Can rats feel empathy? It’s a tough question to tackle, and many scientists have worked on it over the years… but is it even possible to find the answer? Grab our BRAND NEW 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1210789 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-013-0692-1 https://www.britannica.com/science/empathy https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-16999-6_158-1 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-287-080-3_69-1 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1962-00569-001 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-019-0572-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4151454/

Is a robot a robot when it’s made of living cells? Scientists took frog cells and made them into tiny living robots with the apparent ability to build more of themselves from other cells! Grab our BRAND NEW 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.pnas.org/content/118/49/e2112672118 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32364479/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34043553 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1853 News Articles https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/team-builds-first-living-robots-that-can-reproduce/ https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060027395/robots-xenobots-living-self-replicating-copy https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unveiled-the-worlds-first-living-robots-last-year-now-they-can-now-reproduce-180979150/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2299252-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-replicate-themselves-in-a-dish/amp/ https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/team-builds-first-living-robots

For our first episode of 2022, we’re looking back at the first man on the moon! Join us on the journey as we look at the real story behind Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s (and Michael Collins’) giant step for mankind! Grab our BRAND NEW 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Moon Landing Videos https://youtu.be/S9HdPi9Ikhk https://youtu.be/INQlaTnN2cg Michael Collins https://youtu.be/SWVgUwMTHEU Wright Brothers https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wright-brothers The Moon https://www.space.com/amp/before-apollo-what-we-didnt-know-about-moon.html https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/ https://www.space.com/amp/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html https://www.space.com/amp/27029-moon-gravity-falling-astronauts.html Kennedy Speech https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm Pen Story https://youtu.be/qGOrt_CRz_M https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/50-years-pen-saved-apollo-11/story?id=64228723 Apollo Missions https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/space-exploration/moon-landing-1969 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html https://www.nasa.gov/wav/62284main_onesmall2.wav https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/moon-landings/z6bd382 https://www.history.com/.amp/news/moon-landing-apollo-11-facts https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2019/06/16/5-things-you-likely-never-knew-about-apollo-11/?sh=35b9a23ccecf https://airandspace.si.edu/apollo-to-the-moon/online/apollo-11/about-the-spacecraft.cfm

Follow the link & use the code SCIGUYS for 60% off your first month of a MELScience subscription! https://melscience.com/sBC6/   (Offer valid for 1 month after upload) To celebrate the end of the year - we visit our best moments of 2021 using a very scientific Memory Machine…  Grab our BRAND NEW 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store Our patrons voted for it and so we’ve done it, an episode on scientific studies surrounding asexuality! 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading What is Asexuality? https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/six-ways-be-ally-asexual-people https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/artslaw/openresearch/2021/asexuality.aspx https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/japp.12472 https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/ask-experts/is-there-a-medical-reason-for-asexuality Asexuality Research https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0959353512443668?journalCode=fapa https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2015.1015713?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-008-9434-x https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251074 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251074 HSDD https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sex-pleasure-and-sexual-dysfunction/sexual-dysfunction/premature-ejaculation

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store In honour of Spider-Man: No Way Home we have taken it upon ourselves to create a real life Spider-Man. Or at the very least, figure out how what might be possible.  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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Spider-Man https://www.britannica.com/art/comic-book Spiders https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/invertebrates/facts/spiders https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/09/ask-grown-up-spiders-stick-walls-ceilings https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trade-secret-of-sticky-sp/ Radiation https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-basics https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-health-effects https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science Soft Exosuits https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/epoly-2020-0049/html https://www.wired.co.uk/article/exosuit-sri-robotics-darpa-soldiers Spider Silk https://www.britannica.com/science/elasticity-physics https://www.britannica.com/science/tensile-strength https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/epoly-2020-0049/html Gecko Gloves https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/gecko-inspired-device-112114.html Spider Sense https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/02/23/prototype-suit-gives-you-real-life-spider-sense/amp/

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store Iain joins us this week to talk about their research into queer people, sex, and losing your virginity!  Check out Bears in Trees album: https://open.spotify.com/album/4YDxrluNqhqrhcJ0ZkgfXc?si=mj-cPkwATfiQmTVDod4RFA 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2021.1960944 https://www.stonewall.org.uk/lgbtq-inclusive-education-everything-you-need-know https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cacc0b40-c3a4-473b-86cc-11863c0b3f30 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-17341-2_2

Our patrons decided that cults would be the topic of this week’s episode, so here you go! A little lighter on the heavy science this week as we delve into what cults are, how they work, and why people might join them... 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov02/cults.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2540138/?page=1 https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/jonestown https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1356&context=theses_dissertations https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941 https://www.openculture.com/2020/10/why-do-people-join-cults.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941 http://cultresearch.org/definition-and-explanation-of-the-word-cult/ http://vivianlawry.com/psychology-of-cults/ http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/117/Elizabeth.Ligthelm.pdf https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/what-makes-a-cult-a-cult/amp

Dr Jamie Raines joins us to talk through some of his groundbreaking research with trans men, and how gender affects arousal. You can find more from Jamie over on his YouTube channel:  https://youtube.com/Jammidodger94 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf

This week sleep science expert Dr Baland Jalal joins us to chat about sleep paralysis & dig into his research! 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! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Dr Baland Jalal https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/baland-jalal https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?bj272 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Baland-Jalal/publication/262397186_Evidence_for_Tai_Chi_as_a_Therapeutic_Mind-Body_Intervention_for_Sleep_A_Commentary_on_Raman_et_al/links/0c9605379e7ea0f3c8000000/Evidence-for-Tai-Chi-as-a-Therapeutic-Mind-Body-Intervention-for-Sleep-A-Commentary-on-Raman-et-al.pdf MR Therapy https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00028/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.00922/full Sleep Paralysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8060736/#!po=22.4138 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00207148108409169?needAccess=true https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1363461505050710?url_ver=Z39.88-2003 https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/a-neuroscientist-tried-to-help-me-overcome-my-sleep-paralysis.html https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Baland-Jalal/publication/258831277_A_Comparison_of_Self-Report_and_Interview_Methods_for_Assessing_Sleep_Paralysis_A_Pilot_Investigation_in_Denmark_and_the_United_States/links/0deec52ff95124e325000000/A-Comparison-of-Self-Report-and-Interview-Methods-for-Assessing-Sleep-Paralysis-A-Pilot-Investigation-in-Denmark-and-the-United-States.pdf