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Science Snacks
by Eric
This snack-sized podcast helps you get smarter, brought to you by a Science Liaison! Every episode, I take one or more scientific papers and make them easily digestible. A podcast where you learn about Nobel Prize winning scientists, current science, old science, weird science, and important stories of science. A show that doesn't take a PhD to understand (because I certainly don't have one) and brings science a little closer to you. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sciencesnacks/support
Episodes
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Stars Eating Planets
I attended a special lecture by the author of this paper, and I share a short episode on why it was super cool. Only here on Science Snacks!
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I Slept With My Mouth Taped Shut For Science
I was not taken hostage and locked in a cold dark room (yet). Why did I do it then? Who else is doing this? Find out only on Science Snacks!
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The Ohio Train Crash of 2023
A look into the science currently known about the Ohio train crash that occurred in February of 2023, only here on Science Snacks!
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Decision Making and our Need For Closure
Need for closure research is fairly recent (in scientific terms), but decision making is something we face every day. How we make decisions and that need for closure might be related as we discuss on this episode of Science Snacks!
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Shooting Ghosts with Lasers
We explore a short story about a theorized way to speak with ghosts and explore a company's history in using that type of technology. Does that sound vague? Listen, we are shooting ghosts with lasers in this episode of Science Snacks! Give it a listen!
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Unvaccinated Car Crashes
What does getting a Covid Vaccine have to do with car crashes? I won't spoil that secret here in the description, but I will tell you that this answer is explored in depth only here on Science Snacks!
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Depression's Link with Video Games
Maybe you used Legend of Zelda to escape from the hardships of pre-teen life. Maybe you were inspired to get into parkour because of the Assassin's Creed series. Or maybe the Witcher games were the thing you clung to through grad school as they let you decompress. Were those games helping you…
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Meeting Gods Through Death and LSD
Ever taken psychedelics before or had what you would describe as a "Religious Experience?" Do you think your experience was unique or fundamentally changed your life? Well here on Science Snacks we introduce you to people you might have a lot in common with, exploring what it means to experience...
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Is Dance Dance Revolution Making You More Violent?
In this episode we discuss violence in video games, good journals, and make you question your own gaming habits and beliefs. An existential crisis than only Science Snacks can bring you!
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Stage Fright Drugs For Autism
In this episode, we look at the work by friend-of-the-show, Kathy Hirst! We also talk about a wide range of current Autism Spectrum Disorder treatments, controversies in the field, and about the role that drug treatments ought to play in medicine. Check it out, only on Science Snacks! Cited...
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Dreams Are Affected By Cheese
Cheese Caves that are part of government conspiracies, vegetarian crocodiles that want to eat children but can't because it is unethical, and British high society all come together in a study about your cheesiest dreams. Only here on Science Snacks! Cited Sources:...
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The Types of Orgasms
This episode is all about the science behind the types of orgasms, specialty vibrators, and sexiest thing of all: data tracking and trending. Only on Science Snacks! Citations: https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(22)01328-5/fulltext...
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The Tetris Trauma First Aid Kit
A tweet came out that gained millions of view saying, "...Put Tetris on your phone and the phone of somebody you love today. It's literally a trauma first aid kit." They were referencing some scientific papers that we look at in this episode, only on Science Snacks!
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Tattoo Pain
Oops this audio uploaded weird! It's fixed now! Gender, age, stress, pain killers, hormones and so many other things are thought to affect pain during and after tattoos. But what does the research say? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7767267/
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How Your Personality Type Chooses Your Games
Today we are looking at the Big 5 Personality Types and how they affect your video game preferences, frustrations, and enjoyability. We explore what your games say about you and what you can do to pick games that are a better fit according to research from Quantic Foundry. We mention the…
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Teens Vaping Dangerously
We read a paper that seems to suggest caution on vaping, pointing out both known and unknown dangers. With increasing popularity with teens and your adults, the authors have some concerns. Share with me what you think, here on Science Snacks!
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How To Get Fit According to Science (In Depth)
I spent the last few months doing a deep dive into modern exercise science to improve my own understanding of how I could improve my fitness. While doing so, I made a handful of regular episodes, but it was about time everything was put into one single episode. Compressing more than two dozen...
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Effects of Gender on Hiring Practices
The title says it all, but we explore a paper that says pretty concisely what gender biases may look like and talk about what the present research is saying, only on Science Snacks!
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The Dangers of Steroids
Examining a paper from 2019, we explore the history of steroid use, who is using them, how many people are, and the dangers associated with steroid use, only on Science Snacks!
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Diet Soda and Weight Loss
Okay it is literally called diet soda but does it actually help with weight loss? We explore a brand new paper that claims to have the final say on this topic, here on Science Snacks!
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No Such Thing as a Visual Learner
There is a scientific consensus developed over the last decade or two that learning styles aren't real. But why do we still think of ourselves as being a visual or auditory or kinesthetic learner? And even if they aren't real, what's the harm? We explore a paper that asks and explores this...
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If You Take Supplements, You Need to Listen to This
We examine a paper on supplements and the problem in the US with their regulation, production, testing, and whether they even work! This is a PSA for all supplement takers, even me, only here on Science Snacks!
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Sex Differences in Fitness Training Part 2
Now we hear about a paper that contradicts our first one! Find out more about what myostatin, strength training and muscle loss in a different paper, here on Science Snacks
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Sex Differences in Fitness Training Part 1
Today we look at one paper that seems to make a claim about sex differences in fitness. Where is the truth? You decide in this two part series, only on Science Snacks!
