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Do you ever have a thought come to mind that doesn’t feel like something you’d think, a thought that can make you feel disgusted or uneasy? Those are intrusive thoughts, and while they’re strongly associated with mental illness, they might be a bit more common than you might think… 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 https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/symptoms/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-mechanism-that-helps-us-inhibit-unwanted-thoughts https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211364913000675 https://www.livescience.com/amp/44687-most-people-have-unwanted-thoughts.html https://www.

American History tends to ignore the achievements of black people - which is why you probably haven’t heard of Benjamin Banneker… He was a polymath who went verbally toe to toe with Thomas Jefferson on the topic of slavery, was instrumental in the creation of the capital, and did so much more! 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 https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker https://archive.org/details/bulletinunitedst2311964unit/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-astronomer-benjamin-bannekers-pioneering-career-180967136/ https://friendsofbenjaminbanneker.com/history/benjamin-banneker-2/ https://book

At the end of WWII hundreds of uranium cubes made for the Nazi nuclear program were taken by the USA, but they didn't take them all. Quite a number of these nuclear cubes went missing... A few have popped up here and there, until recently it's always been near impossible to tell if a cube is real, or just a really good replica - but scientists have just found a wild new way to find which ones are fakes... 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 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/hundreds-of-cubes-of-nazi-uranium-are-missing-now-scientists-have-a-new-way-to-spot-them-12389326 https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washin

Some men label themselves alphas - citing an old study on wolves, but surprisingly the results might not be as applicable to humans (or even wolves) as you might have thought… 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 Wolf Packs https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/wolf-pack-mentality.htm https://www.wolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/267alphastatus_english.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21963347 https://wolf.org/wolf-info/basic-wolf-info/wolf-faqs/#toggle-id-21 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3881436 Animal Social Behaviour & Hierarchies  https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180925-with-females-in-charge-bonobo-society-is-more-chilled-out http://amydprice.co

Ever seen or heard something as you were half asleep and woken up to realise it wasn’t there? Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are actually fairly common! 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 Hallucinations https://www.britannica.com/science/hallucination/Chemical-factors https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/hallucinations-hearing-voices/ Hypnagogic & Hypnopompic Hallucinations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988750/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14313158_Hypnagogic_and_Hypnopompic_Hallucinations_Pathological_Phenomena https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/a/C9cqbVby3nqWJrKYLvBngkk/?lang=en

Myers Briggs types are scientific evaluation of your personality… or at least that’s how they’re sold. Turns out that they might be barely more scientific than your horoscope. 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 What is MBTI? https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test https://www.mbtionline.com/en-US/Articles/2017/July/What-do-the-letters-in-the-Myers-Briggs-test-stand-for https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554596/ https://www.16personalities.com/country-profiles/global/world The Origins of MBTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NQqSnkI32A https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/isabel-briggs-myers.htm https://www.nature.com

Robots are becoming more and more human-like, but something weird happens when things become too human without quite making it all the way - we start to hate them… This is the uncanny valley, and you’ll find a lot of things in it. 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 https://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/2005/RBC05-007.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14184 https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-uncanny-valley https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/507812 https://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/33/6555 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-uncanny-valley-human-look-alikes-put-us-on-edge/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-possible-

Some children tell stories about lives they used to live… Are they just playing pretend or is this proof of reincarnation? Maybe science has some answers…  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 Past Lives, Jim Tucker & UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830708000943 https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/resources/advice-to-parents-of-children-who-are-spontaneously-recalling-past-life-memories/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqygg/hard-science-of-reincarnation-past-lives https://www.npr.org/2014/01

Some people report being unable to stop daydreaming, to the point that it takes over their entire lives. Maladaptive Daydreaming isn’t yet a recognised disorder, but it only gets more strange from there... 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 Maladaptive Daydreaming in the Media https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_daydream_that_never_stops https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/06/25/people-with-maladaptive-daydreaming-spend-an-average-of-four-hours-a-day-lost-in-their-imagination/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/when-daydreaming-replaces-real-life/391319/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/at-home/daydreaming.html https://edition.cnn.com/2016/

Scientists went hunting for the Loch Ness Monster in 2019, but the search wasn’t all it seemed to be… 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 Loch Ness Monster & The Myths https://www.livescience.com/61111-unusual-creature-sightings.html https://www.britannica.com/place/Loch-Ness-lake-Scotland-United-Kingdom https://www.lochnessproject.org/ Gimmell & His Survey https://www.livescience.com/loch-ness-monster-dna-study.html?_gl=1*e5q5rq*_ga*YW1wLVBxOEh1MnFUNHpkcG9VNHEzWmkyZWxoaURiOF9TYkc3ZUZ2QS1uVmNTSjFCZDduOFhRS0dQcXlQWkJsUzB3N1E. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49495145 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/05/loch-ness-monste

