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Did you know that bread could save your life? Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin and saved countless lives! This week we cover the series of fortunate events that development of the first ever antibiotic...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 and Further Reading https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/current-issues-in-health-and-medicine/antibiotics-and-antibiotic-resistance/a/antibiotics-an-overview https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/216798#history https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antibiotics/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/fleming/biographical/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/the-real-story-behind-the-worlds-first-antibiotic https://www.kidsdiscover.com/quick-reads/penicillin-found-functional-fungus/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fleming_alexander.shtml https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403050/ https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/flemingpenicillin.html Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk

You may know the Griffith Observatory from La La Land, but did you know the story of poison, betrayal, and attempted murder that led to its founding?  Corry gives you everything you need to know about his favourite place in the world, The Griffith Observatory! 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.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-jun-12-la-me-0612-then-20110612-story.html https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-complex-life-of-griffith-j-griffith https://hollywoodforever.com/story/griffith-j-griffith/ http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/centralrotunda_griffithjgriffith.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/8751943/The-Britons-who-made-their-mark-on-LA.html http://www.griffithobservatory.org http://griffithmedia.org/bigpicture/index.htm https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/33356-weight-on-planets-mars-moon.html Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk

Can horses count to 10? What about recognise Mozart, read, write, or do sums? Clever Hans could do them all, or at least he convinced the people around him that he could! 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.britannica.com/topic/Clever-Hans https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921203/ https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-540-68706-1_1425 https://www.nice.org.uk/glossary?letter=b Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk

It’s been a whole year of Sci Guys, so we thought we’d do our most requested topic. Get ready to learn everything you need to know about Climate Change! 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 and Further Reading https://youtu.be/RLqXkYrdmjY https://www.snopes.com/collections/climate-change-denial-debunked/ http://opr.ca.gov/facts/common-denier-arguments.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/climate-skeptic.htm https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2019&q=can+we+stop+climate+change&btnG= https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcc.619 https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9uG5DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&dq=climate+change&ots=aBOkXWn-Xq&sig=Fv3H3hbf3pMW4I1Jn3JKjDN8UUA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=climate%20change&f=false https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-019-0222-5 https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=KwKGDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=climate+change&ots=17NhLbNRM5&sig=0-PTMtlh483VSHMDk6RymNn29Tk&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=climate%20change&f=false http://www.keneamazon.net/Documents/Publications/Virtual-Library/Mitigacion/28.pdf http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/G20-REPORT.pdf https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/GLEP_a_00105 https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RsYr_iQUs6QC&oi=fnd&pg=PA399&dq=climate+denial&ots=r6SF28j96F&sig=czB6fLWBenvYrmbExXNDZcSh_lE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=climate%20denial&f=false https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10305 https://www.wtamu.edu/library/help/scholarly.shtml https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29851610 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31467005 https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enGB883GB883&hl=en-GB&sxsrf=ALeKk027tHQKxNP9qLYo0U4fDPZUT2UE-g%3A1585183939363&ei=w_x7XqLqFYnCgQaVqZfQAQ&q=free+online+academic+journals&oq=where+to+find+scholarly+articles&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.1.2.0i71l5.0.0..227298...0.1..0.0.0.......0.1S0QV0kHSlA https://shib.wtamu.edu/idp/profile/SAML2/POST/SSOl Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk

We’re always reminded to smash that like button but what does it actually mean to like things? That’s what we want to know...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 and Further Reading https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128721732 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/08/why-we-like-what-we-like-a-scientists-surprising-findings/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK217511/ https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Technology/story?id=118190&page=1 https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/why-we-like-what-we-like https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00920/full https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/the-complex-psychology-of-why-people-like-things/482196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008563/ Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk

Charlie’s Angels, The Powerpuff Girls, Destiny’s Child - three amazing groups of women. This week, we’re talking about a trio that trumps them all (at least in primatology). In this triptych, we tell the stories of three women who pushed their field farther than anyone else in history. This is the story of the Trimates - Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė GaldikasYou 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 and Further Reading https://science.sciencemag.org/content/260/5106/420 https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/she-walks-with-apes https://www.biography.com/scientist/jane-goodall https://www.biography.com/scientist/louis-leakey https://www.biography.com/scientist/dian-fossey https://drbirute.wordpress.com/bio/ https://blog.rsb.org.uk/orangutans-birute-galdikas/ https://orangutan.org/about/dr-birute-mary-galdikas/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-quest-to-save-the-orangutan-70378473/ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/16/magazine/leakeys-last-angel.html https://leakeyfoundation.org/about/history/ Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk

Do you want to live forever?  This week we talk about the immortal jellyfish, brain back ups, and all of the different ways humans could become immortal!  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://immortal-jellyfish.com https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/2097379-jellyfish-as-youve-never-seen-them-meet-the-underwater-aliens/amp/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827861-700-extreme-survival-meet-the-immortals/amp/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627631-100-immortal-avatars-back-up-your-brain-never-die/amp/ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death https://www.the-scientist.com/features/how-we-age-35872/amp https://www.businessinsider.com/biology-of-aging-why-bodies-get-old-2018-8?amp&r=US&IR=T https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/oct/11/chatbot-talk-to-dead-grief Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk

Our very first redux! Since our last episode the coronavirus has raced around the globe. Panic and misinformation are spreading like wildfire. It’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not. That’s why, this week, we’ve answered all of your questions about COVID-19 with just the facts! This information is correct as of 17/3/20You 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 and Further Reading: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coronavirus https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/epidemic_status/deaths_text/en/ https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?query=featured_home https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/18/what-is-uk-government-advice-on-social-distancing-and-isolation-coronavirus https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/government-publishes-full-list-those-17941423 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1 New Scientist 7.3.2020 New Scientist 8.2.2020 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk

Do you draw a blank whenever you’re asked to picture something in your head? You might have aphantasia - which is exactly what we’re talking about this week, LIVE from VIDCON LONDON! If you missed the show tune in and find out the science behind a blind mind!  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: 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34039054 2. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-the-minds-eye-is-blind1/ 3. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2083706-my-minds-eye-is-blind-so-whats-going-on-in-my-brain/ 4. https://aphantasia.com/binocular-rivalry/ 5. https://aphantasia.com/vviq-aphantasia-test Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk

Find Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachelKiki_ Find Rachel on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rachelkeeks 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: 1. https://www.famousscientists.org/marie-curie/ https://www.biography.com/scientist/marie-curie https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Curie/Death-of-Pierre-and-second-Nobel-Prize https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/who/our-history/marie-curie-the-scientist https://www.biography.com/news/marie-curie-biography-facts http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/polgirl2.htm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-secret-sex-life-of-marie-curie-1586244.html Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk