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November 29, 2021137: The Science of Cults
Our patrons decided that cults would be the topic of this week’s episode, so here you go! A little lighter on the heavy science this week as we delve into what cults are, how they work, and why people might join them...

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References & Further Reading
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines
http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html
https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov02/cults.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2540138/?page=1
https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/jonestown
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1356&context=theses_dissertations
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941
https://www.openculture.com/2020/10/why-do-people-join-cults.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941
http://cultresearch.org/definition-and-explanation-of-the-word-cult/
http://vivianlawry.com/psychology-of-cults/
http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/117/Elizabeth.Ligthelm.pdf
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/what-makes-a-cult-a-cult/amp
1 hr 7 min
November 22, 2021 136: The Science of Transgender Sexuality (with JammiDodger)
Dr Jamie Raines joins us to talk through some of his groundbreaking research with trans men, and how gender affects arousal.

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References & Further Reading
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines
http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf
1 hr 16 min
November 15, 2021135: Sleep Paralysis Therapy & Dream Science (with Dr Baland Jalal)
This week sleep science expert Dr Baland Jalal joins us to chat about sleep paralysis & dig into his research!

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References & Further Reading

Dr Baland Jalal
https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/baland-jalal
https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?bj272
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Baland-Jalal/publication/262397186_Evidence_for_Tai_Chi_as_a_Therapeutic_Mind-Body_Intervention_for_Sleep_A_Commentary_on_Raman_et_al/links/0c9605379e7ea0f3c8000000/Evidence-for-Tai-Chi-as-a-Therapeutic-Mind-Body-Intervention-for-Sleep-A-Commentary-on-Raman-et-al.pdf
MR Therapy
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00028/full
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.00922/full
Sleep Paralysis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8060736/#!po=22.4138
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00207148108409169?needAccess=true
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1363461505050710?url_ver=Z39.88-2003
https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/a-neuroscientist-tried-to-help-me-overcome-my-sleep-paralysis.html
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Baland-Jalal/publication/258831277_A_Comparison_of_Self-Report_and_Interview_Methods_for_Assessing_Sleep_Paralysis_A_Pilot_Investigation_in_Denmark_and_the_United_States/links/0deec52ff95124e325000000/A-Comparison-of-Self-Report-and-Interview-Methods-for-Assessing-Sleep-Paralysis-A-Pilot-Investigation-in-Denmark-and-the-United-States.pdf
1 hr 20 min
November 08, 2021134: The Science of Gene Editing & Treating Blindness
For the first time ever we’ve used CRISPR to edit someone’s genes INSIDE THEIR BODY! So far we’ve been able to reverse some effects of rare genetic eye disease that results in blindness, and this is only the beginning!

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References & Further Reading
https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/leber-congenital-amaurosis/
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/634/leber-congenital-amaurosis
https://luxturna.com
Gene Therapy
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06195-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-020-0493-4
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41573-019-0012-9
The EDIT-101 Trial
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT03872479
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0327-9
https://text.npr.org/2021/09/29/1040879179/vision-loss-crispr-treatment
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00655-8https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00655-8
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764428https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764428
1 hr 2 min
November 01, 2021133: The Real Frankenstein?
In this spooky episode of Sci Guys we explore the life of Johann Konrad Dippel - a mad scientist that some credit as the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s Dr Frankenstein… Despite the pack of any evidence.

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References & Further Reading

Johann Konrad Dippel
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1034731/?page=5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1034731/?page=5
https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363513X13500508916973
Alchemy & Frankenstein
https://www.britannica.com/topic/alchemy/Modern-alchemy
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Frankenstein
58 min
October 25, 2021132: The Shocking Science of Boredom
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References & Further Reading

Scientific Studies & Papers
https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1250830
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178116301524?via%3Dihub
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721419884309
News & Magazine Articles
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28130690.amp
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-boredom-is-anything-but-boring/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-does-boredom-do-to-us-and-for-us
1 hr 27 min
October 18, 2021131: The Wood Wide Web
Can trees talk to each other? It turns out they might be able to, using fungi… This week, we discuss the Wood Wide Web that most of the world’s plants use to help them survive!

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References & Further Reading

Fungi
https://www.livescience.com/amp/53618-fungus.html
https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Mycorrhiza
Plants
https://www.britannica.com/plant/tree
https://www.britannica.com/science/forest
Mycorrhizal Networks
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123739445003278
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802747/
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315.amp
https://www.nature.com/articles/449136a
https://www.science.org/content/article/wood-wide-web-underground-network-microbes-connects-trees-mapped-first-time
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web/amp/
https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/underground-mycorrhizal-network
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/mycorrhizae
1 hr 3 min
October 11, 2021130: The Science of Uterus Transplants & The Danish Girl (with NOAHFINNCE)
Uterus transplants are on the verge of becoming a common surgery for cis women, but one of the first women to ever receive this kind of surgery wasn’t cis… The life of Lilli Elbe, one of the first women to receive gender affirming surgery, has been romanticised and repackaged as a tender tragedy - but her real story is far more interesting & upliftng.

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References & Further Reading

Transplants
https://www.britannica.com/science/transplant-surgery/Organ-transplants
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778785/
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/who-we-are/a-history-of-donation-transfusion-and-transplantation/
Uterus Transplants
https://academic.oup.com/humupd/article/3/3/267/653944https://www.britannica.com/science/uterus
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29210893/
https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0037-1606321.pdf
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/turkish-woman-has-world-s-first-womb-transplant.388596
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-04/woman-has-baby-after-womb-transplant-in-sweden/5790726?nw=0&r=HtmlFragment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-29516910https://time.com/5044565/exclusive-first-u-s-baby-born-after-a-uterus-transplant/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/health/yeast-infectionled-to-removal-of-transplanted-uterus.html?_r=0
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/564280
https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3109/00016349.2010.520688
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01438.x
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/07/world/medical-first-a-transplant-of-a-uterus.html
Uterus Transplants for Trans Women
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2775302
https://jme.bmj.com/content/45/10/687.full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6492192/
Lilli Elbe
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lili-Elbe
https://www.biography.com/artist/lili-elbe
1 hr 25 min
October 04, 2021 129: The Immortal Lobster Cult
What would you do if you found an animal that, with a little help, could potentially live forever? Worship it as a God? What could go wrong? That’s exactly what we’re digging into this week!

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References & Further Reading
Lobsters
https://www.britannica.com/animal/lobster
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-listen-to-the-buzz-lobsters-arent-actually-immortal-88450872/

Immortality & Aging
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370421/
https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/animals-can-live-forever

Lobster Cult
https://www.urbo.com/content/your-new-god-worshiping-a-facebook-group-lobster/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748990/
https://www.leviathanlobstergod.com/about

1 hr 1 min
September 27, 2021128: The Crazy Science of Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller was a futurist and inventor with a silly name and a penchant for creating incredible inventions - from cars, to homes, to geodesic domes!

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References & Further Reading
https://youtu.be/N1yxFDvqALI
https://www.britannica.com/biography/R-Buckminster-Fuller
https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/big-ideas/dymaxion-world/dymaxion-map
https://www.britannica.com/technology/geodesic-dome
https://www.wired.com/2016/03/buckminster-fuller-brilliant-crank-lot-teach-silicon-valley/amp
https://amp.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jul/04/buckminster-fuller-architecture-design
https://library.stanford.edu/spc/manuscripts-division/r-buckminster-fuller-timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/03/obituaries/r-buckminster-fuller-futurist-inventor-dies-at-87.html
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bucky/feature/what-is-a-geodesic-dome
https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/big-ideas/geodesic-domes
1 hr 11 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.