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Phobias - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Sex Robot May 03, 2017

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Byrne and Wade take a look at some of the strangest phobias going around and ask: Why do we have phobias? Are men or women more likely to get phobias? What does the Science say is the best way of treating a phobia? Why does the title of this episode mention Sex Robots? Byrne and Wade discuss phobias in a manner that only Sci-gasm can.

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Medicinal Marijuana- Is it Worth the Hype? Apr 26, 2017

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Are there any health benefits in getting on the 'Ganga'? Byrne and Wade look at the merit of some health claims behind smoking/ingesting Marijuana, and its chemical compounds. They also discuss why there's still so much that we don't know.

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Medicinal Marijuana- Is it Worth the Hype? Apr 25, 2017

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Should You Trust Your Own Memory? Apr 19, 2017

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I think in this episode Byrne & Wade explore just how flawed our recollection of events and past experiences can be. They take a look at how false memories can be ‘implanted’ in a person, and how ‘Forgotten Baby Syndrome’ is far more common than you may think

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Are Humans Still Evolving? Apr 12, 2017

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Are we still evolving, or have we removed ourselves from selection pressures? Byrne and Wade discuss how we can observe human evolution around us even today, and Wade learns why he'll never become Wolverine.

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What Will Kill You Apr 09, 2017

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Wondering what the odds are of that peanut butter sandwich killing you? Or maybe that Banana in the fruit bowl? In this episode Byrne and Wade look at the odds of being killed when engaging in certain activities, and why scientists actually have a unit of measurement for your untimely death.

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Neonicotinoids: A Bee's Dick of Certainty Mar 25, 2017

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The buzz around is that bee's are in trouble. Wade and Byrne look at some of the different reasons people bee-lieve this and what Science says about the pesticides bee-ing used on our food crops.

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How Statistics are Used and Abused Mar 16, 2017

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Did you know that the odds of you staying awake during a statistics lecture are one in five? Or that up to 80% of statistics are fabricated on the spot? Wade and Byrne explain how statistics are used to mislead people and what you can do to see through the spin without having to sit through a soul-sucking university stats course.

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What's Schrodinger got against cats? Mar 08, 2017

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Everyone has heard of Schrodinger's Cat but what does this famous thought experiment actually mean? Wade and Byrne explore the seemingly non-sensical world of quantum mechanics through animal cruelty.

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Did NASA find another 7 Earths? Mar 02, 2017

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NASA recently released Sci-gasmic news with the discovery of 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star 40 light years away. Wade and Byrne explore what this discovery means and how the hell NASA can see these planets from so far away.

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