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Trick or Treat Month: Gourds with Jackson Bird! Oct 18, 2022

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Tangents' annual descent into horror returns with Trick or Treat Month! And this time, we brought some fiendish friends along! Join us for a whole month of spooky themes and special guest stars!

From out of the pumpkin patch rises author, YouTuber, and podcaster Jackson Bird, here to thrill us with terrifying tales of the scariest produce of all: gourds! From pumpkins to watermelon, this versatile family of fruits nourishes and terrifies in equal measure!

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Looking for more Jackson Bird? You can buy his book, Sorted, listen to his podcast, Cool Stuff Ride Home, or check him out on YouTube! And if you want to know what this waffle business we were talking about is, check out his series Will It Waffle?!

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[Truth or Fail]

Squash bees and poison pollen

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033150/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666515821000147

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33998650/

https://lopezuribelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SquashBeeBooklet-WEB_VERSION_FINAL.pdf

Field mice and cool cucumbers

https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/oregon-vegetables/cucumbers-slicing-fresh-market

https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/tn/sfsm_opguide.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC396419/pdf/plntphys00196-0020.pdf

Crickets and bottle gourd instruments

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00606086

https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/stridulation/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-are-cricket-gourds

[Ask the Science Couch]

Gourd cross-pollination

https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/hortupdate_archives/2005/apr05/Melons.html

https://extension.sdstate.edu/saving-seed-pumpkins-squash-cucumbers-melons-and-gourds

https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/cross-pollination-between-vine-crops

https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/faq/will-cucumbers-cross-pollinate-other-vine-crops

[Butt One More Thing]

Aardvark cucumbers & dung piles

https://ulovane.co.za/2017/03/16/ulovane-update-aardvark-cucumber/

https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00423203_2648

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Trick or Treat Month: Creepy Crawlies with Lulu Miller! Oct 11, 2022

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Tangents annual descent into horror returns with Trick or Treat Month! And this time, we brought some fiendish friends along! Join us for a whole month of spooky themes and special guest stars!

This week, we've called upon the spirit of Radiolab and Terrestrials ghost host Lulu Miller to get down in the muck and talk about all the wormy, wriggly, slimy, little creatures that send shivers down our spines: creepy crawlies!

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Looking for more Lulu Miller? Check out Radiolab or Terrestrials if podcasts are your thing, or Why Fish Don't Exist if you're more of a book person! There's a little something for everyone!

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Trick or Treat Month: Preserved Foods with Bill Oakley! Oct 04, 2022

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Tangents annual descent into horror returns with Trick or Treat Month! And this time, we brought some fiendish friends along! Join us for a whole month of spooky themes and special guest stars!

And to kick off Trick or Treat Month, we've summoned Simpsons writer, author and food reviewer extraordinaire Bill Oakley to talk about preserved food! How is preserved food spooky? I guess you'll just have to listen to find out!

Want more Bill Oakley? You're in luck! You can follow him on Twitter or Instagram to check out his food reviews, get his audiobook, Space: 1969, here, and join his Patreon, The Steamed Hams Society, here! Become a Bill Oakley Superfan... today!

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[Are You Gonna Eat That?]

Old Twinkie

Source:

https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/twinkie-maine-40-years/story?id=40076223

https://www.thespruceeats.com/the-twinkie-myth-1328772

Old Ham

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28299440

Old Fruit Cake

https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/world-records/food/oldest-fruitcake-143-year-old-fruitcake-sets-world-record-312432

Old Pickle

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2020/05/20/springfield-pokin-around-man-pickle-family-heirloom-175-years/5212382002/

Old WIne

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/worlds-oldest-wine-speyer-bottle

[Ask the Science Couch]

Chip bag slack fill & nitrogen gas as a preservative

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51993/why-are-potato-chip-bags-always-half-empty

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pts.2770070205

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SciShow Tangents Classics - The Science of Scary Sounds - A SciShow Tangents Adventure Sep 27, 2022

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It's almost October, and SciShow Tangents is getting ready for its month-long Halloween blowout! While we make final arrangements, please enjoy this classic, sound-filled journey through Tangents Manor! Try not to get too scared!!

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Radiation Sep 20, 2022

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Popular culture makes radiation seem pretty scary, and frequently it is. But we encounter way more radiation in our day-to-day life than you might think, from radio waves to visible light. Come explore the whole spectrum of radiation on this week's Tangents!

And we talk a LOT about The Vampire Diaries, too!

