
SciShow Tangents
SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.
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Nov 16, 2021 • 35min
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!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen[Trivia Question]Jellyfish with or against currenthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937341/[Fact Off]Moon jelly vortexhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/626033https://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-1.5865457Boxer 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 stingClip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjTKKFSb9h8https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/3/105/htm?xid=PS_smithsonianhttps://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

Nov 9, 2021 • 32min
SciShow Tangents Classics - Flightless Birds
Turns out we needed a week off to recuperate from all the Halloween festivities, so please enjoy this very old episode about Flightless Birds in the meantime! Thanks for listening, and we'll see you next week!Don't forget to pick up a few hundred thousand new SciShow Tangents stickers, featuring our new logo!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen

Nov 2, 2021 • 33min
Heat
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be starting to notice a chill in the air. Let's all fondly reminisce about those warm, summer days that feel so long ago as we learn about heat! And don't forget to pick up a few hundred thousand new SciShow Tangents stickers, featuring our new logo!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen[Trivia Question]Hot flasheshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/495671/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612529/https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)30947-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124718309471%3Fshowall%3Dtrue[Fact Off]Thermogenic plantshttps://www.natureinstitute.org/article/craig-holdrege/skunk-cabbagehttps://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ849536.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21205176/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634508/https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.186.4165.746https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781904/Superionic icehttps://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-create-extraordinary-alien-form-of-super-hot-ice/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1114-6https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-hot-superionic-ice-may-be-natures-most-common-form-of-water-20190508/[Ask the Science Couch]Breath temperature changinghttps://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7868/why-does-the-air-we-blow-exhale-out-from-our-mouths-change-from-hot-to-cold-depehttps://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/faculty/breidenthal/pubs/Brazil.book_REB.pdfhttp://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=5530http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/turbulent_flow.html[Butt One More Thing]Butt weldinghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780857095107/welding-processes-handbookhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080965338/comprehensive-materials-processinghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780815515814/handbook-of-plastics-joininghttps://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/27516/9/Turrell_Ultra-fast%20collisional_NC.pdf

Oct 26, 2021 • 36min
Graveyard Smash - It was a Dark and Stormy Month
Ceri and Sam headed on down to the cemetery to dig Hank up for one more bone-chilling edition of It Was a Dark and Stormy Month! We hope you enjoy and have a happy and safe Halloween!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Trivia Question]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969716324202?via%3Dihubhttps://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lam.12345https://www.epa.gov/so2-pollution/sulfur-dioxide-basics[Fact Off]Spaceship debris graveyardhttps://www.greenmatters.com/p/what-happens-to-rocket-boosters-after-launchhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/in-russias-space-graveyard-locals-scavenge-fallen-spacecraft-for-profit#.w0egudhkhbwhttps://www.nature.com/articles/433095a.pdf?origin=ppubhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19127713Oleic acid as a death cuehttps://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/previous/Gordon1983Dependence.pdfhttps://www.pnas.org/content/106/20/8251https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2009/04/01/102601823/hey-im-dead-the-story-of-the-very-lively-anthttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24054-2https://www.ijbs.com/v09p0313.htmhttp://www.researchtrends.net/tia/article_pdf.asp?in=0&vn=9&tid=20&aid=5289[Ask the Science Couch]Eco-friendly burial options https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/is-cremation-environmentally-friendly-heres-the-sciencehttps://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysishttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4895712/New-type-cremation-DISSOLVES-bodies-LIQUID.htmlhttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12421https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWo2-LHwGMM[Butt One More Thing]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30111659/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17091303/

Oct 19, 2021 • 34min
The Moon with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month
“It Was A Dark & Stormy Month" rises from its grave once more to deliver knowledge so good... it's scary!Hank accidentally buried himself alive again, so we are once again joined by Deboki Chakravarti to learn about Earth's little buddy, the Moon! This one's guaranteed to have you howling!Need more Deboki in your life? Follow her on Twitter: @okidoki_boki! There you can find links to the myriad of projects she's involved in!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen[Fact Off]Coral reef spawning by moonlighthttps://www.sciencealert.com/the-full-moon-just-triggered-one-of-the-largest-mass-spawning-events-of-2016https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071019093814.htmhttps://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1145432https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(03)00647-0https://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/corals/coral-reproductionEarthshine on the Moon is less than beforehttps://gizmodo.com/earth-is-getting-dimmer-1847782399https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/weather/earth-dimming-climate/index.htmlhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930069[Ask the Science Couch]Moon drifting away from the Earthhttps://public.nrao.edu/ask/why-is-the-moon-moving-away-from-the-earth-when-orbiting-black-holes-ultimately-collide/https://public.nrao.edu/ask/what-happens-as-the-moon-moves-away-from-the-earth/https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/marvelMoon/background/moon-influence/http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/when-a-day-lasted-only-four-hourshttps://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/28/3642932.htmhttps://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/index.php[Butt One More Thing]Defecation collection devices on the Moonhttps://history.nasa.gov/FINAL%20Catalogue%20of%20Manmade%20Material%20on%20the%20Moon.pdfhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/

