SciShow Tangents

From ancient clay pots to the heat-proof panels on the space shuttle, ceramics have been an integral part of human technology from the very beginning. I can’t even think of any jokes about ceramic! It’s just cool!More importantly! Over the last week or so, Hank has absolutely ruined everyones’ Twitter timelines with one simple question: “is butt legs?” In this episode, you get to bear ear-witness to the genesis of this wretched, society-shattering question! #buttislegsFollow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Non-deflatable footballhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflategatehttp://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Air-Bag.htmlStrong waterhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-oxide#section=Mechanism-of-Actionhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.470.4214&rep=rep1&type=pdfPajamashttps://www.underarmour.com/en-us/tb12https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699878/https://www.espn.com/espnw/life-style/story/_/id/23315114/we-tried-do-tom-brady-recovery-pajamas-live-their-name[Fact Off]Moon artMagnetic fieldhttps://www.livescience.com/57868-earth-magnetic-field-spike-ancient-times.htmlhttps://www.space.com/43173-earth-magnetic-field-flips-when.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/14/515032512/iron-age-potters-carefully-recorded-earths-magnetic-field-by-accidenthttps://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/earths-mysterious-magnetic-field-stored-in-a-jar?verso=true[Ask the Science Couch]Glazeshttps://edu.rsc.org/feature/the-chemistry-of-pottery/2020245.articlehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/glazeSpecific materials (tin, salt, etc.) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/ceramic-and-glaze-fluxes-2745860https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1560&context=open_access_etdshttps://www.britannica.com/art/tin-glazed-earthenware[Butt One More Thing]Ceramic butt wipinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toilet-tissue-anthropologists-uncover-all-the-ways-weve-wiped/https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8287.full Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bones… seems like a simple enough topic, right? Well, would you believe me if I told you that scientists can’t even agree on how and why bones evolved in the first place?! And teeth? Don’t even get us started on teeth...Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Bone Conductionhttps://www.kqed.org/science/1926248/how-elephants-listen-with-their-feethttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010312071729.htmhttps://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/february18/elephants-triangulation-seismic-vibration-signal-021809.htmlChew Boneshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/giraffes-eat-skeletons-bones-spd/https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/9767/Bredin_Can(2008).pdf;jsessionid=8BFA2F57B27C91C3BB4F18175D4712A8?sequence=1Glowing Boneshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/01/chameleon-bones-florescent-ultraviolet-light-spd/https://www.sciencealert.com/these-cute-little-orange-frogs-have-a-florescent-secret-under-their-skin[Fact Off]Myotragus goathttps://www.pnas.org/content/106/48/20354https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325260/https://phys.org/news/2009-11-extinct-goat-cold-blooded.htmlhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/11/17/extinct-goat-tried-out-reptilian-cold-blooded-living-it-didnt-work/#.XdMCY5JKhxwpics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotragus Subvocalization remotehttps://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/2018/03/23/p43-kapur_BRjFwE6.pdfhttps://www.sciencealert.com/silent-voice-headset-subvocalisation-computer-interface-mit[Ask the Science Couch]Bone evolution:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237026/https://austhrutime.com/bone.htmhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC509207/Aspidin: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/169723-joseph-keating/posts/37157-aspidin-a-bone-of-contentionhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109381/Teeth: https://www.nature.com/news/fossil-scans-reveal-origins-of-teeth-1.13964https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24268-fish-fossil-suggests-our-skeleton-evolved-face-first/[Butt One More Thing]Lizard Tails:https://www.futurity.org/salamanders-lizards-tails-regeneration-1838762/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When it comes to proper nutrition, just about the only thing everyone can agree on is that people need to eat food. Everything else, from eggs to carbs to vitamins, is basically up in the air!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these link:[Fact Off]Osedax wormshttps://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00824.xhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063707001483https://science.sciencemag.org/content/305/5684/668/tab-pdf“Vitamin” B17 aka. Laetrilehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3322/canjclin.31.2.91?sid=nlm%3Apubmedhttps://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/laetrile-pdq#_10https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65988/https://www.amboss.com/us/knowledge/Vitamins[Ask the Science Couch]History of nutrition sciencehttps://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2392Nutrition research is complicatedhttps://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10760622/nutrition-science-complicatedhttps://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/food-medicine/why-does-nutrition-advice-change[Butt One More Thing]Sewage sludge protein https://www.feednavigator.com/Article/2017/04/06/Sewage-sludge-to-animal-feed Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Be Advised! This episode was recorded before we decided to reset the scores for Season 2 and rename them Sambucks. Please don't tweet at us about this (and if you do tweet at us about it, be nice)!People absolutely love going places and doing stuff! And in our zeal to go places and do stuff even faster, we've invented some wild things. Come with us on journey of discovery as we sail the seven seas of science and fly the friendly skies of... innovation...? Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Loading Patternshttps://www.who.int/ith/mode_of_travel/tcd_aircraft/en/https://www.pnas.org/content/115/14/3623Reducing Fiber https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-you-should-fart-in-planes-2013-2Dirtiest Part of a Planehttps://www.travelmath.com/feature/airline-hygiene-exposed/[Fact Off]Ski lifthttps://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2953.htmPictures/info:https://books.google.com/books?id=slgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23https://books.google.com/books?id=XFgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38https://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2006/0228_skilift.shtmlFlight suithttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/04/13/wiley-post-one-eyed-pilot-first-fly-solo-around-world-developed-first-pressure-suits-discovered-jet-stream/https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/si-98-15012hjpghttps://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/new-label/this-pressure-suit-helped-pilots-survive-new/[Ask the Science Couch]License plate restrictionshttps://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/20/licence-plate-driving-bans-paris-ineffective-air-pollutionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095756416000039https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967070X01000245?via%3DihubBraess’ Paradoxhttp://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Dietrich.Braess/Paradox-BNW.pdfhttps://phys.org/news/2010-09-scientist-braess-paradox-high-traffic.htmlRemoving roadshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/nov/01/society.travelsenvironmentalimpacthttps://www.landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs/cheonggyecheon-stream-restoration[Butt One More Thing]Fart volumehttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-big-is-a-fart-somewhere-between-a-bottle-of-nail-polish-and-a-can-of-soda/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

YRHA WJ, XAWOQT KXTAQOQCT! XP DEW TEKIQ LD TWJQC TQNCQA LQTTHVQ, AYQQA LQ "KEEMT KXMQ TAECLD YQHARQC" HOF DEW YXKK SQ XOFWNAQF XOAE ARQ THL NHFQAT, LD OQY QZNKWTXIQ PHO NKWS! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!  If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out this episode's page at scishowtangents.org! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ancient man harnessing and wielding the elemental power of the flame was pretty cool, I guess, but I think this being Tangent's one year anniversary is a little cooler, honestly! Plus, we announce who won the first season, so actually this episode is sort of twice as important as fire if you think about it! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!  And if you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Fire-chasing beetleshttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0037627https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227016226_The_Photomechanic_Infrared_Receptor_for_the_Detection_of_Forest_Fires_in_the_Buprestid_Beetle_Melanophila_Acuminatahttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/how-a-half-inch-beetle-finds-fires-80-miles-away/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3998979?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2012/05/27/fire-chasing-beetles-sense-infrared-radiation-from-fires-hundreds-of-kilometres-away/https://academic.oup.com/jee/article-abstract/36/2/341/2202937[Fact Off]Surgical fireshttps://www.livescience.com/65615-chest-cavity-fire-surgery.htmlhttps://www.ismp.org/resources/surgical-fires-caused-skin-preps-and-ointments-rare-dangerous-and-preventableDeath ray buildinghttps://twitter.com/tara_mulholland/status/374877389425086464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E374877389425086464&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinancialpost.com%2Fnews%2Flondons-fryscraper-owners-to-spend-millions-of-pounds-to-block-car-melting-beamhttps://www.pri.org/stories/2013-09-03/londons-walkie-talkie-skyscraper-blamed-melting-cars-starting-small-firehttps://www.livescience.com/39371-skyscraper-melts-cars-20-fenchurch.htmlhttps://www.mississauga.com/news-story/4067822-london-s-fryscaper-draws-crowd-on-hottest-day/https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-walkie-scorchie-melted-my-jag/[Ask the Science Couch]Flame Extinguishment Experiment (FLEX) https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/FLEX_Video.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/in-space-flames-behave-in-ways-nobody-thought-possible-132637810/Cool flameshttps://blogs.nasa.gov/ISS_Science_Blog/2013/11/25/cool-flames-on-the-international-space-station-an-anatomy-of-discovery/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010218012002131https://youtu.be/BxxqCLxxY3M[Butt One More Thing]Incinerating toiletshttp://www.nsf.org/consumer-resources/water-quality/wastewater-sewage-treatment/electrical-incinerating-toiletshttps://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-06/documents/incinera.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SciShow Tangents' Month of Fear concludes with what is undeniably the scariest, most valid fear of any of those discussed... spiders! I'm not saying spiders will pour out of your headphones and into your ears when you listen to this, but I'm also not promising they won't.Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!  If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links![Truth or Fail]Recordshttps://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-10-weirdest-things-pressed-into-vinyl-records-this-year/https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-weird-secret-history-of-soviet-x-ray-musicTattooshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gwitchin-tattoo-skin-stitching-first-nations-1.3796606Canvaseshttps://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/07/cobwebportraits.htmlhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-lost-art-of-painting-on-cobweb-canvaseshttps://phys.org/news/2010-05-scientists-goats-spider-silk.html[Fact Off][Ask the Science Couch]Web constructionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-how-do-spiders-make-webs-180957426/https://sciencing.com/identify-spider-pattern-8635659.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6053566/Making silkhttps://www.livescience.com/32582-how-do-spiders-make-silk.