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Ever wake up unable to move and get the feeling that there’s a demon standing in the corner of your room? You might have experienced sleep paralysis! Join us as we look at what causes it, how can we stop it, and why it usually feels like there’s someone watching you... 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/PMC5329044/?report=reader https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Understanding-Sleep https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562322/#!po=10.7143 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/narcolepsy/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32965993/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28735779/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-paralysis/ Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Happy New Year! To celebrate we talk about how the world almost ended at the turn of the millennium. Was it all a hoax or did we narrowly avoid a digital apocalypse? 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://youtu.be/BGrKKrsIpQw https://youtu.be/MVI87HzfskQ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45083650 https://www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/31/millennium-bug-face-fears-y2k-it-systems https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/03/07/big-glitch-at-nuclear-plant-shows-perils-of-y2k-tests/a148232f-5760-403c-bc14-b00382b6852d/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/ https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/590932.stm https://www.wired.com/2000/02/leap-day-tuesday-last-y2k-worry/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/582007.stm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mz53r https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/sep/14/martinwainwright https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/nyc-wireless-network-down-due-to-y2k-like-software-bug/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401298000437 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670 https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/y2k.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/ https://computer.howstuffworks.com/y2k.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/EBCDIC https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zjfgjxs/revision/3 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Join us, The Sci Guys, as we take a journey through time and relive our favourite moments from the last year! 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 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

It’s that time of the month… another Patreon Vote episode! Bliss joins us as we dive into the science of periods and ask how they work, and why so few animals get them. 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28271702/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25408753/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29530426/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/05/06/how-and-why-did-women-evolve-periods/?sh=41f5d07057a3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150420-why-do-women-have-periods https://www.jstor.org/stable/3035646?seq=1 https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Hormonal-control-of-menstrual-cycle https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/menstruation https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Normal-menstruation https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/toxic-shock-syndrome/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459345/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25899177/ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-any-non-human-animals-menstruate/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/period-pain/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/period-problems/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28271702/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25408753/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29530426/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/05/06/how-and-why-did-women-evolve-periods/?sh=41f5d07057a3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150420-why-do-women-have-periods https://www.jstor.org/stable/3035646?seq=1 https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Hormonal-control-of-menstrual-cycle https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/menstruation https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Normal-menstruation https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/toxic-shock-syndrome/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459345/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25899177/ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-any-non-human-animals-menstruate/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/period-pain/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/period-problems/ A special thank you to Ashley Mulle, our new Executive Producer! Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Are influencers your friends? Some people feel like they might be, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about this week with Shaaba, an actual scientist studying parasocial relationships! Find Shaaba over on her channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZ97eKgNwC4j-z_6LDjfIg SCI GUYS 2021 CALENDAR: https://normalcitizen.store/products/the-sci-guys-official-calendar-2021 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.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/222304 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838158709386664 https://academic.oup.com/joc/article-abstract/61/6/1104/4098489?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/topics/levels-of-parasocial-relationships https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/reference/relationships-parasocial-relationships https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/9073 https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yP0C_1SoK8cC&oi=fnd&pg=PT400&dq=levels+of+parasocial+relationships&ots=XVztS047T6&sig=Hboh8hw6dR8y2hOAisxw2G-Kcy8#v=onepage&q=levels%20of%20parasocial%20relationships&f=false https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Giles4/publication/263088893_Parasocial_relationships/links/00b7d539db16e6dcb5000000/Parasocial-relationships.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://thejsms.org/tsmri/index.php/TSMRI/article/download/364/167&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwidoIKt-MfnAhWBK80KHdeeAXoQFjAdegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2y9r16gxIWYuwi5LiX2ymm https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-07390-009 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Liebers/publication/333748971_Parasocial_Interactions_and_Relationships_with_Media_Characters_-_An_Inventory_of_60_Years_of_Research/links/5d25ae8b92851cf44074e830/Parasocial-Interactions-and-Relationships-with-Media-Characters-An-Inventory-of-60-Years-of-Research.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28280479/ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-internet-and-social-life.-Bargh-McKenna/4c9b69c992700cf963682c42a207457647f98012 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Why-We-Follow%3A-An-Examination-of-Parasocial-and-Fan-Frederick-Lim/d3fa7b64d6c50ef656d27b45fd9d71a2ac109ce5 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/horton-and-wohl-revisited-exploring-viewers-experience-of-parasoc https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/parasocial-interaction-and-parasocial-relationship-conceptual-cla https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_all/7/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0176 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/parasocial-relationships/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563215000928 https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100305809 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309186785_Celebrity-Persona_Parasocial_Interaction_Scale https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273792904_Parasocial_Interaction_and_Parasocial_Relationship_Conceptual_Clarification_and_a_Critical_Assessment_of_Measures https://www.participations.org/volume%203/issue%201/3_01_hortonwohl.htm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Liebers/publication/333748971_Parasocial_Interactions_and_Relationships_with_Media_Characters_-_An_Inventory_of_60_Years_of_Research/links/5d25ae8b92851cf44074e830/Parasocial-Interactions-and-Relationships-with-Media-Characters-An-Inventory-of-60-Years-of-Research.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100305809 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Microwaves are a wonderful convenience of modern life, but how were they invented? Are they dangerous? Do they make food less healthy? We’ve got all the answers and a lot of nonsense in this week’s episode! SCI GUYS 2021 CALENDAR: https://normalcitizen.store/products/the-sci-guys-official-calendar-2021 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.