SciShow Tangents

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  • Mirrors

    We're back, baby! And we're seeing double! Ring in the new-ish year with us as we reflect on mirrors!

    Deboki is hosting a new podcast called Tiny Matters! It’s a science podcast about “the little stuff that makes the big stuff possible!” You can subscribe here! And be sure to follow her on Twitter: @okidoki_boki

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    [The Scientific Definition]

    Heliograph

    https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-technology/507305/

    https://www.nps.gov/fobo/learn/historyculture/the-heliograph.htm

    https://books.google.com/books?id=RBC2nY1rp5MC&q=heliograph&pg=PA211#v=snippet&q=heliograph&f=false

    Pseudoscope 

    http://waywiser.fas.harvard.edu/objects/3538/combination-stereoscope-telestereoscope-and-pseudoscope;jsessionid=ADBDCEF0ECA144094F58FDB5779EB61B

    https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/cinematic/3/

    https://books.google.com/books?id=0_QMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=pseudoscope&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=pseudoscope&f=false

    Etalon  

    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/fabry.html

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/etalons

    https://www.osapublishing.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-5-6-985

    Reflecting circle

    https://amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=5

    https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstl.1801.0019

    Pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflecting_instrument#Reflecting_circles

    [Trivia Question]

    James Webb Space Telescope mirrors

    https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html

    https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/telescopes/en/

    [Fact Off]

    Enantiomers (mirror versions of chemical compounds)

    https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2004/ch_4.html

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/space/must-all-molecules-life-be-left-handed-or-right-handed-180959956/

    https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2015/06/the-version-of-sugar-that-wont-affect-your-blood-glucose-levels-and-why-you-cant-have-it/

    https://www.wired.com/2003/11/newsugar/

    The Venus Effect (mirror sight-lines) 

    https://www.bertamini.org/lab/venus.html

    https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Venus-effect-in-real-life-and-in-photographs-Bertamini-Lawson/c6d67537323365e8fdae3c7e1b02635c7b1901aa/figure/3

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Super efficient mirrors 

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-physical-proc/

    https://news.mit.edu/1998/mirror

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.html

    https://physicsworld.com/a/crystalline-supermirrors-cut-optical-losses/

    https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=14069

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Mirror test IBS

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3617051/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16258235/


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    41 min
  • SciShow Tangents Classics - Timekeeping

    SciShow Tangents is off again this week, but since it's a new year and all, we thought this was the perfect opportunity to rerun our episode all about ways humans have devised to measure time! See you for a new episode next week!

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    34 min
  • Stump Ceri - Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode

    SciShow Tangents is taking a couple weeks off for the holidays, but we aren't gonna leave you hanging! This week, we present an unlocked Patreon patron bonus episode in which we try to stump Ceri with a barrage of science and pop culture questions!

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    35 min
  • The North & South Poles

    The Tangents crew gets lightly festive as they talk about the increasingly-less-cold tippity-top and bippity-bottom of good old planet Earth!

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    [Trivia Question]

    Plant species in Arctic

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21988606/

    [Fact Off]

    Old Seeds!

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science?loggedin=true

    https://www.pnas.org/content/109/10/4008

    Camel ancestors living in Arctic

    https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/the-camel-an-arctic-animal

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/camel-ancestors-lived-arctic

    https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2516

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379111001661#

    https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/fun-facts-about-reindeer-and-caribou

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Animals/plants in polar night 

    https://www.popsci.com/how-do-animals-survive-polar-night/

    https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/arctic-marine-life-polar-night/474870/

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064627.htm

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-are-reindeer-eyes-golden-in-summer-but-blue-in-winter

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215014323

    Animals/plants in midnight sun

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2921307/

    https://www.livescience.com/62870-summer-solstice-animals.html

    https://uphere.ca/articles/what-does-24-hours-light-do-animals

    https://www.alaskacenters.gov/explore/attractions/midnight-sun/effects

    https://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/polar-plants/plants-of-the-arctic-and-antarctic

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Poop bacteria in Antarctica

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25451839/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908950/


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    38 min
  • Cells

    We’ve talked about all sorts of living things. Bugs, for instance. And plants… elephants… the list goes on. But what we haven’t discussed is the thing that all of those animals are made of: cells! What are they? Why are they? Answers to half those questions await you!