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Orange Theory
Have you ever heard of Orange theory? I sure hadn't until a friend of mine told me that a company was selling to her a product based on this theory. Of course I had to look into it and let you know what research truly suggests. Gimmick or ground breaking, let's find out together on this episode…
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The Myth of Targeted Fat loss
Some myths are cool, like the Australian "Drop bear," which is an urban legend about vampire koalas. Some will make you waste time and effort trying to do something impossible. Today, we talk about the myth of Targeted Fat Loss, the believe that you can lose fat from areas by doing exercises that...
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The Scientific Way to Get A Six Pack
Have you been wanting a six pack and are you tired of gimmicks and fitness coaches telling you to just do their 7 minute at home youtube ab workout? Maybe you have tried it (I certainly did) and are curious what the science has to say. I sum up a handful of bullet points from my 16 years of…
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Clinical Lab Technical Coordinator~ Interview with a Scientist: David Maciak
On interview with a scientist, we learn about scientific roles, what they do, and what it takes to get those positions, as brought by another scientist and expert in that field. Today's expert, David Maciak, talks about his experience as a Clinical Lab Technical Coordinator, only on Science Snacks!
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The Circumcision Episode
This is a weird one, but we look at the claims and the data on circumcision in a snackable amount of time, here on Science Snacks.
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Don't Take Ivermectin for Covid
Hey! If you are rushing out to go buy horse de-worming meds to fight your Covid, you should know that modern research is not really on your side on this one. We talk in depth about it on this episode of Science Snacks!
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Bonus! How and Why Vaccines Work (In Depth)
We go in depth on the how and why of vaccines, here on Science Snacks!
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Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize
What's up with this Einstein guy? What did he even do? He got a prize? Was it for that weird tongue picture, because that was certainly profile pic worthy. Learn about Planck's constant, Yale science buildings, and the start of special relativity on this episode of Science Snacks.
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Aspartame is (Probably) Fine for You
Aspartame is a scary chemical that will for sure kill you. Or so they say. What does the science say? Learn about Phenylketonuria, how to say that word, and what the truth of aspartame along with discussion of problematic legislation on this episode of Science Snacks!
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Helpful Viruses
Most viruses don't care about us. Some want to use or kill us. Some, seemingly want to help us, or namely, sheep. We might find some viruses in the future super helpful. How? Well, you can find out here on this episode of Science Snacks!
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What Makes Someone Homosexual? *sometimes
Homosexuality has a lot of social and societal connotations. But what from a scientific standpoint seems to cause it? We talk about one proposed correlation found with the Fraternal Birth Order Effect that may shed just a little light on some cases (but not nearly all) of male homosexuality. Only...
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The Histone Code and Epigenetics
This might sound weird, but your genetics are more than your DNA. Building to some larger topics, we talk about why DNA is not the whole story, and I gush over how cool that is. Only here on Science Snacks!
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The Causes of Autism
What even is Autism and what really causes it? Spoilers! It is not vaccines.
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The (Weirdly) Controversial Spanking Topic
Learn about Applied Behavior Analysis, the 4 Functions of Behavior, and what the culmination of 50 years of research on 160,927 children says about spanking. Only here on Science Snacks!
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Completely Immune to HIV (And so can you!)
What? Immune to HIV? What even is that? How? Find out on this episode of Science Snacks!
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Bonus! You Are Made of Stardust
What does that famous line mean exactly? A bonus episode this week where I tell the store of how iron in your body killed a star, only on Science Snacks!
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PCR and Glowing Raccoons
Nobel Prize winner Kary Mullis developed PCR. What that is, what that means, and how OJ. Simpson, glowing raccoons, and alien abductions tie into it, you will have to listen to this new episode of Science Snacks to discover!
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The Business of Eye Tracking
Businesses are watching how you watch them, and it is something you should watch out for. Explore the behaior of eye tracking and commerse and learn some of the tricks they use to keep your attention on this episode of Science Snacks.
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A Nobel Prize in Self Eating
On this episode, we talk about another Nobel Prize winner: The 2016 winner in Physiology or Medicine, Yoshinori Ohsumi, who discovered a mechanism for how we eat ourselves.
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Otto Hahn
Learn more about the Nobel Prize winning Father of Nuclear Chemistry, the atom, WW1 chemical warfare, and an ethical debate on the use of scientific work.
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Thesis- An Introduction to the Podcast
Hey! Welcome to the podcast! I am Eric, your science liaison. Here I give an introduction and talk about science what this podcast is, problems we face in communication, what predatory publishers are, and primary, secondary, and tertiary literature and other vocabulary that will make you sound…
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Mitochondrial Uncouplers
It is the POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL, but how? why? What happens when we change things with it? What do hydroelectric dams, bodybuilders, and French munitions have in common with the mitochondria? Find out on this episode of Science Snacks!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This snack-sized podcast helps you get smarter, brought to you by a Science Liaison! Every episode, I take one or more scientific papers and make them easily digestible. A podcast where you learn about Nobel Prize winning scientists, current science, old science, weird science, and important stories of science. A show that doesn't take a PhD to understand (because I certainly don't have one) and brings science a little closer to you. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sciencesnacks/support
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This snack-sized podcast helps you get smarter, brought to you by a Science Liaison! Every episode, I take one or more scientific papers and make them easily digestible. A podcast where you learn about Nobel Prize winning scientists, current science, old science, weird science, and important...
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