SciShow Tangents

Humans use tools to do work! It’s what separates us from the animals! Except for crows… and honeybees… and dolphins… octopuses… well, regardless, tools are great and so is 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:Chatelaineshttps://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-killer-mobile-device-for-victorian-women/https://toolbelts.com/tool-belt-history/https://www.swissarmy.com/us/en/History/cms/historyNew Caledonian crowshttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uosa-cck120417.phphttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2015.0278https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uosa-cck120417.php[Ask the Science Couch]Oldest stone toolshttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32804177https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14464https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/world-s-oldest-stone-tools-discovered-kenyahttps://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/exhibit/oldowan-and-acheulean-stone-tools

Comedian, streamer, and YouTuber Kurtis Conner (@kurtisconner) stops by to talk to us about fish! Don’t be koi… give it a listen!This episode has everything you could want: multiple poop facts, mind-blowing revalations, and a celebrity guest! It's the total package!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/SciShowTangentsIf you can’t get enough Kurtis Conner, check out his YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7zsxKqd5MicTf4VhS9Y74gA 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Definition]Fish evolutionhttps://www.npr.org/2010/07/05/127937070/the-human-edge-finding-our-inner-fishhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210205210627.htm[Ask the Science Couch]Smelly fishhttps://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/23/science/q-a-rotten-fish.htmlhttps://nutrition.org/is-fish-smelly/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24086628?seq=1https://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4461https://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/09/Source-Fishy-Odors-Identified.htmlhttps://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/trimethylaminuria/[Butt One More Thing]White sand beacheshttps://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sand.html

We're taking a break this week to rest up and work on some exciting things! In the meantime, join us as we talk about fungus and Praise the Drungus! 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Fungal Pesticides:https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/12/522068205/fungal-pesticides-offer-a-growing-alternative-to-traditional-chemicalshttps://agrochemicals.iupac.org/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=3&sobi2Id=31https://phys.org/news/2019-02-virus-infested-fungus-chemical-pesticides.htmlTinder Fungi:https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail-1345668003610.html?noticiaid=1345754508535Egyptian Medicine:https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/nyregion/secrets-of-the-mummys-medicine-chest.html[Fact Off]Whiskey mold:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18065010https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315285/https://www.wired.com/2011/05/ff-angelsshare/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78dyqb/kentuckys-whiskey-fungus-problem-is-out-of-controlPlastic-digesting fungus:https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/fungi-research-lifts-lid-shy-organisms-break-down-plastichttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202047https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749117300295http://blog.worldagroforestry.org/index.php/2017/09/12/scientists-find-fungus-appetite-plastic-rubbish-dump/[Ask the Science Couch]“Zombie” ants:https://www.pnas.org/content/114/47/12590https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187170https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204140/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/

It’s been said that April showers bring May flowers, but here’s the thing, gang: we couldn’t wait a whole month to talk about the darn things! Stop and smell the roses with us as we sniff out some of the finest flower facts!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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Fact Off]Bubble gun pollinationhttps://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(20)30373-4https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/drone-delivered-soap-bubbles-could-help-pollinate-flowershttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/bubble-blowing-drones-may-one-day-aid-artificial-pollinationFungus mimicking flowersImage: https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/1BF8FBA2-1A97-4962-BDF7425878CF9454_source.jpghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1087184520301572https://www.jstor.org/stable/2399434?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab21f9013c26e11394d09411860873d9f&seq=1https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-flower-is-really-a-fungus-in-disguise/https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/insect-color-vision.php[Ask the Science Couch]Carnivorous plants floweringPicture of pitcher plant: http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3639Picture of venus fly trap: https://theconversation.com/friend-or-food-why-venus-flytraps-dont-eat-their-pollinators-91620http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161010-how-insect-eating-plants-persuade-insects-to-pollinate-themhttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep21065[Butt One More Thing]Dead horse lilyPicture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicodiceros#/media/File:Dracunculus_muscivorus.jpghttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2003.00802.xhttps://theconversation.com/the-secret-of-the-worlds-smelliest-flower-44439

