Abortion rights have been rolled back in the USA thanks to a Supreme Court decision. So this week we delve into the process of abortions & the unbelievable story of Dr Morgentaler, a doctor who fought for abortion rights in Canada during the 70s & 80s - whilst continuing to provide (unfairly) illegal abortions. Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Website sciguys.co.uk TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading UK Abortion Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=Abortion%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%20is%20legally%20available%20through%20the,2)%20Regulations%202020. Abortion https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abortion/what-happens/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/906/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/abortion-rights-are-good-health-and-good-science/ https://www.britannica.com/science/abortion-pregnancy Morgentaler https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/henry-morgentaler-1923-2013 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/288/index.do https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/world/americas/henry-morgentaler-abortion-doctor-in-canada-dies-at-90.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1346397/?page=1

DNA is the code for almost everything that makes you you - but the story behind how we discovered and learned more about this little molecule of life is filled with sexism and scandals... Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Website sciguys.co.uk TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.britannica.com/science/DNA https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/dna-a-timeline-of-discoveries/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/23/sexism-in-science-did-watson-and-crick-really-steal-rosalind-franklins-data https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/watson_and_crick.shtml https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-structure-and-function-watson-397/ https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-structure-and-function-watson-397/ https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/rosalind-franklin-a-crucial-contribution-6538012/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosalind-Franklin https://lmuthisweek.lmu.edu/2021/03/22/sexism-in-science-was-rosalind-franklin-robbed-of-a-nobel-prize/#:~:text=In%20her%20short%20lifetime%20of,an%20affluent%20Anglo%2DJewish%20family.

We all know that the dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago, but what exactly happened? Research into some brand new fossils may have given us a much better idea of exactly what happened on the day that the dinosaurs died out... Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61013740 https://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/lessons/chicken_wing/wing.html https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740.amp https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/dinosaur-extinction?cmpid=int_org=ngp::int_mc=website::int_src=ngp::int_cmp=amp::int_add=amp_readtherest https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dinosaur-extinction.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-an-asteroid-caused-extinction-of-dinosaurs.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2019/09/09/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died-told-in-horrifying-new-detail/amp/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-birds-survived-and-dinosaurs-went-extinct-after-asteroid-hit-earth-180975801/

Where did life on Earth come from? Some famous scientists believed that aliens may have intentionally colonised Earth with microscopic life. It may sound crazy, but they might be more convincing than you think... Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Francis Crick https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1962/crick/biographical/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Crick Leslie Orgel https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05orgel.html Crick & Ogel’s Panspermia Paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0019103573901103 Panspermia https://www.newscientist.com/definition/panspermia/ https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/in-search-of-panspermia/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-origins-of-directed-panspermia/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/the-panspermia-paradox/ https://astronomy.com/magazine/ask-astro/2017/10/meteorite-origins#:~:text=Famous%20astronomer%20Carl%20Sagan%20once,stellar%20systems%20is%20highly%20unlikely.

You might think no one would willingly drink liters of radioactive water, but that just means you clearly haven't heard of Ebenezer Byers - a man who did just that! Until his jaw came off... Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://historyofyesterday.com/eben-byers-the-man-who-drank-radioactive-water-until-his-jaw-fell-off-d2634336b504 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-great-radium-scandal/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071113070153/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743525,00.html https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/radioactive-quack-cures/pills-potions-and-other-miscellany/radithor.html https://journals.lww.com/health-physics/Citation/1980/12000/INCEPTION_OF_STANDARDS_FOR_INTERNAL_EMITTERS,.28.aspx https://www.nytimes.com/1932/04/02/archives/death-stirs-action-on-radium-cures-trade-commission-speeds-its.html https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/radiotherapy/internal/radioactive-liquid-treatment/radium-223 https://people.uwec.edu/jolhm/EH/Rosenhoeft/index5.htm

Why are some humans monogamous while others are polyamorous? Spice8Rack joins us to give his insight while we chat about polyamory & some of the science surrounding this form of ethical non-monogamy. Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/polyamory https://www.choosingtherapy.com/polyamory/ https://www.livescience.com/27128-polyamory-myths-debunked.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191029182513.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-sexual-revolution-polyamory/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5436896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6985779/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33833712/ https://yougov.co.uk/topics/relationships/trackers/how-brits-feel-about-polyamory https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00230/full https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/are-humans-naturally-monogamous/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00139/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00030/full

Birth control pills currently only exist for females - but why is that? This week we discuss contraception for cis men & delve into the sexism that this research is steeped in... Rowan's video: The Problem With "Google is Free" Activism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUwkCfT3vU  Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-pill/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-the-pill https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/male-pill/ https://news.sky.com/story/amp/contraceptive-pill-for-males-is-99-effective-in-preventing-pregnancy-12573228 https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2022/march/non-hormonal-pill-could-soon-expand-mens-birth-control-options.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/2313115-male-contraceptive-pill-is-safe-and-effective-in-tests-in-mice/amp/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4237-male-contraceptive-trial-has-100-success/ https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-pill/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-the-pill https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2940206/#__ffn_sectitle

Jammidodger returns to the podcast this week as we cover metoidioplasty, a type of lower surgery mostly for transgender men and trasnmasc people! A huge thank you to our patrons for voting on this topic. Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.gendergp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NHS-Gender-Protocol.pdf https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21668-metoidioplasty https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.760284/full#B11 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6626308/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/andr.13016 https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(20)31152-3/fulltext https://www.grsmontreal.com/en/frequently-asked-questions/12-metaiodoplasty.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547703/#:~:text=The%20Skene's%20glands%2C%20which%20are,to%20act%20as%20an%20antimicrobial. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127556/#:~:text=The%20techniques%20have%20been%20refined,to%20create%20a%20small%20neophallus. https://www.bladderandbowel.org/surgical-treatment/suprapubic-catheter/

Do bisexual men exist? Noted bisexual, "Are They Gay" joins us this week as we cover the studies that claimed to prove that bisexual men were, in fact, a myth. AreTheyGay's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AreTheyGay Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Arousal Pattern Studies & Articles https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/straight-gay-or-lying-bisexuality-revisited.html https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01578.x?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed& https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749350/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8000017/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9881-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749278/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175819/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-011-9746-0 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2003631117 https://bi.org/en/questions/all-women-are-bisexual-but-bi-men-dont-exist-right eadt.co.uk/news/university-of-essex-research-on-bisexual-men-2685984 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34744903 Bisexuality & Kinsey Scale https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/short-history-word-bisexuality https://bi.org/en/101/Kinsey-Klein https://kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/kinsey-scale.php

Brilliant scientists, Ramon S Barthelemy & Timothy Atherton join us this week to discuss their recent work looking at LGBT (and other marginalised) people in physics!  Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010124 First paper - European Journal of Physics https://twitter.com/remakingstem https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/barthelemy.cfm https://faculty.utah.edu/u6025022-RAMON_BARTHELEMY/research/index.hml https://physicsworld.com/a/why-google-builds-quantum-computers-the-lgbq-experience-in-physics-cerns-carbon-footprint/ https://as.tufts.edu/physics/people/faculty/atherton