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Feb 15, 2021 • 1h 8min

96: The Science of Lab Grown Meat (with Vegard)

Is lab grown meat really the future of animal products? Is it actually even vegan? This week Vegard joins us to chat about cultured meat & veganism...Find Vegard on his channel:https://www.youtube.com/vegardlsYou 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 Meat? https://www.britannica.com/topic/meat https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689198/ https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1024/0300-9831/a000224 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566631930724X?via%3Dihub https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/why-meat-is-bad-for-the-environment/ Mycoprotein & Meat Substitutes https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/mycoprotein Intro to Cultured Meat  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31441608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7722853/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343407455_Culture_meat_and_cultured_meat https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336309485_TRENDS_IN_CULTURED_MEAT https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-grown-meat/ https://www.newscientist.com/term/lab-grown-meat/ Benefits & Drawbacks of Cultured Meat https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322360/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342318440_Progress_and_Challenges_in_Cultured_Meat https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.00007/full?utm_campaign=Deep%20thoughts&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_PwgSHbogOycilJfBWU45yAEb3o32nJ2D_Oj47k7H3BlroY9Xv47pBPBiNivvyCb84k9Vp Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Feb 8, 2021 • 1h 5min

95: How to Make Life In a Jar

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: Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Feb 1, 2021 • 1h 11min

94: The Science of Taste (with Guy Larsen)

Guy Larsen joins us this week to eat lemons, chat about netball, and discuss the science of taste!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/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279408/ https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/taste.htm https://people.howstuffworks.com/flavor-tripping.htm https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26162535/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25314134/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Synsepalum+dulcificum&filter=simsearch2.ffrft https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27129026/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23886383/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29950553/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31362499/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30654496/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30895915/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29729324/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=taste%20receptor&filter=simsearch2.ffrft https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27174610/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30484669/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31836661/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28327968/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31480669/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31310579/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30475657/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31140574/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21885776/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32541708/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16213813/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31509575/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24362474/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28792937/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25662267/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20696704/ https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2096 https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/brushing-and-flossing/orange-juice-and-toothpaste-why-they-dont-mix https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdcgpg8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/miraculin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435577/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805144/
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Jan 25, 2021 • 1h 23min

93: Mandela Effect: The Science of False Memories

Have you ever remembered something that didn’t happen? Turns out false memories are actually pretty common, in fact they’re the reason that so many people believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison...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:Memory Basics https://snl.salk.edu/~eagleman/papers/EaglemanMontagueModelsofLM.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131928.htm False Memories Basics & Seminal Papers https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-false-memories-2017-12?r=US&IR=T https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776349 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319895/ https://webs.wofford.edu/steinmetzkr/Teaching/Psy150/Lecture%20PDFs/Roediger.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30550338/ https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/psycann/1995-12-25-12/%7B2060e727-5296-43bd-8580-55b09b96f074%7D/the-formation-of-false-memories#divReadThis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617724424 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279598056_Tricks_of_Memory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673242_False_memories_What_the_hell_are_they_for https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/documents-by-section/departments/research-centres-and-units/research-units/anomalistic-psychology-research/2003-french-fantastic.pdf https://staff.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100619082741/http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall07/brunnquelld/psy8542/Session%2015/Loftus%20-Lost%20in%20the%20Mall%20-%20Misrepresentations%20and%20misubders.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614562862#aff-2 High Risk Demographics & Potential Consequences https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614534694 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892757/ https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00262-1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.2350090302 https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00064 https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=824601 Further Reading & Interesting Papers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749930/ https://indiarxiv.org/gjtfk/\ Incognito - David Eagleman Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Jan 18, 2021 • 1h 2min

92: Richard Shope and the Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu was the worst pandemic of the 20th century, but it took us a decade to figure out what was causing it. This week we cover a little bit of the Spanish Flu and a lot of the man that discovered the culprit. Spoiler, it probably wasn’t Spain...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/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1951634/?page=1 http://centennial.rucares.org/index.php?page=Influenza http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shope-richard.pdf https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/harvey-lectures/21/ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal) https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118275/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/spanish-flu.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720273/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/flu3.htm Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Jan 11, 2021 • 51min

91: The Science of Sleep Paralysis

Ever wake up unable to move and get the feeling that there’s a demon standing in the corner of your room? You might have experienced sleep paralysis! Join us as we look at what causes it, how can we stop it, and why it usually feels like there’s someone watching you... 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 and Further Reading  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329044/?report=reader https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Understanding-Sleep https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562322/#!po=10.7143 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/narcolepsy/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32965993/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28735779/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-paralysis/ Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Jan 4, 2021 • 1h 2min

