SciShow Tangents

The power required to get this podcast into your ears was brought to you in part by wind, water, coal, gas, and a generous contribution from the old sky guy himself: The Sun! 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]Power from cheese & mayo (biogas)https://epa.gov/anaerobic-digestion/basic-information-about-anaerobic-digestion-adhttps://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-biogasconverting-waste-to-energyhttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5021214#:~:text=It%20is%20wellknown%20that%20the,well%20%5B5%2D7%5Dhttps://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/https://statenews.com/article/2017/04/msu-uses-mayonnaise-anaerobic-digesterhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a18700/french-power-plant-runs-on-cheese/Sensorfish for damshttps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a7459/the-robot-fish-that-led-to-better-dam-designs/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a26135053/robotic-sensor-fish/https://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=1046https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/827634[Ask the Science Couch]Micro hydro powerhttps://www.energy.gov/energysaver/microhydropower-systemshttps://www.energy.gov/eere/water/types-hydropower-plantshttps://energypedia.info/wiki/Micro_Hydro_Power_(MHP)_-_Pros_and_Conshttps://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/global/16iht-renmicro.htmlhttps://sswm.info/water-nutrient-cycle/water-distribution/hardwares/water-network-distribution/hydropower-%28small-scale%29[Butt One More Thing]Pig poop pondshttps://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/11/22/781565978/big-companies-bet-on-cleaner-power-from-pig-poop-ponds

This week we pay tribute to our big, wrinkly, grey friends with funky trunks: elephants!  Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to see some great pictures from Ceri’s Fact Off fact, and 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]Elephants and beeshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/893601https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/632820https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/12/beehive-fences/https://www.livescience.com/33261-elephants-afraid-of-mice-.htmlElephant skin wrinkleshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/607368https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06257-3Computer simulation image: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06257-3/figures/4https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010JF001842https://elephantconservation.org/elephants/just-for-kids/[Ask the Science Couch]Elephant communication/grief/etc.https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/animal-grief/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-animals-experience-grief-180970124/https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/11/04/1497634.htmhttps://www.audubon.org/news/how-do-elephants-talk-each-otherhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/unforgettable-elephants-crack-the-code-of-elephant-communication/5885/https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-internet-appears-to-believe-elephants-worship-the-moon/https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/context/interdisciplinary-seminar/the-elephant-before-darwin[Butt One More Thing]Elephant gold enemahttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/442189/pdfhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-16th-century-pope-buried-his-pet-elephant-under-the-vatican 

Time to take a big ol’ sip of science knowledge as we dive deep on that good, wet stuff we call water! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to see some great pictures from Ceri’s Fact Off fact, and 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]Wet water (to fight fires)https://www.biolinscientific.com/blog/what-is-a-wetting-agent-and-where-are-they-usedhttps://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/fighting-fires-with-wet-water/#grefhttps://childrensmuseumatlanta.org/blog/how-does-water-put-out-a-fire/http://fcfsd.com/wetting-agents.htmlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-016-0640-0Water to air communicationhttps://news.mit.edu/2018/wireless-communication-through-water-air-0822https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/489210[Ask the Science Couch]Water conducting electricityhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/conductivity-electrical-conductance-and-waterhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-universal-solventhttps://www.sciencealert.com/after-centuries-scientists-have-finally-figured-out-how-water-conducts-electricityhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6316/1131[Butt One More Thing]Hippo poop waterhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/hippos-poop-so-much-that-sometimes-all-the-fish-die/560486/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04391-6 

This week, we're sharing one of our Patreon bonus episodes with all of our listeners! Join us as we answer some questions from our audience, and be sure to check out Patreon.com/SciShowTangents if you want more content like this! Head to the link below 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! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA 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

In this truly explosive episode that will have you erupting with laughter, we share our lava of volcanoes! This is a hot one, folks! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to see a great video on the subject of Ceri’s Fact Off fact, and 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: @hankgreenSources:[Hear Ye]Round 1 AudioSource: NOAA Ocean Explorationhttps://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april29/media/movies/spectragram.htmlRound 2 AudioAudio Credit: Robin MatozaCitation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486Round 3 Audio Audio Credit: Robin MatoozaCitation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486Round 3 Audio - AirplaneCredit: PDX AviationPDX Aviation - https://www.youtube.com/user/buybygb[Fact Off]Elephant salt mining in extinct volcanohttp://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/MtElgon/index.htmhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/240675138_Formation_of_cave_salts_and_utilization_by_elephants_in_the_Mount_Elgon_region_Kenyahttps://eawildlife.org/east-african-wildlife-societys-mount-elgon-elephant-project-eawls-meep/https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/faq/how-volcano-defined-being-active-dormant-or-extincthttps://theconversation.com/how-volcanoes-recycle-the-earths-crust-to-uncover-rare-metals-that-are-vital-to-green-technology-125159https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/africa/mount-elgon-ugandaParícutin volcanohttp://www.unmuseum.org/7wonders/mob/paricutin.htmhttp://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Paricutin.html[Ask the Science Couch]Preventing volcano eruptionshttps://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-we-tell-when-a-volcano-will-erupthttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/865376  https://theconversation.com/explainer-why-volcanoes-erupt-44732https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-we-drill-yellowstone-stop-it-erupting?qt-news_science_products=0https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2018/05/28/why-cant-we-artificially-drain-magma-chambers-to-stop-volcanic-eruptions/​​https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02600367https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/volcano-watch-did-aerial-bombing-stop-1935-mauna-loa-lava-flow[Butt One More Thing]Ardley island penguin poop ​​https://www.audubon.org/news/how-millennia-old-penguin-poo-led-scientists-volcanic-discovery 

