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Love languages have become a staple in pop culture, but is there any science behind them? That's what we're taking a look at in this Valentine's special! Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24020933/ https://archive.org/details/fivelovelanguage00chap https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/fashion/can-gary-chapman-save-your-marriage-this-life.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17464090500535822?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/175

ASMR seemed to take over the world in the 2010s... but is there any science behind it? That's what we're digging into this week! Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/asmr-more-than-a-feeling/amp/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-asmr-real-or-just-a-pseudoscience/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29924796/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33232904/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31128572/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nl

Are octopusses sentient? According to the UK government, yes! Although that may not mean exactly what you think... Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Review of Cephalopod & Crustacean Sentience 1. https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/News-Assets/PDFs/2021/Sentience-in-Cephalopod-Molluscs-and-Decapod-Crustaceans-Final-Report-November-2021.pdf 2. https://www.livescience.com/39481-time-to-declare-animal-sentience.html 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494450/ Octopus Info 1. https://www.britannica.com/animal/octopus-mollusk Sentience 1. https://

Why do humans have beards? And why is it predominantly men that are able to grow them? Scientists knuckled down and attempted to figure out the answer!  Go get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code SCIGUYS at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading 1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/beard 2. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160418-the-real-reason-men-grow-beards 3. https://www.improbable.com 4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513817302660

Can rats feel empathy? It’s a tough question to tackle, and many scientists have worked on it over the years… but is it even possible to find the answer? Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1210789 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-013-0692-1 https://www.britannica.com/science/empathy https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-16999-6_158-1 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-287-080-3_69-1 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1962-00569-001 https

Is a robot a robot when it’s made of living cells? Scientists took frog cells and made them into tiny living robots with the apparent ability to build more of themselves from other cells! Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.pnas.org/content/118/49/e2112672118 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32364479/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34043553 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1853 News Articles https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/team-builds-first-living-robots-that-can-reproduce/ https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2

For our first episode of 2022, we’re looking back at the first man on the moon! Join us on the journey as we look at the real story behind Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s (and Michael Collins’) giant step for mankind! Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Moon Landing Videos https://youtu.be/S9HdPi9Ikhk https://youtu.be/INQlaTnN2cg Michael Collins https://youtu.be/SWVgUwMTHEU Wright Brothers https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wright-brothers The Moon https://www.space.com/amp/before-apollo-what-we-didnt-know-about-moon.html https://solarsystem.

Follow the link & use the code SCIGUYS for 60% off your first month of a MELScience subscription! https://melscience.com/sBC6/   (Offer valid for 1 month after upload) To celebrate the end of the year - we visit our best moments of 2021 using a very scientific Memory Machine…  Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store Our patrons voted for it and so we’ve done it, an episode on scientific studies surrounding asexuality! 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading What is Asexuality? https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/six-ways-be-ally-asexual-people https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/artslaw/openresearch/2021/asexuality.aspx https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/japp.12472 https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/ask-experts/is-there-a-medical-reason-for-asexuality Asexuality Research https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0959353512443668

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store In honour of Spider-Man: No Way Home we have taken it upon ourselves to create a real life Spider-Man. Or at the very least, figure out how what might be possible.  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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Spider-Man https://www.britannica.com/art/comic-book Spiders https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/invertebrates/facts/spiders https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/09/ask-grown-up-spiders-stick-walls-ceilings https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trade-secret-of-st

Grab our BRAND NEW merch now http://normalcitizen.store Iain joins us this week to talk about their research into queer people, sex, and losing your virginity!  Check out Bears in Trees album: https://open.spotify.com/album/4YDxrluNqhqrhcJ0ZkgfXc?si=mj-cPkwATfiQmTVDod4RFA 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2021.1960944 https://www.stonewall.org.uk/lgbtq-inclusive-education-everything-you-need-know https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cacc0b40-c3a4-473b-86cc-11863c0b3f30 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-17341-2_2

Our patrons decided that cults would be the topic of this week’s episode, so here you go! A little lighter on the heavy science this week as we delve into what cults are, how they work, and why people might join them... 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html https://www.apa.org/moni

Dr Jamie Raines joins us to talk through some of his groundbreaking research with trans men, and how gender affects arousal. You can find more from Jamie over on his YouTube channel:  https://youtube.com/Jammidodger94 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf

This week sleep science expert Dr Baland Jalal joins us to chat about sleep paralysis & dig into his research! 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Dr Baland Jalal https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/baland-jalal https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?bj272 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Baland-Jalal/publication/262397186_Evidence_for_Tai_Chi_as_a_Therapeutic_Mind-Body_Intervention_for_Sleep_A_Commentary_on_Raman_et_al/links/0c9605379e7ea0f3c8000000/Evidence-for-Tai-Chi-as-a-Therapeutic-Mind-Body-Intervention-for-Sleep-A-Commentary-on-Raman-et-al.pdf MR Therapy https://www.fr

For the first time ever we’ve used CRISPR  to edit someone’s genes INSIDE THEIR BODY! So far we’ve been able to reverse some effects of rare genetic eye disease that results in blindness, and this is only the beginning! 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/leber-congenital-amaurosis/ https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/634/leber-congenital-amaurosis https://luxturna.com Gene Therapy https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06195-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-020-0493-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41573-019-0012-9 The EDIT-101 Trial ht

In this spooky episode of Sci Guys we explore the life of Johann Konrad Dippel - a mad scientist that some credit as the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s Dr Frankenstein… Despite the pack of any evidence. 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Johann Konrad Dippel https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1034731/?page=5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1034731/?page=5 https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363513X13500508916973 Alchemy & Frankenstein https://www.britannica.com/topic/alchemy/Modern-alchemy https://www.britannica.com/topic/Frankenstein

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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Scientific Studies & Papers https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1250830 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178116301524?via%3Dihub https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721419884309 News & Magazine Articles https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28130690.amp https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-boredom-is-anything-but-boring/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-does-boredom-do-to-us-and-for-us

Can trees talk to each other? It turns out they might be able to, using fungi… This week, we discuss the Wood Wide Web that most of the world’s plants use to help them survive! 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Fungi https://www.livescience.com/amp/53618-fungus.html https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Mycorrhiza Plants https://www.britannica.com/plant/tree https://www.britannica.com/science/forest Mycorrhizal Networks https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123739445003278 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802747/ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315.amp

Uterus transplants are on the verge of becoming a common surgery for cis women, but one of the first women to ever receive this kind of surgery wasn’t cis… The life of Lilli Elbe, one of the first women to receive gender affirming surgery, has been romanticised and repackaged as a tender tragedy - but her real story is far more interesting & upliftng. 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 Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Transplants https://www.britannica.com/science/transplant-surgery/Organ-transplants https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778785/ https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/who-we-are/a-history-of-donation-transfusion-and-transplanta

What would you do if you found an animal that, with a little help, could potentially live forever? Worship it as a God? What could go wrong? That’s exactly what we’re digging into this week! 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 Lobsters https://www.britannica.com/animal/lobster https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-listen-to-the-buzz-lobsters-arent-actually-immortal-88450872/ Immortality & Aging https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370421/ https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/animals-can-live-forever Lobster Cult https://www.urbo.com/content/your-new-god-worshiping-a-facebook-group-lobster/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar