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  • 107: Humanzee: The Human-Chimp Hybrid
    What happens when you cross a chimp with a man? Serious ethical concerns and an exile from the Soviet Union... Yes, someone actually tried to make a man-ape hybrid. It didn’t end well

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    Hybrids
    https://www.britannica.com/science/hybrid
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-monkey-hybrid-china-organ-transplant-stem-cells-embryo-a9037506.html?amp

    Humans and Chimps
    https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-020-06962-8
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2464272/#!po=3.12500
    https://www.nature.com/articles/nature04789#ref-CR33
    https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-origins/understanding-our-past/dna-comparing-humans-and-chimps
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC187548/

    Ilya Ivanov & His Experiments
    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19926701-000-blasts-from-the-past-the-soviet-ape-man-scandal/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-russian-government-once-funded-a-scientists-quest-to-make-an-ape-human-hybrid-5043859/
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ilya-Ivanovich-Ivanov

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  • 106: Be Gay, Do Crime (In Space)
    Wendy Lawrence may not have been the first lesbian in space, but she was at the centre of the first ever case of space fraud... or was she? There was a media frenzy around her alleged crime, but Wendy herself has a different story.

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    Wendy Lawrence
    1. https://medium.com/the-vintage-space/gay-astronauts-a-final-frontier-9892d0987fa0
    2. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202001130001.jpg
    3. https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/anne-c-mcclain/biography/
    4. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/23/politics/nasa-astronaut-bank-account-first-criminal-allegation-space/index.html
    5. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/04/07/army-astronaut-accused-of-committing-crime-in-space-is-cleared-ex-wife-charged-with-making-false-statements/
    6. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/astronaut-space-investigation.html
    7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/25/nasa-astronaut-accused-of-hacking-bank-account-from-space/amp/
    8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-49457912
    9. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/space-crime-allegation-indictment.html
    10. https://www.space.com/amp/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain-space-crime-claim.html
      11. Space Law
      1. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html
      2. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/library/find/bibliographies/space_law/
      3. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ECSL_-_European_Centre_for_Space_Law/About_space_law
      4. https://www.space.com/astronaut-anne-mcclain-refutes-space-crime-claim.html
      5. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/index.html
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      6. 105: The Science of Gender (with NoahFinnce)
        NoahFinnce joins us to celebrate our 2nd birthday! Our patrons have voted for gender as this month’s topic - we‘ll tell you how it works and how it doesn’t work...

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        References & Further Reading

        What is Gender
        1. https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender#tab=tab_1
        Biology of Gender
        1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677266/
        2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139786/
        3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139786/
        4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939487/
          5. Gender Studies 
          1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19419899.2020.1729844
          2. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-76861-8_8
          3. https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(17)30356-7/fulltext
          4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466167/
          5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5845507/
          6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193756/
          7. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-92270-6_58
          8. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Ristvedt/publication/258523575_The_Evolution_of_Gender/links/5d2f1ff3a6fdcc2462e76926/The-Evolution-of-Gender.pdf
            9. Gender Gap In STEM
            1. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956
            2. https://lukeholman.github.io/genderGap/
            3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673618331350
            4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00060/full
            5. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05109-w
            6. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956
            7. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/9/4609
            8. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6497/1317
            9. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02297805/
              10. Social Constructs & Categories
              1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797618782181
              2. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF02583913.pdf
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              3. 104: The Science of Left Handedness
                Are you left handed or right handed? This week we talk about the benefits (and drawbacks) of being a southpaw - and why we even have Handedness in the first place...

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                Handedness
                1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/
                2. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/bf03337470.pdf
                3. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2016.1127
                4. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/B9780123851574004747?token=CAFE5C834602FE1A71A7FFB7ED77D96EA36F7B8B77F672CB614A08C764CFA5AF57851CCAD67BC439F9B58EC1B380D5F7

                  5. Origin of Handedness
                  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb11oOHYNXM&t=396s
                  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49579810#:~:text=Scientists%20have%20found%20the%20first,linked%20to%20being%20left%2Dhanded.&text=The%20team%20at%20the%20University,development%20and%20the%20dominant%20hand.
                  3. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/
                  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441088/
                  5. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627581-600-southpaws-the-evolution-of-handedness/
                  6. https://www.livescience.com/what-causes-left-handedness.html
                  7. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaax9935
                  8. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-0-387-79061-9_1346
                  9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750006001889
                  10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831280/
                  11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0891422220301682

                    12. Forcing Right Handedness
                    1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42827363.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A4080085e7e4a69c992eac026fe022703
                    2. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain
                    3. https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070716/full/070716-4.html
                    4. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/9/3271

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                    5. 103: The Science of OCD
                      This week we chat about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the commonly misunderstood condition that affects millions of people worldwide!

