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Mar 22, 2021 • 1h 24min

101: The Science of Orgasms (with NoahFinnce)

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
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Mar 15, 2021 • 1h 20min

100: Mission to Mars

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
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Mar 8, 2021 • 46min

99: A Mammoth Episode

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
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Mar 1, 2021 • 1h 23min

98: The Science of Witchcraft

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
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Feb 22, 2021 • 60min

97: Gays in Space: Dr Sally Ride

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/
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Feb 15, 2021 • 1h 8min

96: The Science of Lab Grown Meat (with Vegard)

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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Feb 8, 2021 • 1h 5min

95: How to Make Life In a Jar

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: Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Feb 1, 2021 • 1h 11min

94: The Science of Taste (with Guy Larsen)

Guy Larsen joins us this week to eat lemons, chat about netball, and discuss the science of taste! 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 and Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279408/ https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/taste.htm https://people.howstuffworks.com/flavor-tripping.htm https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26162535/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25314134/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Synsepalum+dulcificum&filter=simsearch2.ffrft https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27129026/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23886383/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29950553/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31362499/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30654496/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30895915/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29729324/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=taste%20receptor&filter=simsearch2.ffrft https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27174610/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30484669/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31836661/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28327968/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31480669/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31310579/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30475657/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31140574/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21885776/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32541708/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16213813/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31509575/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24362474/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28792937/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25662267/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20696704/ https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2096 https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/brushing-and-flossing/orange-juice-and-toothpaste-why-they-dont-mix https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdcgpg8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/miraculin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435577/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805144/
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Jan 25, 2021 • 1h 23min

93: Mandela Effect: The Science of False Memories

Have you ever remembered something that didn’t happen? Turns out false memories are actually pretty common, in fact they’re the reason that so many people believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison... 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: Memory Basics https://snl.salk.edu/~eagleman/papers/EaglemanMontagueModelsofLM.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131928.htm False Memories Basics & Seminal Papers https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-false-memories-2017-12?r=US&IR=T https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776349 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319895/ https://webs.wofford.edu/steinmetzkr/Teaching/Psy150/Lecture%20PDFs/Roediger.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30550338/ https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/psycann/1995-12-25-12/%7B2060e727-5296-43bd-8580-55b09b96f074%7D/the-formation-of-false-memories#divReadThis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617724424 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279598056_Tricks_of_Memory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673242_False_memories_What_the_hell_are_they_for https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/documents-by-section/departments/research-centres-and-units/research-units/anomalistic-psychology-research/2003-french-fantastic.pdf https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100619082741/http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall07/brunnquelld/psy8542/Session%2015/Loftus%20-Lost%20in%20the%20Mall%20-%20Misrepresentations%20and%20misubders.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614562862#aff-2 High Risk Demographics & Potential Consequences https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614534694 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892757/ https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00262-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.2350090302 https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00064 https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=824601 Further Reading & Interesting Papers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749930/ https://indiarxiv.org/gjtfk/\ Incognito - David Eagleman Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Jan 18, 2021 • 1h 2min

92: Richard Shope and the Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu was the worst pandemic of the 20th century, but it took us a decade to figure out what was causing it. This week we cover a little bit of the Spanish Flu and a lot of the man that discovered the culprit. Spoiler, it probably wasn’t Spain... 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 and Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1951634/?page=1 http://centennial.rucares.org/index.php?page=Influenza http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shope-richard.pdf https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/harvey-lectures/21/ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal) https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118275/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/spanish-flu.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720273/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/flu3.htm Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

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