SciShow Tangents

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

We're cracking open the mailbag once again to answer some dusty old questions you sent us a long time ago! Ew, they're all rotten and goopy... well, we'll answer them anyway, because we care.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:Peat bogshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/peatlandhttps://www.britannica.com/technology/peathttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440320300881?dgcid=rss_sd_allhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/south-west/bristol/art20488Spidershttps://www.livescience.com/24054-why-spiders-have-eight-eyes.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/6/110603-spiders-spare-legs-webs-science-animals/Laser eye surgeryhttps://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6249164https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22496438/https://www.aao.org/munnerlyn-laser-surgery-center/laser-in-situ-keratomileusis-lasik-3https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/8586-corneal-diseasehttps://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=0_yrklfds0Disease eradicationhttps://asm.org/Articles/2020/March/Disease-Eradication-What-Does-It-Take-to-Wipe-outhttps://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/index.htmlhttps://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/press-releases/detail/article/eradication-isnt-the-end-of-the-rinderpest-story/#Miner's egghttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591572201501935

True immortality may be a scientific impossibility, but podcasts last forever. Whether you listen to this the day it comes out or 1,000 years from now when your brain’s been uploaded to a computer, SciShow Tangents will be here for you!This week: Hank and Deboki are finally on an episode together! And Hank has yet another chaos-fuled game to present to us!  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: Deboki: @okidoki_boki Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Fact Off]Irradiating canned meatWIll update ASAP!Dermestid beetle larvaehttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/178/4066/1210.full.pdfhttps://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-abstract/64/1/149/28541?redirectedFrom=fulltexthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002219108090027Xhttps://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/warehouse-beetle-and-cabinet-beetleElectron decayhttps://gizmodo.com/electron-lifespan-is-at-least-5-quintillion-times-the-1747606990https://physicsworld.com/a/electron-lifetime-is-at-least-66000-yottayears/[Ask the Science Couch]Cryonicshttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2095072-a-visual-tour-of-the-weird-world-of-the-cryogenically-frozen/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729856/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2249453/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/30/egg-freezing-self-care-pregnancy-fertilityhttps://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130293211

No, you didn't wake up back in March 12, 2019, this is just a rerun of the classic Giant Rodent episode in honor of Groundhog Day. Be back with something exciting next week!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]https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/02/making-teeth-tough-beavers-show-way-to-improve-our-enamel-http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-biswamoyopterus-laoensis-new-species-flying-squirrel-laos-01361.htmlhttps://www.apopo.info/en/tuberculosis-detection/projectshttp://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/tb/backgroundhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/23/rats-who-sniff-out-tubersulosishttps://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140816-rats-tuberculosis-smell-disease-health-animals-world/[Fact Off]Hippos & biggest rodent:Beavers & carbon emissions:https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoh-bha082918.phphttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/07/what-role-do-beavers-play-climate-changehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13280-014-0575-y[Ask the Science Couch]Gigantism:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-king-kong-should-have-been-blue-whale-180962603/https://www.nature.com/articles/482008dhttps://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120521-killer-mice-birds-gough-island-endangered-animals-science/https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00534.xhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358651/[Butt One More Thing]Capybara anal pouches:https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05087.x

Our very own Josef 'Tuna' Metesh took Ceri's already exceptional sea shanty and turned it into a masterpiece! 

Weather is an evergreen small talk topic, and after this episode of Tangents you will be fully equipped to blow the socks off every grocery store clerk, dental technician, and next door neighbor you meet with your in-depth knowledge of wind, precipitation, and more! 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:[Brain Storm]Falling animalshttps://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/can-it-rain-frogs-fish-and-other-objectshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/strange-rain-why-fish-frogs-and-golf-balls-fall-skies-180956527/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lluvia-de-peces-the-rain-of-fishhttps://www.thelocal.no/20150416/earthworms-rain-from-sky-over-southern-norwayAutomated Weather Observing Systemshttps://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Automated_Weather_Observing_System_(AWOS)https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_150_5220-16E.pdfCloud seedinghttps://www.technologyreview.com/2008/03/25/270084/weather-engineering-in-china/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7899086.stmhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111123025420/http://www.ceawmt.in/indian_history.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809515000484https://www.ncm.ae/en/details.html?id=825&lid=575https://www.popsci.com/smog-cloud-seeding-thailand/https://web.archive.org/web/20161105045733/http://thainews.prd.go.th/website_en/news/news_detail/WNEVN5903040010016https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/ncfa-wcs012606.phphttps://journalofweathermodification.org/index.php/JWM/article/view/474https://www.weathermod-bg.eu/index_en.phphttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-fires-siberia/russia-seeds-clouds-in-siberia-to-douse-raging-wildfires-idUSKBN24B1JT[Fact Off]Tempest PrognosticatorPic here: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/07/tempest-prognosticator-predicting.htmlhttps://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/cloud-watching-understanding-weather/https://www.smithjournal.com.au/blogs/science/3898-can-you-predict-the-weather-with-leecheshttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/19/weatherwatch-forecasting-tempest-prognosticator-storm-leechhttps://interestingengineering.com/scientists-used-leaches-to-predict-the-weatherhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/leeches-predict-weather-tempest-prognosticatorAMDARhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL088613https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02198-4https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/aircraft-based-observations/amdar/about-amdarhttps://amdar.noaa.gov/docs/bams/[Ask the Science Couch]Acid rainhttps://www.epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rainhttp://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/GenChem1/L26/3.htmlhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/acid-rain-and-water?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objectshttps://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/ocean-acidification

In the world of podcasting, one organ reigns supreme: the ear. This week, we give thanks to the orifice that allows us to enjoy SciShow Tangents and that also helps us balance for some reason!Also this week, the world premier of Sam's new game! It's a real corker! Also you will be required to visualize an entire cob of corn, so you better start practicing now.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: [Hear Ye Hear Ye]Toadfish Calls courtesy of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/homehttps://www.chesapeakebay.net/S=0/fieldguide/critter/oyster_toadfishSun Sonificationhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/sounds-of-the-sunWhistler-waveshttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-listens-in-as-electrons-whistle-while-they-workJupiter Bowshockhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-enters-jupiters-magnetic-field[Fact Off]19th Century hearing devices Pictures here: http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/did/19thcent/index.htmhttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/26/technology/hearing-aids-smaller-and-smarter.htmlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/773357/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2582694/Cheetah ears & vestibular organhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/cheetah-inner-ear-speed-hunting-spd/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20198-3[Ask the Science Couch]Hearing losshttps://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/how_does_loud_noise_cause_hearing_loss.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11122/https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hearing-loss/symptoms-causes/syc-20373072https://stanmed.stanford.edu/listening/scientists-hope-cure-hearing-loss-studying-birds.htmlhttps://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Psych289/Biotutorials/17/cochlea.shtmlhttps://www.nidcd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Content%20Images/presbycusis.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEaiZ2j9oc