No Such Thing As A Fish No Such Thing As Sheep Number Five
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Dec 25, 2025 In a festive exchange, the hosts dive into 2026 plans and creative gift-giving. A study reveals that dads adore dad jokes, sparking laughter and debate. Exciting breakthroughs in science, like a gonorrhea vaccine and AI errors, are explored. Andy shares a whimsical protest against sewage issues with a 24-hour 'number two' marathon. Additionally, a silent album protest against AI in music intrigues. The finale celebrates a canoe polo team's bronze win, leaving listeners enlightened and entertained.
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Dads Prefer Their Own Dad Jokes
- Researchers collected over 32,000 "dad" jokes and used humans plus machine learning to analyze humour preferences.
- Mariel Burnett found that dads rate dad jokes as the funniest demographic group.
Cat Parasite Linked To Sperm Damage
- Scientists tested cat faeces components and found toxoplasma-related effects on sperm that may reduce motility.
- The study raised questions about environmental contributors to declining male fertility worldwide.
Digitisation Errors Fracture Scientific Texts
- OCR and digitisation errors have produced meaningless phrases like "vegetative electron microscopy" in scientific literature.
- These digital artefacts are propagating into AI training data and causing faulty scientific text generation.