Oh, That's a Thing!

Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Predator"!

Topics include: The Discovery of Infrared (and how to avoid Infrared Detection), Invisibility Cloaks, Awesome Animal Camouflage, and, of course, Choppas!

Links:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/helicopter.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_vulture

https://science.howstuffworks.com/invisibility-cloak.htm

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ir_tutorial/discovery.html

Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Happening"!

Topics include: Ergot Poisoning, Harmful Algal Blooms, The Bystander Effect, and Why Body Parts Sag!

Links:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/15/Salem-Witch-Trials-The-Fungus-Theory/

https://seanmunger.com/2014/02/20/we-interrupt-this-program-the-terrifying-ebs-false-alarm-of-1971/

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/02/most_dangerous_mushroom_death_cap_is_spreading_but_poisoning_can_be_treated.html

https://www.wired.com/2008/06/the-happening-s/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a3365/4268571/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/bystander-effect

https://www.verywell.com/the-bystander-effect-2795899

http://themedicinejournal.com/articles/do-your-ears-and-nose-continue-to-grow-as-you-age/

Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Happening"!

Topics include: Ergot Poisoning, Harmful Algal Blooms, The Bystander Effect, and Why Body Parts Sag!

Links:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/15/Salem-Witch-Trials-The-Fungus-Theory/

https://seanmunger.com/2014/02/20/we-interrupt-this-program-the-terrifying-ebs-false-alarm-of-1971/

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/02/most_dangerous_mushroom_death_cap_is_spreading_but_poisoning_can_be_treated.html

https://www.wired.com/2008/06/the-happening-s/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a3365/4268571/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/bystander-effect

https://www.verywell.com/the-bystander-effect-2795899

http://themedicinejournal.com/articles/do-your-ears-and-nose-continue-to-grow-as-you-age/

Joya and Jeff watched the Van Damme movie "Timecop"!

Topics include: Lost Confederate Gold, Quantum Computing, The Double Slit Experiment, and Freezing and Shattering Your Dead Body!

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

http://www.promessa.se/about-life-death/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a22280/double-slit-experiment-even-weirder/

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/13/researchers-say-there-may-be-140m-worth-of-confederate-gold-at/21884507/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-timecop-modern-masterpiece/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-travel-simulation-resolves-grandfather-paradox/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/time-travel-possible-time-machine-dr-who-tardis-spacetime-university-of-british-columbia-university-a7711411.html

http://time.com/4517897/nobel-prize-physics-2016/ 

https://www.popsci.com/what-is-quantum-cryptography

Joya and Jeff watched the Sci-Fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Topics include: Killer Robots, Pooping in Space, The Origins of Man, and The Future of Humanity!

Links:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-big-questions-about-the-future-of-humanity/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090413-first-tool-users.html

https://www.space.com/28150-zero-gravity-day-hoax.html

https://blog.bufferapp.com/promote-a-podcast

https://airwaysmag.com/airchive/pan-am-ceases-operations/

https://petergreenberg.com/2014/05/02/you-wont-believe-what-pan-am-planes-looked-like/

https://www.space.com/22597-space-poop-astronaut-toilet-explained.html

https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/is-the-future-crap-a-comparison-of-toilets-in-2001-a-space-odyssey-and-the-2013-iss/

https://science.howstuffworks.com/bathroom-in-space.htm

http://www.macroevolution.net/australopithecines.html

This week we put together a handful of our favorite segments from the first 49 episodes of the show!

Joya and Jeff watched the movie “Super Mario Bros.”

Topics include: The Dino Extinction Event, Mario Bros, Parallel Universes, and Antimatter!

LINKS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COcHHvte-0

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/apr/26/competing-claims-over-cause-of-cosmic-cold-spot

https://www.britannica.com/science/K-T-extinction

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/chicxulub-crater-dinosaur-extinction.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

Joya and Jeff watched the 1993 classic "Jurassic Park"!

Topics include: The Discovery of Dinosaurs, Ancient Amber, Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth, and Chaos Theory!

LINKS:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-fossil-reveals-velociraptor-sported-feathers/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/pleistocene-park/517779/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chaos-theory-simplified-droplet/

http://www.abarim-publications.com/ChaosTheoryIntroduction.html#.WfZWiRNSwdU

http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_theory

http://mentalfloss.com/article/73608/15-clear-facts-about-amber

https://selfhacked.com/blog/lysine-health-benefits/#Symptoms_Of_Lysine_Deficiency

Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"!

Topics include: UFOs, Dolphin Communication, The Bermuda Triangle, and The Game Simon!

LINKS:

http://nypost.com/2014/06/10/the-dolphin-that-fell-in-love-with-a-human/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/swedish-startup-uses-ai-to-figure-out-what-dolphins-talk-about

http://www.cracked.com/article_18690_5-ufo-sightings-that-even-non-crazy-people-find-creepy.html

http://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19

http://nypost.com/2016/10/21/the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle-may-finally-be-solved/

http://www.history.com/topics/bermuda-triangle

http://www.unmuseum.org/mob/triangle.htm

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1302005

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/not-so-simple-simon-proved-young-were-swifter-than-old-180953561/

http://mashable.com/2016/02/11/simon-air-touch-free/#tXsC6EHBPGqD

Joya, Jeff and special guest Ryan Kasmiskie watched the movie “Evolution”!

Topics include: The Gaia Theory, Planarian Flatworms, Metabolism, and Arsenic Based Life!

Links:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/61665/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-planarians

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2010/12/this_paper_should_not_have_been_published.html

https://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-life-bacterium-prefers-phosphorus-after-all-1.11520

https://science.howstuffworks.com/napalm.htm

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/pyura-chilensis-the-closest-thing-to-getting-blood-from-a-stone/