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    SciShow Tangents

    SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research… while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.

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    Skin Aug 09, 2022
    Show notes

    When it comes to keeping all of your guts and blood inside, skin is second to none! Yet so often is it taken for granted. Today, we fix that by talking about skin for a whole 40 minutes! You're welcome, skin!

    If you know a kid who loves science, have we go the show for you! It's called SciShow Kids, and it has all the great, rigorously-researched content you expect from SciShow, but for kids! Plus, it has puppets! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/scishowkids!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

    Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsto find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!

    And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!

    A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley, Tom Mosner, Daisy Whitfield, and Allison Owen for helping to make the show possible!

    Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!

    While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen

    [Trivia Question]

    Sebaceous gland development

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33354858/

    https://www.britannica.com/science/sebaceous-gland

    [Fact Off]

    Thorny devil lizard skin capillary action

    https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.170591

    https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/219/21/3473/15569/Cutaneous-water-collection-by-a-moisture

    https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/this-lizard-can-drink-by-standing-still-in-sand/506288/

    https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/capillary-action-and-water

    https://organismalbio.biosci.gatech.edu/nutrition-transport-and-homeostasis/plant-transport-processes-i/

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00709-014-0715-z

    Dolphins using corals for skincare

    https://ryotanakajima.com/coral-reefs/the-role-of-coral-mucus-101

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952463

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dolphins-rub-against-mucus-oozing-corals-to-soothe-skin/

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Different regions of skin and skincare

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470464/#

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482278/

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/facial-skin

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732395/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405915/

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018094117.htm

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849435/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763764/

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Mulesing of merino sheep butts

    https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/livestock/managing-flystrike-and-mulesing-in-sheep

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0734975016300167


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    Spaceships Aug 02, 2022
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    10....9.... Hey gang, Kids Month is about ready to blast off into space ....8....7....6 but before it does, we have one more topic exploring the childlike wonder of science to cover ....5....4...3 Spaceships! And wouldn't you know it? There's one more seat on our rocket! Climb in! ....2...1.... Lift off!

    If you know a kid who loves science, have we go the show for you! It's called SciShow Kids, and it has all the great, rigorously-researched content you expect from SciShow, but for kids! Plus, it has puppets! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/scishowkids!

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    While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen

    [Trivia Question]

    Ariane 5 launches

    https://www.space.com/39811-bad-coordinates-led-ariane-5-rocket-astray.html

    https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html

    https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#whyAriane5

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/all-hail-the-ariane-5-rocket-which-doubled-the-webb-telescopes-lifetime/

    https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/Ariane_5_the_story_behind_the_100_launches

    [Fact Off]

    Cataloging junk around the Moon from Biosphere 2

    https://news.arizona.edu/story/75m-effort-seeks-prevent-lunar-traffic-jams

    Artificial gravity test during Gemini XI

    http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-exploration/gemini/m-equals-1-all-up-mission-gemini-xi-part-2/

    https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-081A

    https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/watch-the-first-artificial-gravity-experiment/

    https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/capsule-gemini-xi/nasm_A19680260000

    https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sept-14-1966-gemini-xi-artificial-gravity-experiment

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Gyroscopes in spacecraft (Inertial Navigation Systems)

    https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/03/Gyroscopes_in_space

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/gyroscope.htm

    http://www.aerostudents.com/courses/avionics/InertialNavigationSystems.pdf

    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100021932

    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/nmp/st6/TECHNOLOGY/mems.html

    https://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/propulsion/2-what-is-attitude-control.html

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Project Mercury butt molds

    https://www.wired.com/2009/08/astronautbutts/

    https://www.wired.com/2010/07/nasa-archive-astronaut-butt-mold-inspection/


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    Bubbles Jul 26, 2022
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    Kids Month floats on as we talk about possibly our lightest subject ever: bubbles! Pop in to learn what makes a simple soapy membrane so fascinating to kid and adult like!

    If you know a kid who loves science, have we go the show for you! It's called SciShow Kids, and it has all the great, rigorously-researched content you expect from SciShow, but for kids! Plus, it has puppets! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/scishowkids!

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    While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Deboki: @okidoki_boki

    [Trivia Question]

    Perfect bubble wand perimeter

    https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/august/researchers-uncover-the-science-behind-blowing-bubbles.html

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/theres-now-an-even-more-precise-recipe-for-blowing-the-perfect-bubble/

    [Fact Off]

    Tadpole bubble-sucking to breathe

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B9AO801nrJI/

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200226130510.htm

    Microscopic “rockets” propelled by a bubble and sound waves

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/634184

    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aax3084

    http://brennen.caltech.edu/fluidbook/multiphase/Bubbleordroplettranslation/bjerknesforces.pdf

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Air bubbles in needles (unintentional or intentional)

    https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/air-embolism/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734897/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542192/

    https://starship.org.nz/guidelines/agitated-saline-bubble-study-for-the-detection-of-an-intrapulmonary-or/

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/what-is-a-bubble-study

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Polymers in laxatives make big soap bubbles

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/physicists-discover-why-this-bubble-solution-makes-monster-bubbles

    ​https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/physicists-determine-the-optimal-soap-recipe-for-blowing-gigantic-bubbles/

    https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.013304


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    SciShow Tangents Classics - Candy Jul 19, 2022
    Show notes

    Sometimes, when you're making a podcast with 3 hosts, one of those hosts is going to get sick for two weeks and totally mess up Kids Month. So this week, we humbly present a classic episode that happens to be about something kids love: candy! Grab your favorite snack and join us on this sugary journey to the past!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

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    Dinosaurs Jul 12, 2022
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    Kids month continues with maybe THE most-beloved-by-children scientific topic of all time: dinosaurs! Come on a journey back in time to learn about the giant guys who used to stomp around and eat each other all over planet Earth!

