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We here on SciShow Tangents may have the market cornered on science podcasting, but that doesn't mean we know everything. Put us in a lab, and we're like fish in water! But put us in a library, with all those big tall shelves and the Dewey Decimal System, and we're like a fish not-in-water! So we called in our friend, podcast, theologian, and noted book-reader Vanessa Zoltan to help us learn more about books!Learn more about Vanessa and her myriad of projects at her website, and follow her on Twitter @vanessamzoltan! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to 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 subscribers Garth Riley, Tom Mosner, Daisy Whitfield, and Allison Owen 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

Inspired by last week's episode about beaches, we decided to take the week off and catch some rays. Please enjoy this encore presentation of our episode on Waves, and we'll be back next week!SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsto 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 subscribers Garth Riley, Tom Mosner, Daisy Whitfield, and Allison Owen 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

Summer is here, which means it's time to visit everyone's favorite geological feature consisting of a strip of land covered in loose particles, existing exclusively alongside a body of water ! That's right, pack your trunks, cause today we're hitting the beach! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsto 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 subscribers Garth Riley, Tom Mosner, Daisy Whitfield, and Allison Owen 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]Goose-scaring droneshttps://www.livescience.com/39146-canada-geese-drone.html[Fact Off]Waterproof chemicals (PFASes) in tides https://www.inverse.com/science/sea-spray-is-toxichttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/937518https://massivesci.com/articles/pfas-chemical-ocean-mammals-fish-dolphins-wildlife/Salish wooly dogshttps://monova.ca/senaqwila-wyss-on-the-salish-woolly-dogs/https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-dogs-that-grew-wool-and-the-people-who-love-themhttps://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/a-woolly-talehttps://research.library.mun.ca/14680/1/thesis.pdfhttps://www.science.org/content/article/native-american-blankets-made-dog-hair[Ask the Science Couch]Beached cetaceans (and orcas/catfish that intentionally strand themselves)https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-do-whales-beach-themselveshttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/whales-mass-stranding-australia/556400/https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/774692https://hakaimagazine.com/news/salish-sea-killer-whales-have-a-surprising-new-way-of-hunting/https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/z91-383  https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-catfish-that-strands-itself-to-kill-pigeonshttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0050840[Butt One More Thing]Lugworm casts made of sandhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/lugworm-poos-and-the-secrets-they-hold.htmlhttps://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/lugworm

Cars need it, trains need it, and guess what? People need it, too! Can you deduce the answer to my devious riddle? That's right, it's fuel! Fill up your tank, cause we're going on a trip to learn all about the things that keep other things going, from coal to tuna sandwiches and everything in between!SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to 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 subscribers Garth Riley, Tom Mosner, Daisy Whitfield, and Allison Owen 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]New York Times rocket fuel correctionhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/95-years-ago-goddard-s-first-liquid-fueled-rockethttps://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html[Fact Off]Nuclear carshttps://www.greencarreports.com/news/1066000_txchnologist-thorium-lasers-thoroughly-plausible-for-nuclear-carshttps://www.thedrive.com/news/41103/heres-why-the-nuclear-powered-1958-ford-nucleon-never-entered-productionhttps://www.autoweek.com/news/a1988761/are-laser-powered-cars-our-future/Fuel cell breathalyzers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-batteries-store-an/https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/fuel-cellshttps://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-history/breathalyzer-there-was-drunkometerhttps://blog.history.in.gov/tag/breathalyzer/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/breathalyzers-of-the-future-today/277249/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857179/[Ask the Science Couch]Chlorophyll in photovoltaic cells/solar powerhttps://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=NCER&dirEntryId=187266http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htmhttps://opentextbc.ca/biology/chapter/5-2-the-light-dependent-reactions-of-photosynthesis/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01673-whttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plants-versus-photovoltaics-at-capturing-sunlight/https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/762519[Butt One More Thing]Human waste converted into biomethane fuelhttps://www.npr.org/2016/01/01/461692939/from-poop-to-power-colorado-explores-new-sources-of-renewable-energyhttps://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/fart-powered-vw-beetle-tested-in-uk/ 

