Oh, That's a Thing!

Oh, That's a Thing!

By Joya Italiano and Jeff EckmanEducation
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Oh, That's a Thing! episodes

  • Episode 45 - Life's Abyss and Then You Dive

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie “The Abyss”!

    Topics include: Liquid Ventilation, Atmospheric Diving Suits, Bioluminescence, and Why Chlorine Turns Your Hair Green!

    Links:

    http://www.history.com/news/the-midget-subs-that-beat-the-planes-to-pearl-harbor

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/aug/21/james-cameron-on-deepsea-challenge-im-not-just-some-rich-guy-on-a-ride

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060414015051.htm

    https://gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-the-atmospheric-diving-suit-1537111854

    https://gizmodo.com/this-awesome-next-generation-exosuit-goes-1-000-feet-un-1532765164

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/iron-man-like-exosuit-to-expand-ocean-exploration-video/

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cameron-deep-sea-drug-research/

    https://www.swimuniversity.com/why-blonde-hair-turns-green-in-your-swimming-pool/

     

    43 min
  • Episode 45 - Life’s Abyss and Then You Dive

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie “The Abyss”!


    Topics include: Liquid Ventilation, Atmospheric Diving Suits, Bioluminescence, and Why Chlorine Turns Your Hair Green!



    Links:


    http://www.history.com/news/the-midget-subs-that-beat-the-planes-to-pearl-harbor


    https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/aug/21/james-cameron-on-deepsea-challenge-im-not-just-some-rich-guy-on-a-ride


    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060414015051.htm


    https://gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-the-atmospheric-diving-suit-1537111854


    https://gizmodo.com/this-awesome-next-generation-exosuit-goes-1-000-feet-un-1532765164


    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/iron-man-like-exosuit-to-expand-ocean-exploration-video/


    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cameron-deep-sea-drug-research/


    https://www.swimuniversity.com/why-blonde-hair-turns-green-in-your-swimming-pool/


     

    43 min
  • Episode 44 - The Fart Hums of the Toad Fish

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Gremlins"!

    Topics include: "Gremlins in the Machine", Asexual Reproduction, Animal Songs, and the History of Chuck E. Cheese!

    Links:

    http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/09/09/gremlins-highly-mechanical-creatures-in-mythology/

    https://byjus.com/biology/fragmentation/

    https://gearjunkie.com/swiss-army-knife-history

    http://www.care2.com/causes/5-animals-you-didnt-know-can-sing.html

    https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/8-unexpected-animals-that-sing/people-arent-the-only-animals-that-can#top-desktop

    http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-rat-population-is-hard-to-measure-2017-8

    http://www.newsweek.com/new-york-kids-are-running-away-rats-bigger-their-baby-sisters-so-citys-635652

    http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/472-17/de-blasio-administration-32-million-neighborhood-rat-reduction-plan#/0

    http://www.npr.org/2017/08/23/545333203/say-goodbye-to-the-pizza-time-players-chuck-e-cheese-retires-its-band

    https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kkn7y/a-history-of-chuck-e-cheeses-animatronic-band

    56 min
  • Episode 43 - Try To Jerk Off With This, Buddy

    Joya and Jeff watched “Edward Scissorhands”!

    Topics include: Opposable Thumbs, Topiaries, Automatons and Waterbeds!

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-humans-have-thumbs-180953393/

    http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=49036

    http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-early-robots-and-automatons

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

    https://www.boredpanda.com/dragon-shaped-hedge-topiary-john-brooker/

    http://home.howstuffworks.com/gardening/garden-design/topiary.htm

    https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/the-5-strangest-cemeteries-in-the-world

    http://www.craveonline.com/mandatory/1067055-the-craziest-graveyards-in-the-world

    https://www.vincentprice.com/

    https://www.queerty.com/vincent-prices-daughter-confirms-her-famous-father-was-bisexual-20151025

    54 min
  • Episode 42 - Pave Paradise, Put Up Several Parking Lots

    Joya and Jeff watched the 1995 movie "Judge Dredd"!

    Topics include: Megacities, Puzzles, Cannibalism and Police States!

    Links:

    https://www.ancient.eu/Janus/

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/22/515668867/cannibalism-its-perfectly-natural-a-new-scientific-history-argues

    http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-hammurabis-code

    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/statue-of-liberty-arrives-in-new-york-harbor

    https://www.siammandalay.com/blogs/puzzles/95858310-chronological-history-of-puzzles-a-timeline

    http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/21/why-solving-puzzles-is-fun-qa-with-consciousness-researcher-daniel-bor/

    http://www.wonderslist.com/countries-worst-police-brutality/

    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2012/08/31/us-worst-police-state-world-numbers

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 41 - I Would Run From That

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Anaconda"!

    Topics include: Crazy Anaconda Facts, Dynamite, New Nature Doc Technology, and Totem Poles! 

    Links:

    http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/snake-eating-cat-whole-in-brisbane-backyard-not-for-the-fainthearted/news-story/12479bc277158237d0465dc0482f41d1

    http://listverse.com/2014/08/30/10-wild-facts-about-the-amazon-rainforest/

    https://youtu.be/0ktd1gdgcfE

    http://www.softschools.com/inventions/history/dynamite_history/370/

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/60015/11-fun-facts-about-anacondas

    http://ipfactly.com/anacondas/

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/68816/6-sssecrets-snake-sound-scientissst

    https://www.wired.com/2017/03/crazy-new-camera-tech-made-planet-earth-2-possible/

    http://www.ranker.com/list/totem-pole-facts/t-l-perez

    42 min
  • Episode 40 - Rest In Peace, the XFL

    Joya and Jeff watched the 2000 Schwarzenegger movie "The 6th Day"!

    Topics include: Pet Cloning, the Human Genome Project, Fingerprints, and the XFL!

     

     

    Links!

    http://nypost.com/2015/10/31/i-spent-more-than-100000-to-clone-my-dog/

    https://viagenpets.com

    http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/xfl-espn-30-for-30-vince-mcmahon-dick-ebersol-1201976706/

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-dolly-the-sheep-led-the-way-where-is-cloning-now/

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/350867/smart-fridge-showdown-lg-smart-instaview-vs-samsung-family

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/human_genome.htm

    https://www.genome.gov/12011238/an-overview-of-the-human-genome-project/

    https://www.genome.gov/11006943/human-genome-project-completion-frequently-asked-questions/

    http://www.fingerprintamerica.com/fingerprinthistory.asp

    http://www.crimescene-forensics.com/History_of_Fingerprints.html

    56 min

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A podcast about the real stuff in Sci-Fi movies, with a couple of goons who Googled some things