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/spidroins[Butt One More Thing]Trashline orb weavershttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-spiders-that-completely-defy-what-we-know-as-jet-lag/https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/trashline-orbweavers Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SciShow Tangents' Month of Fear continues and… wait… do you feel it… the walls they’re... closing in around you! Crushing you!...were you scared? Well, if you were Hank you probably would have been because his fear is enclosed spaces! How is that related to science? Good question!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links: [Truth or Fail]Fire Extinguisherhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tuot-ncf041819.phpWater-Filled Suithttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552417301335Air Purifierhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/space-station-mold-survives-200-times-radiation-dose-would-kill-human[Fact Off]Noc the beluga whalehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/story-one-whale-who-tried-bridge-linguistic-divide-between-animals-humans-180951437/?page=1http://cell.com/current-biology/supplemental/S0960-9822%2812%2901009-3https://www.public.navy.mil/navwar/NIWC-Pacific/technology/Pages/mammals.aspxNormal beluga: https://dosits.org/resources/resource-categories/feature-sounds/beluga/Noc sound: https://www.nature.com/news/the-whale-that-talked-1.11635Dark flieshttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/03/14/fifty-seven-years-of-darkness/#.XaY74udKgW_https://phys.org/news/2016-02-evolution-dark-fly.htmlhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160204111403.htm[Ask the Science Couch]Estimates of plant roomshttps://io9.gizmodo.com/how-many-plants-would-you-need-to-generate-oxygen-for-y-5955071http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-02/917906305.Bt.r.htmlhttps://everything2.com/title/How+much+plant+life+is+needed+to+keep+a+person+alive+in+a+sealed+room%253FPhotorespirationhttp://www.plantphysiol.org/content/155/1/56Biosphere 2http://biosphere2.org/visit/about-biosphere2/fast-factshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/sunday-review/biosphere-2-climate-change.htmlhttps://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/68/9/722/5055575?searchresult=1[Butt One More Thing]Apollo 10 floating poophttps://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poophttps://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a410/AS10_CM.PDF Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the SciShow Tangents Month of Fear continues, your hosts get down into the wormy, slimy muck to discuss Ceri’s biggest fear: decomposition! Does that sound too generic to be truly terrifying? That’s what Sam thought too, and now he is also quite scared of decomposing! Boo!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out this these links:[Truth or Fail]Straw Urinals - https://www.unreservedmedia.com/paris-open-air-urinals/Peepee Day - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/6554958/Urinate-on-the-compost-heap-to-save-the-planet-says-the-National-Trust.htmlhttps://grist.org/living/ask-umbra-can-i-pee-in-my-compost-pile/Human Composting - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/washington-first-state-allow-burial-method-human-composting-180972020/[Fact Off]Ocean viruses - https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/9/e1602565.fullhttps://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/oc400/Arrigo2005.pdfBurying beetles - https://www.fws.gov/Midwest/endangered/insects/ambb/abb_fact.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-burying-beetle-nursery-bacteria-fungus-decomposition/[Ask the Science Couch]Food Safetyhttps://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/fsis-content/internet/main/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/safe-food-handling/food-safety-tips-for-college-students/ct_indexhttps://food.unl.edu/will-reheating-food-make-it-safe-if-you-forget-refrigerate-ithttps://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/food-technology/bacterial-food-poisoning/https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/what-you-need-know-about-foodborne-illnessesDecomposershttps://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/docs/tip-sheet-decomposer-id-cpts-id-f.pdfPizza (Quora answer)https://www.quora.com/Is-it-safe-to-eat-pizza-left-out-overnight[Butt One More Thing]A/V plughttp://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/deathly-doodle-leakagehttp://fluidpusher.blogspot.com/2009/10/questions-of-day-jenn-edition.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SciShow Tangents' Month of Fear continues! This week, Stefan is confronted by his fear of sharks! Thrill as we weave a tale of nigh-immortal sharks! Feel the chills run down your spine as you learn about how weird shark penises are! Try not to scream when you hear about Sharkarado, the Shark Colorado! This episode... might be too scary!!!  Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Still Shark Eggshttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0052551Tiger Shark Siblingshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/baby-sand-tiger-sharks-devour-their-siblings-while-still-in-the-womb-46192985/Thermal Ventshttps://www.livescience.com/61699-skates-eggs-thermal-vents.html[Fact Off]White Shark Caféhttps://schmidtocean.org/cruise/voyage-white-shark-cafe/#datahttp://whitesharkcafe.org/media/photos-videoshttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/28/613394086/great-white-sharks-have-a-secret-cafe-and-they-led-scientists-right-to-ithttps://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Mysterious-great-white-shark-lair-discovered-in-13234068.phphttps://www.nature.com/articles/415035bGreenland sharks eating sealshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098112001657?via%3Dihubhttps://animals.mom.me/seals-sleep-4736.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/6/120626-greenland-sharks-seals-sleeping-animals-science/[Ask the Science Couch]Intromittent organs/peniseshttps://academic.oup.com/icb/article/56/4/705/2198314https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/scienceshot-birds-disappearing-penisShark claspershttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-shark-penises-evolvedhttps://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7698https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/clasper[Butt One More Thing]Coprolite shark toothhttps://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/fossils/that-time-a-prehistoric-shark-took-a-bite-out-of-a-turd/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.