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February 07, 2022147: The Science of ASMR
ASMR seemed to take over the world in the 2010s... but is there any science behind it? That's what we're digging into this week!

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References & Further Reading
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/asmr-more-than-a-feeling/amp/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-asmr-real-or-just-a-pseudoscience/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29924796/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33232904/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31128572/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34769976/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33174254/
https://peerj.com/articles/851/
45 min
January 31, 2022 146: The Science of Octopus Sentience
Are octopusses sentient? According to the UK government, yes! Although that may not mean exactly what you think...

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References & Further Reading

Review of Cephalopod & Crustacean Sentience
1. https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/News-Assets/PDFs/2021/Sentience-in-Cephalopod-Molluscs-and-Decapod-Crustaceans-Final-Report-November-2021.pdf
2. https://www.livescience.com/39481-time-to-declare-animal-sentience.html
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494450/

Octopus Info
1. https://www.britannica.com/animal/octopus-mollusk

Sentience
1. https://science.rspca.org.uk/sciencegroup/sentience

Habituation
1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/habituation

UK Government Sentience Bill
1. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/18/octopuses-and-lobsters-have-feelings-include-them-in-sentience-bill-urge-mps
2. https://www.livescience.com/cephalopods-and-crustaceans-recognised-as-sentient-in-uk
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lobsters-octopus-and-crabs-recognised-as-sentient-beings
1 hr 16 min
January 24, 2022 145: The Science of Beards (with Ellie Spigariol)
Why do humans have beards? And why is it predominantly men that are able to grow them? Scientists knuckled down and attempted to figure out the answer!

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References & Further Reading
1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/beard
2. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160418-the-real-reason-men-grow-beards
3. https://www.improbable.com
4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513817302660
1 hr 14 min
January 17, 2022144: The Science of Empathy (And Rats)
Can rats feel empathy? It’s a tough question to tackle, and many scientists have worked on it over the years… but is it even possible to find the answer?

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References & Further Reading
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1210789
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-013-0692-1
https://www.britannica.com/science/empathy
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-16999-6_158-1
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-287-080-3_69-1
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1962-00569-001
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-019-0572-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4151454/
1 hr 5 min
January 10, 2022143: Xenobots: Science of Living Robots (That Reproduce?)
Is a robot a robot when it’s made of living cells? Scientists took frog cells and made them into tiny living robots with the apparent ability to build more of themselves from other cells!

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References & Further Reading
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/49/e2112672118
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32364479/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34043553
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1853
News Articles
https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/team-builds-first-living-robots-that-can-reproduce/
https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060027395/robots-xenobots-living-self-replicating-copy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unveiled-the-worlds-first-living-robots-last-year-now-they-can-now-reproduce-180979150/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2299252-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-replicate-themselves-in-a-dish/amp/
https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/team-builds-first-living-robots
1 hr 30 min
January 03, 2022142: The Moon Landing
For our first episode of 2022, we’re looking back at the first man on the moon! Join us on the journey as we look at the real story behind Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s (and Michael Collins’) giant step for mankind!

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References & Further Reading

Moon Landing Videos
https://youtu.be/S9HdPi9Ikhk
https://youtu.be/INQlaTnN2cg
Michael Collins
https://youtu.be/SWVgUwMTHEU

Wright Brothers
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wright-brothers

The Moon
https://www.space.com/amp/before-apollo-what-we-didnt-know-about-moon.html
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
https://www.space.com/amp/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html
https://www.space.com/amp/27029-moon-gravity-falling-astronauts.html
Kennedy Speech
https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm

Pen Story
https://youtu.be/qGOrt_CRz_M
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/50-years-pen-saved-apollo-11/story?id=64228723
Apollo Missions
https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/space-exploration/moon-landing-1969
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html
https://www.nasa.gov/wav/62284main_onesmall2.wav
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/moon-landings/z6bd382
https://www.history.com/.amp/news/moon-landing-apollo-11-facts
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2019/06/16/5-things-you-likely-never-knew-about-apollo-11/?sh=35b9a23ccecf
https://airandspace.si.edu/apollo-to-the-moon/online/apollo-11/about-the-spacecraft.cfm
1 hr 19 min
December 27, 2021 141: Memory Machine (Best of 2021)
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To celebrate the end of the year - we visit our best moments of 2021 using a very scientific Memory Machine…

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2 hr 2 min
December 20, 2021140: The Science of Asexuality
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Our patrons voted for it and so we’ve done it, an episode on scientific studies surrounding asexuality!

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References & Further Reading

What is Asexuality?
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/six-ways-be-ally-asexual-people
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/artslaw/openresearch/2021/asexuality.aspx
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/japp.12472
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/ask-experts/is-there-a-medical-reason-for-asexuality
Asexuality Research
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0959353512443668?journalCode=fapa
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2015.1015713?scroll=top&needAccess=true
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-008-9434-x
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251074
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251074
HSDD
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sex-pleasure-and-sexual-dysfunction/sexual-dysfunction/premature-ejaculation
1 hr 17 min
December 13, 2021139: The Science of Spider-Man
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In honour of Spider-Man: No Way Home we have taken it upon ourselves to create a real life Spider-Man. Or at the very least, figure out how what might be possible.

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References & Further Reading

Spider-Man
https://www.britannica.com/art/comic-book
Spiders
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/invertebrates/facts/spiders
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/09/ask-grown-up-spiders-stick-walls-ceilings
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trade-secret-of-sticky-sp/
Radiation
https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-basics
https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-health-effects
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science
Soft Exosuits
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/epoly-2020-0049/html
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/exosuit-sri-robotics-darpa-soldiers
Spider Silk
https://www.britannica.com/science/elasticity-physics
https://www.britannica.com/science/tensile-strength
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/epoly-2020-0049/html
Gecko Gloves
https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/gecko-inspired-device-112114.html
Spider Sense
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/02/23/prototype-suit-gives-you-real-life-spider-sense/amp/
1 hr 10 min
December 06, 2021138: The Science of Gay Sex (with Iain Gillespie)
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Iain joins us this week to talk about their research into queer people, sex, and losing your virginity!
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References & Further Reading
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2021.1960944
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/lgbtq-inclusive-education-everything-you-need-know
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cacc0b40-c3a4-473b-86cc-11863c0b3f30
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-17341-2_2
1 hr 20 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.