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Speed Jun 27, 2023

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This week we're talking about our old friend, Mr. Distance-Over-Time himself: Speed! From the speediest hedgehog to the slowiest slug, we all have speed, and we can all come together and listen to this podcast to learn more about how and why that is.

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[Trivia Question]

Walter Arnold first ever speeding ticket

https://automotivehistory.org/january-28-1896-the-first-speeding-ticket-2/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Walter-Arnold-Worlds-First-Speeding-Ticket/

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2014/01/28/the-first-speeding-fine-for-travelling-at-8-mph/

[Fact Off]

The Oh-My-God particle (high-energy cosmic ray)

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-particle-that-broke-a-cosmic-speed-limit-20150514/

https://www.science.org/content/article/oh-my-god-its-real-particle

https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9410067

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/858169

Needlefish jump-hunting of underwater prey

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28483-the-first-fish-to-leap-out-of-water-and-attack-prey-from-air/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71727/first-fish-needlefish-attack-prey-air

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12799/abstract;jsessionid=357639AD25AB070E62DAFF95B2DFCE5E.f01t02

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-03/why-do-fish-jump-and-how/10519986

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12278/abstract;jsessionid=2234B87FDA55C22723B4055F5C220218.f03t01

[Ask the Science Couch]

Fastest human body speeds & extreme g-forces (aviation, land speed, etc.)

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/science/hyper.html

https://books.google.nl/books?id=9-FXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA71&dq=horse+riding+uterus+prolapse+train

https://books.google.nl/books?id=Lm03AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA337&dq=train+railways+vibrations+oscillations+-suspenson+-bridge+travellers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXz4el-vfXAhXLKVAKHUz8B64Q6AEIOzAD

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/man-behind-high-speed-safety-standards

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/star-wars-science-light-speed/

[Butt One More Thing]

Skipper caterpillar flinging frass pellets with anal plates

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/201/1/121/7701/Faecal-Firing-in-a-Skipper-Caterpillar-is-Pressure

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Numbers Jun 13, 2023

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Whether you're tracking the orbit of satellites, looking at your phone, or picking out a dozen fresh-baked donuts, the chances are pretty good that right this second, YOU are using numbers! Hate to break it to you, bud, but math is actually pretty important after all!

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Upcoming Schedule Announcement Jun 06, 2023

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No new episode this week! Come back next week, June 13, and every other week after that for a new episode.

To learn more about Hank's recent cancer diagnosis, check out his video here.

Thanks for you patience and we'll talk to you soon!

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Crust with Ashley Roboto May 23, 2023

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From the planet Earth to the humble pizza pie, some of the most important things in the whole universe have crusts! Including, most likely, the ears that are listening to this! Twitch streamer and friend of the show Ashley Roboto stops by to pick at the crusty scabs of knowledge with us!

Can’t get enough AshleyRoboto? Follow her @AshleyRoboto and check out her Twitch stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/ashleyroboto

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Glass May 09, 2023

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"Oh, glass, big deal" you might be saying. Well guess what: if you're reading this, you're looking through glass right now to read about this episode about glass. You might even be touching glass to make this glass episode play! It's glass's world, you're just living in it!

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Color Apr 25, 2023

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Color: it's not just for art anymore. From red dwarfs to green algae to... uh... brown squirrels, science is chock full of color, too!

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Sources:

[Trivia Question]

Longest-lasting rainbow

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/9-hour-rainbow-sets-new-guinness-record-180968527/

[Fact Off]

Crustacean larvae camouflaged glass eyes

https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/shrimp-larvae-eye-glitter-nanotechnology.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glassy-eyes-young-crustaceans-predators

Brainbows (fluorescent cell visualization using lots of colors)

https://blog.addgene.org/evolution-of-brainbow-using-cre-lox-for-multicolor-labeling-of-neurons

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-1352-5_6

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/698637

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/619298

[Ask the Science Couch]

Color psychology and emotional responses

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00368/full

https://isom.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JOM_1979_08_4_01_Tranquilizing_Effect_of_Color_Reduces_Aggressive-.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831986/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880552/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1612362/pdf/brmedj02002-0030.pdf

https://www.nature.com/articles/435293a

[Butt One More Thing]

Caca-dauphin, the fashionable baby poop color

https://theconversation.com/fornication-fluids-and-faeces-the-intimate-life-of-the-french-court-71982

https://www.vanityfair.fr/actualites/articles/au-temps-de-marie-antoinette-le-caca-dauphin-etait-la-couleur-a-la-mode/54212

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Growth Apr 11, 2023

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Spring is upon us, which means a whoooole bunch of junk is going to start growing, such as flowers, grass, and little baby animals. So this week, Tangents is hacking into that growth mindset being displayed by mother nature to talk all about the science of stuff getting bigger!