This episode was brought to you by Gates Notes, the blog of Bill Gates. Go to https://www.gatesnotes.com to learn more about the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year!Just because you poop and pee in them doesn’t mean that toilets don’t deserve your utmost respect! From the International Space Station to the comfort of your own home, these waste-disposing scientific wonders help make our lives cleaner and safer. So next time you see a toilet, say “thank you!”Can’t get enough Deboki? You can follow her on Twitter @okidoki_boki, and find her on Scientific American’s Science Talk Podcast starting August 6th!Head to the link below 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! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny 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: @hankgreenSources:[Fact Off]Lemur Toilet Treehttp://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150513-these-animals-use-public-toiletshttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00265-014-1810-z.pdfhttps://www.dpz.eu/en/home/single-view/news/informativer-toilettengang.htmlhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26392-zoologger-shy-lemurs-communicate-using-toilet-trees/Super Slippery Toilethttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/739396https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYc8RfqA3I&t=10shttps://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/materials-innovations/slip-and-slide-spray-on-polymer-coating-keeps-porcelain-toilet-bowls-cleaner[Ask the Science Couch]https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/question314.htmhttps://iwaponline.com/wpt/article/13/1/157/38690/Vacuum-sewerage-systems-a-solution-for-fasthttps://www.courtesyplumbers.com/blog/2016/december/three-types-of-flush-systems-the-pros-and-cons/[Butt One More Thing]https://patents.google.com/patent/US4320756A/enhttps://www.adventip.com/blog/wackypatent/freshair-breathing-device 

This week, the Science Couch is more like the Science Operating Table. Get ready to have 33 minutes of pure, surgery-inspired science implanted directly into your brain, stat!A note about this week’s episode: Ceri is moving, and the room she normally records in is completely empty. That’s why she sounds like she’s lost in space. Sorry about that!Head to the link below 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! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny 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: @hankgreenSources:[Fact Off]Burn healing surgerieshttps://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/burnshttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3408118https://www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-9610(35)90119-2/fulltexthttps://www.nature.com/articles/125058a0.pdfhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591574003400104https://parjournal.net/article/view/1881/1348https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/sir-archibald-mcindoeVideo Game Surgeons https://www.medtechdive.com/news/robotic-surgeries-surge-to-15-of-all-procedures-despite-limited-evidence/570370/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoo-hfa040121.php[Ask the Science Couch]Organ transplant DNAhttps://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/does-the-dna-of-a-transplanted-organ-change-to-that-of-the-recipient/https://www.genome.gov/27544325/using-dna-sequencing-to-detect-early-organ-transplant-rejectionhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Cyclosporin-Ahttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18290564/https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/organ-transplants-without-life-long-drugs[Butt One More Thing]Louis XIV’s anal fistula https://tidsskriftet.no/2016/08/sun-kings-anal-fistulahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1043148914000566 

Whether you're surfing, listening to the radio, getting an x-ray, or just looking at something, take a moment and thank waves for making it all possible!Plus learn yet another shocking truth: all of reality is probably maybe waves! Uh oh!Head to the link below 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! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny 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: @hankgreenSources:[Truth or Fail][Fact Off]Ruffed grouse sonic boomVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfiIp3QGs4https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruffed_Grouse/soundshttps://www.nps.gov/articles/netn-species-spotlight-ruffed-grouse.htmhttps://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/bird-sound-barrierhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-016-DFRC.htmlMeta-mirrorhttps://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/meta-mirrorhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/du-rs030719.php[Ask the Science Couch]Underwater waveshttps://news.mit.edu/2013/the-oceans-hidden-waves-show-their-power-0108https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14399#affil-authhttps://research.cornell.edu/research/understanding-formation-underwater-waveshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025322791900445https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/mysterious-underwater-waves[Butt One More Thing]Toilet waveshttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27377/why-does-toilet-water-move-when-its-windy-outside

It feels like this allergy season is never gonna end, so we decided to dig into the archives to learn a little more about the pollen, dander, and other tiny things currently making our lives a living heck! Achoo!Head to the link below 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! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny 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

Get ready to take a big old bite of science (and fun)! This week, we’re sinking our teeth… into teeth! Ouch! Plus, Hank comes up with yet another Million Dollar Idea! You can’t afford to miss this episode!Head to the link below 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! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsA big thank you to Patreon subscriber Eclectic Bunny 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: @hankgreenSources:[Tooth or Fail]Chiton Teethhttps://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/05/rare-mineral-from-rocks-found-in-chiton-teeth/Pink Sea Urchin Teethhttps://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(19)30173-0https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/rock-munching-sea-urchins-have-self-sharpening-teeth[Fact Off]Piranha teethpicture: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/uw-s3-cdn/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/10/15085831/Piranha-replacement-teeth-750x422.jpghttps://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/15/piranha-fish-swap-old-teeth-for-new-simultaneously/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ede.12306https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670376/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmor.20380https://theconversation.com/how-sharks-could-help-us-regrow-our-own-human-teeth-63531Baby Dino Teethhttps://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31269-6.pdfhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/gwu-ntn121516.phphttps://gwtoday.gwu.edu/newly-discovered-dinosaur-species-lost-teeth-adultsBraceshttps://www.healthline.com/health/how-do-braces-workhttps://orthodonticassoc.com/braces/how-do-braces-work/https://www.healthline.com/health/retainers-after-braces[Butt One More Thing]Fecal bacteria on toothbrusheshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150602130650.htm