90: Y2K: The Millennium Bug

Happy New Year! To celebrate we talk about how the world almost ended at the turn of the millennium. Was it all a hoax or did we narrowly avoid a digital apocalypse?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/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://youtu.be/BGrKKrsIpQw https://youtu.be/MVI87HzfskQ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45083650 https://www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/31/millennium-bug-face-fears-y2k-it-systems https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/03/07/big-glitch-at-nuclear-plant-shows-perils-of-y2k-tests/a148232f-5760-403c-bc14-b00382b6852d/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/ https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/590932.stm https://www.wired.com/2000/02/leap-day-tuesday-last-y2k-worry/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/582007.stm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mz53r https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/sep/14/martinwainwright https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/nyc-wireless-network-down-due-to-y2k-like-software-bug/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401298000437 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670 https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/y2k.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/ https://computer.howstuffworks.com/y2k.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/EBCDIC https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zjfgjxs/revision/3 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Dec 28, 2020 • 1h 3min

89: Time Travel (The Best of 2020)

Join us, The Sci Guys, as we take a journey through time and relive our favourite moments from the last year!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 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Dec 21, 2020 • 58min

88: Menstruation: The Science of Periods (with Bliss)

It’s that time of the month… another Patreon Vote episode! Bliss joins us as we dive into the science of periods and ask how they work, and why so few animals get them. 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 and Further Reading  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28271702/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25408753/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29530426/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/05/06/how-and-why-did-women-evolve-periods/?sh=41f5d07057a3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150420-why-do-women-have-periods https://www.jstor.org/stable/3035646?seq=1 https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Hormonal-control-of-menstrual-cycle https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/menstruation https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Normal-menstruation https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/toxic-shock-syndrome/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459345/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25899177/ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-any-non-human-animals-menstruate/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/period-pain/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/period-problems/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28271702/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25408753/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29530426/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/05/06/how-and-why-did-women-evolve-periods/?sh=41f5d07057a3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150420-why-do-women-have-periods https://www.jstor.org/stable/3035646?seq=1 https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Hormonal-control-of-menstrual-cycle https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/menstruation https://www.britannica.com/science/menstruation/Normal-menstruation https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/toxic-shock-syndrome/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459345/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25899177/ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-any-non-human-animals-menstruate/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/period-pain/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/period-problems/ A special thank you to Ashley Mulle, our new Executive Producer! Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth
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Dec 14, 2020 • 1h 35min

87: The Science of Parasocial Relationships (with Shaaba.)

Are influencers your friends? Some people feel like they might be, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about this week with Shaaba, an actual scientist studying parasocial relationships!Find Shaaba over on her channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZ97eKgNwC4j-z_6LDjfIgSCI GUYS 2021 CALENDAR: https://normalcitizen.store/products/the-sci-guys-official-calendar-2021You 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/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/222304 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838158709386664 https://academic.oup.com/joc/article-abstract/61/6/1104/4098489?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/topics/levels-of-parasocial-relationships https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/reference/relationships-parasocial-relationships https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/9073 https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yP0C_1SoK8cC&oi=fnd&pg=PT400&dq=levels+of+parasocial+relationships&ots=XVztS047T6&sig=Hboh8hw6dR8y2hOAisxw2G-Kcy8#v=onepage&q=levels%20of%20parasocial%20relationships&f=false https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Giles4/publication/263088893_Parasocial_relationships/links/00b7d539db16e6dcb5000000/Parasocial-relationships.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://thejsms.org/tsmri/index.php/TSMRI/article/download/364/167&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwidoIKt-MfnAhWBK80KHdeeAXoQFjAdegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2y9r16gxIWYuwi5LiX2ymm https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-07390-009 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Liebers/publication/333748971_Parasocial_Interactions_and_Relationships_with_Media_Characters_-_An_Inventory_of_60_Years_of_Research/links/5d25ae8b92851cf44074e830/Parasocial-Interactions-and-Relationships-with-Media-Characters-An-Inventory-of-60-Years-of-Research.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28280479/ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-internet-and-social-life.-Bargh-McKenna/4c9b69c992700cf963682c42a207457647f98012 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Why-We-Follow%3A-An-Examination-of-Parasocial-and-Fan-Frederick-Lim/d3fa7b64d6c50ef656d27b45fd9d71a2ac109ce5 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/horton-and-wohl-revisited-exploring-viewers-experience-of-parasoc https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/parasocial-interaction-and-parasocial-relationship-conceptual-cla https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_all/7/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0176 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/parasocial-relationships/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563215000928 https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100305809 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309186785_Celebrity-Persona_Parasocial_Interaction_Scale https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273792904_Parasocial_Interaction_and_Parasocial_Relationship_Conceptual_Clarification_and_a_Critical_Assessment_of_Measures https://www.participations.org/volume%203/issue%201/3_01_hortonwohl.htm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Liebers/publication/333748971_Parasocial_Interactions_and_Relationships_with_Media_Characters_-_An_Inventory_of_60_Years_of_Research/links/5d25ae8b92851cf44074e830/Parasocial-Interactions-and-Relationships-with-Media-Characters-An-Inventory-of-60-Years-of-Research.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100305809 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

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