G'day, mate! This week, we’re taking a trip Down Under (and to South, Central, and North America) to meet our weird mammalian cousins with built-in cargo pockets, the marsupials! 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:Antechinus matinghttps://www.wired.com/story/antechinus-climate-change/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrateshttps://www.livescience.com/51083-photos-antechinus-new-species.htmlhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-17/search-for-endangered-antechinus-after-bushfires-on-gold-coast/12564958Alaskan marsupial fossilhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uoaf-ndm021819.phphttps://phys.org/news/2019-02-ancient-night-marsupial-months-winter.htmlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2018.1560369https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app52-217.html  https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/files/PublicRoom_AK_Dinosaurs-on-NorthSlope_booklet_2018.pdfhttps://www.npca.org/articles/1822-the-only-marsupial-in-u-s-national-parks[Ask the Science Couch]Pouch cleaning https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/science/how-do-female-kangaroos-keep-their-pouches-clean.htmlhttps://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/08/05/1168902.htmhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5339227/[Butt One More Thing]Opossums and smelling deadhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/544902/facts-about-opossumshttps://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/opossums-so-darn-ugly-theyre-adorable.htm

Strap on your greaves and grab your gauntlets: It's time for the weekly science/comedy deathmatch that is SciShow Tangents!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/SciShowTangentsThank you to Patreon Patron Eclectic Bunny for helping 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Fact Off]Sugar bacteriahttps://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2019/06/27/found-a-sweet-way-to-make-things-almost-indestructible/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uovh-fas062719.phphttps://www.pasteur.fr/en/research-journal/news/shedding-light-almost-indestructible-archaeal-piliChiton armor (with embedded eyes)https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(11)00305-8.pdfhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6263/952?related-urls=yes&legid=sci;350/6263/952Figure of their vision: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/350/6263/952/F3.large.jpghttp://web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/ChitonEyeCommentary.pdfhttps://news.mit.edu/2015/sea-creature-armor-plating-transparent-ceramic-eyes-1119https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/89839/890127373-MIT.pdf?sequence=2[Ask the Science Couch]Tail armor/weaponryhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.2299https://eartharchives.org/articles/why-don-t-we-see-more-animals-with-tail-weapons-like-stegosaurus-or-ankylosaurus/index.htmlhttps://news.ncsu.edu/2018/01/arbour-zanno-tail[Butt One More Thing]Snail shellhttps://massivesci.com/articles/butt-escape-beetles-elegans-slugs-land-snails/Hank mentions brahminy blind snakes being eaten and pooped out by frogs, but they are actually being eaten by toads. You can read more about that here:http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170424-there-are-animals-that-can-survive-being-eaten

Get ready for the podcasting event of the year, and it's only March! This week, we're talking urine in all sizes, colors, and consistencies! Better yet, you can watch us talk about pee over on SciShow Pee!  Follow that link to see the full, uncut, hour-long recording session we did for this episode! Witness what a mess we are before I edit us down into something listenable! Thrill to Hank drinking a big old soda! Scream at my disgustingly long hair!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/SciShowTangentsThank you to Patreon Patron Eclectic Bunny for helping 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Fact Off]Astronaut urine in concretehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/f-sf-aut032720.phphttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619340478https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/12/19/217244/purified-urine-in-space/https://www.cement.org/cement-concrete/cement-and-concrete-basics-faqshttps://web.archive.org/web/20080316071908/http://www.admixtures.org.uk/publications.aspSugar ants eating pee, fighting climate changehttps://cosmosmagazine.com/sugar-ants-love-pee-and-it-might-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uosa-sap020620.phphttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200206102706.htmhttps://cosmosmagazine.com/sugar-ants-love-pee-and-it-might-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/[Ask the Science Couch]Pee across the animal kingdomhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/569521/do-insects-peehttps://www.welcomewildlife.com/spider-basics/https://cdn.ymaws.com/arav.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Files/Proceedings_2000/2000_35.pdfhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/when-should-i-be-concerned-about-the-color-of-my-urinehttps://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-the-color-of-your-urine-says-about-you-infographic/https://jeb.biologists.org/content/221/6/jeb151894[Butt One More Thing]Dinosaur cloacahttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.htmlhttps://slate.com/technology/2020/10/dinosaur-butt-fossil-discovery-cloaca.html