When I was a kid, everything was on paper. Books were on paper, magazines were on paper, newspapers were on, you guessed it, paper. Nowadays, everything's on the internet, but you can still find paper if you know where to look!Note: The podcast ad for the IMPACT app is unscripted and being recorded live. It may contain some slight differences. Please visit https://impact.interactivebrokers.com/ for full details of products and services. Interactive Brokers, LLC member FINRA/SIPC.The projections or other information generated by IMPACT app regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Please note that results may vary with use of the tool over time.The paid ad host experiences and testimonials within the Podcast may not be representative of the experiences of other customers and are not to be considered guarantees of future performance or success. The opinions provided within the ad belong to the host alone.SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to 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 subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner 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[Definition]https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/cover-to-cover/papyrus/[Trivia Question]Margaret E. Knight’s paper grocery bagshttps://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/margaret-e-knight-and-charles-b-stilwell-flat-bottomed-paper-bag-1870s-1880s/https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/11/03/in-the-bag/https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/margaret-knighthttps://www.invent.org/inductees/margaret-e-knight[Fact Off]Rag paper and mummy linen in the 1800shttps://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/12/europes-morbid-mummy-craze-has-been-an-obsession-for-centurieshttps://uh.edu/engines/epi1227.htmhttps://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3874https://bookpatrol.net/has-this-library-solved-the-mystery-of-the-mummy-paper/Cellulose nanocrystal films from waste paperhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639556/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13369-022-06609-8https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266689392100075Xhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.625878/full#Image of biodegrading film: https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/625878/fpls-12-625878-HTML/image_m/fpls-12-625878-g006.jpghttps://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/glitterhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-021-01135-8[Ask the Science Couch]Smell of new books and paperhttps://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/whats-that-smell-youre-readinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/that-old-book-smell-is-a-mix-of-grass-and-vanilla-710038/https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=669&toxid=124#https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1309104220302051https://www.ucop.edu/risk-services/_files/bsas/safetymeetings/ozonefrprinters.pdfhttps://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58097/~/the-printer-produces-a-faint-smell-or-odor-when-printing.-what-can-i-do%3F[Butt One More Thing]Gayetty’s medicated toilet paperhttps://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.13400600https://www.findagrave.com/photos/2013/61/106087826_136230829409.jpghttps://books.google.com/books?id=yXY0yQnvmmUC&pg=PA679#v=onepage&q&f=false

When, in nature, two little guys are benefiting off each other one way or another, we call that symbiosis. But, if you think about it too hard, you start to realize that everything in nature is benefitting off some other thing in nature somehow and come to the conclusion that all of Earth is a giant symbiotic relationship! To that I say: simply try not to think about it too hard!SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to 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 subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner 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]Figs and fig wasp cheating prevention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635526/https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtmlhttps://news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/01/figs-kill-wasp-larvae-when-wasps-do-not-pollinate-figshttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2009.2157Magnetotactic bacteria in tissues of animals with magnetoreception  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200914112224.htm[Ask the Science Couch]Symbioses with more than 2 organismshttps://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/species-interactions-and-competition-102131429/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8331144/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17255511/https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/06/27/sea-slugs-use-algaes-bacterial-weapons-factory-three-way-symbiotic-relationshiphttps://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/yeast-emerges-as-hidden-third-partner-in-lichen-symbiosis.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-drives-a-sloths-ritualistic-trek-to-poop-180949419/[Butt One More Thing]Crab that lives in sea urchin rectumPicture: https://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/arthropods/crabs/echinoecus-pentagonus.htmhttps://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/11997https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022098178800070https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-anatomy

SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! From big, slimy earthworms to microscopic C. elegans, worms are everywhere... or are they? It turns out, as is often the case on Tangents, that everything you thought you knew about worms is a lie, up to and including their very existence!Head to 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 subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner 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]Dave the longest earthwormhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/04/uk-biggest-worm-record-breaking-in-cheshire[Fact Off]Geosmin smells like danger to C. eleganshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220405143530.htmhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35323022/Ice worms in glaciershttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1097-4687(200012)246:3%3C192::AID-JMOR3%3E3.0.CO;2-Bhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10930-020-09889-xhttps://glaciers.nichols.edu/iceworm/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/amazing-ice-worms-threatened-melting-glaciershttps://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1011376403/its-summer-and-that-means-the-mysterious-return-of-glacier-ice-worms[Ask the Science Couch]Invasive earthworms in North Americahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003807170600527Xhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-006-9019-3http://genesee.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/natural-resources/invasive-pests/jumping-worm-amynthas-spphttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038071720302510https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Invasives/fact/jumpingWorm.htmlInvasive flatworms that prey on earthwormshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5969052/https://eastland.agrilife.org/invasive-hammerhead-flatworms/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3858619[Butt One More Thing]Largest human coprolite has parasitic wormshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lloyds-bank-coprolitehttps://www.theguardian.com/careers/2016/may/12/paleoscatologists-dig-up-stools-as-precious-as-the-crown-jewelshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/51Et55R_RuCmabtTgQllzQ

