Siobhan Thompson, Dimension 20's guide into the cursed catacombs of knowledge, leads the hosts in exploring the concept of tombs, discussing Copernicus' remains, speculating on a particle's identity, uncovering tomb hoaxes and fake artifacts, and exploring nature's adaptations after the Chernobyl disaster.

Topics discussed include teen names based on soda flavors, the history of tax tokens and fake beard tokens, shark behavior at cleaning stations, ancient hygiene practices, toxic shock syndrome and super absorbent tampons, and hygienic behavior in mandrels to avoid parasite-related illness.

Two Sams join Ceri and Hank in a team-based episode of Tangents. They talk about fitness challenges at Walt Disney World, perceptions of size, bizarre beasts, miniature organs, satellite launches, and the search for the smallest single-celled organism.

This podcast explores the fascinating world of dust, including its abundance in the universe, its presence on our bodies and in our homes, and even planets made of dust. It touches on topics such as moon dust's value and controversy, using spider webs to track microplastics, and the omnipresence of dust mites. Join the hosts as they uncover intriguing facts about this dusty phenomenon.

From trustworthy to calming, sad to steadfast, and, of course, jeans - the color blue means a lot of things to a lot of people. Join Team Tangents as we delve into this deceptively complicated primary color!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! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch!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: @hankgreenSources:[Trivia Question]YInMn blue unnamed element https://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/chemistry-news-events/yinmn-bluehttps://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/impact/2017/09/hello-bluetiful-theres-a-new-yinmn-blue-inspired-crayonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-blue-pigment-discovered-200-years-finally-sale-180976769/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/style/blue-pigment-YInMn.htmlhttps://colourlex.com/project/yinmn-blue/[Fact Off]Blue dye blocking ATP for spinal cord injurieshttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/blue-dye-may-hold-promise-in-treating-spinal-cord-injuryhttps://www.wired.com/2009/07/bluerats/https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brilliant-blue-spinehttps://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/good-news-animal-lovers-and-folks-spinal-injuries/Vivianite blue found on bones, shells, and other remainshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vivianite-blue-human-remainshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9871987/https://www.kristineballard.com/vivianite-blue/https://www.uaf.edu/museum/press/spotlight/blue-babe/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X21001309https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199809)107:1%3C1::AID-AJPA1%3E3.0.CO;2-R[Ask the Science Couch]Color psychology: blue and marketing/logoshttps://today.yougov.com/topics/international/articles-reports/2015/05/12/why-blue-worlds-favorite-colorhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebookhttps://www.joehallock.com/?page_id=1281https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-010-0245-yhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3151897https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SJME-03-2018-005/full/html[Butt One More Thing]Evidence of blue cheese in Austrian paleofeceshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930931https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01271-9https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/14/sophisticated-ancient-faeces-shows-humans-enjoyed-beer-and-blue-cheese-2700-years-ago#

Take control of your finances today. Go to https://RocketMoney.com/TANGENTS to get started!It's easy to write off bacteria as no good, nasty, disease causing creeps, but consider this: without bacteria, we wouldn't have yogurt, or delicious sourdough bread, or a gut microbiome to digest those things! There are probably other good examples of ways bacteria are helpful to us, but I'm too hungry to think of them...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!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

From eggs to tacos to Ninja Turtles, some of the best things in life come in shells. So cozy on up inside the nearest conch as we regale you with tales of shells from all across the scientific spectrum!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!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]Golden ratio nautilus shellshttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00004-018-0419-3[Fact Off]Batteries made from crab shells https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(22)00414-3https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220901135827.htmhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-future-of-renewable-energy-may-be-this-battery-made-from-crab-shellshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/cycle-lifehttps://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2023/march/crab-shells-could-help-power-the-next-generation-of-rechargeable-batteries.htmlMicroplastics and hermit crab shellshttps://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hermit-crab-behaviour-affected-by-microplastics/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0030https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32343937/[Ask the Science Couch]Mollusk shell development & secretion into spiral shapeshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-seashells-take-shape/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-are-seashells-created/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10126-005-6029-6https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0810311106https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-a-snails-shell-gets-its-twist[Butt One More Thing]Wood-boring bivalve that creates fecal chimneyshttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-022-01306-zhttps://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/down-and-dirty-most-unusual-bivalve

This week we're talking about our old friend, Mr. Distance-Over-Time himself: Speed! From the speediest hedgehog to the slowiest slug, we all have speed, and we can all come together and listen to this podcast to learn more about how and why that is.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!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]Walter Arnold first ever speeding tickethttps://automotivehistory.org/january-28-1896-the-first-speeding-ticket-2/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Walter-Arnold-Worlds-First-Speeding-Ticket/https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2014/01/28/the-first-speeding-fine-for-travelling-at-8-mph/[Fact Off]The Oh-My-God particle (high-energy cosmic ray)https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-particle-that-broke-a-cosmic-speed-limit-20150514/https://www.science.org/content/article/oh-my-god-its-real-particlehttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9410067https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/858169  Needlefish jump-hunting of underwater preyhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28483-the-first-fish-to-leap-out-of-water-and-attack-prey-from-air/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71727/first-fish-needlefish-attack-prey-airhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12799/abstract;jsessionid=357639AD25AB070E62DAFF95B2DFCE5E.f01t02https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-03/why-do-fish-jump-and-how/10519986https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12278/abstract;jsessionid=2234B87FDA55C22723B4055F5C220218.f03t01[Ask the Science Couch]Fastest human body speeds & extreme g-forces (aviation, land speed, etc.)https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.htmlhttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/science/hyper.htmlhttps://books.google.nl/books?id=9-FXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA71&dq=horse+riding+uterus+prolapse+trainhttps://books.google.nl/books?id=Lm03AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA337&dq=train+railways+vibrations+oscillations+-suspenson+-bridge+travellers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXz4el-vfXAhXLKVAKHUz8B64Q6AEIOzADhttps://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/man-behind-high-speed-safety-standardshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/star-wars-science-light-speed/[Butt One More Thing]Skipper caterpillar flinging frass pellets with anal plateshttps://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/201/1/121/7701/Faecal-Firing-in-a-Skipper-Caterpillar-is-Pressure

Whether you're tracking the orbit of satellites, looking at your phone, or picking out a dozen fresh-baked donuts, the chances are pretty good that right this second, YOU are using numbers! Hate to break it to you, bud, but math is actually pretty important after all!Want more Deboki? Check her out at https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki to find info on all of the many projects she works on!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

No new episode this week! Come back next week, June 13, and every other week after that for a new episode. To learn more about Hank's recent cancer diagnosis, check out his video here.Thanks for you patience and we'll talk to you soon!