The Tangents crew blasts off beyond the Sun’s familiar orbit to check out all the weird, wild, possibly-inhabited exoplanets circling distant stars! Who needs our boring old solar system anyway? 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/SciShowTangentsFollow 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Definition]https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/commissions/F2/info/documents/[Fact Off]Not-quite-sunscreen snow exoplanethttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aa899bhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/ps-ads102617.phphttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Titanium-dioxidehttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/61685https://tdma.info/how-your-uv-protective-sunscreen-works/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120529-global-warming-titanium-dioxide-balloons-earth-environment-scienceMessages to Gliese-581chttps://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/gliese_581_feature.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2012-07-potential-habitable-exoplanets.htmlhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4515https://www.universetoday.com/19335/messages-from-earth-beamed-to-alien-world/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7660449.stmhttps://www.nature.com/news/2007/071102/full/news.2007.212.html[Ask the Science Couch]Exoplanets arthttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/the-art-of-exoplanetshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-artists-portray-exoplanets-never-seen/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/exoplanet-trappist-nasa/517590/https://www.wired.com/2014/05/artist-rendering-exoplanets/[Butt One More Thing]Space poop challengehttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/space-poop-challengehttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/winners-of-space-poop-challenge-receive-30000

This week, we talk about the ol’ tippy top of the food pyramid: Candy! When you get done with this tasty episode, you’ll be saying “how sweet it is!” And we’ve got some big news! SciShow Tangents has a Patreon now! 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, such as bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsWe love making this show, and with your help we can make it even better!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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Fact Off]Cotton candy blood vesselshttps://www.designnews.com/stub/synthetic-capillary-networks-artificial-organs-developed-using-cotton-candy-machinehttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/vu-ccm020816.phpCordite (forbidden gum)Picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cordite_Filled_Cartridge.JPGhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3281990https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/cordite/1010201.articlehttps://www.britannica.com/science/nitroglycerinhttp://www.gumassociation.org/index.cfm/science-technology/ingredients-technology/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6954562.stmhttp://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/85/8532sci2.html[Ask the Science Couch]Candy preferences with agehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2764307/https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)30214-0https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.418.6https://now.tufts.edu/articles/craving-brain[Butt One More Thing]Sugar alcohol fartshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093271/#

This episode of SciShow Tangents was created in partnership with Bill Gates, inspired by his new book “How To Avoid A Climate Disaster,” available now. To learn more, visit http://gatesnot.es/3qNsH4kFrom roaring fires to air conditioners to fuzzy slippers, humans have a knack for inventing things to keep them at just the right temperature. Unfortunately, they also have a knack for messing up the temperature of the planet… 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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Fact Off]Skinner Air Cribhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1037/1089-2680.3.3.155https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/skinner-air-cribhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-cribs-other-brilliant-bizarre-inventions-getting-babies-to-sleep-180972138/https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/b-f-skinnerMountain goat coolinghttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0225456https://www.vice.com/en/article/epggvp/americas-iconic-mountain-goats-are-being-threatened-by-melting-ice-and-snowhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/wcs-mga121019.php[Ask the Science Couch]Varied climates on planetshttps://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/https://www.universetoday.com/35796/atmosphere-of-the-planets/[Butt One More Thing]Racecar butt air conditioning https://jalopnik.com/the-nismo-gt-r-gt3-has-air-conditioning-for-your-butt-1682925080