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[Trivia Question]

Cladosporium sphaerospermum fungus blockade

https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Cladosporium_sphaerospermum

https://www.universetoday.com/153283/fungi-were-able-to-absorb-radiation-on-the-iss-could-astronauts-grow-their-own-radiation-shields-in-space/

https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070521/full/news070521-5.html

[Fact Off]

Atomic energy Boy Scout badge & superfund site

https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scout/

https://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

Louise Reiss and the Baby Tooth Survey

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/bone-seeker.html

https://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/files/strontiumfaq.pdf

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/decades-later-baby-tooth-survey-legacy-lives-on/article_c5ad9492-fd75-5aed-897f-850fbdba24ee.html

https://www.prismjournal.org/uploads/1/2/5/6/125661607/v11-no1-a1.pdf

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.134.3491.1669

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0721/ML072150423.pdf

[Ask the Science Couch]

Determining biological effects/lethal dose of radiation

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/bio-effects-radiation.html

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-atomic-bomb-survivors-have-transformed-our-understanding-radiation-s-impacts

https://www.rerf.or.jp/en/about/

https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/how-we-study/exposure-assessment/nci-dose-estimation-predicted-cancer-risk-residents-marshall-islands

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/genetic-effects-chernobyl-radiation-exposure

https://www.radioactivity.eu.com/site/pages/Doses_Classification.htm

[Butt One More Thing]

Radioactive rabbit poop near Hanford

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15rabbit.html

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Babies Sep 13, 2022

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From mighty lions to postal workers, presidents to pelicans, they all have one thing in common: they were once tiny little babies! And so, too, were all the Tangents panelists, who celebrate their humble, squishy, helpless origins this week by talking all things baby!

Witness Hank learn about the "I'm baby" meme, thrill as you find out which Pokemon Yung Gravey most exemplifies, and almost puke at our grossest butt fact yet! Is this our best episode ever? Well, according to Hank it is! And he's the CEO of a company!

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Coral Reefs Sep 06, 2022

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Summer is just about over, but we can all cling to those warm, tropical feelings for at least one more week as we strap on our scuba gear and take a dive into the wild world of coral reefs! Scuba!

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[Trivia Question]

Coral average sperm per bubble

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4950549/

[Fact Off]

Deep-sea coral help zooxanthellae photosynthesize

https://www.scuba.com/blog/explore-the-blue/faascinating-phenomenon-coral-fluorescence/

https://elifesciences.org/articles/73521

https://www.science.org/content/article/coral-reefs-scatter-light-forests

https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-measure-glow-inside-coral-first-time

Snapping shrimp colonies with queens

https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/25410/25410.pdf

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-tradeoffs-weaponry-fecundity-snapping-shrimp.html

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0193305

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1549235

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10937227/

https://www.vims.edu/research/units/legacy/marine_biodiversity/resources/Synalpheus%20teaching%20resources.pdf

[Ask the Science Couch]

Artificial reef pros and cons

https://www.doi.gov/blog/artificial-reefs-create-homes-sea-life

https://floridakeys.noaa.gov/artificialreefs/effects.html

https://daily.jstor.org/do-artificial-reefs-work/

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/for-artificial-coral-reefs-time-is-not-enough/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X2100610X

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00282/full

[Butt One More Thing]

Gastrovascular pores aka secret coral buttholes

https://hmr.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1007/BF02367177.pdf

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A.N.A.G.R.A.M. - Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode Aug 30, 2022

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Did you know that you can go to Patreon.com/SciShowTangents to become a Patron of the show and get cool stuff, like bonus episodes! See what you've been missing this week as we bring you an unlocked bonus episode featuring a devious game by Sam!

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Cities Aug 23, 2022

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Tall buildings, subways, bodegas, rats. These are just some of the things you'll find in cities. Another thing you'll find? Science! From the smelly yet impressive sewers to the smelly yet impressive pigeons, we're covering big city science this week, baby!

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Carbon Aug 16, 2022

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Carbon gets a pretty bad rap these days, what with global climate change and, but every living thing on Earth owes their very existence to this multitalented little element! And heck, that's not even all it does! Click play to find out more.

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[Trivia Question] Gigatons of carbon in the atmosphere https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/736161 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336261451_A_Framework_for_Understanding_Whole-Earth_Carbon_Cycling/link/5d99c82da6fdccfd0e7bd8b6/download [Fact Off] Spider/silkworm silk reinforced by carbon https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1806805115 https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/spiders-graphene-silk/ https://newatlas.com/bionic-spider-silk-graphene/50908/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170915165253.htm https://phys.org/news/2016-10-silkworms-fed-carbon-nanotubes-graphene.html https://futurism.com/graphene-fed-silkworms-produce-a-super-strong-silk-that-conducts-electricity https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03597 Carbon foam made from burnt (pyrolyzed) bread https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/foam-material https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/07/08/burnt-bread-makes-an-excellent-carbon-foam https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.6b03985 https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/revolutionary-carbon-foam-wood https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016523701630256X http://www.cfoam.com/wp-content/uploads/Carbon-Foams-amp16111p029-3.pdf [Ask the Science Couch] Eating carbon (pure forms, organic compounds that are/aren’t toxic) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5307002/ https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002817.htm https://www.livescience.com/34190-what-happens-when-you-swallow-a-diamond.html http://www.nanomedicine.com/NMIIA/15.1.1.htm https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/natural-toxins-in-food https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anatomy_and_Physiology/Book%3A_Human_Anatomy_and_Physiology_Preparatory_Course_(Liachovitzky)/03%3A_Molecular_Level-_Biomolecules_the_Organic_Compounds_Associated_With_Living_Organisms/3.01%3A_Organic_Compounds https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750019.html

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