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    [Trivia Question]

    B. natans number of genes

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24502779/

    https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQ

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085824/

    [Fact Off]

    Streptococcus disguises itself as red blood cells

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31801066/

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/886535

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/harmful-bacteria-masquerade-red-blood-cells-evade-immune-system-180973678/

    Ciliate nuclei + genetics (O. trifallax/S. histriomuscorum)

    https://www.wired.com/2014/09/oxytricha-encrypted-genome/

    http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=427777

    https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(14)00984-2

    https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647009/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558436/

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Cell movement & motor proteins

    https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/microtubules-and-filaments-14052932/

    https://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20275

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812444/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1893118/

    https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(98)70264-7

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26867/

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Buttock cells

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2787452/

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12308-013-0175-y

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888610/

     


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    38 min
  • Snakes

    Snakes get a bad rap. Sure they’re slithery, venomous, silent killers… but they have some nice qualities, too! We don’t talk about many of those nice qualities in this episode, but they do exist. 

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    [Trivia Question]

    Gliding snakes jumping or not

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21816808/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44950

    [Fact Off]

    Kukuri snakes disembowel

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/639331

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/881934

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvmk_PDzKw

    https://snakesarelong.blogspot.com/2012/06/snakes-that-chew-their-food.html

    Python heart growing and shrinking

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16002308/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/434037a?proof=t

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/python-heart-food-news-animals

    https://cob.silverchair-cdn.com/cob/content_public/journal/jeb/211/24/10.1242_jeb.023754/3/3767.pdf

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383835/

    https://www.livescience.com/16764-python-hearts-treat-human-cardiac-disease.html

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Snake locomotion

    Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDDha9MxIDob8lOcy8UMC1g/videos

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391877/

    https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/221/4/jeb166199/33944/Crawling-without-wiggling-muscular-mechanisms-and

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180112132922.htm  

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/invasive-brown-tree-snakes-stun-scientists-amazing-new-climbing-tactic-180976728/

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Snake cloaca “farting”

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/FullTextPDF/2006/20063121845.pdf

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1565572.pdf?casa_token=hasRmCpaVigAAAAA:PfR7INW6TS-UeKo3iImOG4qx-AI1nj82C6GvjKI0k8TRFtFv7VhADtbPnZZWEkU47AlmGJrFMF8b5Mk8P8MaAhfg6vdE6w5NqDhgil_8fyqYwzIDZA

     


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    36 min
  • Food

    Between now and the end of the year, people all over the world will be enjoying all sorts of holiday feasts, eating lots of cookies, and maybe even enjoying a sugar plum or two. In other words: it's food season, baby! And we've got a piping hot bowl of science stew for you! Don't forget to save room for desert: a big slice of butt pie!

     

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    [Trivia Question]

    Apple sweetness

    https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44950

    [Fact Off]

    Yeast & vitamins advertising 

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9105273/

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/28/675280193/how-a-little-science-and-a-lot-of-shady-advertising-boosted-yeasts-popularity

    https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/the-healing-power-of-compressed-yeast

    https://books.google.com/books?id=MUwfAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA411&dq=nutritional+yeast&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2_KCv4vLeAhX4ITQIHQmcBCI4igUQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=nutritional%20yeast&f=false

    https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069802166&view=1up&seq=352

    https://www.seriouseats.com/what-is-nutritional-yeast-nooch

    Evolution of gourds

    https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/11/11/1516109112

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/517382

    https://insider.si.edu/2015/11/dull-mastadon-taste-buds-once-helped-pumpkins-wild-ancestor-thrive/