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/Phthalates_FactSheet.html https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-microwave-oven-was-invented-by-accident-2015-4?r=US&IR=T https://www.livescience.com/57405-who-invented-microwave-oven.html https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/percy-spencer https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201510/physicshistory.cfm https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200714-is-it-safe-to-microwave-food https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation#:~:text=Microwaves%20are%20produced%20inside%20the,heat%20that%20cooks%20the%20food. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-do-microwaves-work https://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/9C02A4720258 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1741-2358.2010.00442.x https://www.livescience.com/38169-electromagnetism.html https://www.invent.org/inductees/percy-l-spencer https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/why-cant-we-put-metal-objects-in-a-microwave/ https://www.wired.com/2014/05/wuwt-microwave-metal/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22949852/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27424259/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27822670/ Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Ever wondered what goes into a vaccine? How it’s tested? Why it takes up to 15 years to get one off the shelves and into the people that need it? We’re here with all the answers you could possible need, and some you definitely don’t...  SCI GUYS 2021 CALENDAR: https://normalcitizen.store/products/the-sci-guys-official-calendar-2021 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.britannica.com/science/antigen https://www.britannica.com/science/antibody https://www.britannica.com/science/T-cell https://www.britannica.com/science/B-cell britannica.com/science/immune-system/The-nature-of-lymphocytes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102609/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781455700905000185 https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/mosquito-borne-disease-vaccine-safe https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/how-fluvaccine-made.htm https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/why-vaccinate/vaccine-decision.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fvaccines%2Fparents%2Fvaccine-decision%2Findex.html https://www.immunology.org/celebrate-vaccines/public-engagement/guide-childhood-vaccinations/how-vaccines-work https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/basics/test-approve.html https://www.who.int/influenza/resources/publications/WHO_OHE_PED_GIP_2016_1_Annex_2.pdf?ua=1 http://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/vaccine-development# https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/research/coronavirus-vaccine-research/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6156540/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944327/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/vaccine-development https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6238075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5906799/ cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/prinvac.pdf https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/vaccine-types who.int/vaccine_safety/initiative/tech_support/Part-2.pdf https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/why-vaccination-is-safe-and-important/ https://www.who.int/health-topics/vaccines-and-immunization#tab=tab_1 https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/vaccines-and-immunization-what-is-vaccination http://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/how-do-vaccines-work https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/the-immune-system#:~:text=The%20immune%20system%20protects%20your,which%20you%20are%20born%20with. https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/mosquito-borne-disease-vaccine-safe https://www.pfizer.co.uk/behind-science-what-mrna-vaccine https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243 https://www.historyofvaccines.org/index.php/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znf3c7h https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3164579/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/529892/how-are-vaccines-made Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Ever wish you could understand what your pets are saying? DeepSqueak is bringing us one step closer to that... with rats and mice... We also have a very special guest featured this week... SCI GUYS 2021 CALENDAR: https://normalcitizen.store/products/the-sci-guys-official-calendar-2021 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.youtube.com/watch?v=25LYVxTUZhM https://www.wildmountainechoes.com/equipment/options-for-recording-ultrasounds/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/research-at-cambridge/animal-research/about-our-animal-research/which-types-of-animals-do-we-use/rats https://www.britannica.com/technology/neural-network https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-018-0303-6#Sec1 https://github.com/DrCoffey/DeepSqueak https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040720/#:~:text=Rats%20emit%20ultrasonic%20vocalizations%20of,role%20is%20not%20fully%20understood. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-46907-0 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

This episode will definitely change your life!* NoahFinnce joins us this week as we delve into the multiverse and discover the weird science behind the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics... *Just maybe not in this universe. CONTENT WARNING - S*icide mention between 52:30 and 56:58. Find Noah on his channel: http://www.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 and Further Reading  Quantum Mechanics: A Complete Introduction - Dr Alexander Zagoskin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxvQ3Wyw2M4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da-2h2B4faU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXTPe3wahc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF6USB2I1iU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3HlA_9968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igsuIuI_HAQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwKPfOKipk https://arxiv.org/pdf/0811.0810.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1104.2822.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.2758.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/quantum-suicide4.htm#:~:text=The%20Copenhagen%20interpretation%20was%20first,its%20possible%20states%20at%20once. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/02/07/the-biggest-myth-in-quantum-physics/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028154-200-when-the-multiverse-and-many-worlds-collide/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hugh-everett-biography/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02602-8 https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-many-worlds-interpretation-of-quantum-mechanics-has-many-problems-20181018/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/ https://www.britannica.com/science/anthropic-principle https://www.britannica.com/science/cosmological-constant https://www.britannica.com/science/multiverse https://phys.org/news/2018-05-death-hawking-multiverse-theory-size.html https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/multiverse-theories-are-bad-for-science/ https://www.newscientist.com/question/are-there-multiple-universes/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/03/15/this-is-why-the-multiverse-must-exist/ https://www.britannica.com/science/quantum-mechanics-physics/Paradox-of-Einstein-Podolsky-and-Rosen#ref611919 https://www.britannica.com/topic/philosophy-of-physics/The-theory-of-Bohm#ref1051265 https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/quantum-suicide4.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02602-8 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Is Stockholm Syndrome real? The answer may not be as simple as you think, in fact it could even be an invention of the media... 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.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22447726 https://www.businessinsider.com/stockholm-syndrome-could-be-a-myth-2013-10?amp&r=US&IR=T https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16203697/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J070v14n03_06 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18028254/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01112.x https://www.britannica.com/science/Stockholm-syndrome https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/fbileb76&div=69&id=&page= https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/fbileb68&div=54&id=&page= https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J173v04n01_02 Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth