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Sep 13, 2021 • 1h 7min

126: America’s First Black Scientist - Benjamin Banneker

American History tends to ignore the achievements of black people - which is why you probably haven’t heard of Benjamin Banneker… He was a polymath who went verbally toe to toe with Thomas Jefferson on the topic of slavery, was instrumental in the creation of the capital, and did so much more! You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further Reading https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker https://archive.org/details/bulletinunitedst2311964unit/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-astronomer-benjamin-bannekers-pioneering-career-180967136/ https://friendsofbenjaminbanneker.com/history/benjamin-banneker-2/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2vEQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.history.com/.amp/news/cicadas-discovery-benjamin-banneker https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037299119&view=1up&seq=13&skin=2021 https://www.biography.com/.amp/scientist/benjamin-banneker https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/85984/retrobituaries-benjamin-banneker-african-american-mathematician-who-may-have-saved https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Banneker https://www.wired.com/2010/02/benjamin-banneker-the-first-african-american-geek/am Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Sep 6, 2021 • 50min

125: The Science of Nazi Nuclear Cubes

At the end of WWII hundreds of uranium cubes made for the Nazi nuclear program were taken by the USA, but they didn't take them all. Quite a number of these nuclear cubes went missing... A few have popped up here and there, until recently it's always been near impossible to tell if a cube is real, or just a really good replica - but scientists have just found a wild new way to find which ones are fakes...You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further Reading https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/hundreds-of-cubes-of-nazi-uranium-are-missing-now-scientists-have-a-new-way-to-spot-them-12389326 https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fhistory%2f2021%2f08%2f25%2fnazi-nuclear-program-failed-uranium-cube%2f https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287673-investigation-of-nazi-uranium-could-help-stop-modern-nuclear-smuggling/amp/?__twitter_impression=true https://www.history.com/.amp/news/wwii-nazi-atomic-secrets-alsos-mission-kidnap-heisenberg https://www.britannica.com/science/nuclear-fission https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1321436 https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-14-dating https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrogen/Isotopes-of-hydrogen#ref621366 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg/Heisenberg-and-the-Nazi-Party Follow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Aug 30, 2021 • 1h 1min

124: The Alpha Male Myth

Some men label themselves alphas - citing an old study on wolves, but surprisingly the results might not be as applicable to humans (or even wolves) as you might have thought…You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingWolf Packshttps://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/wolf-pack-mentality.htmhttps://www.wolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/267alphastatus_english.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21963347https://wolf.org/wolf-info/basic-wolf-info/wolf-faqs/#toggle-id-21https://www.jstor.org/stable/3881436Animal Social Behaviour & Hierarchies https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180925-with-females-in-charge-bonobo-society-is-more-chilled-outhttp://amydprice.com/hypertext_narrative/primates_research.pdfhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobo-sex-and-society-2006-06/https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/bonobohttps://www.britannica.com/video/193398/bonobos-humanshttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/3/l_073_03.htmlhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2180434-the-7-non-human-mammals-where-females-rule-the-roost/amp/Human Alpha Studieshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30978215/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0165025407084054Alpha Male Pseudosciencehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2021/01/26/the-pseudoscience-behind-the-sigma-male-explained/amp/https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alpha-male-alpha-chimpanzee-primatologist-frans-de-waal-a8421291.html%3Famphttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/no-such-thing-alpha-male-2016-10%3Famphttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YTyQgwVvYychttp://davemech.org/wolf-news-and-information/schenkels-classic-wolf-behavior-study-available-in-english/http://davemech.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ExpressionstudiesP.1-10.pdfhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFgdwTsbUhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BPsSKKL8N0sFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Aug 23, 2021 • 1h 12min