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Shark digestive systems

    https://german.bio.uci.edu/images/PDF/Leigh%20et%20al.%20(2017)%20RFBF_online.pdf

    https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/anatomy/the-shark-inside/

    http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=567

    https://www.himb.hawaii.edu/ReefPredator/pH.htm

    Vulture digestive systems 

    https://www.wintuaudubon.org/tag/turkey-vulture/

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30216294

    https://www.audubon.org/news/how-vultures-can-eat-rotten-meat-without-getting-sick

    https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.16345

    Crocodile digestive systems

    https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/524150

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1Hgcr4VrDNgG0RFdVYtH0H3/wonder-facts-crocodiles

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13285-super-size-me-alligators-reveal-digestive-trick/

    https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/55/6/986/2363554

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Cow butt meat

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32526619/


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    38 min
  • Cosmetics

    Since the beginning of recorded history, people have been putting on lipstick, applying perfume, wearing fake nails, and just generally making themselves look nice for all sorts of reasons. Heck, there are even some animals in on it! 

     

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    [Definition]

    https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetics-laws-regulations/it-cosmetic-drug-or-both-or-it-soap

    [Trivia Question]

    Carthamus tinctorius L

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126054/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263051/

    [Fact Off]

    Vultures painting themselves red

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19076-zoologger-vultures-use-twigs-to-gather-wool-for-nests/

    https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.1840

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2130980-vultures-smear-their-faces-in-red-mud-which-they-use-as-makeup/

    https://www.audubon.org/news/these-birds-wear-makeup

    WWII nylon-replacing liquid leg makeup

    https://books.google.com/books?id=OygDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30

    https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_765873

    https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/nylon-a-revolution-in-textiles

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-nylon-stockings-changed-world-180955219/

    http://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/ded/liquid-powder.php  

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Dangerous cosmetics (lead, radium, atropine) 

    https://books.google.com/books?id=A3C_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26#v=onepage&q&f=false

    https://books.google.com/books?id=LpplCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT67&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/how-we-realized-putting-radium-in-everything-was-not-the-answer/273780/

    https://cosmeticsandskin.com/aba/glowing-complexion.php

    https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtml

    https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-8614-99/atropine-ophthalmic-eye/atropine-sulfate-ophthalmic/details

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Butt hair forensics

    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/AY/D0AY01068E

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128119082/coronary-artery-disease

    https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/april2009/review/2009_04_review02.htm#racebodyid


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    36 min
  • Ceri's Cnidarian Song - Deluxe Edition

    Please enjoy this version of Ceri's smash hit Cnidarian Song, with musical accompaniment by our own maestro Joseph "Tuna" Metesh!

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    2 min
  • Cnidarians

    Jellyfish, corals, anemones… they have a couple things in common. They’re all cnidarians, and they all seem like they don’t really have a whole lot going on. They just sort of float around! But looks can be deceiving: this mysterious, blobby phylum holds many secrets!

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    While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen

    [Trivia Question]

    Jellyfish with or against current

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937341/

    [Fact Off]

    Moon jelly vortex

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/626033

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264056-jellyfish-push-off-a-pocket-of-water-under-their-bell-to-swim-faster/

    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/jan-9-covid-19-and-fighting-viral-evolution-ice-age-wolf-pup-and-more-1.5865449/jellyfish-are-the-ocean-s-most-efficient-swimmers-here-s-how-they-do-it-1.5865457

    Boxer crabs and sea anemones 

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289105/

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274037895_Bonsai_anemones_Growth_suppression_of_sea_anemones_by_their_associated_kleptoparasitic_boxer_crab

    ^ pictures in both these links

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Peeing on jellyfish sting

    Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjTKKFSb9h8

    https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/3/105/htm?xid=PS_smithsonian

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-fix-jellyfish-sting-180963582/

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-behind-that-jellyfish-sting-2844876/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728541/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773479/

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Coral - good poop (clam) bad poop (surgeonfish)

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33841351/

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33326418/

    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2020.621111/full


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