Are you left handed or right handed? This week we talk about the benefits (and drawbacks) of being a southpaw - and why we even have Handedness in the first place... You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading Handedness https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/ https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/bf03337470.pdf https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2016.1127 https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/B9780123851574004747?token=CAFE5C834602FE1A71A7FFB7ED77D96EA36F7B8B77F672CB614A08C764CFA5AF57851CCAD67BC439F9B58EC1B380D5F7 Origin of Handedness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb11oOHYNXM&t=396s https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49579810#:~:text=Scientists%20have%20found%20the%20first,linked%20to%20being%20left%2Dhanded.&text=The%20team%20at%20the%20University,development%20and%20the%20dominant%20hand. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441088/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627581-600-southpaws-the-evolution-of-handedness/ https://www.livescience.com/what-causes-left-handedness.html https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaax9935 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-0-387-79061-9_1346 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750006001889 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831280/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0891422220301682 Forcing Right Handedness https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42827363.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A4080085e7e4a69c992eac026fe022703 https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070716/full/070716-4.html https://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/9/3271 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

This week we chat about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the commonly misunderstood condition that affects millions of people worldwide! You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading What is OCD https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/overview/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370844/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-when-unwanted-thoughts-take-over/20-mh-4676-ocd_150041.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0897190014521996 Psychopathology: Research Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Psychology - Graham Davey Cause of OCD https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(19)30073-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS089662731930073X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4610610/ Treatment https://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/72/1/80.long https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/treatment-for-ocd/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606297/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/ssri-antidepressants/overview/#:~:text=It's%20thought%20to%20have%20a,messages%20between%20nearby%20nerve%20cells. Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

This week Eleanor Neale joins us to chat about forensics, and why it might not be as good as you think... Find Eleanor on her YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/EleanorNeale You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading Basics of Forensics https://www.britannica.com/science/forensic-science https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=zIRQOssWbaoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=history+of+forensic+science&ots=wJZ2sXZM1X&sig=ME5kNe5qa4mWvb0f2Xig_ikUP4c#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20forensic%20science&f=false https://science.howstuffworks.com/forensic-lab-technique.htm https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-is-forensic-science/amp/ History of Forensics https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_462 https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/forensic-investigation/origins-of-forensic-science/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527827688.ch1 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326051477_History_of_Forensic_Science https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/21/a-brief-history-of-forensics/%3FoutputType%3Damp https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-5690-2_462.pdf Problems with Forensics https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0162243919899467 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150512-can-we-trust-forensic-science https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6386/243.summary https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234561565.pdf https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2019.01250.x https://innocenceproject.org/overturning-wrongful-convictions-involving-flawed-forensics/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/lie-detector https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph#:~:text=The%20accuracy%20(i.e.%2C%20validity),person%20may%20be%20non%2Danxious Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Well it’s come to this, the climax of Sci Guys! NoahFinnce, the 4th Sci Guy, joins us this week to chat about orgasms... Thank you to our patrons for the topic. Find Noah over on his channel: http://youtube.com/noahfinnce You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading Orgasm Basics & Facts https://www.britannica.com/science/orgasm https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26772-female-ejaculation-comes-in-two-forms-scientists-find/ https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sex-pleasure-and-sexual-dysfunction/sex-and-pleasure/orgasms https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-orgasm Female vs Male Orgasm https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17165-six-things-science-has-revealed-about-the-female-orgasm/ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/04/orgasm https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/new-theory-suggests-female-orgasms-are-evolutionary-leftover https://www.livescience.com/female-orgasm-mystery.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087698/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150625-the-mystery-of-the-female-orgasm Orgasms in Animals https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/are-we-the-only-species-with-females-that-experience-orgasm/ https://www.livescience.com/9631-animals-enjoy-sex.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/yes-other-animals-do-have-sex-for-fun Faking It, FDS, and Anorgasmia https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816679/ https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/sexual-health/what-can-cause-orgasm-problems-in-women/ Orgasm Studies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28213723/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29082366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2128033/pdf/9448525.pdf Death by Orgasm http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/06/cop-dies-during-3-way-sex-widow-wins-3-million/1#.YEo9RZP7S3I Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

