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  • 167: Metoidioplasty: The Science of Bottom Surgery (with Dr Jamie Raines)
    Jammidodger returns to the podcast this week as we cover metoidioplasty, a type of lower surgery mostly for transgender men and trasnmasc people! A huge thank you to our patrons for voting on this topic.

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    References & Further Reading
    1. https://www.gendergp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NHS-Gender-Protocol.pdf
    2. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21668-metoidioplasty
    3. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.760284/full#B11
    4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6626308/
    5. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/andr.13016
    6. https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(20)31152-3/fulltext
    7. https://www.grsmontreal.com/en/frequently-asked-questions/12-metaiodoplasty.html
    8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547703/#:~:text=The%20Skene's%20glands%2C%20which%20are,to%20act%20as%20an%20antimicrobial.
    9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127556/#:~:text=The%20techniques%20have%20been%20refined,to%20create%20a%20small%20neophallus.
    10. https://www.bladderandbowel.org/surgical-treatment/suprapubic-catheter/
      11. 1 hr 2 min
    11. 166: The Science of Bisexual Men (with AreTheyGay)
      Do bisexual men exist? Noted bisexual, "Are They Gay" joins us this week as we cover the studies that claimed to prove that bisexual men were, in fact, a myth.

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      References & Further Reading

      Arousal Pattern Studies & Articles
      1. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/straight-gay-or-lying-bisexuality-revisited.html
      2. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01578.x?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&
      3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749350/
      4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8000017/
      5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9881-7
      6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749278/
      7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175819/
      8. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9746-0
      9. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2003631117
      10. https://bi.org/en/questions/all-women-are-bisexual-but-bi-men-dont-exist-right
      11. eadt.co.uk/news/university-of-essex-research-on-bisexual-men-2685984
      12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34744903
        13. Bisexuality & Kinsey Scale
        1. https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/short-history-word-bisexuality
        2. https://bi.org/en/101/Kinsey-Klein
        3. https://kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php
          4. 1 hr 8 min
        4. 165: Physics is Gay: The Science of LGBT+ Scientists (with Dr Ramón S. Barthelemy & Dr Timothy Atherton)
          Brilliant scientists, Ramon S Barthelemy & Timothy Atherton join us this week to discuss their recent work looking at LGBT (and other marginalised) people in physics! 

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          References & Further Reading
          1. https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010124
          2. First paper - European Journal of Physics
          3. https://twitter.com/remakingstem
          4. https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/barthelemy.cfm
          5. https://faculty.utah.edu/u6025022-RAMON_BARTHELEMY/research/index.hml
          6. https://physicsworld.com/a/why-google-builds-quantum-computers-the-lgbq-experience-in-physics-cerns-carbon-footprint/
          7. https://as.tufts.edu/physics/people/faculty/atherton
            8. 1 hr 18 min
          8. 164: Biohacking: The Science of DIY HIV Treatment
            Would you change your genetic code at home if you could? One man decided to try in an attempt to cure his HIV....

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            References & Further Reading

            Tristran Roberts & The Treament
            1. https://twitter.com/aitherick?s=21
            2. https://www.futurefrontiers.co/speakers/tristan-roberts/
            3. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/style/biohacker-death-aaron-traywick.html
            4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43973588.amp
            5. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/aaron-traywick-death-ascendance-biomedical/559745/
            6. https://gizmodo.com/this-guy-just-injected-himself-with-a-diy-hiv-treatment-1819659724/amp
            7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41990981.amp
            8. https://law.stanford.edu/press/guy-just-injected-diy-hiv-treatment-facebook-live/
            9. https://www.futurefrontiers.co/speakers/tristan-roberts/
            10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpYE3cUogh0
              11. Biohacking
              1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-019-0294-9
              HIV & AIDS
              1. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/
              2. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/livingwithhiv/treatment.html
              3. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/treatment/
              4. https://www.who.int/health-topics/hiv-aids#tab=tab_1
              5. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/livingwithhiv/treatment.html
              6. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/treatment/
              7. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019
                8. 1 hr 3 min
              8. 163: The Science of Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome
                Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome (or, more correctly, Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another) is a condition wherein a person does almost everything they can to make someone else appear seriously ill. Portrayed persistently in pop culture, particularly with the case of Gypsy Rose - FDIA is widely known but not very well understood...

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                References & Further Reading
                1. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/fabricated-or-induced-illness/overview/
                2. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/fabricated-or-induced-illness/signs/
                3. https://adc.bmj.com/content/78/3/210
                4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990557/
                5. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/munchausens-syndrome/overview/#:~:text=Munchausen's%20syndrome%20is%20a%20psychological,are%20the%20centre%20of%20attention.
                6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32772954/
                7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875173/
                8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5915702/
                9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0029646518300434?via%3Dihub
                10. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29938745/
                11. https://www.biography.com/news/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-dee-dee-murder
                  12. 1 hr 7 min
                12. 162: Training Surgeons Like Dogs
                  Turns out training people to perform surgery is actually quite difficult, so some scientists decided to copy animal trainers to see if it made a difference... 

