EPISODE · Dec 1, 2020 · 32 MIN
Hank's Favorite Things
from SciShow Tangents
Season 2 of SciShow Tangents is coming to a close, and to celebrate, we’re honoring each of our panelists with episodes about their favorite things! We’re starting, of course, with our fearless leader and professional liker-of-strange-and-amazing-things: Hank! At the end of the month, we'll be naming the winner of this season and announcing the new name of the Tangents currency, so stay tuned!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Pressure-sensitive Adhesiveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure-sensitive_adhesiveMalaria Detectorhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029102828.htmUrine-Powered Transmitterhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151211130103.htmhttps://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/preview/844724/Wearable-MFC%2010-7-15_unedited.pdf[Fact Off]Cats eating grasshttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/mystery-solved-why-cats-eat-grassMetal whiskershttp://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/newsroom/Presentations/SMTAI-04_tin_whiskers.pdfhttps://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/background/index.htmhttps://phys.org/news/2012-12-doctoral-student-unravels-tin-whisker.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359646218300319https://www.sharrettsplating.com/blog/alternatives-to-cadmium-for-plating-connectors/[Ask the Science Hank Couch]Wombat buttshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/06/wombats-have-buns-of-steel-and-they-might-literally-be-deadly/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped/Caterpillar poophttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2003/03/frass-fliesHydra butthttps://www.livescience.com/53980-terrifying-mouth-of-a-hydra.html[Butt One More Thing]Peru guanohttps://www.audubon.org/news/holy-crap-trip-worlds-largest-guano-producing-islandshttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-11153967 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Season 2 of SciShow Tangents is coming to a close, and to celebrate, we’re honoring each of our panelists with episodes about their favorite things! We’re starting, of course, with our fearless leader and professional liker-of-strange-and-amazing-things: Hank! At the end of the month, we'll be naming the winner of this season and announcing the new name of the Tangents currency, so stay tuned!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Pressure-sensitive Adhesiveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure-sensitive_adhesiveMalaria Detectorhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029102828.htmUrine-Powered Transmitterhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151211130103.htmhttps://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/preview/844724/Wearable-MFC%2010-7-15_unedited.pdf[Fact Off]Cats eating grasshttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/mystery-solved-why-cats-eat-grassMetal whiskershttp://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/newsroom/Presentations/SMTAI-04_tin_whiskers.pdfhttps://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/background/index.htmhttps://phys.org/news/2012-12-doctoral-student-unravels-tin-whisker.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359646218300319https://www.sharrettsplating.com/blog/alternatives-to-cadmium-for-plating-connectors/[Ask the Science Hank Couch]Wombat buttshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/06/wombats-have-buns-of-steel-and-they-might-literally-be-deadly/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped/Caterpillar poophttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2003/03/frass-fliesHydra butthttps://www.livescience.com/53980-terrifying-mouth-of-a-hydra.html[Butt One More Thing]Peru guanohttps://www.audubon.org/news/holy-crap-trip-worlds-largest-guano-producing-islandshttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-11153967 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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