsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/asw_may08_p18-22.pdf
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/GeomagneticPoles.shtml
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/world-magnetic-model-2020-released
Ferrofluids
http://aerospace.mtu.edu/research/ionic-liquid-ferrofluid-microthrusters/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/ferrofluid
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4985141
[Ask the Science Couch]
Demagnetizing
https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-falling-magnets-in-stranger-things-season-3/
https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/plan-a-lesson/demagnetizing
http://www.magmamagnets.com/electromagnets-solenoids/
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/150570/what-is-the-difference-between-electromagnet-and-solenoid
[Butt One More Thing]
Magnetic anal sphincter
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-first-to-implant-device-to-solve-fecal-incontinence/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27926562
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654242
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