Sophia the Robot is one of the most famous robots in the world, outside of those in Sci-fi. Although, there may be more fiction than fact when it comes to her artificial intelligence… 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 What is a Robot? https://www.britannica.com/technology/robot-technology Sophia The Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-1MlkxyqI https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/hanson-robotics-sophia-the-robot-pr-stunt-artificial-intelligence.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnCQC7bLs0 https://www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/sophia-robot-artificial-intelligence-science https://www.businessinsider.com/mee

This week we get sneezy and wheezy, because the plants are being sleazy. Hay Fever is one of the most common allergies in the world & there’s a lot of science behind it that might surprise you... 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 Hay Fever https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hay-fever/ https://www.britannica.com/science/hay-fever-pathology https://www.britannica.com/science/pollen https://www.britannica.com/plant/timothy https://www.britannica.com/science/rhinitis https://www.allergyuk.org/information-and-advice/statistics Antihistamines https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/antihistamines/#:~:text=How%20antihistamines%20work,which%20helps%20protect%20the%20body. https:/

NoahFinnce joins us this week to talk about PTSD, our patron-voted topic for this month! 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 1. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/overview/#:~:text=Post%2Dtraumatic%20stress%20disorder%20(PTSD)%20is%20an%20anxiety%20disorder,stressful%2C%20frightening%20or%20distressing%20events. 2. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd/symptoms/ 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181836/ 4. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/complex/ 5. https://www.mind.org.u

What would you do if your hand developed a mind of its own? No, this isn’t sci-fi, this is a reality for people with Alien Hand Syndrome…  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 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11910-016-0676-z https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19434588/ https://pn.bmj.com/content/practneurol/4/1/44.full.pdf https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11910-016-0676-z.pdf https://www.jsmf.org/meetings/2008/may/Mark%20VW%202008%20Alien%20hand%20syndrome.pdf https://n.neurology.org/content/91/11/527.long https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/65/3/366 https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/alien-hand.htm#pt3 https://www.goo

Stubbins Ffirth was a mess student who really went above and beyond to become a doctor, by using himself as a guinea pig to test the infectiousness of yellow fever… 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 Yellow Fever 1. https://www.britannica.com/science/yellow-fever 2. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/yellow-fever 3. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/yellow-fever/ 4. https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/vaccine/index.html 5. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/yellow-fever 6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892770/ Stubbins Ffirth and his experiments 1. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/mrme9h3v 2. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/articl

We know that some people can walk around while fast asleep, but how does it work? What else can you do in your sleep? What would happen if you broke the law?  Science might have the answers… 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 Sleepwalking Basics https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleepwalking/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28363449/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31288-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218312880%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17931980/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-science-of-sleepwalking-97626685/ https://n.neurology.org/content/78/20/158

This week our patrons voted for Depersonalisation Derealisation Disorder and Dodie joined us to give her insight on the topic! CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of Drug Use between 44:38 and 47:53. Listen to dodie’s album: https://dodie.ffm.to/buildaproblem Unreal Charity: https://www.unrealuk.org/ 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 Psychopathology (2019) Graham Davey Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (2011) David Eagleman https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24967634/ https://oce.ovid.com/article/00005053-199809000-00004/HTML https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16010029 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032716

You’ve probably heard of Vantablack, the black that was once the blackest in the world, but you probably haven’t heard of the war it started between two artists - Stuart Semple & Anish Kapoor. 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 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artist-only-person-banned-using-worlds-pinkest-pink-180961464/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzVmtbPOrM https://www.surreynanosystems.com/about/vantablack https://www.wired.com/story/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-semple/ https://news.mit.edu/2019/blackest-black-material-cnt-0913 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-art-painting-delacroix-pigment-ancient-Egypt https://cultur

Rita Levi-Montalcini is probably one of the greatest scientists you’ve never heard of. She created a lab in a spare room when Jews were banned from science in WWII, continued to work when she was 100 years old, and fought against fascism! Oh, and she knew a lot about nerves… 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 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1986/levi-montalcini/facts/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rita-Levi-Montalcini https://www.pnas.org/content/110/13/4873 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/finding-the-good-rita-levi-montalcini/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2012/dec/30/rita-levi-montalcini https://www.nature.

What is at the centre of the planet? Surprisingly… We have a really good idea but we’re still not 100% sure. Turns out it’s pretty hard to get to. 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 http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/story/20150306-journey-to-the-centre-of-earth/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190503-the-deepest-hole-we-have-ever-dug#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20Kola%20Superdeep,of%20souls%20tortured%20in%20hell. http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150814-what-is-at-the-centre-of-earth https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19926751-800-unknown-earth-what-is-at-the-centre-of-the-earth/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/what-is-at-earths-core/ https://www.l