123: The Science of Sleepy Hallucinations

Ever seen or heard something as you were half asleep and woken up to realise it wasn’t there? Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are actually fairly common!You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingHallucinations https://www.britannica.com/science/hallucination/Chemical-factors https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/hallucinations-hearing-voices/ Hypnagogic & Hypnopompic Hallucinations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988750/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14313158_Hypnagogic_and_Hypnopompic_Hallucinations_Pathological_Phenomena https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/a/C9cqbVby3nqWJrKYLvBngkk/?lang=en https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/71170 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-23739-8_8 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(18)30138-X/fulltext https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RvBvYrklXM https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87318-4 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/hypnagogia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012375038900008X https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6638 Other Parasomnias & Related Effects https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120522-suffer-from-sleep-shudders https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781437703269000282 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11030656/ https://science.sciencemag.org/content/290/5490/350?hwshib2=authn%3A1628867368%3A20210812%253Aed134caf-83e8-4fd7-9799-0ea1e0c31419%3A0%3A0%3A0%3AyeqVACDJVH2x2dHe%2FPUbZw%3D%3D https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560817/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/narcolepsy/ Follow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 13min

122: The Science of Myers Briggs Personality Tests

Myers Briggs types are scientific evaluation of your personality… or at least that’s how they’re sold. Turns out that they might be barely more scientific than your horoscope.You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingWhat is MBTI? https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test https://www.mbtionline.com/en-US/Articles/2017/July/What-do-the-letters-in-the-Myers-Briggs-test-stand-for https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554596/ https://www.16personalities.com/country-profiles/global/world The Origins of MBTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NQqSnkI32A https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/isabel-briggs-myers.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06614- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Jung/Character-of-his-psychotherapy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264783017_Isabel_Briggs_Myers_Psychological_Type_and_the_Spirit_of_CG_Jung Is the MBTI Test Scientific & Useful? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkQiYiXxmjg https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/carl-jung/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26851600/ https://www.livescience.com/amp/65513-does-myers-briggs-personality-test-work.html https://jobtalk.indiana.edu/HRMWebsite/hrm/articles/develop/mbti.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3102/00346543063004467 vox.com/platform/amp/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/014920639602200103 https://amp.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2013/mar/19/myers-briggs-test-unscientific https://pages.uoregon.edu/sanjay/bigfive.html
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Aug 9, 2021 • 1h 1min

121: The Uncanny Valley: Science of Creepy Robots

Robots are becoming more and more human-like, but something weird happens when things become too human without quite making it all the way - we start to hate them… This is the uncanny valley, and you’ll find a lot of things in it.You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further Reading https://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/2005/RBC05-007.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14184 https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-uncanny-valley https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/507812 https://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/33/6555 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-uncanny-valley-human-look-alikes-put-us-on-edge/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-possible-source-of-the-uncanny-valley-in-the-brain https://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/33/6555 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4557950 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6211702/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6556781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392592/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14184 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25762967/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32526760/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130901-is-the-uncanny-valley-reallist_works&sortby=pubdate
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Aug 2, 2021 • 1h 38min

120: The Science of Past Lives

Some children tell stories about lives they used to live… Are they just playing pretend or is this proof of reincarnation? Maybe science has some answers… You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingPast Lives, Jim Tucker & UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830708000943 https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/resources/advice-to-parents-of-children-who-are-spontaneously-recalling-past-life-memories/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqygg/hard-science-of-reincarnation-past-lives https://www.npr.org/2014/01/05/259886077/searching-for-science-behind-reincarnation?t=1626790336553 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830721000951 False Memories, Source Errors & Other Explanations https://www.livescience.com/7272-belief-reincarnation-tied-memory-errors.html https://www.livescience.com/7737-reality-reincarnation.html https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363461503040001005 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1996.83.3f.1107 Past Life Regression Therapy https://www.thehypnotherapypracticeedinburgh.co.uk/why-past-life-regression-is-a-waste-of-money/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797677/ https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/james-pandarakalam-a-search-for-the-truth-of-past-life-regression.pdf?sfvrsn=f5442f17_2 tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00029157.1982.10404067?needAccess=true The Egghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI&vl=en-GB
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Jul 26, 2021 • 2h 20min

119: The Science of Maladaptive Daydreaming

Some people report being unable to stop daydreaming, to the point that it takes over their entire lives. Maladaptive Daydreaming isn’t yet a recognised disorder, but it only gets more strange from there...You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingMaladaptive Daydreaming in the Media https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_daydream_that_never_stops https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/06/25/people-with-maladaptive-daydreaming-spend-an-average-of-four-hours-a-day-lost-in-their-imagination/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/when-daydreaming-replaces-real-life/391319/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/at-home/daydreaming.html https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/30/health/maladaptive-daydreaming-feature/index.html Eli Somer  https://www.youtube.com/user/SomerClinic/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsZ7ivOSKjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loE6Cq8lUS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYZxHmfpcsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_scn44bTEE https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=cIDL8CEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Maladpative Daydreaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladaptive_daydreaming https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810016300460?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395621000844 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28598955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426361/ https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/9/4/article-p1056.xml https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1020597026919.pdf https://gpsych.bmj.com/content/34/2/e100419 https://maladaptivedaydreaming.org/pages/maladaptive-daydreaming-test Pathologising, Disorders, & The DSM-5 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~heiby/overheads_classification.html https://wjh-www.harvard.edu/~dtg/KILLINGSWORTH%20&%20GILBERT%20(2010).pdf Psychopathology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1529100617727266 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683251/
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Jul 19, 2021 • 1h 12min

118: The Science of The Loch Ness Monster

Scientists went hunting for the Loch Ness Monster in 2019, but the search wasn’t all it seemed to be…You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingLoch Ness Monster & The Myths https://www.livescience.com/61111-unusual-creature-sightings.html https://www.britannica.com/place/Loch-Ness-lake-Scotland-United-Kingdom https://www.lochnessproject.org/ Gimmell & His Survey https://www.livescience.com/loch-ness-monster-dna-study.html?_gl=1*e5q5rq*_ga*YW1wLVBxOEh1MnFUNHpkcG9VNHEzWmkyZWxoaURiOF9TYkc3ZUZ2QS1uVmNTSjFCZDduOFhRS0dQcXlQWkJsUzB3N1E. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49495145 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/05/loch-ness-monster-could-be-a-giant-eel-say-scientists https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/loch-ness-monster-dna-study-reveals-plausible-explanation-for-sightings/ https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago717609.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/loch-ness-monster-just-big-eel https://gemmell-lab.otago.ac.nz/research https://gemmell-lab.otago.ac.nz/our-team https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?hl=en&user=XGE4mdAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/loch-ness-monster-scotland-environmental-dna-science http://www.sci-news.com/biology/eel-dna-loch-ness-07580.html https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/loch-ness-monster-how-edna-helps-us-discover-what-lurks-beneath/ https://twitter.com/ProfGemmell/status/1169748929887391744 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Jul 12, 2021 • 1h 16min

117: The 'Sophia the Robot' Conspiracy

Sophia the Robot is one of the most famous robots in the world, outside of those in Sci-fi. Although, there may be more fiction than fact when it comes to her artificial intelligence…You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingWhat is a Robot?https://www.britannica.com/technology/robot-technologySophia The Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-1MlkxyqI https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/hanson-robotics-sophia-the-robot-pr-stunt-artificial-intelligence.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnCQC7bLs0 https://www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/sophia-robot-artificial-intelligence-science https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-first-robot-citizen-sophia-animatronic-humanoid-2017-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.forbes.com/sites/zarastone/2017/11/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sophia-the-worlds-first-robot-citizen/#18ede81546fa https://www.businessinsider.com/sophia-robot-hanson-robotics-other-humanoids-2017-11?r=US&IR=T Strong AI, Chinese Room & Turing Tests https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/strong-ai https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ https://iep.utm.edu/chineser/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/Turing-test#ref1252405 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

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