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Sources:

[Trivia Question]

Nishinoshima meters of growth spurt in 2020

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146935/nishinoshima-belches-ash-and-lava

[Fact Off]

Jackalope myth from Shope papilloma virus

https://gizmodo.com/rabbits-with-horns-meet-the-human-papillomavirus-5795996

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Viral_diseases/Pap/Papilloma.htm

Electroculture: lightning strikes helping shiitake mushrooms grow

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/ab7627

https://phys.org/news/2010-04-lightning-mushrooms.html

https://physicsworld.com/a/artificial-lightning-strikes-encourage-growth-of-shiitake-mushrooms/

https://www.ishs.org/ishs-article/29_34

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2255657

[Ask the Science Couch]

Measures of growth in kids (bone age or bone plate closure, sugar preference)

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.580314/full

Picture: https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/580314/fped-09-580314-HTML/image_m/fped-09-580314-g001.jpg

https://www.hopkinsallchildrens.org/Patients-Families/Health-Library/HealthDocNew/X-Ray-Exam-Bone-Age-Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397276/

https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/skeletal/growth.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/26/140753048/kids-sugar-cravings-might-be-biological

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2764307/pdf/nihms100732.pdf

[Butt One More Thing]

Bat guano pile growth over 4,300 years

https://news.agu.org/press-release/poop-core-records-4300-years-of-bat-diet-and-environment/

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JG006026

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Ants Mar 28, 2023

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If you are on the planet Earth right now, there's probably a pretty good chance you're near an ant right now. So spare a thought for those hard working little fellows and unplug your headphones so they can hear this episode about ants (featuring special guest Maddie Sofia) and learn more about themselves!

Want more Maddie Sofia in your life? Check them out on Twitter @maddie_sofia, watch the episode of PBS's Deep Look that inspired their poem, or go to Maddie's website to find countless more projects!

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[Trivia Question]

First commercial formicarium

https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1988/12/1/the-man-who-invented-the-ant-farm-not-to-mention-the-ant-coal-mine

https://www.dartmouth.edu/library/Library_Bulletin/Apr1993/LB-A93-Cramer.html?mswitch-redir=classic

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

[Fact Off]

Ants stealing food from a pitcher plant

Ants swimming in pitcher plants: kinematics of aquatic and terrestrial locomotion in Camponotus schmitzi

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-tropical-ecology/article/abs/swimming-ants-and-pitcher-plants-a-unique-antplant-interaction-from-borneo/603B9F3C479FF3D2CF369E23B4EF67E0

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01937.x

Marauder ants and major worker piggyback rides

https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/10359.ch01.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155725/

https://sib.illinois.edu/suarez/local/suarez/uploads/2020/01/Wills_etal_2018_ARE.pdf

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_75-1

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043357

[Ask the Science Couch]

Ant size/strength

https://engineering.osu.edu/news/2014/02/study-ants-remarkable-strength-may-lead-powerful-micro-sized-robots

https://www.wired.com/video/watch/why-humans-cant-lift-as-much-as-ants

https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2017/07/20/how_ants_are_strong/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113824-coconut-crabs-bone-crushing-grip-is-10-times-stronger-than-ours/

https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/allometry-the-study-of-biological-scaling-13228439/

[Butt One More Thing]

Parasitic beetle disguised as ant butt

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-beetle-that-pretends-to-be-an-army-ants-butt/516522/

https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-016-0010-x

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SciShow Tangents Classics - Weather Mar 21, 2023

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Original Airdate: January 26, 2021

SciShow Tangents will be back next week with a new season and very special guest! Until then, please enjoy this beloved classic episode about Weather! Because it's spring and the weather is changing, you see!

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Aging Mar 14, 2023

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Every millisecond of every day, you, everyone you know, every rock on the ground, every star in the sky... they're all aging. And podcasts are no exception. In fact, Tangents is hitting a milestone in its aging as we bring season 4 to a close with this episode! You can't hear the dull roar of time lurching ever onward if you're listening to a funny show, so come listen!

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[Trivia Question]

Epigenetic clock of dog years vs. human years

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-new-better-formula-calculating-dog-years-180973575/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32619550/

[Fact Off]

Brown-Séquard and using testicle injections to reverse aging

https://archive.org/details/Brown-sequardC.-e.TheEffectProducedOnManBySubcutaneousInjectionsOfA

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/5/1525/3760152