Oct 12, 2021 • 35min
Cats with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month
Thanks to Basepaws for sponsoring this episode. Check out Basepaws here: https://basepaws.com/?rfsn=6159575.bff641“It Was A Dark & Stormy Month" lumbers along with more frightful topics and frightfully bad poetry!This week, an oft-requested and much anticipated topic: cats! These weird little goblins can steal our hearts even while infesting us with behavior-altering, poop-dwelling parasites! We must really love 'em! Need more Deboki in your life? Follow her on Twitter: @okidoki_boki! There you can find links to the myriad of projects she's involved in!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen[Truth or Fail]Fact 1:https://phys.org/news/2021-07-dogs-people-lying.htmlFact 2:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347296903206https://theaggie.org/2021/09/14/study-finds-domestic-cats-prefer-freeloading-to-working-for-food/Fact 3:https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923830https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/cat-genomes/619587/[Fact Off]Cats in development of cochlear implantshttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/1688121https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1931-04076-001https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000348947208100514?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmedhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000348947308200407https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921065/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3220685.pdfhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cochlear-implants/about/pac-20385021[Ask the Science Couch]Cat tail movementshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/pages/article/animals-behavior-cats-tail-body-languagehttps://brill.com/view/journals/beh/56/1-2/article-p69_3.xml https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7696400/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2074215/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432897001010http://www.architalbiol.org/index.php/aib/article/view/138271/[Butt One More Thing]Cats sitting and not flipping over litter boxeshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159114002366?via%3Dihub

Oct 5, 2021 • 34min
Storms - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month
It’s October, so you know what that means: SciShow Tangents is about to get a little spooky! This year, we’re celebrating the Halloween season by talking about traditionally eerie subjects and writing bad collaborative poems! Welcome to “It Was A Dark & Stormy Tangents” month!And to kick it off, we’re talking about the number one most scary of all types of weather: storms!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen[Fact Off]Project Ice Storm - possible effects of stress on pregnancyhttps://www.thoughtco.com/canadian-ice-storm-in-1998-508705https://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/publicationshttps://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/icestormhttps://www.mcgill.ca/projetverglas/files/projetverglas/Laplante2007FunctionalPlay.pdfhttps://www.child-encyclopedia.com/stress-and-pregnancy-prenatal-and-perinatal/according-experts/prenatalperinatal-stress-and-itsBlood/red rain mystery in Spainhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/882233https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20028490https://www.livescience.com/62999-siberian-blood-rain-iron-oxide.html[Ask the Science Couch]Aches before stormshttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/50/18/50_18_1923/_pdfhttps://health.clevelandclinic.org/do-you-get-a-migraine-headache-when-it-rains/https://theconversation.com/can-bad-weather-really-cause-headaches-158258https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-014-0859-8https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7659442/[Butt One More Thing]Lightning in plumbinghttps://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/faq.htmlhttp://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lls/lightning-caused-deaths.pdf (table 3)https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/how-hurricanes-form.html

Sep 28, 2021 • 31min
Mosquitos
Summer's over, which is a bummer, but now's the perfect time to remember that summer isn't all perfect. It brings sunburns, too-hot car seats, and, worst of all, blood-sucking mosquitos! So let's embrace the beginning of fall by talking some smack about those nasty, itchy, little guys!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen[Fact Off]Millipede toxins as mosquito repellent https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1026489826714https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-003-0427-2https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/madagascar-s-lemurs-use-millipedes-for-their-tummy-troubles/15982512https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/science/for-monkeys-a-millipede-a-day-keeps-mosquitoes-away.htmlhttps://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/198138/wounds/whats-eating-you-millipede-burnshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504811/Vampire jumping spiders eating mosquitoeshttps://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/04/17/601896991/what-you-learn-when-you-put-smelly-socks-in-front-of-mosquitoeshttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/aug/05/mosquito-eating-vampire-spider-could-be-recruited-for-war-on-malariahttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53382/meet-vampire-spiderhttps://www.livescience.com/5818-spiders-attracted-blood-perfume.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/1214-killer-spiders-prefer-malaria-mosquitoes.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/20800-vampire-spiders-blood-meal.html[Ask the Science Couch]Attracting mosquitoeshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286741400155Xhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-015-0587-5https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30215-5https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/how-mosquitoes-smell-human-sweathttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/229127147_A_Review_of_Mosquito_Attraction_Studies_Important_Parameters_and_Techniqueshttp://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=547&doi=10.11648/j.aje.20190302.13https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/41/4/796/885285https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949359/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219306943[Butt One More Thing]Mosquito anus blood pre-urinehttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/science/how-hungry-mosquitoes-cool-themselves.html

Sep 21, 2021 • 38min
Brains
This episode is brought to you by Gates Notes, the blog of Bill Gates. Go to gatesnotes.com to learn about the future of Alzheimer's research.I don’t want to alarm you, but you’ve got a big ol’ glob of pink goop in between your ears right now, and it pretty much controls everything you do. In fact, it might BE you... But try not to think about that too much while you enjoy this episode!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen[Fact Off]Cetacean brains staying warmhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84762-0https://phys.org/news/2021-03-whale-dolphin-brains-specialfor-production.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2021-04-whale-dolphin-brains-lots.htmlBrain blood flow measuring devicehttps://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340906546/the-machine-that-tried-to-scan-the-brain-in-1882https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/137/2/634/284537?login=truehttps://www.umassmed.edu/strokestop/modules/module-3-the-blood-supply-of-the-brain/brain-circulation/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5536794/https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/divisions/fmrib/what-is-fmri/introduction-to-fmri[Ask the Science Couch]Brain evolutionhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128311-800-a-brief-history-of-the-brain/https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/320218https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873165/https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-540-29678-2_3154https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614228/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worm-discovery-brain-evolution/[Butt One More Thing]Bony-eared assfish smallest vertebrate brainhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/20270929_Acanthonus_armatus_a_Deep-Sea_Teleost_Fish_with_a_Minute_Brain_and_Large_Earshttps://www.fishbase.se/summary/Acanthonus-armatus.htmlhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1987.0018

Sep 14, 2021 • 31min
SciShow Tangents Classics - Trees
The days are getting shorter, the sweaters are coming out of the closet and the leaves are starting to take on just a hint of yellow... Fall is officially on its way. And speaking of trees, we spoke of trees at length last year! Please enjoy this encore presentation.Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Eclectic Bunny and Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
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