    And, as if that's not good enough, we're joined by Tangents editorial assistant Deboki Chakravarti! If you need more Deboki in your life, you can listen to her podcast, Tiny Matter, here: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/tiny-matters.html

    If you know a kid who loves science, have we go the show for you! It's called SciShow Kids, and it has all the great, rigorously-researched content you expect from SciShow, but for kids! Plus, it has puppets! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/scishowkids!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

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    While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Deboki: @okidoki_boki

    [Trivia Question]

    Mamenchisaurus pounds of plant life consumed per day

    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/science/12dinosaurs.html

    [Fact Off]

    Prosthetic tails on chickens to study dinosaur gait

    Possible supersonic whip-like tails in sauropods

    https://daily.jstor.org/apatosaurus-tail-break-sound-barrier/

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2401127?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/dinosaurs-in-motion

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830450/

    http://goriely.com/wp-content/uploads/2002-PRLwhip-1.pdf

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Dinosaurs that have changed names (apato/bronto, triceratops/torosaurus)

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brontosaurus-is-back1/

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/571498

    https://peerj.com/articles/857/

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081608

    https://gizmodo.com/the-first-scientific-name-ever-given-to-a-dinosaur-foss-5955550

    https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2018/08/31/why-do-scientific-names-change-kiokio-by-any-other-name/


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    Play Jul 05, 2022
    Show notes

    This month on SciShow Tangents, we're celebrating the sense of childlike wonder present in science by discussing a bunch of stuff kids like! We're calling it Kids Month, naturally, and we're kicking it off by talking about a thing all kids (and lots of animals) love to do: play!

    And if you know a kid who loves science, have we go the show for you! It's called SciShow Kids, and it has all the great, rigorously-researched content you expect from SciShow, but for kids! Plus, it has puppets! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/scishowkids!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

    Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangentsto find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!

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    Books with Vanessa Zoltan Jun 28, 2022
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    We here on SciShow Tangents may have the market cornered on science podcasting, but that doesn't mean we know everything. Put us in a lab, and we're like fish in water! But put us in a library, with all those big tall shelves and the Dewey Decimal System, and we're like a fish not-in-water! So we called in our friend, podcast, theologian, and noted book-reader Vanessa Zoltan to help us learn more about books!

    Learn more about Vanessa and her myriad of projects at her website, and follow her on Twitter @vanessamzoltan!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

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    SciShow Tangents Classics - Waves Jun 21, 2022
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    Inspired by last week's episode about beaches, we decided to take the week off and catch some rays. Please enjoy this encore presentation of our episode on Waves, and we'll be back next week!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

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    Beaches Jun 14, 2022
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    Summer is here, which means it's time to visit everyone's favorite geological feature consisting of a strip of land covered in loose particles, existing exclusively alongside a body of water ! That's right, pack your trunks, cause today we're hitting the beach!

    SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces!

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    [Trivia Question]

    Goose-scaring drones

    https://www.livescience.com/39146-canada-geese-drone.html

    [Fact Off]

    Waterproof chemicals (PFASes) in tides

    https://www.inverse.com/science/sea-spray-is-toxic

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/937518

    https://massivesci.com/articles/pfas-chemical-ocean-mammals-fish-dolphins-wildlife/

    Salish wooly dogs

    https://monova.ca/senaqwila-wyss-on-the-salish-woolly-dogs/

    https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-dogs-that-grew-wool-and-the-people-who-love-them

    https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/a-woolly-tale

    https://research.library.mun.ca/14680/1/thesis.pdf

    https://www.science.org/content/article/native-american-blankets-made-dog-hair

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Beached cetaceans (and orcas/catfish that intentionally strand themselves)

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-do-whales-beach-themselves

    https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/whales-mass-stranding-australia/556400/

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/774692

    https://hakaimagazine.com/news/salish-sea-killer-whales-have-a-surprising-new-way-of-hunting/

    https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/z91-383

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-catfish-that-strands-itself-to-kill-pigeons

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0050840

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Lugworm casts made of sand

    https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/lugworm-poos-and-the-secrets-they-hold.html

    https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/lugworm


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    Fuel Jun 07, 2022
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    Cars need it, trains need it, and guess what? People need it, too! Can you deduce the answer to my devious riddle? That's right, it's fuel! Fill up your tank, cause we're going on a trip to learn all about the things that keep other things going, from coal to tuna sandwiches and everything in between!

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    [Trivia Question]

    New York Times rocket fuel correction

    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/95-years-ago-goddard-s-first-liquid-fueled-rocket

    https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html

    [Fact Off]

    Nuclear cars

    https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1066000_txchnologist-thorium-lasers-thoroughly-plausible-for-nuclear-cars

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/41103/heres-why-the-nuclear-powered-1958-ford-nucleon-never-entered-production

    https://www.autoweek.com/news/a1988761/are-laser-powered-cars-our-future/

    Fuel cell breathalyzers

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-batteries-store-an/

    https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/fuel-cells

    https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-history/breathalyzer-there-was-drunkometer

    https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/breathalyzer/

    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/breathalyzers-of-the-future-today/277249/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857179/

    [Ask the Science Couch]

    Chlorophyll in photovoltaic cells/solar power

    https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=NCER&dirEntryId=187266

    http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm

    https://opentextbc.ca/biology/chapter/5-2-the-light-dependent-reactions-of-photosynthesis/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01673-w

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plants-versus-photovoltaics-at-capturing-sunlight/

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/762519

    [Butt One More Thing]

    Human waste converted into biomethane fuel

    https://www.npr.org/2016/01/01/461692939/from-poop-to-power-colorado-explores-new-sources-of-renewable-energy

    https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/fart-powered-vw-beetle-tested-in-uk/


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