Oh, That's a Thing!

Joya and Jeff watched the Van Damme movie "Timecop"!

Topics include: Lost Confederate Gold, Quantum Computing, The Double Slit Experiment, and Freezing and Shattering Your Dead Body!

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

http://www.promessa.se/about-life-death/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a22280/double-slit-experiment-even-weirder/

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/13/researchers-say-there-may-be-140m-worth-of-confederate-gold-at/21884507/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-timecop-modern-masterpiece/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-travel-simulation-resolves-grandfather-paradox/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/time-travel-possible-time-machine-dr-who-tardis-spacetime-university-of-british-columbia-university-a7711411.html

http://time.com/4517897/nobel-prize-physics-2016/ 

https://www.popsci.com/what-is-quantum-cryptography

Joya and Jeff watched the Sci-Fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Topics include: Killer Robots, Pooping in Space, The Origins of Man, and The Future of Humanity!

Links:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-big-questions-about-the-future-of-humanity/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090413-first-tool-users.html

https://www.space.com/28150-zero-gravity-day-hoax.html

https://blog.bufferapp.com/promote-a-podcast

https://airwaysmag.com/airchive/pan-am-ceases-operations/

https://petergreenberg.com/2014/05/02/you-wont-believe-what-pan-am-planes-looked-like/

https://www.space.com/22597-space-poop-astronaut-toilet-explained.html

https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/is-the-future-crap-a-comparison-of-toilets-in-2001-a-space-odyssey-and-the-2013-iss/

https://science.howstuffworks.com/bathroom-in-space.htm

http://www.macroevolution.net/australopithecines.html

This week we put together a handful of our favorite segments from the first 49 episodes of the show!

Joya and Jeff watched the movie “Super Mario Bros.”

Topics include: The Dino Extinction Event, Mario Bros, Parallel Universes, and Antimatter!

LINKS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COcHHvte-0

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/apr/26/competing-claims-over-cause-of-cosmic-cold-spot

https://www.britannica.com/science/K-T-extinction

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/chicxulub-crater-dinosaur-extinction.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

Joya and Jeff watched the 1993 classic "Jurassic Park"!

Topics include: The Discovery of Dinosaurs, Ancient Amber, Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth, and Chaos Theory!

LINKS:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-fossil-reveals-velociraptor-sported-feathers/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/pleistocene-park/517779/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chaos-theory-simplified-droplet/

http://www.abarim-publications.com/ChaosTheoryIntroduction.html#.WfZWiRNSwdU

http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_theory

http://mentalfloss.com/article/73608/15-clear-facts-about-amber

https://selfhacked.com/blog/lysine-health-benefits/#Symptoms_Of_Lysine_Deficiency

Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"!

Topics include: UFOs, Dolphin Communication, The Bermuda Triangle, and The Game Simon!

LINKS:

http://nypost.com/2014/06/10/the-dolphin-that-fell-in-love-with-a-human/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/swedish-startup-uses-ai-to-figure-out-what-dolphins-talk-about

http://www.cracked.com/article_18690_5-ufo-sightings-that-even-non-crazy-people-find-creepy.html

http://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19

http://nypost.com/2016/10/21/the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle-may-finally-be-solved/

http://www.history.com/topics/bermuda-triangle

http://www.unmuseum.org/mob/triangle.htm

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1302005

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/not-so-simple-simon-proved-young-were-swifter-than-old-180953561/

http://mashable.com/2016/02/11/simon-air-touch-free/#tXsC6EHBPGqD

Joya, Jeff and special guest Ryan Kasmiskie watched the movie “Evolution”!

Topics include: The Gaia Theory, Planarian Flatworms, Metabolism, and Arsenic Based Life!

Links:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/61665/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-planarians

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2010/12/this_paper_should_not_have_been_published.html

https://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-life-bacterium-prefers-phosphorus-after-all-1.11520

https://science.howstuffworks.com/napalm.htm

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/pyura-chilensis-the-closest-thing-to-getting-blood-from-a-stone/

 

Joya and Jeff watched the movie “The Abyss”!

Topics include: Liquid Ventilation, Atmospheric Diving Suits, Bioluminescence, and Why Chlorine Turns Your Hair Green!

Links:

http://www.history.com/news/the-midget-subs-that-beat-the-planes-to-pearl-harbor

https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/aug/21/james-cameron-on-deepsea-challenge-im-not-just-some-rich-guy-on-a-ride

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060414015051.htm

https://gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-the-atmospheric-diving-suit-1537111854

https://gizmodo.com/this-awesome-next-generation-exosuit-goes-1-000-feet-un-1532765164

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/iron-man-like-exosuit-to-expand-ocean-exploration-video/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cameron-deep-sea-drug-research/

https://www.swimuniversity.com/why-blonde-hair-turns-green-in-your-swimming-pool/

 

Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Gremlins"!

Topics include: "Gremlins in the Machine", Asexual Reproduction, Animal Songs, and the History of Chuck E. Cheese!

Links:

http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/09/09/gremlins-highly-mechanical-creatures-in-mythology/

https://byjus.com/biology/fragmentation/

https://gearjunkie.com/swiss-army-knife-history

http://www.care2.com/causes/5-animals-you-didnt-know-can-sing.html

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/8-unexpected-animals-that-sing/people-arent-the-only-animals-that-can#top-desktop

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-rat-population-is-hard-to-measure-2017-8

http://www.newsweek.com/new-york-kids-are-running-away-rats-bigger-their-baby-sisters-so-citys-635652

http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/472-17/de-blasio-administration-32-million-neighborhood-rat-reduction-plan#/0

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/23/545333203/say-goodbye-to-the-pizza-time-players-chuck-e-cheese-retires-its-band

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kkn7y/a-history-of-chuck-e-cheeses-animatronic-band

Joya and Jeff watched “Edward Scissorhands”!

Topics include: Opposable Thumbs, Topiaries, Automatons and Waterbeds!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-humans-have-thumbs-180953393/

http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=49036

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-early-robots-and-automatons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed

https://www.boredpanda.com/dragon-shaped-hedge-topiary-john-brooker/

http://home.howstuffworks.com/gardening/garden-design/topiary.htm

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/the-5-strangest-cemeteries-in-the-world

http://www.craveonline.com/mandatory/1067055-the-craziest-graveyards-in-the-world

https://www.vincentprice.com/

https://www.queerty.com/vincent-prices-daughter-confirms-her-famous-father-was-bisexual-20151025