The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real Funny

Dec 31 2017 98 ep. 64 mins 9.5k

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Scientifically speaking the funniest podcast on the internet [citation needed]. On every episode of The Science Jerks, co-hosts Ciaccio and Chan bring in a guest comedian to help them take a deep look at the cutting-edge world of science and technology. They analyze current science news with barely-researched, gleeful abandon, often diving recklessly off the philosophical deep end, but more often than not devolving into tangents about sci-fi, film, politics, comics, culture and music.

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245: Gravity, IQ, Governance and Change

Dec 31 2017 78 mins

Just Chan and Dave this week, as we greet Chan's new baby, Egon, and talk about the future of the show. Please stay tuned for our new show format coming soon! Gravity measured https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutron-star-collision-gravitational-waves IQ and Anxiety https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/ BREATHATARIANS DO EXIST http

244: Erik Barnes on A Trip To The Moon, Minority Reporting with Music and the Social Pressures of Duck Penises

Oct 26 2017 81 mins

Comedian Erik Barnes (@ErikWBarnes) joins us to talk about the new political push to go to the moon, an attempt to pick out psychopaths by music tastes and how duck penises respond to a drake's position in society. Don't Fall on the Moon https://www.popsci.com/astronaut-hurt-moon-rescue#page-3 MINORITY REPORT IS COMING https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/26/playlist-of

243: Erik Barnes on Falling Chinese Space Stations, Psychedelic Depression Treatments and Texture Camouflage

Oct 19 2017 66 mins

Comedian Erik Barnes (@ErikWBarnes) joins us to talk about the impending crash to Earth of a disabled Chinese Space Station, how microdosing psilocybin, AKA magic mushrooms, has had positive results treating depression and anxiety, and a new type of camouflage that incorporates texture, much like the mighty octopus. THIS IS GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TIANGONG https://www.theguardian

242: Winston Carter on Liquid Cremation, Enumerating Emotions and The Persistence of Human Evolution

Sep 28 2017 75 mins

Filmmaker Winston Carter returns to talk about the controversial new method for cremating human remains with chemicals instead of fire, how many distinct emotions humans have and the ways in which humans are still evolving. WRING OUT YOUR DEAD https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dissolve-the-dead-controversy-swirls-around-liquid-cremation/ WE'VE GOT EMOTION DOWN TO A SCIE

241: Winston Carter on Immortal Fruit Flies, Amazing/Terrifying Face Detection and Skin Cell Transmutation

Sep 21 2017 61 mins

Filmmaker Winston Carter joins us to talk about a new technique to extend the lifespan of fruit flies, how amazingly good face detection algorithms have become and a way to turn skin cells into motor neurons. WE'VE MADE FRUIT FLIES IMMORTAL http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biologists-slow-aging-extend-lifespan-of-fruit-flies BAD NEWS FOR INCOGNITO MOVIESTARS AND ANTIFA PRO

240: Nate Siggard on Zika Killing Cancer, The SELF-DRIVE Act and Postpartum Depression in Men

Sep 14 2017 68 mins

Artist Nate Siggard (SkinMotion.com) returns to chat with us about how the Zika virus is being used to fight Cancer, what the new driverless car legislation means for the future of driving and how postpartum depression in new fathers can lower stress in mothers. Plus we talk about the biological roots of racism. ZIKA CURES CANCER! SORT OF. https://www.newscientist.com/article/214

239: Nate Siggard on Neutron Star Collisions, Democratic Dogs and Heat-Resistant Streets

Sep 07 2017 63 mins

Artist Nate Siggard (SkinMotion.com) joins us to talk about a possible collision of neutron stars found by the LIGO gravitational wave detector, how packs of wild dogs in Africa vote by sneezing, and how the city of Los Angeles is fighting warming by making white streets. LIGO TRACKING BIGGEST EXPLOSION EVER RECORDED https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rumors-swirl-ligo-snagged-g

238: Gerard Dean Peters on Millions of Black Holes, Marathon Microbes and Mobile Jewelry

Aug 31 2017 57 mins

Gerard Dean Peters returns to talk to us about the recent discovery that there's way more Black Holes than we thought, the fact that marathon runners have a special runners' biome and what's the deal with roving jewelry. Plus we look into what Neil Armstrong or Buzz would have done if they had gotten stuck on the moon. THERE'S SO MANY BLACK HOLES https://www.sciencenews.org/artic

237: Gerard Dean Peters on Asteroid Fly-Bys, Super-Volcano Solutions and Language Ethics

Aug 24 2017 66 mins

Comedian Gerard Dean Peters stops by to help us take a look at some near-Earth Asteroids headed our way, what we should be doing to fight super-volcanoes and why speaking in your non-native language helps you to be more logical, and less emotional. EARTH GRAZIN' http://www.techtimes.com/articles/212546/20170812/asteroid-expected-to-skim-past-earth-in-october.htm http://www.techt

236: Miles Roberts on The A.I. Apocalypse, Ebola Semen and Augmented Reality Ads

Aug 17 2017 62 mins

Miles Roberts (@milesboberts) returns to talk about what it means that two artificial intelligence robots learned their own language, why Ebola RNA is still showing up in survivors semen and how the "Third Space" of Augmented Reality is already selling adspace. A.I. APOCALYPSE http://www.snopes.com/facebook-ai-developed-own-language/ HELP! THERE'S EBOLA IN MY JIZZ! https://www.