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                  References & Further Reading
                  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773331/
                  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1473025/
                  3. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/positive-reinforcement-helps-surgeons-learn/
                  4. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/positive-reinforcement-helps-surgeons-learn/
                  5. https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html
                    6. 55 min
                  6. 161: The Science of Atomic Gardens
                    Scientists in the 20th century were looking for a way to use radiation that helped humanity instead of hurting it. So they decided to blast food with radiation to see if they could make it better. Here's how that worked out...

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                    References & Further Reading
                    1. By Nepenthes - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12137858
                    2. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/13/growing-atomically-energised-plants-james-wong
                    3. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/atomic-gardening/
                    4. https://www.naro.go.jp/english/laboratory/nics/radbreedlab/index.html
                    5. https://www.naro.affrc.go.jp/archive/nias/eng/org/GR/IRB/#:~:text=The%20Institute%20of%20Radiation%20Breeding,Co%20source%20at%20the%20center.
                    6. https://www.popsci.com/science/what-is-an-atomic-garden/
                    7. https://www.atomicgardening.com/1958/10/01/rebuilding-plants/
                    8. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/seeds/learn-about-irradiating-seeds.htm
                    9. https://www.ediblegeography.com/strange-and-beautiful-seeds-from-the-atom/
                    10. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Global-impact-of-mutation-derived-varieties-Ahloowalia-Maluszynski/6b80382ab33c62f9cb3e1028b473aa8b105207d4
                    11. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28crop.html
                    12. https://pruned.blogspot.com/2011/04/atomic-gardens.html
                    13. http://www.atomicgardening.com/downloads/atomic-gardening-for-the-layman/
                    14. http://www.atomicgardening.com/1960/02/21/the-atomic-gardening-society/
                    15. https://www.google.com/search?q=why+does+radiationc+ause+mutation&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB727GB727&oq=why+does+radiationc+ause+mutation&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13j0i22i30l4j0i8i13i30l2j0i390l2.4312j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
                    16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218706/#:~:text=Ionizing%20radiation%20damages%20the%20genetic,transmitted%20from%20generation%20to%20generation.
                    17. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-radiation
                    18. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/what_is.html
                    19. https://www.sciencealert.com/fruits-vegetables-before-domestication-photos-genetically-modified-food-natural
                    20. genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mutation
                      21. 1 hr 14 min
                    21. 160: The Science of The Schmidt Pain Scale
                      Justin Schmidt has been stung by over 100 insects. Being a scientist, he used his experience to create a scale for measuring the pain of insect stings. You won't believe what some people do with the most painful sting we've found....

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                      References & Further Reading
                      1. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/scroller-schmidt-painscale/
                      2. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/magazine/the-connoisseur-of-pain.html
                      3. https://entomologytoday.org/2016/09/30/a-peek-into-the-mind-of-the-creator-of-the-schmidt-sting-pain-index/
                      4. https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2016/05/15/477852486/stung-by-83-different-insects-biologist-rates-his-pain-on-a-scale-of-1-to-ow
                      5. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Justin-O-Schmidt-40012997
                      6. https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/11/experience-i-have-been-stung-by-150-species-of-insect
                      7. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arch.940010205
                      8. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/amp/news/2019/2/king-of-sting-rates-most-painful-insects-558529
                      9. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/insect-stings
                      10. https://www.thoughtco.com/bullet-ant-sting-facts-4174296
                        11. 1 hr 4 min
                      11. 159: The Science of Extra Thumbs
                        Scientists created a third thumb to help you with everyday tasks, here's the science behind it!

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                        References & Further Reading
                        1. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/may/robotic-third-thumb-use-can-alter-brain-representation-hand?utm_source=Portico&utm_medium=Print&utm_campaign=Portico2021
                        2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TY6Dm4Klumc
                        3. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/icn/people/tamar-makin
                        4. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abd7935
                        5. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.3000729
                        6. https://plasticity-lab.com/body-augmentation
                        7. https://plasticity-lab.com/
                        8. https://www.daniclodedesign.com/thethirdthumb
                        9. https://www.dezeen.com/2017/07/05/controllable-third-thumb-lets-wearers-extend-natural-abilities-royal-college-art-design-graduates/#
                        10. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abd7935#
                        11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TY6Dm4Klumc
                          12. 57 min
                        12. 158: The Science of Swallowing Shrews
                          What happened to the scientist who swallowed a shrew? Find out in this week’s episode! Why did he do it? Find out in this week’s episode! Was it worth it? You know where to find out…

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                          References & Further Reading
                          https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/030544039590008X?token=2AD5CCE378AA407CB7D48BD3909243E42FB91C109A3C51013D4CC284A751D8352AD33368BBB8589D13CA3A71D0A6ACFA&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20220329231748
                          https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jul/01/improbableresearch.highereducation
                          https://www.science.org/content/article/crappy-navigation-system-and-shrew-swallowing-win-sciences-highest-dishonor
                          https://improbable.com/ig/winners/
                          https://www.jstor.org/stable/2421143
                          52 min

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                        Sci Guys is a podcast all about the weird and unbelievable ways that scientists learn about the world around us. Each week, Corry (@notcorry) tells the story of a particularly strange scientific study while his cohost Luke (@lukecutforth) does his best to derail the conversation with questions, jokes, and whatever nonsense he can think of.

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