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                      References & Further Reading

                      What is OCD
                      1. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/overview/
                      2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370844/
                      3. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-when-unwanted-thoughts-take-over/20-mh-4676-ocd_150041.pdf
                      4. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0897190014521996
                      5. Psychopathology: Research Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Psychology - Graham Davey

                        6. Cause of OCD
                        1. https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(19)30073-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS089662731930073X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
                        2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886082/
                        3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4610610/

                          4. Treatment
                          1. https://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/72/1/80.long
                          2. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/treatment-for-ocd/
                          3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606297/
                          4. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/ssri-antidepressants/overview/#:~:text=It's%20thought%20to%20have%20a,messages%20between%20nearby%20nerve%20cells.

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                          5. 102: The Science of Forensics (with Eleanor Neale)
                            This week Eleanor Neale joins us to chat about forensics, and why it might not be as good as you think...

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                            Basics of Forensics
                            1. https://www.britannica.com/science/forensic-science
                            2. https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=zIRQOssWbaoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=history+of+forensic+science&ots=wJZ2sXZM1X&sig=ME5kNe5qa4mWvb0f2Xig_ikUP4c#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20forensic%20science&f=false
                            3. https://science.howstuffworks.com/forensic-lab-technique.htm
                            4. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-is-forensic-science/amp/
                              5. History of Forensics
                              1. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_462
                              2. https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/forensic-investigation/origins-of-forensic-science/
                              3. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527827688.ch1
                              4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326051477_History_of_Forensic_Science
                              5. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/21/a-brief-history-of-forensics/%3FoutputType%3Damp
                              6. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-5690-2_462.pdf
                                7. Problems with Forensics
                                1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0162243919899467
                                2. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150512-can-we-trust-forensic-science
                                3. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6386/243.summary
                                4. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234561565.pdf
                                5. https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2019.01250.x
                                6. https://innocenceproject.org/overturning-wrongful-convictions-involving-flawed-forensics/
                                7. https://www.britannica.com/technology/lie-detector
                                8. https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph#:~:text=The%20accuracy%20(i.e.%2C%20validity),person%20may%20be%20non%2Danxious
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                                9. 101: The Science of Orgasms (with NoahFinnce)
                                  Well it’s come to this, the climax of Sci Guys! NoahFinnce, the 4th Sci Guy, joins us this week to chat about orgasms... Thank you to our patrons for the topic.

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                                  Orgasm Basics & Facts
                                  1. https://www.britannica.com/science/orgasm
                                  2. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals
                                  3. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26772-female-ejaculation-comes-in-two-forms-scientists-find/
                                  4. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sex-pleasure-and-sexual-dysfunction/sex-and-pleasure/orgasms
                                  5. https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-orgasm
                                    6. Female vs Male Orgasm
                                    1. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17165-six-things-science-has-revealed-about-the-female-orgasm/
                                    2. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/04/orgasm
                                    3. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/new-theory-suggests-female-orgasms-are-evolutionary-leftover
                                    4. https://www.livescience.com/female-orgasm-mystery.html
                                    5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087698/
                                    6. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150625-the-mystery-of-the-female-orgasm
                                      7. Orgasms in Animals
                                      1. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/are-we-the-only-species-with-females-that-experience-orgasm/
                                      2. https://www.livescience.com/9631-animals-enjoy-sex.html
                                      3. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/yes-other-animals-do-have-sex-for-fun
                                        4. Faking It, FDS, and Anorgasmia
                                        1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816679/
                                        2. https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/sexual-health/what-can-cause-orgasm-problems-in-women/
                                          3. Orgasm Studies
                                          1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28213723/
                                          2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29082366/
                                          3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2128033/pdf/9448525.pdf
                                            4. Death by Orgasm
                                            1. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/06/cop-dies-during-3-way-sex-widow-wins-3-million/1#.YEo9RZP7S3I
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                                          4. 100: Mission to Mars
                                            It’s our hundredth episode & we’re finally giving you all the info you need to live on Mars!

                                            To celebrate 100 episodes we’re doing a MASSIVE giveaway! To enter just make sure you’re subscribed, like this video, and comment the first thing you’d do on Mars!

                                            The Martian Garden: https://www.themartiangarden.com/pn-shop-main
                                            Use code “PERSEVERANCE” for a 20% discount!