We're hard at work on a cool new project, but we needed a little extra time to work on it! So this week, please enjoy a rerun of the all-time classic Pee episode!And did you know there's a video version of this episode? You can check it out here!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 subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner 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

Last week we talked about boring old rocks on the ground. This week, we're again talking rocks, but these are rocks... from SPACE!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 subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner 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]2020 QG asteroid flybyhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asteroid-makes-the-closest-earth-flyby-a-space-rock-has-ever-survived/[Fact Off]Libyan desert glasshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022309384901777?via%3Dihubhttps://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/47/7/609/570318/Overestimation-of-threat-from-100-Mt-class?redirectedFrom=fulltexthttps://www.mindat.org/min-39796.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X13004998Hopewell asteroid event https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-debris-from-a-comet-airburst-devastate-an-early-native-american-culture-180979523/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05758-yhttps://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/02/did-comets-fiery-destruction-lead-to-downfall-of-ancient-hopewell.html[Ask the Science Couch]Asteroid belt won’t become a planethttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-science-fiction-movies/https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015IAUGA..2256597V/abstracthttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/in-depth/https://lasp.colorado.edu/outerplanets/kbos_dwarfplanets.phphttps://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/origin?show=hs_origin_story_jupiters-influencehttps://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-asteroid-belt-wreckage-of-a-destroyed-planet-or-something-elsehttps://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/k/Kirkwood+Gaps[Butt One More Thing]Meteorism medical condition fartshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430851/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meteorism

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic... need I say more? Welcome to SciShow Tangents or, as I like to call it, Rock Talk. Note: The podcast ad for the IMPACT app is unscripted and being recorded live. It may contain some slight differences. Please visit https://impact.interactivebrokers.com/ for full details of products and services. Interactive Brokers, LLC member FINRA/SIPC.The projections or other information generated by IMPACT app regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Please note that results may vary with use of the tool over time.The paid ad host experiences and testimonials within the Podcast may not be representative of the experiences of other customers and are not to be considered guarantees of future performance or success. The opinions provided within the ad belong to the host alone.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 subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner 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]Stonehenge sarsen vs. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonhttps://www.livescience.com/22427-stonehenge-facts.html[Fact Off]Microgranite used for curling stoneshttp://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/505002/https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91856/ailsa-craighttps://olympics.com/en/news/the-remarkable-properties-and-origins-of-the-olympic-curling-stonehttps://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/getting-to-the-core-of-olympic-curling-stones/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043164813000732Solitary bees drilling into sandstonehttps://eos.org/articles/rock-chomping-bees-burrow-into-sandstonehttps://www.earthmagazine.org/article/busy-bee-new-species-bee-quarries-sandstone/https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(16)30902-2[Ask the Science Couch]Licking rocks or bonehttps://www.discovery.com/science/Difference-Between-Rock-Fossilhttps://www.clemson.edu/public/geomuseum/specimen_id/id_tool.htmlhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018WR023233https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/wettabilityhttps://twitter.com/mikamckinnon/status/1030188006966214660?s=20&t=_yJPJKVlGOpjTIMLy4y4mghttps://voices.pomona.edu/2013/11/on-the-merits-of-licking-rocks/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stick-with-it-put-your-duct-tape-to-the-test/[Butt One More Thing]Limestone-eating and sand-pooping shipwormhttps://www.sciencealert.com/a-newly-discovered-genus-of-shipworm-eats-holes-into-rocks-and-poops-out-sandhttps://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/incredible-rock-eating-shipworm-is-first-of-its-kindhttps://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/ship-worm-clam/