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#AD We are SO proud that New Scientist has decided to sponsor our podcast! If you love learning, you’ll love New Scientist, and you can get your first 10 weeks of New Scientist for £10 / $10 / AU$20 including full website access here: http://bit.ly/SciGuysPod This is our first sponsorship, and a real milestone for the podcast. Thanks so much to you guys for listening and supporting the show.  January is coming to a close, and that means the end of Veganuary. To see it out in style, we cover an amazing little study from the lovely people at New Scientist! You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys References and Further Reading: 1. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532630-500-going-vegan-for-january-find-out-how-much-difference-it-really-makes/ 2. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23731623-000-living-on-the-veg-should-we-all-go-vegan/ 3. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532633-100-conservationists-are-ignoring-climate-change-risking-mass-extinctions/ 4. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532631-800-our-veganuary-study-is-just-the-latest-self-experiment/ 5. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532640-600-eating-more-slowly-and-dining-with-others-can-boost-your-health If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Facebook facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram instagram.com/SciGuysPod Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk

Have you ever wondered if there was more of one of you in there? Well, there kind of is. Join us as we explore the world of splitting brains and the corpus callosum... Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys References & Further Reading: 1. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318065.php#What-is-the-corpus-callosum 2. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191120070710.htm 3. https://www.livescience.com/58763-why-your-brain-has-2-halves.html 4. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/roger-sperrys-split-brain-experiments-1959-1968 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEdug0wAgd4 6. https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(17)30190-0 7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMLzP1VCANo 8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122878 9. Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

It’s the beginning of a new year, a new decade, and the Sci Guys are back with an episode on the oldest beginning of them all! That’s right, this week we’re talking about The Big Bang Theory (no not that one) and some of the contending theories that might replace it… Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys References and Further Reading 1. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/mach/amp/ncna881136 2. https://www.space.com/amp/25126-big-bang-theory.html 3. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/3-theories-that-might-blow-up-the-big-bang 4. https://www.space.com/24781-big-bang-theory-alternatives-infographic.html 5. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/origins-of-the-universe/ 6. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/stephen-hawking-s-almost-last-paper-putting-end-beginning-universe 7. https://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/before-big-bang.htm 8. https://www.britannica.com/amp/story/was-the-big-bang-actually-an-explosion 9. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-astronomers-are-still-discovering-about-big-bang-theory-180949794/ 10. https://youtu.be/wNDGgL73ihY 11. http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150602-how-will-the-universe-end  Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

We’ve taken the craziest, weirdest, and most wonderful parts of the past year of Sci Guys and crammed them all into one episode! Relive the best bits and get yourself geared up for another year of fun science stories! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Do you remember your dreams? The Sci Guys take on Inception this week with a deep dive into our sleeping psyche! Thank you to the patrons who voted for this episode topic! References and Further Reading http://medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247927.php#functions-of-rem-sleep https://twitter.com/ykamit/status/948807195205840896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E948807195205840896&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F04%2F04%2Fhealth%2Frecording-our-dreams%2Findex.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22031074 https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/theoretically-recording-dreams-is-possiblescientists-are-trying https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/04/health/recording-our-dreams/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7kVwoN8Cx4&feature=youtu.be https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/240317v1 https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/dreaming-in-the-digital-age/201712/the-science-dreaming-9-key-points https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-read-dreams/ http://scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-behind-dreaming/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsp1KaM-avU Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Happy Holidays! In this very special Christmas episode we Cover the life of Sir Isaac Newton, the second most famous person to be born on Christmas Day... References and Further Reading https://www.biography.com/.amp/scientist/isaac-newton https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/inventions/isaac-newton https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Newton Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Dogs are mans best friend and foxes are man’s cutest pest, but what would happen if you turned a fox into a dog? That’s what we’re discussing this week, as Corry takes us through the very real, and very scientific guide on making a dog from a fox! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys References & Further Reading 1. https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-018-0090-x 2. https://youtu.be/4dwjS_eI-lQ 3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160912-a-soviet-scientist-created-the-only-tame-foxes-in-the-world 4. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/science/domesticated-foxes-genetically-fascinating-terrible-pets 5. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/science/puppy-dog-eyes-humans-domestication-facial-structure-university-of-portsmouth-a8961981.html%3famp Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Do rats get high in heaven?  This week we tackle the science behind addiction. Is it a disease or does it only exist because drugs are just chemically irresistible?   References and Further Reading https://youtu.be/d-0KfwFCMRM https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/substance-use-disorder/what-does-rat-park-teach-us-about-addiction https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/371/ille/presentation/alexender-e.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890392/ https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/substance-use-disorder/what-does-rat-park-teach-us-about-addiction https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/addiction-what-is-it/ https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/tobacco-nicotine-e-cigarettes/nicotine-addictive Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Have you ever wondered how Corry comes up with a wacky new science story every week? This episode we dig into one of the inspirations for the podcast, the Ig Nobel Prize! Having a prize for great scientific achievements is certainly an important thing, but when it comes to the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories (that still make you think) there’s the Ig Nobel Prize! References and Further Reading 1. https://www.improbable.com/ 2. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-140918 3. https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-of-cats.pdf 4. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/13/study-french-postmens-testicles-ig-nobel-winner 5. https://twitter.com/improbresearch?s=20 6. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/600249/2019-ig-nobel-prize-winners Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

If you had the chance to change your child’s genes, would you? Is that Eugenics? Those are the questions we debate today! Gene editing has come to the point that we can choose almost any feature we like for our unborn children. As usual, science has run far ahead leaving important ethical questions behind. Jurassic Park have been onto something... References and Further Reading https://pged.org/history-eugenics-and-genetics/ https://www.nature.com/scitable/forums/genetics-generation/america-s-hidden-history-the-eugenics-movement-123919444/ https://www.history.com/topics/germany/eugenics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127045/ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/SciGuys Watch us on YouTube: youtube.com/SciGuys Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth