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Wendy Lawrence may not have been the first lesbian in space, but she was at the centre of the first ever case of space fraud... or was she? There was a media frenzy around her alleged crime, but Wendy herself has a different story.You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 ReadingWendy Lawrence https://medium.com/the-vintage-space/gay-astronauts-a-final-frontier-9892d0987fa0 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202001130001.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/anne-c-mcclain/biography/ https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/23/politics/nasa-astronaut-bank-account-first-criminal-allegation-space/index.html https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/04/07/army-astronaut-accused-of-committing-crime-in-space-is-cleared-ex-wife-charged-with-making-false-statements/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/astronaut-space-investigation.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/08/25/nasa-astronaut-accused-of-hacking-bank-account-from-space/amp/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-49457912 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/space-crime-allegation-indictment.html https://www.space.com/amp/nasa-astronaut-anne-mcclain-space-crime-claim.html Space Law https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/library/find/bibliographies/space_law/ http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ECSL_-_European_Centre_for_Space_Law/About_space_law https://www.space.com/astronaut-anne-mcclain-refutes-space-crime-claim.html https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/index.html Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

NoahFinnce joins us to celebrate our 2nd birthday! Our patrons have voted for gender as this month’s topic - we‘ll tell you how it works and how it doesn’t work...You can find Noah over on his channel:http://youtube.com/noahfinnceYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 Genderhttps://www.who.int/health-topics/gender#tab=tab_1Biology of Gender https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939487/ Gender Studies  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19419899.2020.1729844 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-76861-8_8 https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(17)30356-7/fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466167/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5845507/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193756/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-92270-6_58 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Ristvedt/publication/258523575_The_Evolution_of_Gender/links/5d2f1ff3a6fdcc2462e76926/The-Evolution-of-Gender.pdf Gender Gap In STEM https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956 https://lukeholman.github.io/genderGap/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673618331350 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00060/full https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05109-w https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/9/4609 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6497/1317 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02297805/ Social Constructs & Categories https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797618782181 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF02583913.pdf Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Are you left handed or right handed? This week we talk about the benefits (and drawbacks) of being a southpaw - and why we even have Handedness in the first place...You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 ReadingHandedness https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/ https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/bf03337470.pdf https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2016.1127 https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/B9780123851574004747?token=CAFE5C834602FE1A71A7FFB7ED77D96EA36F7B8B77F672CB614A08C764CFA5AF57851CCAD67BC439F9B58EC1B380D5F7 Origin of Handedness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb11oOHYNXM&t=396s https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49579810#:~:text=Scientists%20have%20found%20the%20first,linked%20to%20being%20left%2Dhanded.&text=The%20team%20at%20the%20University,development%20and%20the%20dominant%20hand. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441088/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627581-600-southpaws-the-evolution-of-handedness/ https://www.livescience.com/what-causes-left-handedness.html https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaax9935 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-0-387-79061-9_1346 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750006001889 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831280/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0891422220301682 Forcing Right Handedness https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42827363.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A4080085e7e4a69c992eac026fe022703 https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070716/full/070716-4.html https://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/9/3271 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

This week we chat about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the commonly misunderstood condition that affects millions of people worldwide!You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 OCD https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/overview/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370844/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-when-unwanted-thoughts-take-over/20-mh-4676-ocd_150041.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0897190014521996 Psychopathology: Research Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Psychology - Graham Davey Cause of OCD https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(19)30073-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS089662731930073X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4610610/ Treatment https://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/72/1/80.long https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/treatment-for-ocd/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606297/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/ssri-antidepressants/overview/#:~:text=It's%20thought%20to%20have%20a,messages%20between%20nearby%20nerve%20cells. Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

This week Eleanor Neale joins us to chat about forensics, and why it might not be as good as you think... Find Eleanor on her YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/EleanorNeale You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 Basics of Forensics https://www.britannica.com/science/forensic-science https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=zIRQOssWbaoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=history+of+forensic+science&ots=wJZ2sXZM1X&sig=ME5kNe5qa4mWvb0f2Xig_ikUP4c#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20forensic%20science&f=false https://science.howstuffworks.com/forensic-lab-technique.htm https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-is-forensic-science/amp/ History of Forensics https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_462 https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/forensic-investigation/origins-of-forensic-science/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527827688.ch1 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326051477_History_of_Forensic_Science https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/21/a-brief-history-of-forensics/%3FoutputType%3Damp https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-5690-2_462.pdf Problems with Forensics https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0162243919899467 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150512-can-we-trust-forensic-science https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6386/243.summary https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234561565.pdf https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2019.01250.x https://innocenceproject.org/overturning-wrongful-convictions-involving-flawed-forensics/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/lie-detector https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph#:~:text=The%20accuracy%20(i.e.%2C%20validity),person%20may%20be%20non%2Danxious Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Well it’s come to this, the climax of Sci Guys! NoahFinnce, the 4th Sci Guy, joins us this week to chat about orgasms... Thank you to our patrons for the topic. Find Noah over on his channel: http://youtube.com/noahfinnce You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 Orgasm Basics & Facts https://www.britannica.com/science/orgasm https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100659-longest-orgasm-in-mammals https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26772-female-ejaculation-comes-in-two-forms-scientists-find/ https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sex-pleasure-and-sexual-dysfunction/sex-and-pleasure/orgasms https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-orgasm Female vs Male Orgasm https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17165-six-things-science-has-revealed-about-the-female-orgasm/ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/04/orgasm https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/new-theory-suggests-female-orgasms-are-evolutionary-leftover https://www.livescience.com/female-orgasm-mystery.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087698/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150625-the-mystery-of-the-female-orgasm Orgasms in Animals https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/are-we-the-only-species-with-females-that-experience-orgasm/ https://www.livescience.com/9631-animals-enjoy-sex.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/yes-other-animals-do-have-sex-for-fun Faking It, FDS, and Anorgasmia https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816679/ https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/sexual-health/what-can-cause-orgasm-problems-in-women/ Orgasm Studies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28213723/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29082366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2128033/pdf/9448525.pdf Death by Orgasm http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/06/cop-dies-during-3-way-sex-widow-wins-3-million/1#.YEo9RZP7S3I Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

It’s our hundredth episode & we’re finally giving you all the info you need to live on Mars!To celebrate 100 episodes we’re doing a MASSIVE giveaway! To enter just make sure you’re subscribed, like this video, and comment the first thing you’d do on Mars!The Martian Garden: https://www.themartiangarden.com/pn-shop-mainUse code “PERSEVERANCE” for a 20% discount!You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 ReadingMars Info https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/facts https://mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/moons/summary/ Mars Missions https://www.space.com/13558-historic-mars-missions.html https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/?page=0&per_page=99&order=date+desc&search= https://www.space.com/china-mars-orbit-tianwen-1-spacecraft-video https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56060890 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/uae-hope Terraforming Mars https://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-first-steps-to-terraforming-mars-2017-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.space.com/41318-we-cant-terraform-mars.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0529-6.epdf https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141030-five-steps-to-colonising-mars https://www.livescience.com/56462-how-to-travel-to-mars.html Growing Plants on Mars (and in Space) https://youtu.be/rBPLgtfouIs https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-plants-grow-with-mars-soil https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/98EO00309 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:ORIG.0000043129.68196.5f https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/40339(206)54 https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_4.html https://www.themartiangarden.com https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-grow-vegetables-on-mars/ https://eatlikeamartian.org/2019_NewSpace_MarsFood.pdf https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23140106G/abstract Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Okay, hear us out... Jurassic Park, but with mammoths.You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 ReadingDNA https://www.britannica.com/science/DNA https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745 nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031964/ The Mammoth Study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03224-9 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/mammoth-molars-yield-oldest-dna-ever-sequenced?utm_campaign=NewsfromScience&utm_source=Contractor&utm_medium=Twitter Some More on Mammoths https://www.britannica.com/animal/mammoth-extinct-mammal https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/700000-year-old-horse-becomes-oldest-creature-sequenced-genome https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/6/eaaw5873 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-mysterious-ancient-culture https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-faced-genomic-meltdown https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/last-mammoths.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/woolly-mammoth-evolution#:~:text=Modern%20elephants%20and%20woolly%20mammoths,years%20ago%2C%20the%20study%20reports.&text=Then%20just%20440%2C000%20years%20later,into%20their%20own%20separate%20species. Mammoth Revival https://www.dw.com/en/japanese-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-cloning-a-woolly-mammoth/a-48063060 https://www.livescience.com/64998-mammoth-cells-inserted-in-mouse-eggs.html https://www.livescience.com/23861-fossil-dna-half-life.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/woolly-mammoths-extinction-cloning-genetics Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Magic might actually be real according to science... No really! You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 are Witchcraft & Wicca https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wicca https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/Contemporary-witchcraft https://www.history.com/topics/religion/wicca https://www.livescience.com/amp/39119-myths-about-witches-wiccans.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/subdivisions/wicca.shtml https://wiccaliving.com/beginners-guide-wicca-magic/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38ekg/i-tried-wiccan-spells-on-myself-for-a-month https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/28/weekend7.weekend3 Wicca/Witchcraft & Science https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/witchcraft-wicca-rise-anti-science-halloween-b1421710.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560124/ Optimism Bias & Attention Bias https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912 https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/optimism-bias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061440/http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~shepperd/articles/PsychBelgica2002.pdf https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280110402080/full/html http://www.crossingdialogues.com/Ms-A14-09.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161121/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369522/ https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=THESIS01&type_of_work=Thesis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901130/ https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/attentional-bias/ Placebo Effect https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24909245/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26272535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/ Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

It’s LGBT+ history month in the U.K - a perfect time to talk about the first gay astronaut, Dr Sally Ride!You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our 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 ReadingThe Life of Sally Ride https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html https://www.biography.com/astronaut/sally-ride https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sally-ride https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/who-was-sally-ride-58.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sally-Ride https://www.space.com/16756-sally-ride-biography.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/sally-ride-blazed-trail-women-astronauts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwu-zSdNiLI&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6vzRd0rhY&feature=share Video Interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb6vw9AmiLs&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRo2_HqZ3HQ&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z7PWRZHEnA&feature=share Astronaut Requirementshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-astronaut/