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                                            Mars Info
                                            1. https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/facts
                                            2. https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/moons/summary/
                                              3. Mars Missions
                                              1. https://www.space.com/13558-historic-mars-missions.html
                                              2. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/?page=0&per_page=99&order=date+desc&search=
                                              3. https://www.space.com/china-mars-orbit-tianwen-1-spacecraft-video
                                              4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56060890
                                              5. https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/uae-hope
                                                6. Terraforming Mars
                                                1. https://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-first-steps-to-terraforming-mars-2017-10?r=US&IR=T
                                                2. https://www.space.com/41318-we-cant-terraform-mars.html
                                                3. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0529-6.epdf
                                                4. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141030-five-steps-to-colonising-mars
                                                5. https://www.livescience.com/56462-how-to-travel-to-mars.html
                                                  6. Growing Plants on Mars (and in Space)
                                                  1. https://youtu.be/rBPLgtfouIs
                                                  2. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-plants-grow-with-mars-soil
                                                  3. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/98EO00309
                                                  4. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:ORIG.0000043129.68196.5f
                                                  5. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/40339(206)54
                                                  6. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_4.html
                                                  7. https://www.themartiangarden.com
                                                  8. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-grow-vegetables-on-mars/
                                                  9. https://eatlikeamartian.org/2019_NewSpace_MarsFood.pdf
                                                  10. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23140106G/abstract
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                                                  11. 99: A Mammoth Episode
                                                    Okay, hear us out... Jurassic Park, but with mammoths.

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                                                    References & Further Reading

                                                    DNA
                                                    1. https://www.britannica.com/science/DNA
                                                    2. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745
                                                    3. nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555
                                                    4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031964/
                                                      5. The Mammoth Study
                                                      1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03224-9
                                                      2. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/mammoth-molars-yield-oldest-dna-ever-sequenced?utm_campaign=NewsfromScience&utm_source=Contractor&utm_medium=Twitter
                                                        3. Some More on Mammoths
                                                        1. https://www.britannica.com/animal/mammoth-extinct-mammal
                                                        2. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/700000-year-old-horse-becomes-oldest-creature-sequenced-genome
                                                        3. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/6/eaaw5873
                                                        4. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-mysterious-ancient-culture
                                                        5. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-faced-genomic-meltdown
                                                        6. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/last-mammoths.html
                                                        7. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/woolly-mammoth-evolution#:~:text=Modern%20elephants%20and%20woolly%20mammoths,years%20ago%2C%20the%20study%20reports.&text=Then%20just%20440%2C000%20years%20later,into%20their%20own%20separate%20species.
                                                          Mammoth Revival
                                                          1. https://www.dw.com/en/japanese-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-cloning-a-woolly-mammoth/a-48063060
                                                          2. https://www.livescience.com/64998-mammoth-cells-inserted-in-mouse-eggs.html
                                                          3. https://www.livescience.com/23861-fossil-dna-half-life.html
                                                          4. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/woolly-mammoths-extinction-cloning-genetics
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                                                          5. 98: The Science of Witchcraft
                                                            Magic might actually be real according to science... No really! 

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                                                            References & Further Reading

                                                            What are Witchcraft & Wicca
                                                            1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wicca
                                                            2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/Contemporary-witchcraft
                                                            3. https://www.history.com/topics/religion/wicca
                                                            4. https://www.livescience.com/amp/39119-myths-about-witches-wiccans.html
                                                            5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/subdivisions/wicca.shtml
                                                            6. https://wiccaliving.com/beginners-guide-wicca-magic/
                                                            7. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38ekg/i-tried-wiccan-spells-on-myself-for-a-month
                                                            8. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/28/weekend7.weekend3
                                                              9. Wicca/Witchcraft & Science
                                                              1. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/witchcraft-wicca-rise-anti-science-halloween-b1421710.html
                                                              2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560124/
                                                                3. Optimism Bias & Attention Bias
                                                                1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912
                                                                2. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/optimism-bias/
                                                                3. https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061440/http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~shepperd/articles/PsychBelgica2002.pdf
                                                                4. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280110402080/full/html
                                                                5. http://www.crossingdialogues.com/Ms-A14-09.pdf
                                                                6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X
                                                                7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161121/
                                                                8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780313/
                                                                9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369522/
                                                                10. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=THESIS01&type_of_work=Thesis
                                                                11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901130/
                                                                12. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/attentional-bias/
                                                                  13. Placebo Effect
                                                                  1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24909245/
                                                                  2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26272535/
                                                                  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/

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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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