You might think no one would willingly drink liters of radioactive water, but that just means you clearly haven't heard of Ebenezer Byers - a man who did just that! Until his jaw came off... Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://historyofyesterday.com/eben-byers-the-man-who-drank-radioactive-water-until-his-jaw-fell-off-d2634336b504 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-great-radium-scandal/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071113070153/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743525,00.html https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/radioactive-quack-cures/pills-potions-and-other-miscellany/radithor.html https://journals.lww.com/health-physics/Citation/1980/12000/INCEPTION_OF_STANDARDS_FOR_INTERNAL_EMITTERS,.28.aspx https://www.nytimes.com/1932/04/02/archives/death-stirs-action-on-radium-cures-trade-commission-speeds-its.html https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/radiotherapy/internal/radioactive-liquid-treatment/radium-223 https://people.uwec.edu/jolhm/EH/Rosenhoeft/index5.htm
Why are some humans monogamous while others are polyamorous? Spice8Rack joins us to give his insight while we chat about polyamory & some of the science surrounding this form of ethical non-monogamy. Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/polyamory https://www.choosingtherapy.com/polyamory/ https://www.livescience.com/27128-polyamory-myths-debunked.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191029182513.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-sexual-revolution-polyamory/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5436896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6985779/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33833712/ https://yougov.co.uk/topics/relationships/trackers/how-brits-feel-about-polyamory https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00230/full https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/are-humans-naturally-monogamous/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00139/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00030/full
Birth control pills currently only exist for females - but why is that? This week we discuss contraception for cis men & delve into the sexism that this research is steeped in... Rowan's video: The Problem With "Google is Free" Activism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUwkCfT3vU Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-pill/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-the-pill https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/male-pill/ ...
Jammidodger returns to the podcast this week as we cover metoidioplasty, a type of lower surgery mostly for transgender men and trasnmasc people! A huge thank you to our patrons for voting on this topic. Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.gendergp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NHS-Gender-Protocol.pdf https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21668-metoidioplasty https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.760284/full#B11 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6626308/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/andr.13016 https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(20)31152-3/fulltext https://www.grsmontreal.com/en/frequently-asked-questions/12-metaiodoplasty.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547703/#:~:text=The%20Skene's%20glands%2C%20which%20are,to%20act%20as%20an%20antimicrobial. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127556/#:~:text=The%20techniques%20have%20been%20refined,to%20create%20a%20small%20neophallus. https://www.bladderandbowel.org/surgical-treatment/suprapubic-catheter/
Do bisexual men exist? Noted bisexual, "Are They Gay" joins us this week as we cover the studies that claimed to prove that bisexual men were, in fact, a myth. AreTheyGay's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AreTheyGay Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Arousal Pattern Studies & Articles https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/straight-gay-or-lying-bisexuality-revisited.html https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01578.x?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&...
Brilliant scientists, Ramon S Barthelemy & Timothy Atherton join us this week to discuss their recent work looking at LGBT (and other marginalised) people in physics! Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010124 First paper - European Journal of Physics https://twitter.com/remakingstem https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/barthelemy.cfm https://faculty.utah.edu/u6025022-RAMON_BARTHELEMY/research/index.hml https://physicsworld.com/a/why-google-builds-quantum-computers-the-lgbq-experience-in-physics-cerns-carbon-footprint/ https://as.tufts.edu/physics/people/faculty/atherton
Would you change your genetic code at home if you could? One man decided to try in an attempt to cure his HIV.... Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Tristran Roberts & The Treament https://twitter.com/aitherick?s=21 https://www.futurefrontiers.co/speakers/tristan-roberts/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/style/biohacker-death-aaron-traywick.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43973588.amp https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/aaron-traywick-death-ascendance-biomedical/559745/ https://gizmodo.com/this-guy-just-injected-himself-with-a-diy-hiv-treatment-1819659724/amp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41990981.amp https://law.stanford.edu/press/guy-just-injected-diy-hiv-treatment-facebook-live/ https://www.futurefrontiers.co/speakers/tristan-roberts/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpYE3cUogh0 Biohacking https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-019-0294-9 HIV & AIDS https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/ https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/livingwithhiv/treatment.html https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/treatment/ https://www.who.int/health-topics/hiv-aids#tab=tab_1 https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/livingwithhiv/treatment.html https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/treatment/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019
Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome (or, more correctly, Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another) is a condition wherein a person does almost everything they can to make someone else appear seriously ill. Portrayed persistently in pop culture, particularly with the case of Gypsy Rose - FDIA is widely known but not very well understood... Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/fabricated-or-induced-illness/overview/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/fabricated-or-induced-illness/signs/ https://adc.bmj.com/content/78/3/210 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990557/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/munchausens-syndrome/overview/#:~:text=Munchausen's%20syndrome%20is%20a%20psychological,are%20the%20centre%20of%20attention. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32772954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5915702/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0029646518300434?via%3Dihub https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29938745/ https://www.biography.com/news/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-dee-dee-murder
Turns out training people to perform surgery is actually quite difficult, so some scientists decided to copy animal trainers to see if it made a difference... Grab our 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! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1473025/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/positive-reinforcement-helps-surgeons-learn/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/positive-reinforcement-helps-surgeons-learn/ https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html
Scientists in the 20th century were looking for a way to use radiation that helped humanity instead of hurting it. So they decided to blast food with radiation to see if they could make it better. Here's how that worked out... 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 By Nepenthes - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12137858 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/13/growing-atomically-energised-plants-james-wong https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/atomic-gardening/ https://www.naro.go.jp/english/laboratory...