It’s our hundredth episode & we’re finally giving you all the info you need to live on Mars! To celebrate 100 episodes we’re doing a MASSIVE giveaway! To enter just make sure you’re subscribed, like this video, and comment the first thing you’d do on Mars! The Martian Garden: https://www.themartiangarden.com/pn-shop-main Use code “PERSEVERANCE” for a 20% discount! You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading Mars Info https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/facts https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/moons/summary/ Mars Missions https://www.space.com/13558-historic-mars-missions.html https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/?page=0&per_page=99&order=date+desc&search= https://www.space.com/china-mars-orbit-tianwen-1-spacecraft-video https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56060890 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/uae-hope Terraforming Mars https://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-first-steps-to-terraforming-mars-2017-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.space.com/41318-we-cant-terraform-mars.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0529-6.epdf https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141030-five-steps-to-colonising-mars https://www.livescience.com/56462-how-to-travel-to-mars.html Growing Plants on Mars (and in Space) https://youtu.be/rBPLgtfouIs https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-plants-grow-with-mars-soil https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/98EO00309 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:ORIG.0000043129.68196.5f https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/40339(206)54 https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_4.html https://www.themartiangarden.com https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-grow-vegetables-on-mars/ https://eatlikeamartian.org/2019_NewSpace_MarsFood.pdf https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23140106G/abstract Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Okay, hear us out... Jurassic Park, but with mammoths. You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading DNA https://www.britannica.com/science/DNA https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745 nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031964/ The Mammoth Study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03224-9 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/mammoth-molars-yield-oldest-dna-ever-sequenced?utm_campaign=NewsfromScience&utm_source=Contractor&utm_medium=Twitter Some More on Mammoths https://www.britannica.com/animal/mammoth-extinct-mammal https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/700000-year-old-horse-becomes-oldest-creature-sequenced-genome https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/6/eaaw5873 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-mysterious-ancient-culture https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-faced-genomic-meltdown https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/last-mammoths.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/woolly-mammoth-evolution#:~:text=Modern%20elephants%20and%20woolly%20mammoths,years%20ago%2C%20the%20study%20reports.&text=Then%20just%20440%2C000%20years%20later,into%20their%20own%20separate%20species. Mammoth Revival https://www.dw.com/en/japanese-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-cloning-a-woolly-mammoth/a-48063060 https://www.livescience.com/64998-mammoth-cells-inserted-in-mouse-eggs.html https://www.livescience.com/23861-fossil-dna-half-life.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/woolly-mammoths-extinction-cloning-genetics Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Magic might actually be real according to science... No really!  You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading What are Witchcraft & Wicca https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wicca https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/Contemporary-witchcraft https://www.history.com/topics/religion/wicca https://www.livescience.com/amp/39119-myths-about-witches-wiccans.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/subdivisions/wicca.shtml https://wiccaliving.com/beginners-guide-wicca-magic/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38ekg/i-tried-wiccan-spells-on-myself-for-a-month https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/28/weekend7.weekend3 Wicca/Witchcraft & Science https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/witchcraft-wicca-rise-anti-science-halloween-b1421710.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560124/ Optimism Bias & Attention Bias https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912 https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/optimism-bias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061440/http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~shepperd/articles/PsychBelgica2002.pdf https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280110402080/full/html http://www.crossingdialogues.com/Ms-A14-09.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161121/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369522/ https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=THESIS01&type_of_work=Thesis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901130/ https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/attentional-bias/ Placebo Effect https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24909245/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26272535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/ Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

It’s LGBT+ history month in the U.K - a perfect time to talk about the first gay astronaut, Dr Sally Ride! You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading The Life of Sally Ride https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html https://www.biography.com/astronaut/sally-ride https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/who-was-sally-ride-58.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sally-Ride https://www.space.com/16756-sally-ride-biography.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/sally-ride-blazed-trail-women-astronauts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwu-zSdNiLI&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6vzRd0rhY&feature=share Video Interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb6vw9AmiLs&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRo2_HqZ3HQ&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z7PWRZHEnA&feature=share Astronaut Requirements https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-astronaut/

Is lab grown meat really the future of animal products? Is it actually even vegan? This week Vegard joins us to chat about cultured meat & veganism... Find Vegard on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/vegardls You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 References & Further Reading What is Meat? https://www.britannica.com/topic/meat https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689198/ https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1024/0300-9831/a000224 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566631930724X?via%3Dihub https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/why-meat-is-bad-for-the-environment/ Mycoprotein & Meat Substitutes https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/mycoprotein  Intro to Cultured Meat  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31441608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7722853/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343407455_Culture_meat_and_cultured_meat https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336309485_TRENDS_IN_CULTURED_MEAT https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-grown-meat/ https://www.newscientist.com/term/lab-grown-meat/ Benefits & Drawbacks of Cultured Meat https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322360/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342318440_Progress_and_Challenges_in_Cultured_Meat https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.00007/full?utm_campaign=Deep%20thoughts&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_PwgSHbogOycilJfBWU45yAEb3o32nJ2D_Oj47k7H3BlroY9Xv47pBPBiNivvyCb84k9Vp Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

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